Beer Cake

 

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this project. On the one hand, it was not even half as good as the pinterest inspiration. On the other hand, with the limited skills and tools that I possess in regard to cake decorating, and with the amazing reaction I received, I'd say it was a success. I know my brother liked it, and as it was his birthday cake, I think that's all that matters.

I tried the cake as a kid friendly version last week (it was a coke zero cake) and it was kind of a flop. (I'll try to find a picture of that one, I know somebody took one) I didn't have any cake pans the right size so I fit aluminum foil inside of a pot to make a mold and baked the cakes from there. This made the four layers very different sizes which made it really hard to stack them. After realizing what a mistake that was, I went to Michael's and bought 6in cake pans to use. This made them much more uniform, but if I were to do it over I would probably buy even smaller cake pans.

The second mistake I made on the coke zero cake was that I thought the foam on top would work best with whipped cream. I didn't think I could do it with frosting. The whipped cream  melted in the first minute in our lovely south Florida weather and ended up looking like a disaster. Not to mention the fact that I was serving this cake to the only children in the world who happen not to like whipped cream. For my beer cake I braved using frosting, and it turned out not only holding up better, but looking much better as well!

Without any further ado..... My Beer Cake!!!

My copycat

My brother and I at his party at World Of Beer (fitting cake, right?)

The original inspiration