Pansy Wedding Cake

Name: Pansy Wedding Cake
Prep time: 7 h
Cook time: 7 h
Total time: 7 h
Yield: 75
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 177 milliliters almond liqueur; 3 recipes Almond Cream Cheese Frosting; 75 servings Crystallized Pansies; 2 recipes Tiered Pansy Cake; 1 kilograms peach preserves, divided

The recipe Pansy Wedding Cake could satisfy your Southern craving in around 7 hours. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 75. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and A mixture of peach preserves, recipes tiered pansy cake, crystallized pansies, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Prepare and bake 1 Tiered Pansy Cake recipe as directed. Repeat the procedure for the remaining recipe.

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Oven

Cut domed top off each cake layer, using a serrated knife.

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Serrated Knife

Brush layers evenly with liqueur.

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Liqueur

Prepare 1 Almond Cream Cheese Frosting recipe as directed. Repeat the procedure twice.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

Almonds

Cover 1 (10-inch), 1 (8-inch), and 1 (6-inch) sturdy cardboard cake circle with aluminum foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Spread a small amount of frosting on 1 side of 10-inch circle; top with 1 (10-inch) cake layer.

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Frosting

Spread

Spread 1 jar of preserves over cake layer, leaving a 1-inch border. Top with remaining 10-inch cake layer.

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Preserves

Spread

Cut 4 wooden craft sticks to the height of 10-inch cake tier; insert vertically into cake tier, evenly spaced and level with top of tier, about 2 1/2 inches from sides.

Spread top and sides of cake with frosting, smoothing with a wet metal spatula. Chill up to 2 days, or freeze up to 2 months.

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Frosting

Spread

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Spatula

Assemble and frost 2 (8-inch) layers on cardboard circle as directed above, using half of the remaining jar of preserves. Assemble and frost 2 (6-inch) layers on cardboard circle as directed above, using remaining preserves and omitting craft sticks. Refrigerate up to 2 days, or freeze up to 2 months.

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Preserves

Position 8-inch tier in center of 10-inch tier; position 6-inch tier in center of 8-inch tier.

Place cake on stand.

Insert a large coupler into a decorating bag. Fit bag with a metal tip. Fill with frosting, and pipe borders. Pipe a shell border on top edge of each tier using tip #21 (Wilton). Pipe a ribbon border on bottom edge of each tier using tip #67 (Wilton). Pipe a shell border, slightly overlapping the ribbon border, on bottom edge of the 10-inch tier.

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Frosting

Attach Crystallized Pansies to cake with a small amount of frosting.

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Frosting

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Servings:

177milliliters

almond liqueur 3

recipes Almond Cream Cheese Frosting 75servings

Crystallized Pansies 2

recipes Tiered Pansy Cake 1kilograms

peach preserves, divided

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Von Winning Winnings Riesling. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 20 dollars.