Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Rose cake

Sefiiritort / Rose cake
Made this rose cake - my first ever - for our daughter's fourth birthday party last Saturday. I had come across these rose cakes on Pinterest on several occasion (see here or here) and really wanted to make one myself. I found piping the roses surprisingly easy and will happily undertake the process again.

A simple sponge cake (using 4 eggs), layered with lingonberry and apple jam as well as lemon-flavoured curd cheese cream, and topped with cranberry zefir (basically a type of Italian meringue; 3 egg whites and 300 g sugar is enough to frost the 26 cm cake).

9 comments:

Nanna said...

Pille; If you don't mind, I just have to share my rosecake that I made for my daughter's second birthday a few weeks ago...
http://kaikkiaitinireseptit.blogspot.fi/2013/01/roosa-ruusukakku-ruusunnupulleni.html

ChichaJo said...

This cake is gorgeous Pille!! I baked the cake for my daughter's 1st birthday and it was nowhere near as elegant as this!

Andrew said...

Great looking cake, very girly (not that that stops me hankering after a slice!). Cant believe she is 4 already!

Pille said...

Nanna - of course I don't mind. YOurs looks very colourful :)

Joey - I'm sure your cake was lovely. Heading over to look for the photo soon!

Andrew - trust me, neither can I!!! Also, it's hard to fathom that there are two more kids I've sent into this world since her birth :D

Abra said...

What a beautiful cake!

Abra

Anonymous said...

What is cranberry zefir?

Pille said...

Thank you, Abra!

Anon. - zefir is a type of Italian meringue that's popular over here, but it's uncooked. Instead on simple sugar syrup, you use something flavoured - either lemon juice or water with lemon acid, or cranberry juice, to make the syrup. A cranberry juice flavoured zefir is cranberry zefir :)

Sharon said...

I love meringues...so I HAVE TO DO THIS ONE

Leila said...

Lindo e saboroso!