Friday, February 18, 2011

Strawberry Cream Cheese Ruffle Cake


When I asked my hubby what I should make for our Valentine's Day dessert, he said "cheesecake!"  I politely told him, that I don't really like cheesecake, and asked what was his 2nd choice.  Without hesitation, he said "strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting!"  Oh, this brings back memories.  This is the cake I made for him when we were dating, and is so easy.  It's a boxed strawberry cake mix and tub of cream cheese frosting...pretty easy, huh?  And since I didn't have to spend any time making the cake or frosting from scratch, I might as well make the cake look pretty. 

This was my attempt at decorating with the ruffle design I saw over at Leslie's The Hungry Housewife, which was the most beautiful cake I've ever seen.  I used this video tutorial to learn about piping this ruffle design. 

I baked the cake using two 8-inch cake pans, and then added a layer of cream cheese frosting between them.  I used another tub of cream cheese frosting to decorate the sides and a tub of strawberries and cream frosting to decorate the top and cake pedestal.  Practice makes perfect, and I need more practice.  Next time, I will use homemade frosting, probably Leslie's swiss meringue buttercream.  It looks so satiny smooth and delicious!

11 comments:

  1. This cake looks so beautiful! Strawberry cake is my favorite!

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  2. Rhondi, you did an excellent job! I cannot pipe frosting. I don't know why, but I just can't. Your cake is beautiful and I would love a big piece right now. Sigh........

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  3. That looks so delicious! And I agree with Brenda, you did an amazing job.

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  4. oh, I love the ruffles! It looks almost to pretty to eat. :)

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  5. I love it. Super pretty.
    mickey

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  6. Hey Big Mamma! I am visiting you back from feed me tweet me follow me home friday! I am now following you blog! It is always amazing to me to see people decorate cakes so lovely! It is one talent I simply never developed so I can appreciate it when I see it! Hope to see you stop by A moderate life, especially on tuesday for the hearth and soul hop! All the best! Alex

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  7. I feel an overwhelming sense of urgency, like I need to learn how to pipe ruffles too! It looks like a gorgeous pink tutu! ;)

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  8. How pretty! I bet it tasted wonderful, too.

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  9. That is one beautiful way to decorate a cake. I'm going to have to check that video tutorial out so I can learn too. Thanks so much for linking this to Sweets for a Saturday. Believe it or not, you're in the top 5 again this week. You rock!

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  10. this cake looks beyond amazing!

    you have a fun & exciting Blog, that I'm going to start to follow...keep up the great work!

    Pam King
    http://FroZenLemonZ.blogspot.com

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