"M" Cake

HNY! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and wishing the best for 2014!! This special time of the year is made even more special (yes, it is possible) with three friends having birthdays back-to-back-to-back. Aaand, their names all starts with "M"! Naturally, this created a great opportunity for many of us to get together. Party time :D.

It was a no brainer to me to infest the cake with the letter "M". I couldn't think of a better way than to inbed it onto the sidewall. I piped out little M's everywhere on a sheet pan, being mindful that the letter will be flipped. I don't see big time bakeries ever doing this because it's time-consuming and can't be mass produced. This sheet of cake is dedicated to this cake and this cake only! It took ~30min to pipe out the M's. 

I hit that in the freezer to make it firm. Then poured white cake batter everywhere. I was going for the LV-logo-look...did it come close? ;)

Inside was popular chocolate cream layers. I wanted to keep that LV feel on the surface. So rather than putting in-your-face monogram, I opted for cocoa stencil. It'll be subtle enough but screaming "M"!!

The get-together was great as always. So many people were there, including those I don't get to see much of elsewhere. Everyone seemed to have liked the cake and, most important, the birthday crew liked it too. Success (^^)b.