Hamburger cake

So, many of you probably remember my boyfriend's birthday dragon cake from last year (especially since it was only a few updates ago). This year, I knew I had to do something equally as awesome. I thought long and hard about this one, and finally came to a conclusion. What's the one thing that the boy could possibly like more than cake? The answer should have been obvious...

Hamburger, of course! This was kind of a rushed job, so I'm not 100% happy with it, but it definitely got the job done. The 'buns' are made from a simple whiskey yellow cake recipe, and the inside is a brownie. The frosting is a simple buttercream. I dyed all the frosting using a handy box of Wilton's Gel Food Coloring. The red and green didn't get as bright as I would have liked them, even with the gel coloring.

I'm still getting the hang of gel food coloring as opposed to the bottled kind...I used up more than my fair share of toothpicks in the process!

Epic dragon birthday cake

This past weekend, I made this cake for the boyfriend's birthday:

That's right, a fire breathing dragon cake. No mold was used, just a pattern I got from Instructables. The cake was a chocolate Guinness cake with Irish cream cream cheese frosting. A carbomb cake! The cake recipe was from here, and the frosting was essentially made by mixing cream cheese, powdered sugar, and Irish cream until it tasted good. The cake recipe I used turned out to be great for this kind of thing, as it was dense enough to hold its own when being sliced and stacked and whatnot. I think if/when I make this cake again, though, I'm going to try it with a lighter frosting, because the cream cheese combined with the denseness of the cake was just a little too heavy. I think a buttercream would work well.

I also discovered an awesome low-fat (supposedly) super easy tiramisu recipe. I definitely highly recommend it. The whole thing only took me a few minutes to put together, and it tastes delicious! It ended up getting eaten before I got a chance to take pictures, but it's not that exciting looking anyway. :P