Vanilla Whipped Buttercream

TO MAKE THE CAKE AS PICTURED ON PAGE 30, bake two batches of cake in 8- and 6-inch pans. It s best to use two of each size for two layers. Extra batter from the 6-inch cake can be used to fill a small tray filled with cupcake liners. Prepare the Love Blossom flowers a few days before (page 226) and the Vanilla Whipped Buttercream (page 84), tinted pale lemon yellow. Use at least three different colors for the flowers, in pink tones—or as I do for baby boy showers, shades of pale blue. Fill, frost, and chill the cakes, then follow the directions to tier the layers on page 242-... 

Gut each cake into 3 layers. Prepare I V2 batches of Vanilla Whipped Buttercream. Place each layer on a cake round and brush them with the orange-flower water syrup. Spread V4 cup Vanilla Whipped Buttercream onto 2 of the 3 layers of each cake. Stack the layers so that you have 2 cakes, each with 3 cake layers and 2 buttercream layers. 

To make a crumb coat, cover each cake with a thin layer of Vanilla Whipped Buttercream. Chill again in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. 

For a recent a birthday party, I tinted Vanilla Whipped Buttercream (page 84) a pale yellow. After the party, the host called me to ask me about the yellow frosting. "It was so amazing what was it Little did she know that she had tasted it numerous times when it wasn t tinted a color. It s true after all People eat with their eyes, and simply tinting frosting can affect their taste buds. 

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