Well, it looks pretty good

[bill_schubert]

I suck at cake decoration having made all of maybe six cakes in my life.  Fortunately not many people remember much about the quality of the decoration once they have a fork full of cake.

Since it was made with oil it has a bit of a sheen on it not so obvious here

They are very moist.  I sliced off the top of one, put it in a bowl, and added some icing for the birthday girl a day in advance of her big day.  It is amazing cake.  From the recipe I cut the raisins and rum and substituted, pecan pieces in place of walnuts.  For some reason both Dana and I get a reaction to walnuts on our tongues.  Turned out to be a pretty good substitution.  I roasted the walnuts and they are barely there in taste but just enough to add a different flavor.  Turned out I didn't have ginger powder but I substituted All Spice.  Made no difference at all.

Just add milk

The frosting is butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar with a dash of salt and vanilla.  One of the site comments said it was too sweet.  Really?  What a surprise.  Four cups of sugar is sweet?  I think it is about right.

Pix the slices tomorrow.  I'm NOT buying 65 candles.

Comments

[susandennis]

that is a beautiful icing job!

[mollywheezy.livejournal.com]

That looks and sounds very good! And I don't think Dana would even want 65 candles. Maybe a 6 candle and a 5 candle?

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Turns out she just wants cake!

[anais-pf.livejournal.com]

That reaction on your tongues is probably an allergy to walnuts (oral allergy syndrome or pollen-food allergy). In which case, it's interesting that you both have it.

[taz-39.livejournal.com]

Uh, it looks perfectly well decorated to me! Looks like a friggin' carrot cake!

And yes if it were completely smashed and in a bowl I'd absolutely be thrilled to eat it all the same!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Dana!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I've got a tongue sensitive to any acid. Apples sometimes. Walnuts all the time. And occasionally geographic tongue (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/geographic-tongue/symptoms-causes/syc-20354396#:~:text=Geographic%20tongue%20results%20from%20the,the%20surface%20of%20your%20tongue.). Fortunately that latter does not happen very often. Dana has the identical issue. Two peas in a pod, or nuts in a shell as it were.