Lemon Raspberry Layer Cake Assembly and Decoration [View all]

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Not really a recipe, this time! We did a video on how we assembled the layer cake (that was my birthday cake) that we have been building up to. Certainly, this is not as fancy as Claire Saffitz's baking academy on the Bon Appetit channel, but hopefully it makes things a little accessible to people. Hubby is a trained chef, but he's not a pastry chef, and we rarely do much baking because he tries to avoid carbs as much as possible, so we don't have a lot of the equipment, like a cake stand, or even an off-set spatula. You can get past all of that with stuff you probably have in your home! Also, just because it's not fancy-store-high-end-bakery-perfect-looking doesn't mean it's not delicious, which is the far more important part of baking, and trust me, this was delicious.

This flavour combination was aimed directly at me, but you can do all sorts of different flavours for both the cake and the fillings. If you don't drink, or don't like booze, you can use lots of other things as a soak. There are so many possibilities with cake, and we hope you'll try some fun things!