Martha Mondays is back and instead of being a weekly affair, its now taking place monthly with the results shown on the first Monday of the month. Fancy joining us? Just head to Brette’s blog.
Megan of Megan’s Cookin’ had the honour of picking the first choice and went with a Chocolate Caramel Layer Cake.
I had high hopes for this. I had never made buttercream with egg whites or with the addition of caramel and I was excited. I found the cake didn’t have much taste and kept checking to see if I should have added cocoa powder to the melted chocolate.
The buttercream for my taste had far too much butter. I don’t see the point in the egg whites either and have found normal buttercream to be more tasty and of a better consistency. Also, I could barely taste the caramel and ended up modifying it slightly with some powdered sugar and orange food colouring to make it a bit more exciting.
This cake wasn’t for us, but it has given me an idea for a Halloween cake which I will have to get on and make and then tell you about (if it works out okay of course!)
~ Pru
Perfecting Pru 
It looked pretty though. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it. I am not a buttercream fan at all in general.
Too bad you didn’t like it. I thought my buttercream looked a lot lighter than the picture on the website. I like your idea of adding food coloring. Are those ghosts on top of your cake?