How To Know What To Use Or How Much? (Custom Cake)

Baking By just4caking Updated 14 Nov 2012 , 5:10am by denetteb

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just4caking Posted 13 Nov 2012 , 8:36am
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I don't know if anyone can help me with this but I've just started getting into baking and I promised my friend I would make her a cake for her birthday on Friday (Nov. 16). I've been looking for recipes for what I want to make but none of them are exactly like what I'm looking for so I don't know how much to use of ingredients or what to use. If anyone can help me with this, I'd appreciate it. Here's a basic description:

 

- 4 layers (6 or 8 inch cake)

- two layers chocolate and two layers bright pink with lighter color chocolate cream (is it?) in between; kind of like this: 400 but with the pink layers and frosting covering whole cake in a way I can add decorations

- is it possible to make the outside frosting darker?

- I want to put 'flower' shaped frosting all around the top of the cake in pink color and write her name in pink as well

- will add pearl sprinkles or something like that on top

- here's a pic like how dark I want the outside frosting : http://cakecentral.com/g/i/2853677/a/3265473/

 

Thanks.

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denetteb Posted 14 Nov 2012 , 5:10am
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Since you are new at this and the event is only a few days away, I would suggest making two layers with a  chocolate cake mix and two layers with white or yellow cake mix that you have added some red food color to make it pink.  Pick any chocolate icing recipe and if it isn't dark enough you could add some brown food color to make it darker.
 

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