The Finished Cake

 The Finished Cake

This was definitely one of the prettiest cakes I have made and I do feel that I achieved my goal of getting better at cake decorating. Does my cake look perfectly bakery smooth? No. Is it better than previous cakes? Definitely! I think that once I have some free time I will try this again, now knowing a few issues I had this round that I can avoid next time. Practice makes perfect and I think the only way to get that perfect bakery finish is to keep practicing! The inside of the cake looked spectacular. I really get now why removing the caramelization (the hardest step and the most disastrous one for me) is crucial in getting a beautifully clean inside to the cake. If I was baking a chocolate cake I would skip this step, but I have to admit it was worth it with this classic vanilla cake.