And maybe a Rose on top .......

So my lovely friend Jane asked me to make a 30th Birthday cake for one of her lovely friends.

The brief for the cake was coffee and creamy.  I haven't made a coffee cake before but I did some experimentation and and found a cake recipe that I flavored with several shots of coffee, and it tasted great.  I decided for the creamy part I would put a layer of Bailey's mousse through the middle.  I have never added a mousse layer to a cake before but again, good old google came through with the goods, and it all seemed very easy.  So, I thought, no problem I am all sorted: bake Thursday night, ice Friday and decorate Saturday morning.

That was until, those fateful words .....".. and maybe a rose on top...." were spoken.

I was doing a final confirmation about the details of the cake on Tuesday afternoon with Jane, and I casually asked if there was anything in particular that she might want on the cake for decoration.  The first response I got was : "chocolate covered coffee beans" but then .. "and maybe a Rose on top.....they are her favorite flower".  And how could I not make Jane's lovely friend a Rose - it is her 30th birthday!!

Small issue through ... a rose is not created in a day! I am sure that most people don't know how long it takes to make a petal paste rose, and I wouldn't expect you to, but let me tell you with drying time it can easily take a week, and much longer if the weather is against you!

So pulling out all the tricks of the trade I pulled together one rose for the top of my Chocolate and Coffee Ganache Covered Bailey's Mousse Cake ... hope it tastes as good as it sounds!