Here we are with this month’s Daring Bakers challenge- Perfect Party Cake from the adorable Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking From My Home to Yours.”  This is Dorie’s ninth book and it is jam-packed with lusciousness.

This month’s challenge is hosted by the lovely Morven from Food Art and Random Thoughts, check out her cake here.

For my filling, I used a jar of  homemade strawberry jam that my sweet Aunt B made a couple of weeks ago and was nice enough to share with me. I filled and frosted it with buttercream and everything was easy as pie cake! I crowned it with fresh strawberries, applied coconut to the sides and candied lemon and violets to really tart it up! This is a super easy cake, quickly made and so lovely for a party! Hope you try it and thanks to Morven and Dorie! There are over 800 DBs now so grab a cup of whatever and check them out here!

mise en place

ready to bake

Ready to enjoy!

Love to all the Daring Bakers out there- can’t wait to see your creations!

xoxo