Emeril's Wedding Cake

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Total Time:
1 hr 45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
1 hr 30 min
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Ingredients

For the assembly:

  • 2 (12 by 2-inch) round layers sponge cake, recipe follows
  • 2 (9 by 2-inch) round layers sponge cake, recipe follows
  • 2 (6 by 2-inch) round layers sponge cake, recipe follows
  • 12 inch cardboard cake round
  • 9-inch cardboard cake round
  • 6-inch cardboard cake round
  • 2 1/2-inch thick long wooden dowels
  • Small saw
  • Buttercream, recipe follows
  • Marzipan flowers
  • Fresh flowers
  • Fruit
  • Cake decorations
  • Colored buttercream in pastry bags with assorted tips

SPONGE CAKE FOR WEDDING CAKE:

  • **This recipe will need to be made twice, each time you will bake 1 (12 by 2-inch) layer, 1 (9 by 2-inch) layer and 1 (6 by 2-inch layer. Do not double this recipe -- make it twice, separately.**
  • 15 ounces flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 large eggs, separated
  • 15 ounces sugar
  • 8 ounces butter, melted and cooled
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of 1 of each size of the pans with parchment paper. Sift the flour with the salt. In a mixer fitted with a whip attachment, beat the egg yolks with 8 ounces of sugar until light and fluffy and tripled in volume. Beat the egg whites with the remaining 7 ounces of the sugar until soft peaks form. Fold the egg yolks gently into the egg whites. Gently fold in the sifted flour. Gently fold in the melted butter and the vanilla. Pour the batter into each of the 3 pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until center is set. Remove from the oven and run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen it and cool on wire racks. Repeat this procedure to make 1 more layer of each size.

BUTTERCREAM:

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups water
  • 16 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 5 pounds butter, softened to room temperature and cut into pieces
  • 4 tablespoons vanilla

In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Heat to a temperature of 248 degrees F on a candy thermometer. In an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg whites with the salt until they hold stiff peaks. With the mixer running, drizzle the hot syrup into the whites being careful not to hit the whip with the hot syrup. Beat mixture at medium speed until cooled to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Turn the mixer down to low and add the softened butter, piece by piece. **It is very important that the butter and the meringue are the same temperature. If the buttercream begins to break, Slowly heat it up to about 95 degrees F. over a double boiler, while whisking. Return to the mixer and beat until it comes back together. Continue adding butter*** Mix in the vanilla.

To assemble: Cut each of the cooled cakes in half horizontally. Stack each of 4 layers of each size, icing in between each layer on a corresponding size cake circle. Make 3 separate 4-layer cakes. Ice each of the cakes separately. Place the 12 by 2-inch cake on a large platter. Cut 3 lengths of the wooden dowel that are as long as the 12-inch cake is high. Insert the dowels in a triangle pattern in the center of the 12-inch cake. Cut 3 more dowels that are as long as the 9-inch cake is high. Carefully place the 9-inch cake on top of the 12-inch cake in the center, on top of the dowels. Insert the dowels into the center of the 9-inch layer in a triangle pattern. Carefully place the 6-inch layer on top of the 9-inch layer. Decorate with fruit, flowers and marzipan

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  • on September 09, 2010

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    I made this buttercream icing and found that the instructions were welled versed and easy to follow. I had the 5 pounds of butter warming on the counter and as I started to whip it into the merangue mixture I quickly realized that it was becoming far to buttery. I was 6 cubes in at that point. My daughter had the idea to check comments and saw almost immediately the 'this suck's' comment. So glad she had the idea to look! The buttercream at that point was for a anniversary cake due that afternoon so I worked with it despite the extra cube of butter. The icing was wonderful to work with and other than being a tad buttery tasted great! I am preparing to tackle it again this time using 5 STICKS of butter!

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  • on May 26, 2010

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    This is the perfect example of sponge cake and of italian meringue buttercream! The other reviewers should do a little research before they make something that will not be to thier liking. The look of the cake is not really my taste, but no one said I had to decorate the same way!

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  • on May 05, 2010

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    this butter cream was delicious on my strawberry cake, Emeril is a great chef any bad reveiws, well they didn't do it right. Pam

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