This is a salted caramel apple cake made with ladyfingers, apple compote, salted caramel, and vanilla mousse. It was super delicious, but the decoration I did on top made it impossible to cut. Oh well, it tasted amazing anyways!
EDIT: For everyone suggesting a sharper knife or bread knife or sawing motions, I tried everything before I gave up, haha. It's a cake primarily made of mousse, so there was no give to the cake. I'd touch it, and the slices would just push down instead of cut at all.
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That looks absolutely beautiful!! wow!
A sharper knife may have helped but who cares. Looks stunning
Wish I was there
Serrated knife? Like a bread knife?
Top tip for the future, put it in the freezer for ≈ 30min, just enough to harder the apples a little, the gently cut through with a serrated bread knife (use the tip, only cut the apple layer) then do a second pass cutting down through the whole cake
Looks fantastic, so pretty
Sooo pretty!!!!
Eek a serrated bread knife that is really really sharp and light sawing motions would have kept it together. Beautiful dessert!
That gif is making me giggle so much LOL. I definitely would’ve had the same issue if it were me, but I wouldn’t have been smart enough to post it on Reddit and get a bunch of helpful feedback like you did (even if that wasn’t your goal), so good on you lol
Sharper knife and sawing motions, rather than pushing down.
very beautiful cake.. are those just fresh Apples on top or did you cook/prepare them somehow?
It’s because that’s just one slice for me. No need to cut
Kitchen shears next time. Snip right through that apple layer
Maybe scissors?
Or place the decoration in a pattern that has seams to pass through?
It looks delicious 👏
Guess that means you eat it all yourself. in one sitting.
May have started from the bread for it tho, it would have come handy
I would’ve framed it 😆 forget cutting into it. It is gorgeous!!
Ooff 🤦♀️
Maybe a wire like they use for cheese? Not sure if you could heat it or not though, might do funky things to the mousse. Either way, it looked incredible for the most important part! And being smooshed makes it look delicious! Nicely done!
This is exactly the technique I would have used to cut it. No notes here.
I need to know how you made it 😢 this is the most delicious sounding cake ever 😍
Looks great!
> For everyone suggesting a sharper knife or bread knife or sawing motions, I tried everything before I gave up, haha. It’s a cake primarily made of mousse, so there was no give to the cake. I’d touch it, and the slices would just push down instead of cut at all.
So it’s a single serving. Problem solved
Your blunt ass knife makes me sad. Why didn’t you just you a pencil at that point?
A serrated knife would have helped too! I struggle to keep my knives super sharp
Looks amazing. Probably tastes great.
A jam glaze might have helped. Basically boil like a quarter cup of jam in some water until it’s bubbling. Then use that to brush over the apple slices. As it cools it’ll harden. Not so much it’ll shatter, but enough that it’ll glue the apple slices and help your knife slice through without dragging all the other slices.
You might still have issues because the layer underneath is so soft, but it should help.