Spumoni Cake
You could not have PAID me enough money to eat spumoni ice cream as a child.
Okay, that’s probably a lie. I was perpetually broke and hustlin’ like only a third grader who reeeaaally wants a new Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers can hustle. I most definitely would have eaten spumoni ice cream for money. But I wouldn’t have enjoyed it.
Fast-forward a few decades, and pistachio is now pretty much my favorite flavor ever. If there’s a way to cram my little green nut friend into a dessert, you’d better believe I’ll find it. So naturally my thoughts turned to spumoni, the classic combination of cherry, pistachio, and vanilla ice cream. (I’ve seen some variations that use chocolate instead of vanilla. I respect that! For these cake-ing purposes, I went with vanilla so it wouldn’t overpower the other flavors.)
My spumoni-inspired cake featured three layers of moist cherry chip cake, filled with layers of pistachio and vanilla buttercream on the inside, and a swirling pink, green, and white watercolor design on the outside.
Truth be told, I wasn’t sure what I thought of the watercolor decorations after I’d done them. I put the cake back in the refrigerator to chill, and then spent the next few hours opening the fridge, tilting my head to the side, squinting a bit, and saying, “It’s cute, right? Or does it look like moldy rings? But, like, cute moldy rings? Or not?” It was a confusing time. Jason got tired of reassuring me that it was, in fact, cute. I vague-posted on Twitter about it and got a bunch of “put up or shut up!” comments. Thanks, Twitter friends. Your tough love inspired me to suck it up, move on, and stop stressing about my moldy-ish cute-ish cake.
Once I cut into the cake I liked it much better—the combination of the stripes on the outside and the pink, green, and white stripes on the inside are legitimately cute, no squinting required! The colors are a little spring-y, but seasons be damned, who needs to look at a calendar when you have such a cheerful, happy cake in front of you?
Best of all, this cake hit all the right flavor notes. The sweet, candy-like maraschino cherry cake layers, the slightly salted roasted pistachio taste, and the fragrant vanilla to tie them all together…it was delicious! You know I’m often a dark chocolate girl, but sometimes even chocolate people need to take a walk on the lighter side. (Flavor-wise, not calorie-wise…just so we’re clear.) I’ll be dipping into the pumpkin can soon enough, but for now, I’m savoring one last summery treat before baking All The Fall Things. Happy weekend, friends!
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