I love getting a call asking if I can make a particular cake and knowing I have the perfect pan to do it in. That's how this cake all began, with a phone call from this birthday's girl's mom (who I once had the privilege of working with). She said her daughter needed an N.C. State cake, and knowing that I am quite the Virginia (as in Wa hoo Wah!) fan and wanted to make sure I was willing to do this. For those of you who know me you also know that my main paycheck comes from NCSU so years ago I made a deal not to pull against NCSU, unless they were playing Virginia. My main focus in my missionary work (as my father used to say to folks), is to convert Tarheels to Cavilers. So I have nothing against NC State and have made one or two items associated with the school. So needless to say, I knew I had the perfect pan to make a cake for her daughter and it would be appropriate for a wolf packer of any age.
This is a traditional butter cake baked into the shape of the block S logo that NC State is recognized by. The thing about these logo cakes is that most are done in a silicone baking pan which does not always leave the cleanest edges behind when they are pulled out. That was the case this this cake. So what I did was a smooth N and C while doing a star tipped pattern to fill in the S and hopefully elevate some of the rough areas on the surface of the cake. When it was all said an done a young lady had her name added and it turned into quite the party.
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