Festive Italian Cream Cake with Cranberry Curd
 
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Serves: 10-12
Ingredients
  • Three 8-inch Italian cream cakes, recipe below
  • 1½ cups cranberry curd, recipe below
  • 3 cups vanilla butter cream, recipe below
  • 2 cups sugared cranberries, recipe below
  • fresh rosemary or thyme, optional
Instructions
  1. Place a single cake on the bottom of your serving platter
  2. Create a dam around the top of the cake with vanilla buttercream then fill the dam with cranberry curd. Repeat the process for the second layer.
  3. Place the third cake on top of the second layer
  4. Remove 1 cup of vanilla frosting and place it in a small bowl. Thin the frosting with 2-3 tablespoons of water and ice the top and outside of the cake with the thin vanilla buttercream. This is your crumb boating
  5. Let the crumb coating dry from 30-60 minutes then frost the outside of the cake with the remaining, thicker, vanilla butter cream.
  6. Decorate the cake with the sugared cranberries and fresh herbs, if using
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/italian-cream-cake-cranberry-curd/