Hip to be square!

This cake was done last minute on the fly.
Baked, Frosted and Decorated in under 4 hours.
I totally forgot that Carol asked me to make and decorate a cake for her co-worker today. So last night I was in a bit of a tizzy to get it done. But between the both of us and a bottle of Nashoba Valley Blueberry Merlot we managed to crank out this square cake that looks like a present... We hope ;)

I've always wanted to make a square cake. It's really hard to frost around the corners. Getting the edged nice and square is a b***h. Round cakes are much more forgiving. You can't see in the picture, but I used a napkin to emboss some sea shells into the white frosting to make it look like wrapping paper. Very stylish if I might say so myself.

I've got to practice on the square cake. Next week I'm on vacation, so I hope to make a few of them. My goal for my next cakes are to start experimenting with recipes for both cake and frosting.