So when I saw a recipe for a yule log with meringue mushrooms growing on it, I just knew I needed to make it for her birthday. Something I didn't have was any way to transport a cake. I'm not much of a baker, so I just don't have these things.
Fortunately, the Value Village near me has a quite a good selection of housewares, and I found a vintage Tupperware cake taker for just $4.99. And since blue tags were half off that day, it came home with me for $2.50.
If you are newer to thrift shopping, most of the larger chains like Value Village and Goodwill have a color system for their tags which helps them rotate their inventory. They have 4 or 5 colors of tags, and one color each week is at a steep discount. Over the course of a month, all of their inventory has been offered at a sale, and whatever isn't sold moves on to outlet stores or recycling.
Similar cake carriers go for about $40, for either the vintage Tupperware or the new model, so this felt like an awesome deal!
Now to bake the cake. Fortunately, my mom is a more experienced baker than I am and was available for a baking date. Yule logs are a fair amount of effort to make so we settled on a "stump" instead of a log, using frosting to make a bark-like texture and tree rings. This also fit perfectly on the base of the cake taker.
We finished off the cake with "mushrooms" made from meringue and dusted with cocoa powder, and "moss" which was actually a sprinkling of matcha powder.
This cake taker ended up being the perfect solution, with the sturdy base, and the lid providing enough room for the mushrooms. I was able to transport the cake around town safely, with no frosting smudging.
Happy Birthday, Tatiana!
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