Birthdays!! Anniversaries!! Father’s Day!! And Dorie gave me the perfect cake to celebrate with – Perfect Party Cake!!
Yes, you do see SIX layers up there!! Six wonderful layers with buttercream frosting (which included a POUND of butter!!!) between ALL of them. And Strawberry Jam – well on half of the cake anyway!! The other half was lemon curd (Dorie’s recipe) – it WAS my 59th 49th 39th Birthday (the 19th) – I figured I was entitled to do anything I wanted with the cake. 
Now, I know you are wondering why SIX layers. Well, the layers didn’t rise very much so it was going to be a very short cake. Made another 1/2 recipe. ‘Course by the time I made it, I had already halved the two baked layers, so I ended up with SIX layers. Now, that meant I didn’t have enough buttercream, so I finished the top with whipped cream. Still good!!! Very Good!!!
If you make this (and you should) -
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1. …make extra frosting just in case
2. …follow Dorie’s tip to serve it at room temperature.
3. …let it sit and allow the flavors to meld – much better.
4. …partially freeze each layer after you put the jam/curd/preserves on so the buttercream doesn’t mix with it.
5. …get a slice quickly because it will go fast!!!
Thank you, Carol (of mix, mix, stir, stir) for the perfect pick!!!
June 30, 2009 at 6:46 pm
You are too motivated – another half recipe? Looks great.
June 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I would love to try this recipe with Dorie’s lemon curd. That sounds fabulous! And happy birthday!
June 30, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Perfect Tea lady! I’m glad you enjoyed this and got to serve a great purpose with it… Fathers’ day!
It looks divine! Bravo!
June 30, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Holy moly! 6 layers?!?! WOW! Looks fabulous, and I agree, totally delicious
June 30, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Happy birthday! Your cake is absolutely gorgeous. Much better to have a big cake than a short one, especially with a cake this good!
June 30, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Wow- all those layers look amazing! I love the tips too. I should have followed those, haha.
June 30, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Oh, Tea Lady! You answered my question and I’m really happy about it. I was so confused as to how the buttercream and jam between the layers don’t mix (mine turned pink) and now I know that briefly freezing the buttercream (or jam?) is the answer. Happy belated birthday! What a lovely birthday cake.
July 1, 2009 at 3:09 am
Happy (belated) birthday! Your cake looks fabulous. Strawberry jam & lemon curd sound great together.
July 1, 2009 at 4:28 am
Now that looks like a great cake! Very impressive!
July 1, 2009 at 6:58 am
Awesome cake! I love all of the layers, it looks fantastic!
July 1, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Yeah!! Happy Birthday!! I agree about serving it room temp…very yummy.
July 1, 2009 at 2:26 pm
yay! happy birthday to you! this is one perfect cake for birthdays, isn’t it?!? i love, love all your layers–awesome!
July 1, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Look at all of those layers!!! So impressive! They are so high! Gorgeous, gorgeous cake! I could eat this forever and ever and ever and ever…
July 1, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Happy Happy Birthday! What a perfect cake for what I hope was a perfect party! Beautiful job!
July 1, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Happy birthday! I hope you had a good one. Your cake looks wonderful.
July 1, 2009 at 8:37 pm
happy birthday to you! looks like you celebrated right, with the perfect cake!
July 2, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Happy belated one for the 19th just past!
Yes, never can go wrong with extra frosting, indeed.
If I made something like that from my family they would absolutely scream with delight. Well, I think anyone in their right mind would.
Hey, I think it is lunch time here in Texas!
July 2, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Happy birthday! So glad you had such a spectacular cake to celebrate your special day. Six magnificent layers of celebration!
July 2, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Happy Belated Birthday! I love the title of your post too, it goes really well with this post.
I love your 6-layer cake! And next time I plan on taking your advice on partially freezing because my frosting did tend to mix in with the preserves.
Beautiful Perfect Party Cake!
July 2, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Happy birthday! And what a gorgeous cake to celebrate it!
July 3, 2009 at 2:31 am
Happy Belated. GREAT looking BIG cake! Glad you were so happy with it!
July 3, 2009 at 4:25 am
Happy something-9th birthay (teehee)! Doesn’t matter with a cake like this, though. It looks tall and fantastic
July 3, 2009 at 5:28 am
Happy belated birthday! Glad you had such a beautiful and delicious cake to celebrate with!
July 4, 2009 at 11:36 am
happy birthday margaret! i’ve never seen a 6-layer cake b4, sure looks fantastic! am eating it with my eyes
July 5, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Happy belated, Margaret!
July 6, 2009 at 1:08 am
Yeah! Gorgeous cake. Sounds like a wonderful birthday.
July 6, 2009 at 5:19 am
Wow, Wow, Wow, so many pretty layers. I wish I had a slice right now. A great midnight treat. Beautifully executed. I think for your birthday no matter which it is, you can do anything you like and it doesn’t count. Happy Birthday
AmyRuth
July 6, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Happy Belated Birthday! What a way to celebrate with that gorgeous tower of cake!
July 9, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Happy Happy! Love your cake, and since you went to the trouble of making two flavors, I’ll be polite and take a slice of each. Yum! Thanks for the tips, too.