Hi Sara, I’m sorry for the disappointing Grinch Cake results. Which part was bitter – the green cake? Red cake? Buttercream? All of it? I haven’t had the experience of vanilla causing cakes to be bitter – was it real vanilla extract or imitation vanilla flavoring? Or Mexican vanilla, which also has a more assertive flavor? I can see that perhaps an imitation extract might add bitterness or some other “off” flavor, maybe, but I would still be a bit surprised if it was vanilla that made it inedible.

The more likely culprit might be the food coloring. Excess food coloring can have a bitter taste – especially red and black. What brand/type of coloring did you use? Did you notice certain parts of the cake being more bitter than others (ie, the red heart was bitter but the frosting was not, etc). How much coloring would you say you used?

So glad you enjoyed the recipe! Cheers!

Hi Ritu! Thank you for commenting. I’m so glad you enjoyed this!

This is fabulous..
Thank you for all the efforts ❤️

Thank you!!

Hi Deidra! Thank you so much for your feedback. I will look into updating the blog post to answer the questions you had. I’m sorry the fondant fell apart! That’s always frustrating but I’m glad you had a good experience with this overall! And thanks for all the love about my recipes. That makes my heart happy!