Am quite pleased that you can even see the little spots of vanilla bean in the cream cheese frosting! I don't actually know how to frost cakes--I'm terrific at cupcakes, with a piping bag, but big cakes? No time for using a teensy piping bag, no icing spatula in kitchen repertoire, no knowledge nor desire to produce professional-looking cakes ... hence my "rustic" cakes. "Rustic" is one of those euphemisms you should look out for in real estate descriptions (along with "cozy", "potential", "compact", "unique" ...), which we are very well-educated on at this point, but really I do think it makes for a cute little cake. Sprinkle a handful of walnuts on the top to take the mind away from the imperfections, and voila! Rustic. And delicious.
