Yoghurt cake with latte ice-cream

Weather is getting cold now. It's the time to start the oven, warm up the house.

Fromage blanc cake - I call it yogurt cake because it is made by yoghurt.

The good thing about this cake is not using butter and it is very very light.

The recipe is from Citron et Vanille - Fromage blanc cake  

 My yoghurt cake is served with latte ice-cream.

Friday night, just can't afford any more time to make Silvia's stawberry sauce.

Moist Choloclate mud cake (Moist Chocolate rich cake)

It is an addication. I went to my friend's wedding last week. It is the best chocolate MUD cake I ever have. It is moist, have mud cake feeling and sweetness just right.

This mud cake is stayed in my head for a week. I can't make it during the weeks. When you addicted on something, no matter what you need to do, just want to have it. So what I do - I bought a Sara Lee Chocolate moist cake during the week. :) but it is not good enough.

This weekend mission - chocolate mud cake

This recipe pass my digestive system. I don't feel heavy at all and really moist but may be not enough mud cake feeling. It should call Moist and Rich chocolate cake.

Ingredients:
200 unsalted butter, 200 dark chocolate
1 tablespoon instand coffee
1 cup warm water
1/3 buttermilk
1 1/2 self raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
pinch of salt

What to do:
Grease the baking pan. (I used 24 inch baking pan)
Combine butter, chopped chocolate, coffee, water and butter milk in a bowl.
Put the bowl in the water-bath, let all butter and chocolate melt.
Let it cool down for few minutes.
Add caster sugar to mixture and beat well until dissolved.
Add sifted flour, cocoa, salt and lightly beaten eggs and vanilla.
Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan.
Baking at 150 degree for around 1 hour.
Test with skewer, cool cake in pan (I forget this step, what happen - my cake is boken into different pieces when it is still warm)


I use 70% Lindt Cocoa so the cake a bit bitter.

Falling apart chocolate cake - still taste great !!!

Incomplete Opera cake

Have flipped through my French dessert cook book in the past few weeks which was bought from online bookshop. Every picture looks great, but it always includes 4 or 5 items to compose the whole cake. Looking at the lengthy process, it is really made me hesitating.

The term of “French dessert” give me impression which is only born at Professional kitchen.
Last year, I have made a very creative cake for Jess’s birthday. So what am I going to do this year? It may be a good excuse for me to pick 1 from this book related to chocolate – OPERA CAKE - goal set!

It needs: 4 rectangular sponge cakes (thin layer), Coffee mousse – but need to make Italian meringue first

Coffee syrup, Chocolate ganache, Silky chocolate ganache topping – I leave this one, wait for next time

After prepared all items, next step is layering the cake.

First layer is sponge cake, coffee syrup, chocolate graache, then sponge cake again, coffee syrup, coffee mousse this time, repeat 2 times. All done – no, no, no. it needs to look pretty. Nearly 10 pm at night, my brain just a little exhausted, try to use the Italian Mergiue to pip rose, but I forgot how to do it. Just the name would do. It is very simple decoration but I love the silky and shiny look of the meringue.

Look at each layer - can you smell the chocolate ganache blend with coffee mousse.

Considering how much time and effort to spend, it made me understand why the cost of quality French dessert is a little bit more expensive.

雪糕瑞士卷

細個另一至愛, 不過好似吾見再有得賣, in here - better don't think about it.

我還加了strawberry jam 在海綿蛋糕之上, 簡直做到十足十

21 Chocolate Cake

This is the first massive project in my life. 21 Birthday cake for 100 people. I think it comes out quite ok, smell the fresh strawberry and chocolate. 

Tiramisu Birthday cake

Specially for my friend's cousin. Actually it is very hard to do the icing in the soft surface. Not really fun !

Chocolate Mud Cake

This one is my love.
Smell of the dark chocolate already bring you to heaven. Yep, it is exactly how I feel.
Chocolate curl is a bit difficult to make. No easy way, just practice, practice and practice.
Chocolate ganache look so great.
I donated this one to nurses in the aged care center. They are working so hard.

Roses basket

How long it takes me to finish all roses - not so long, just 1 saturday afternoon. First time, not bad. At least, I managed to make enough putting on the top of the cake. This basket was given to my lovely neighbour who always give us fresh fig, homemade cookies and light bites

Mickey Mouse

I am not a big fan of Mickey Mouse. But this one just can't resist.
This cake has given to my friend's little daughter. She loved it.
Tips - all black area is using choclate dark brown to make the butter cream.

Bear - my first cake

It is my first time to decorate cake. I have seen my friend doing it couple years ago but not feel interesting at all. But now, just feel amazing. Just can't believe I make it.