Baking Project

It was a tiring Sunday.. I had to bake two chocolate cakes for my friend. I started before lunch and was baking triple the recipe. My hubby’s officemates also wanted to try some.. so I might as well make extras. I’m going to show some photos on how I did the cake decorating, please don’t laugh cause I’m quite new at this. It’s not a birthday cake, so I didn’t use any fancy icing. I use the extras for the filling to make the cake decoration. The filling consist of cooking chocolate, melted in whip cream. Then whip the chocolate cream until it become stiff. For the topping, the ingredients are the same, with a few tablespoons of butter added (you don’t have to whip it).

After the cake is done and cool, cut the cake into half. Trim the edges. Fill with the whip chocolate cream and top it with the chocolate frosting.

Smooth the edges. Don’t worry if it doesn’t look perfect, after all it’s a homemade cake. For my cake deco, I use a star tip. Take a pastry bag, or like me, I’m using plastic piping bag, cut the end and insert the star tip. Then fill it with the chocolate cream. You are ready to decorate.

Here’s the end product… I know I have a lot to learn, more practice. The top looks too plain, so I sprinkle my daughter’s chocolate buttons on it.

If I can do it, you can do it ! What’s most important is to ensure the cake inside taste as good as the outside..

The cake taste better after being kept in the fridge for a while, somehow it becomes more moist. But it doesn’t usually last very long in my kitchen. It’ll be gone in a day or two.