Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day, filled with love and happiness. I don’t necessarily enjoy how commercialization has taken over our lives, but I still like celebrating Valentine’s Day and giving / receiving a gift to let the people in my life know that I care. Usually I won’t […]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Cake
I wanted to experiment more with buttercream frosting. I mentioned in my Vanilla Buttercream Frosting post that I’m not a big fan of buttercream for filling cakes, it’s just too buttery and sugary for my taste. However, it’s very easy to work with it to decorate cakes/cupcakes hence why I still make it. But let […]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting/Filling
This Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttercream is delicious on its own but you could mix in some fresh raspberries as well, place them on top of the filling between the cake layers, or just arrange them on top to decorate your cake. Ingredients […]
Valentine’s Day Dessert – Strawberry and White Chocolate Squares
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so today I have for you another delicious dessert to bake and enjoy together with your loved ones. I made two easy fillings, a strawberry jelly and a white chocolate & whipped cream filling. To keep it even simpler you could pick just one of the two fillings […]
Strawberry Vanilla Cake
Ingredients for two 26.7 cm (10.5 inch) strawberry vanilla cakes: 5 eggs 1.5 cups (165g) sugar 1 cup (225g)unsalted butter 1.5 Tbsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt ¾ cup (175ml) milk 3 tsp baking powder 2.5 cups (275g) sifted cake flour ½ cup (75g) strawberry pudding powder (optional, I usually add this to get a stronger […]
White Chocolate and Whipped Cream Filling
Ingredients: 300g white chocolate chips or gated chocolate 3 cups (750ml) whipping cream, divided ¼ cup (30g) powdered sugar, if using unsweetened whipping cream 3 Tbsp (21g) unflavoured gelatin Directions: Heat ¼ of the whipping cream over medium heat, remove from heat, add the chocolate and stir until completely mixed and glossy. If the […]
Strawberry Jelly / Jello
Ingredients: 750 g strawberries 125 g sugar 21 g gelatin Directions: Puree the strawberries until smooth. Add the sugar and place in a saucepan over low-medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat. Soften the gelatin in a few tablespoons of warm water and combine with the strawberry mixture. Let it cool […]
Chocolate Cake – Happy Birthday Dada!
Just wanted to wish our lovely Dada a very happy birthday! You are an amazing person and we love you so so so much! His Birthday Cake was similar to our New Year’s Eve one– a walnut cake filled with a delicious chocolate walnut cream. The only difference is that I added a touch of […]
Valentine’s Day Cake Pops
Cake pops are fun to make and they are (too) easy to eat… so easy that I can never stop at one. Every time we have cakes, other types of desserts and cake pops, of course the cake pops are the first to go! I made regular round cake pops and a few heart-shaped ones […]