This is our 13th wedding anniversary cake – a delicious chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse and wild berry mousse. The frosting is the chocolate ganache buttercream I shared with you before. Also, I sprayed the cake with a thin layer of tempered chocolate. I fell in love with the velvet texture I […]
Rich Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients for 24 cupcakes or 48 mini cupcakes: 2 sticks butter (1 cup / 230 g) 1 cup cocoa powder (110 g) 2 cups cake flour (220 g) 1 ½ cups sugar (340 g) 1 tsp baking soda 3 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 4 eggs 1 ½ cups (360 g) sour cream 1 […]
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 […]
Chocolate Cake with Walnuts – New Year’s Eve 2014
Just three words for this Chocolate Cake with Walnuts– QUICK, EASY, DELICIOUS! This is the cake I made for our New Year’s Eve party and trust me on this, everyone at our party just loved it. This cake is a must for any chocolate lover! The walnut cake was light and moist and the filling […]
My Special Topsy Turvy BDay Cake
I am so excited I managed to make this Topsy Turvy Cake for my birthday despite the time constraints. I think this is the biggest cake I made in the shortest time but, thanks to my husband who offered to help shaping the fondant balls (he’s an expert now :)), I managed to finish the […]
Chocolate Cake with Walnuts
Ingredients for a 26.7 cm (10.5 inch) round pan : 7 large eggs 7 Tbsp water (40 ml) 10 Tbsp all-purpose flour (160 g) 4 Tbsp cocoa powder (50 g) 14 Tbsp sugar (210 g) 4-5 Tbsp chopped or ground walnuts (optional) The pan should be greased with butter and floured or lined with parchment paper. […]
Beach Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate ganache is super quick and easy to make and for the basic recipe you only need two ingredients – whipping cream and chocolate. It can be used as a filling (as in this recipe), frosting or glaze. Initially I was going to make a sponge cake filled and frosted with chocolate ganache but I […]
Two-Colour Cake with Cappuccino and Cocoa
Ingredients for a a 36 x 36 cm (14.5 x 14.5 inch) pan: 12 eggs 12 Tbsp water 280 g sugar 280 g flour 4 tsp cocoa 4 tsp cappuccino (dry powder) The pan should be greased with butter and floured or lined with parchment paper. Directions: Beat egg whites and water with an electric […]
Chocolate Cake I
Ingredients for a 33 x 22.9 x 5.08 cm (13 x 9 x 2 inch) baking pan: 260 g sugar 8 eggs 40 ml water 50 ml oil 30g cocoa 150 g cake flour The pan should be greased with butter and floured or lined with parchment paper. Directions: Sponge cake: Beat egg whites and water […]