Day 11 - [Guest Baker] Fruit Tarts & Blackforest Cake

19 July 2010

The weekend was again one day too short, but I had a colleague volunteer to bake for me for today just so I can have a bake-free day... awwwwww~~~ So I managed to SLEEP A LOT over the weekend. I even slept in on saturday and missed a breakfast I was suppose to attend, oops!

The only thing I baked over the weekend was a short notice Pavlova order. Next time I need to start baking earlier to let the meringue cool naturally... and also mental note: don't expect a decorated pavlova to stay in shape during a 45 minutes drive. Luckily Frank was very accepting of my effort despite the pavlova looking like a splatter of fruit and cream (too fugly for photos)...I was thinking on the drive there that I might have to give a discount to the inferior thing... but he ended up paying me an extra $10 towards my ingredients and gave me plenty of encouragement to continue what I'm doing. Awwwww~ again :) 

Blackforest Cake & Fruit Tarts

Anyway, this morning I was able to get to work leisurely without carrying anything extra, rest those biceps! I arrived at my desk to find a cake caddie with a post-it note on it. The colleague who wished to stay anonymous made Blackforest Cake from Master Chef's recipes as well as mini Fruit tarts. Thanks so much YE!

I took the liberty to sprinkle icing sugar over everything. The one thing I did learn from my brief time at Jocelyn's was - EVERYTHING looks more delicious with some dusting :D!

Amount raised today was $44

Choc ganache & cream layers with cherries...

I did a count before everyone got into it, there were 24 pieces selling at $2.70 each... the return should be higher but I understand a few people are "paying-in-advance"... so I'm still trusting everyone with the honesty system. Just have to expect an unpredictable daily return from now on I guess...

Meanwhile, I'm looking into expanding my territory... a "Muffin Day" is on the agenda soon as a couple of friends have offered to help me out at their offices :D!

Also, Yvonne generously gave me $100 last night when I dropped by for a catch-up. She said she'd shave her head for $1000 donation towards my campaign! Brave. I'd only go blonde... but perhaps we should stick to the baking theme?!!  

I hope the support I've been receiving doesn't slow down too fast now that I'm 2/5 there... I was really really really glad I could inspire my neighbour to help out so generously and possibly get more than one well built! And it's so great to know that I'm not only surrounded by cake lovers, but people who genuinely love doing nice things for others :)

To finish off.
Model of the day - Ksenja getting her piece of cake