So I managed to get some sleep over the weekend! Knowing I had 5 birthday cake orders to make for Monday & Tuesday I was excited yet dreading to go back into the kitchen... I procrastinated, and procrastinated, and procrastinated some more.... until 8pm on Sunday night I had a panic attack and forced myself to preheat the oven.
The request from Naomi was "Something Chocolate!" so I suggested I'd make the chocolate mousse layer cake I've been wanting to make... Which turned out to be a rather challenging experiment. I was in the kitchen until 2am making each component of this labour intensive cake. It may look humble and "plain"... but I had a series of nervous breakdowns throughout the night and feared my expensive chocolate would all go to waste.
It is actually the first time I made chocolate mousse!! and there are so many versions around, I had to make up my own to suit the quantity I needed.... Although I'm obsessed about making desserts, there are too many "common" things I haven't made before (my family doesn't eat this stuff!). I thought I should take this chance to make everything on my forever growing to-bake's list.
Luckily the cake turned out to be a hit with a very happy birthday girl who claimed it was the best birthday cake she's ever had - my effort well worth it I thought :)
On the way up to the office, the chocolate letters wowed a few people in the lift. Unfortunately some letters broke apart during transport.
Some people have asked for the recipe, I will try to recall what I did and the amounts I used (very late at night without measuring cups...but did involve EIGHTEEN EGGS and a lot of chocolate!). I took recipes of the different components from different sources and just went by feel. A big gamble. Fun though.
I'm sure I'll be making more of chocolate mousse cakes in the future now that I got my head around it. Hopefully it'll turn out how I want it to be next time!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAOMI!
Thank you Luke for requesting a savoury party-pie-and-sausage roll-tower! Unfortunately I couldn't put it into a cake shape as they needed heating up in the oven beforehand.But this took some burden off my shoulders!! And everyone cleaned up the savouries super fast. Think everyone's a bit over cakes already!
If you look closely, I piped a few words with the sauce!
Anyway, thank you guys for supporting my birthday campaign with these cake orders! Although a challenge for me time wise, but I really appreciate and enjoy the experience :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!
Amount raised today was $50x2 = $100
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