Brother birthday cake

Dear all,

My brother is a big fan of chocolate cake. So for his birthday this year he picked out one he'd like, and of course, I delivered. It really was TOO much chocolate if you ask me, but my brother enjoyed it. And that was the point of the exercise. I have to say I really like the finishing!

My brother's cakes involve a lot of gooey chocolate. So here you have melted chocolate and a chocolate digestive cookie base.

Mix the chocolate with cream cheese and you get a VERY rich cheesecake. I would mix in some whipping cream or something lighter next time. The finishing was fantastic however. I poured over some melty dark chocolate, melty white chocolate stripes, and then made this pattern. Excellent stuff!!


The rest is easy - let it set. And you get a crisp base, gooey center and crisp chocolate topping. A flavour and texture sensation. Happy Birthday!

xoxo Jennifer

Re-launch

Dear all,

I'm back! Had to write a thesis and go on work-related trips to Japan and stuff. Occupational hazard! But to get things back on track, some things I've worked on recently:

First up, an apricot and cinnamon cake with a cream cheese/cinnamon topping. So I had a little accident with the cinnamon on top and due to lack of pictures you will have to take my word for it that there are apricots inside. Interesting point to this cake was it was made with olive oil. Very tasty (though couldn't tell it was olive oil...)

Next up Roxy's birthday cake! This was a baked lemon cheesecake with a plum and bramble topping. Again, you'll have to take my word on the contents, suffice to say it tasted fantastic!

 Next week: more birthday cake!

xoxo Jennifer