What's baking?

The season kicks off with fresh imported strawberries and there are packs of fresh strawberries piled up on the shelves in supermarkets. Who doesn't love being treated with any sweet/dessert/cakes made with strawberries?! I was craving for Swiss roll cakes since a week but never got time due to work and studies! So, I decided that I HAVE to make it this evening. 

Let's get started. I first baked a basic vanilla sponge cake with 4 eggs recipe and kept it in the freezer. Then I prepared the ingredients to make the strawberry frosting:

Ingredients:

• Softened butter - 1 cup
• Sifted icing sugar - 1 cup
• Finely chopped fresh strawberries - 1 cup

Method:

1. Beat the butter till it is softened.
2. Add the icing sugar and beat on low speed. You wouldn't want to have a flour shower in your kitchen :)
3.  Finally, add the chopped strawberries and beat till you reach the desired consistency. 
4. If the frosting is too thin, add some icing sugar. If it is thick, add strawberries to get a balance in the consistency.

Assembling:

• Spread the frosting on to the thin layer of the sponge cake and add sliced strawberries on top of it. Keep some to cover the outside of the cake.
• Roll it like a swiss roll or like a cinnamon bun.
• Wrap it with cling and freeze it till it is set.
• Cover the top and sides of the Swiss roll cake with the remaining frosting.

Strawberry Swiss Roll Cake is READY!

A suprise for my Sister

It was a Sister's 15th Birthday. I wanted to surprise her with cupcakes! She loves cupcakes and me surprising her on her birthday would be the last thought on her mind. lol. So I decided it would be a real surprise indeed.

I made vanilla sponge cupcakes and made strawberry frosting. It was looking amazing when topped with fresh strawberries. First I made strawberry frosting early that morning and froze it till I bake the cuppycakes. Then the regular vanilla cake recipe was made and kept them in the refrigerator till I get ready with all the items to ice the cupcakes. They were not hard even though I kept them in the fridge, once taken out, in a couple of minutes it was soft again. Then I iced the cupcakes kept the sliced fresh strawberry and served.

She did love 'em. :) This is what she said: "Thank you Sis for these Wonderful Cuppycakes  They were sooo delicious.♥♥ Was such a surprise for me! I'm so happy!!!". And ofcourse, I'm happy too :)

As you all could figure it out, it's cupcakes arranged as 15.( She is 15 years)

 

This was the first 3 cupcakes, I iced and kept the whole strawberry for the photo shoot ;)

Black Forest Gateaux

This is Black forest gateaux made with light sponge chocolate cake piped in with whipped cream, black cherries and rich creamy chocolate mousse!Strawberries and whipped cream was used for the topping.

Who wouldn't say a YES to have a slice of this delicious rich gateaux?! 

Strawberry Gateaux with Chocolate Ganache

Who doesn't love Strawberries and Chocolate?

It was my Sister's birthday and I wanted to surprise her with a cake. So along with my mom and my younger Sister, I decided to bake a cake a day before her birthday. I just love the combination of Strawberries and Chocolate it's so heavenly!

A five layer cake was in my mind with Whipping cream and Chocolate Ganache on the top. As I planned, it turned out to be the best looking cake ever and she said, ''Such a surprise it came to me as... apart from the fact that my mom and sister have planned to bake the cake at a friend's so that i wont figure out, the cake itself was a surprise since it was spot on. from the look of it to the last bite. It was a massive cake.. How did she even put it up? Great work and u sure gotta work ur sleeves up next time for u have risen up my expectations sista gal, my next birthday is around the corner remember? haha'', that's my sista!.

I will upload the photos of the cake in my next blog.