From the Past

I've had these pictures in my computer for a while now but totally forgot about them so I'm putting them up now. The one on top is a strawberry mousse layered cake and I wanted it to be fun cute but not girly. The polka dots kinda reminded me of a cartoon dinosaur and I love blue and yellow together. The one below was a triple berry cake and the outside was decorated with cherry blossoms because the birthday girl loved them. The ribbon on the side was actually an afterthought to cover up the side seam ribbon but it turned out pretty well.

For a Mom

My friend asked me to make a cake for his mom's birthday the other day and since she doesn't have too much of a sweet tooth, I made a fluffy sponge cake with layers of strawberry mousse. The outside has a thin layer of buttercream and the flowers are all buttercream as well.

The mom loves flowers and is into really "girly" things so I wanted to do something cute, but beautiful as well. Asians love chrysanthemum's (as do I) so I decided on a few hues of pinks, and purples although in the picture, it looks more like orange than pink. I had these cascading down the sides so it looked very elegant, like the mom.

The sides were a bit plain, so I decided to play up the cuteness by adding some small polka dots and tiny hearts from leftover coloured buttercream. She apparently loved it so I was satisfied and very happy. I think that's really the most important part in making a cake; it's the client's tastes you are catering to so if they're happy, I'm happy.

Seared Tuna Wrap

Went to Costco the other day and found some awesome frozen tuna steaks. Yeah they're frozen, but they were such a good deal! $12.95 for 5-6 well-portioned steaks. The really good thing is that they're individually vacuum-packed. I was only going to use it for tuna tartar anyways but I had some leftover so I decided to just pan-fry it slightly and glaze it with some sweet chili sauce. Put it in a tortilla wrap with some sliced tomatoes, lettuce, and leftover ratatouille and there was my lunch for the day! I have to admit, for frozen steaks, they're pretty gosh darn good. I will definitely be picking up more on my next trip to Costco!

Chocolate and Raspberry - A Match Made in Heaven

So here I am with another cake, finally. This one was for a 3rd birthday for a kid who loves Toopy and Binoo, a cute cartoon show that shows on YTV Treehouse. I think this cartoon is quite new as I had never heard of it before but a little research got me some pretty good pictures of it. The only other specifications were: Chocolate and fruity. I got to thinking and here is what I came up with:

2 chocolate dacquois meringues sandwiching a milk chocolate rice krispies layer, and on top of that, a raspberry jelly floating inside chocolate mousse that has fresh raspberries folded into it.

The outside is just a dark chocolate glaze and the picture, I piped out of chocolate. The design turned out exactly how I wanted it to turn out so I was relieved and very happy with the result. I didn't get to taste the cake unfortunately but I heard that it was a big hit so I'm absolutely delighted. Can't wait till the next experiment!