TIE DYE CAKE WITH STRAWBERRY & CHOCOLATE GANACHE

I made a TIE DYE CAKE for a birthday party of my friend. Actually it’s for his son’s 3rd birthday, but I kinda hate him for already having a son when he’s younger than me! How could he???  AND his wife just gave birth to their 2nd child!! WHATT?? *end rants*

Anywaayy… the cake, yes. I was reluctant because, ONE, I don’t take order on birthday cake. NEVER. TWO, I have limited tools for decorating cakes. But he begged, and begged, and I let him begged some more, just for good measures, before I caved and agreed to bake him this cake. Of course, with a fair warning of I’M NOT THAT GOOD AT DECORATING FULL ON CAKE YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!

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CHOCOLATE CHEESE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

If you’re me, who’s too lazy at calculating portions every time I got big orders, you could end up with a lot of leftover batters, sauce, etc. Last week, after a crazy day of baking lots chocolate cupcakes, I ended up with a whole  bowl of double chocolate chip batter. What to do, what to do? Well, I happened to have lots of grated cheese leftover from baking lasagna. Chocolate and cheese, perfect!!! Cut things short, here’s the recipe…

Ingredients :

  • 1/2 recipe of double chocolate chip batter from this post.
  • 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese.
  • 1/2 cup of sweet condensed milk.

That’s about it. Oh wait… yes, the directions.. 🙂

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PWEEEETTY CUPCAKES!

So today is my best friend birthday, and I wanted to make something special for her. I decided to bake a double chocolate cupcake with vanilla bean buttercream frosting.

For the cake, I used a slightly different recipe from this one.

I reduced the Cocoa Powder and add some chocolate chips. This time i half cheated on the buttercream. I use a buttercream mix and whisk it with fresh vanilla pods. Don’t you just love the tiny black dots?

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