Pokemon Fresh Cream Black Forest Cake

I have always wanted to try Pierre Herme (the well know pastry chef from Paris) Black Forest cake recipe and finally manage to find another excuse to do this. PH's recipe called for chocolate whipped cream and Kirsch flavour whipped in between the pitted cherries and chocolate sponge which is very different from the standard Black Forest cake one used to get from usual bakery store. The cream really taste light and great though the steps involved are quite a fair bit compared to those standard Black Forest recipe that offer.

I made quite a few modification (reducing sugar in the chocolate whipped cream, added cherries on top of chocolate cream and use another chocolate sponge). Overall the cake is great but find that the Kirsch flavour can be stronger but it is just nice if you are offering the cake to kids.

However, I really need to perfect my skill on whipped cream piping and decoration.

Ben10 Fondant Decoration Cake

When I received a request from my girlfriend to produce a Ben10 cake for her son's birthday celebration, as a cartoon idiot as usual, I have ask my kids what is the cartoon about and the details. Originally want to make a the Ben10 boy face but worry it will not look quite the same as the original cartoon though hubby offer to help to draft the face :)

End up I decided to make the Omnitrix F/X watch and also bought some Ben 10 little figurines to complete the look and also the boy can keep it as toys. The little circle by the side is not a pattern but the luminous sparkling light that the watch will emit when Ben the character transform into different figures.

Through the process of baking this cake, I think I find another reason to upgrade to a bigger oven or may be bigger kitchen! Haha!

Spongy Muffin

MuThe best dome shaped muffin I have baked so far using Alex's Goh recipe.