Saturday, March 08, 2008

Chunky Walnut Apple Cake



Chunky Walnut Apple Cheese Cake

Ingredient: (1/3 recipe for one 6” cake)
Chunky walnut cake

½ cup vegetable oil
~ 1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 cup all purpose flour
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
¼ tsp ground mace (optional)
1/3 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 cup walnuts
1.5-2 tbsp milk (or apple liqueur or water)

Cheesecake Filling
1 egg
1 package (8oz) cream cheese
~½ cup sugar (adjust to taste)
1 Tbsp sour cream
A pinch of salt
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp flour (optional)

Apple slices topping
1 granny smith apple (sliced)
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon


Method:
1.Preheat oven to 325 F
2.In a large bowl, beat vegetable oil and sugar until thick and opaque. Add egg (s), (one at a time for scaled up recipe), beating well after each addition.
3.Sift together flour, cloves, cinnamon, mace, baking soda and salt. Add to oil and egg mixture and mix until well blended.
4.Add walnuts and milk (or apple liqueur or water) all at once, stir batter until pieces are evenly distributed. (Batter will be thick)
5.Pour ½ batter into a greased 6 inch round cake pan and pour the rest into another 6 inch round cake pan. Bake for 1 hour or less, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
6.While the walnut cake is baking, prepare the cheesecake filling. Beat cream cheese until fluffy, beat in the rest of the ingredient. Pour the filling evenly on top of the two walnut cake base.
7.Toss apple slices with sugar and cinnamon. Arrange apple slices on top of one of the cheesecake/walnut cake base. Bake for another 30-40 minutes at 350F until center is just set. Cool and chill.
8.To assemble, unmold the two walnut cheesecakes and stack the one with apple slices on top of the other.


Saturday, October 20, 2007

USA Inspiration Cake

Strawberry & Blackberry Cream Cake - USA inspiration
A refreshing cream cake with fresh strawberries and blackberries. Vanilla cake layers filled with raspberry jam, lemon flavored whipped cream and strawberry pieces for a perfection favour combination. White chocolate shavings on the side provides a nice texture and a delicate sweetness.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Lemon Marble Cake with Orange Lilies

Lemon Marble Cake with Orange Lilies
Marble cake with Lemon Buttercream Icing. Decorated with gum paste (edible sugar paste) lilies.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Coconut cream cake with caramelized walnuts

Coconut cream cake with caramelized walnuts
Wonderful combination of crunchy caramelized walnuts, sweet coconut flakes and silky whipped cream layered between moist coconut flavored white cake. Garnish with decorative chocolate disc.

Friday, August 03, 2007

Strawberry Cheesecake with Hazelnut Crust

Strawberry Cheesecake with Hazelnut Chocolate Crust
Creamy and rich vanilla cheesecake with a hint of orange flavor & Strawberry swirl on top of a delicious chocolate hazelnut crust. Garnish with white chocolate shavings and fresh strawberry.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Mandarin orange chocolate cream cake

Mandarin orange chocolate cream cake
Two layers of orange accented chocolate cake paired with refreshing mandarin oranges and fluffy whipped cream.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Mango Mousse Cake

Mango Mousse Cake
Light vanilla sponge cake layered with fluffy mango mousse, atop with slices of mango and chocolate web garnish.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Pink Rose Chocolate Cake


Pink Rose Chocolate Cake
Rich chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. Decorated with pink roses, fun chocolate icing patterns and finished up with a little pink ribbon.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Peaches & Cream Chocolate Cake

Peaches & Cream Chocolate Cake
Dark Chocolate Cake filled with refreshing peaches & whipped cream. Decorated with more peaches and chocolate shavings!

Dreamy Strawberry Cream Cake

Dreamy Strawberry Cream Cake
Two layer vanilla cake filled with fresh strawberry pieces and light fluffy whipped cream. Top with more strawberries, chocolate leaves and surrounded with chocolate shavings for an extra hint of crunch and sweetness.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Chocolate Mandarin Orange Cream Cake

Chocolate Mandarin Orange Cream Cake
Moist Chocolate cake with light whip cream & mandarin orange filling. Decorated with white chocolate shavings for a extra hint of sweetness.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Orange Cranberry Cheesecake with Chocolate Hazelnut Crust

Orange Cranberry Cheesecake with Chocolate Hazelnut Crust
Orange flavored cheesecake with chocolate hazelnut graham cookie crust, cranberry grand marnier compote and white chocolate mousse. Decorated with white chocolate curls.

Recipe : Orange Cranberry Cheesecake with Chocolate Hazelnut Crust

Ingredients:
Crust
2 packages of chocolate graham cookie, finely grounded (3 packages total in a box usually)
½ cup of hazelnut (finely grounded)
3-4 Tbsp butter

Cheesecake filling
4 (8 ounces each) package of cream cheese
4 large eggs
3 Tbsp of sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp of orange zest (around ½ orange)
¼ tsp salt
1 ½ cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour

White chocolate mousse
1 cup whip cream (1 small box is barely just enough for 2 cakes)
¼ cup white chocolate chips (melted with 2 tsp milk or cream, microwave for 20 second intervals to melt)
2 tsp gelatin (melted in 1-2 Tbsp warm water)

Cranberry topping
1 bag fresh cranberries
orange juice (from ½ orange)
orange zest
2 Tbsp Grand Marnier
4 Tbsp sugar (or more … to taste)

½ cup white chocolate (for shavings)

Method:
Crust: Mix graham cookies, grounded hazelnut and butter. (add enough butter until the mixture is slightly moist and can hold together when pressed) Pressed mixture on the bottom and sides of a springform pan. (2 inches up the sides) wrap foil on the outside of cake pan (to make sure water doesn’t get in from the water bath)

Filling: Preheat over to 350F.Beat cream cheese until fluffy, add sugar, flour, salt, orange zest, vanilla extract and mix until incorporate. Add eggs one at a time and mix until incorporate. Mix in sour cream, taste and adjust taste with more sugar or sour cream or orange zest to get a tangy sweet flavor. Pour mixture into prepared pans and bake in water bath for 1 hr 20 min at 350F. Cool completely (couple hours). Meanwhile prepare cranberry topping and white chocolate mousse & chocolate shavings

Cranberry topping: Boil orange juice, Grand Marnier until most of the alcohol from the Grand Marnier is gone. Add ½ bag of cranberries and sugar and cook until it starts to pop but still hold shape (around 5 minute). Add orange zest and rest of cranberries. Cook for 1-2 minutes more (not too long). If need, add cornstarch water mixture to thicken. Cool completely (couple hours)

White chocolate mousse: Whipped cream until soft peak, add in gelatin mixture and mix slightly until incorporated. Fold in melted & cooled white chocolate mixture. Pipe/spread on top of cooled cheesecake. Top with cranberry topping and pipe additional mousse on the outside ring of the cake. Decorate with white chocolate shavings (melt white chocolate on marble and use a metal spatula to scrap off curls)

Friday, November 24, 2006

Recipes - Green Tea Mousse Cake


Make 1 8" cake
Chiffron Cake:
6 Large egg
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup Sugar (minus 1 Tbsp if prefer less sweet)
1 cup cake flour (can be substitue with (1cup-2tsp) flour + 2tsp corn starch)
6 Tbsp butter, melted
6 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp green tea powder
pinch of salt
Optional 1 tsp vanilla extract (add only for basic chiffron cake where green tea powder is not used)

Green Tea Mousse
3 cup heavy cream
1 pack gelatin + ~2-3 Tbsp water
4 Tbsp Sugar (or a little more to taste)
3-4tsp green tea powder

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line parchment paper on clean 8" round baking pan. (Do not grease sides of pan). Sift all dry ingredients: flour, green tea powder, baking powder and salt.
2. Melt butter and milk together in microwave (~30 sec). Stir until everything is dissolved and then cool to room temperature.
3. Separate egg whites and yolks in two mixing bowls
4. Beat egg yolks with 1/2 of sugar until thick and pale yellow
5. Add milk butter mixture to egg yolks and mix until blend. (beware that butter mixture has to be cool enough)
6. Beat egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar until soft peak
7. Gently fold in egg yolk mixture (small amount at a time)
8. Gently fold in sifted dry ingredients in batches
9. Pour into clean baking pan lined with parchment paper on the bottom.
10. Bake for ~30min until a toothpick come out clean when insert in the center of cake.
11. Invert the cake to cool for 15 min to maximize height of cake.

12. Unmold cake and let it cool completely.
13. Slice cake into 3 layers. Trim the cake layers so that it's 1/2" smaller than the cake pan with removable bottom.
14. Whipped heavy cream, sugar and green tea powder until soft peak. Adjust amount of green tea powder and sugar to taste (beware green tea powder can go overboard easily). Melt gelatin in warm water and mix into the mousse and continue to whip until stiff peak.
15. Place a cake layer, spread 1/3 of mousse evenly, repeat for remaining layers. Smooth out the top layer. Refrigerate until firm (3-4 hours)
16. To unmold, use a hair dryer to heat up the sides of the pan slightly and push from bottom the remove the cake carefully.
17. Sprinkle green tea powder on the top for decorations.

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Tart

Strawberry Cream Cheese Chocolate Tart
Layers of Ripe Strawberry on top of Sweet and lucious Cream Cheese Mousse Filling in a Crunchy Chocolate Almond Tart Shell
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle Tart
Nutty Hazelnut Chocolate Tart filled with Rich Dark Chocolate Truffle. For extreme Chocolate lovers!

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Cheesecake

Fragelico Chocolate Cheesecake
Chocolate Fragelico (Hazelnut Liquor) Cheesecake on Chocolate Granham cookie crust. Drizzled with Fragelico Chocolate sauce.

Fresh Fruit Cream Cake

Strawberry Cream Cake
Strawberry is in season! Fluffy sponge cake layered with sweet strawberry whipped cream.
Mango Cream Cake
Light and refreshing mango cream cake. Perfect for summer time. Layers of sponge cake filled with mango mousse and fresh mango pieces.

Fresh Strawberry & Kiwi Cake
Moist yellow cake with light & fluffy whip cream frosting. Filled with fresh strawberry slices and decorated with Strawberries, Kiwi and raspberries

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Butter Cakes

Vanilla Buttercream Birthday Cake
Duet of chocolate cake layer and vanilla cake layer with creamy vanilla buttercream

Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream icing
2 layers of chocolate cake covered with cream cheese buttercream icing
Decorated with elegant buttercream rose bouquet

Yellow Cake with Basket Weave Buttercream icing Decoration
2 layers of moist yellow cake covered with white vanilla buttercream icing
Decorated with dual color basket weave & elegant buttercream pink rose bouquet


Yellow Cake with Buttercream icing
2 layers of moist yellow cake covered with white vanilla buttercream icing
Decorated with seashell borders

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Mousse Cake

Green Tea Mousse Cake
Light and fragrant green tea chiffron cake with layers of green tea flavored whipped cream. Decorated with Marble chocolate triangles and white chocolate shavings.
White Chocolate Mousse Birthday Cake
White chocolate mousse with vanilla cake layers, covered with white chocolate shavings and marbled chocolate triangles


Green Tea Coconut Mousse Cake
Complex flavors of Green Tea Mousse and Coconut Mousse, layered with green tea sponge cake on top of a granham cookie crust. Decorated with dark chocolate cone web and fresh strawberries.
Orange Chocolate Cream Cheese Mousse Cake
Light and fluffy Cream Cheese Mousse flavored with orange zest. Base layer includes a chiffron cake layer and a orange chocolate layer with roasted cashew.
Decorated with Cocoa powder and chocolate grid pieces.

Monday, March 20, 2006

Special Cakes


Mini Copper Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cake decorated with chocolate buttercream icing and cream cheese icing
Color and style can be customized