And carrots!
I was meaning to go to bed say almost an hour ago, but then something came up, and I don’t quite feel like sleeping just yet. So, while I’m on the roll to blog, I might as well put up this cake. It’s for a BBQ party tomorrow afternoon. Actually, I don’t really know the host, he’s my housemates’ friend. anyway I was just thinking the reason I got invited is because I can make a bloody cake. *pppfff*
But I don’t mind anyway cause I was planning to make one for our BBQ at home this weekend anyway, so, since I’ve made one for Friday, I can make other stuffs for Sunday. (thinking of Kate Zuckerman’s Goats Cheese Cheesecake already :)~ Her book, The Sweet Life is currently my fave book, along with Bathers Pavillion Menu and Recipe book. Gotta check out the Amuse bouche section. like SERIOUS DROOL !!
Anyway, back to my humble lil Easter cake. So, It’s for .. well Easter, and also for the one off event hosted by A Slice of Cherry Pie. So the challenge is to make a Easter related cake. As a child, I don’t remember ever celebrating Easter. Neither do I do now. It’s just another festive occasion for me, at least. *yeah, a festival filled with chocolates and bunnies and eggs*
I dont know but maybe it’s just me, that I can only think of carrot cake for this occasion. It make sense, like.. easter = bunnies = carrots = carrot cake! And coincidentally I saw a lovely recipe of carrot cake in Mae’s Rice and Noodle site. I’ve already made carrot cakes many times, but I just thought of trying out another recipe.
Turns out I kinda prefer my older version but next time, I’d add in ground cinnamon, mixed spice and ground ginger or nutmeg and orange zest as well. This one was abit wet for my liking, maybe it’s because of the orange juice. But then again, the recipe is catered for cupcakes sized one. So perhaps lessening the amount of liquid in the batter would be better. But now after revising the reciped I used before, it makes sense that this one (the one u’re looking at right now) is wetter because the different amount of flour is to vast. Hang on, it could just be… because I didnt bake it long enough. HAHAHA. I’m just kidding.
And for the deco, I did it the fast way. Frosting is made by mixing philadelphia cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, icing sugar, lime zest and juice. Gotta becareful with the cream cheese though because it has this sour-y and thick smell. If it needs a lil more icing sugar, go ahead, it’s frosting! The frosting came in well together with some limezest too!
the logs are just Cadbury Flakes. I know how to make them but I just dont wanna trouble myself melting and tempering chocolate just to get a few ‘logs’ out. And those are M&M Easter eggs chocolates. I don’t know if I made a mistake by putting it on so early, because I peeped that the colour started to melt / fade during my photography session with the cake. So, Let’s just hope that I don’t get a rainbow cheese frosing tomorrow morning. :\
And the bunny, well, store bought of course!
I guess it’s just the type of cake where u can go bonkers over the design of it. you can even put like a bunch of carrots on top, or fondant / marzipan bunnies and other things you can imagine of.. Make it colourful if there are kids. I’m sure they’ll love the eggs. PLUS, theres no foil to cover it, so you don’t need to chase after them and catch the foil wrap!!
Ok, now I’m feeling sleepy.
Cheers!
Happy Easter !!
P/s : taste verdict.
Not really my liking as it was too wet and dense. I might have did some mistake somewhere along the line. Ah well, I shall stick to my recipe next time. Anyway more bakings tomorrow. So. Dead. Tired. =.=”
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