i decided to make a chocolate cake for the boy just because it was nearing the release of the A'levels results and i wanted to give him a surprise like the one he gave me when i came back from my trip.. this cake recipe has never failed me and when i was first starting out, i used to sandwich the cakes with nutella, which is brillant but spoils the texture of the cake because its so gooey.. i decided to try a ganache this time and it was much better.. excuse the lousy frosting, i couldnt care much bout it as i was cutting the centre piece for him to pack in the container.. the sides went to my darling amirah and the family... which disappeared by the next day, because of my sister's sudden craving for it.. happy to say that amirah, my family and the boy (and his friends, apparently =) ) loved the cake.. definately a keeper but i need a new type of frosting... hahas..

Fresh out of the oven.. cake no. 1.. without flash...

Fresh out of the oven.. cake no.2.. with flash...

side by side.. the two cakes...

only prob with the cake was tt it was ultra soft.. dont get me wrong.. i love my cakes soft and melt-in-your-mouth kind but this cake broke when i inverted it!!! (see the lines on the cake?) but anyway, it was fine because i was frosting it and stuff... if i was serving it as it was, i would have cried like mad.. hahas

cake no.2.. learnt my mistake.. inverted it properly... uber soft cake...
preparing the ganache...

ganache is done... =)

frosted cake... the sides of the tray was covered with frosting.. but i dun care.. i think its fine for a 1st attempt.. plus i decided to cut out the centre to give it to the boy anyway... so the sides dont really matter... for this time anyway.. hahas

once again, the final product... =)
Labels: cakes
so sweet...
Friday, March 16, 2007,1:40 PM
Name: Rehanah
Age: 18.. soon to be 19.. urgh.. old
School: currently not in school!! waiting for U.. hahas..
Birthday: everyday!!! the special one's on 8th june
location: the place where there are rainbows, chocolate, unicorns and flowers everywhere.. oh, and u cant grow fat from eating chocs =)