Been a while and I know I'm already slacking off with blogging BUT I will try my best to keep things updated :)
Today (27th March 2013) is my mom's 54th birthday so
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
Wish you all the best and thank you for everything!
Sorry for always being such a pain in the arse LOL!
Because it was her birthday- I wanted to make a mini celebration with some cake BUT because I don't have the money to buy her the usual family favorite cake (Coffee Pecan Torte from The Cheesecake Shop), I decided to bake her one this morning similarly to the family's favorite.
Here is the outcome of the cake I made for my mom's birthday :
It's a hazelnut & almond sponge cake with coffee cream decorated with chocolate coated hazelnuts and surrounded with crushed hazelnut & almond.
The cake is actually small since the batter I made for the sponge was only enough for one small cake pan .___.;
Tried to imitate the store's cake with the chocolate decoration on top, not bad in my opinion ;D .. kinda messy but I think it works.
Everyone in the house enjoyed the cake and was actually surprised I made it. It's been such a long time I've baked cakes, stopped baking a while ago due to my skin outbreak which caused me to stop baking and eating sweets.
Only problem with the cake is the cream, kinda didn't whip it enough so the cream is a little runny. Oh and I added WAY too much coffee that it's abit on the bitter side.
But overall I think it was good :)
For those who want the recipe to the cake, I used the same sponge cake recipe as Kumigar from Youtube did for her Pistachio sponge cake with peach cream:
Please check it out :3 The sponge is more on the dense side BUT you will love it because its quite fluffy despite it being dense. I just replaced the pistachio nuts with hazelnuts & almonds.
For the coffee cream, I just added some instant coffee to thickened cream and whipped them together whilst adding sugar to liking.
Once again, Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you were able to feel all my love and heart I put into the cake, thank you so much for everything and your present shall come soon (bought some skincare for her online).
