25th Birthday Cake!

Hello!

I know I haven't been up to date with my posts but I have been lazy. I'm sorry!!

So alot has happened and I am now 25!! EKKK!! Lol

Here is my yummy birthday cake from my amazing little sister although I had to design my own cake LOL

Chocolate Celebration:

Sponge: Vanilla

Filling: Fresh Cream and Fruit Cocktail

Covering: Fresh Cream with Dark Chocolate Ganache 

Topping: White Chocolate covered Strawberries, 

Border: Pipped Fresh Cream with Half cut strawberries

Extra(s): Chocolate Champagne Bottle  (Bought from Thorntons)

This cake was very light as I asked for a vanilla chiffon sponge, the layer of cream was just enough to balance the dark chocolate making it less bitter and the fruit cocktail was not thick but just right.

I am very blessed 

TC

xxx

Here is a simple Chiffon Cake recipe if you wish to try it

https://en.cookpad.com/recipe/1472541

May Bakes 2014

Hello !!

So sorry for not updating as often as I would love but I have been extremely busy; not only am I having to go through the terrible twos but I've just started a college course but still found time to bake ;)

It was my mum's birthday the other day and thus another reason to mess up the kitchen and create alot of cleaning was due for LOL

Fruit Birthday Cake with Chocolate Wafer

Fruit Birthday Cake with Chocolate Wafer:

Sponge: Vanilla

Filling: Fresh Cream and Fruit Cocktail

Covering: Fresh Cream

Topping: Strawberries, Mangos, Kiwi, Peaches and Blueberries

Border: Chocolate Wafer Biscuits 

Extra(s): White Chocolate Plaque (Handmade)

This cake is just as lovely as my amazing mother :) It tasted good and is so pleasing to the eyes but I do think that we should of cut the wafer into the same length as it does look messy *sighs*

Anyways...

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I have recently started to experiment with baking cupcakes and it has been so fun. Below are recent cupcakes I've made for the first time.

I saw a recipe online for Ferror Roche Cupcakes and decided to have a go. I didn't follow the recipe through 100% as I didn't want it to be too sweet nor did I want a chocolate overload!
Summers here so I have to watch my weight lol..

Ferror Roche Cupcake with Nutella Butter Icing

I really liked the taste of the Nutella Butter icing but I was dissappointed in the Ferroro Rocher in the middle.. The wafer bit had become soggy and not as crisp but the nuts gave it a lovely texture and luckily I didn't make it a chocolate sponge as the butter frosting was so sweet.

Here's the recipe I kinda followed http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=4742.

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Oreo Butter Icing

I'm not a big fan of Oreo cookies (or any type of cookie xD)  but my friend asked me to teach her how to bake Oreo Cupcakes for her boyfriend and so we did.. lol

The recipe I was meant to follow had a cream cheese frosting but I didn't have any so I made it into just butter icing with crushed Oreo biscuits.

I loved the taste of them as the bitterness of the Oreo's made the butter icing less sweet but I had so much trouble piping the icing on as some of the crushed Oreos would get stuck in the nozzle ¬¬ 

Here's the recipe I kinda followed: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/1871966/recipe/oreo-cupcakes

Chocolate Surprise Cake

Welcome!!

Well I did promise more home-made cakes and here is our latest one :)

Chocolate Surprise Cake!! 

Chocolate Surprise Cake:

Sponge: Chocolate
Filling: Chocolate Cream with Roasted Hazelnuts&Almonds
Covering: Dark Chocolate Ganache
Topping: Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and Honeycomb flavoured Matchsticks Chocolate
Border: Roasted Hazelnuts&Almonds
Extra(s): Home-made White Chocolate&Dark Chocolate Plaque

This cake is NOT for anyone on a diet because its just full of chocolate!!! It was so yummy and I was so surprised at how well the vanilla balls came out! :)
If I was to redo this cake I would like to make other shapes once you cut into it but experimenting is the only way forward lol

Inside of the Chocolate Surprise Cake

I will post more cake pics soon but for now

Thank-You for reading

TC x

P.S. I will tweets pics of food on my twitter so check it out at XsumBubz

2014!!

Hello!

WOW! Its 2014 now and tbh I gave up blogging but thought why not keep to it so this will be my new years resolution.
To blog atleast once a week! LOL

How have you lovely readers been? Hope you've had a great start to the new year if not here is some lovely homemade cakes that me and my sister Judy made for my friends birthday!! YUMMM :P

Fruit Birthday Cake with KitKats and Banoffee Minion Cupcakes!!

Fruit Birthday Cake:

Sponge: Vanilla

Filling: Fresh Cream, Strawberry Jam and Fruit Cocktail

Covering: Fresh Cream

Topping: Mango, Strawberry, Blueberries, Kiwi, Peaches and Grapes

Border: KitKat 

Extra(s): Chocolate Plaque (Bought but hand written)

The fruits we placed on the cake was sour due to it not being rip (learnt from that mistake, lol) but it looked amazing! As a first attempt me and Judy are very proud of it even though it got a little mashed on the way to the venue xD

Banoffee Minion Cupcakes:

Sponge: Banana Sponge

Filling: Caramel

Topping: Caramel Buttercream

Decorations: Hand made minions and Gru's Logo 

Ok.. I admit the minions don't look like minions but I'm still pleased with my first attempt at using icing! I didn't realise how hard it was to shape stuff from fondant icing. I tried using a youtube video but that didn't help much as I couldn't keep up so in the end we gave up and made our own xD 

The taste: OMG! the caramel hardened inside of the cake aswell as the caramel buttercream so it was more of a banana cupcake *sighs* 

But as people say, "Try and try again and you will succeed!"

Lets hope so... (Fingers Crossed) 

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Half&Half Fruit Cake!!

Half&Half Birthday Cake:

Sponge: Chocolate(Top) and Vanilla(Bottom)

Filling: Fresh Cream and Fruit Cocktail

Topping: Kiwi, Grapes, Blackcurrants, Cherries, Strawberries and Raspberries covered in Strawberry Fruit jel

Border: Milk Chocolate Fingers and White Chocolate Fingers

Extra(s): Homemade "23" Milk Chocolate plaque

I call this the surprise cake as you don't realise that its half chocolate and half vanilla until you cut into it. This cake is definitely an improvement as it tasted so much nicer (no sour fruits so lesson DID learn!). 

I must also admit that the Strawberry jel ruined the appearance of the cake but it was needed in order for the fruits to stay fresh as the venue was in a club! It was a fun night.. .. .. From what I could remember lol..

Anyways I will post new cake updates when we make them (lol)

Thank-You for reading 

TC x

Tayyabs WhiteChapel

Helllooooooo..!!

The other day I went out with my friend and her family to celebrate her birthday. She had booked a table at Tayyabs which serves Punjabi cuisine. 
The location for this place was very random as it was in a secluded road away from other restaurants  we had to wait an extra 30 minutes even though the table was booked for 8pm! The restaurant was so busy that there wasn't enough walking space for 2 people. LOL. 

The menu contained  few dishes which would of made it easier to decide what you'd like but it was harder as it contained dishes but no description of what each dish contained so we decided to order a bit of everything to try. The waiter came over without the need of a pen and paper and repeated our order just from memory! It was fun to watch as he also sounded like the guy from the £1 fish song! xD

We had to bring in our own alcoholic drinks as they didn't serve alcohol but had to pay for coke even when we bought our own. The bottled water was FREE though so it wasn't bad.

Tayyabs own bottled water, Mango Lassi and Vodka&Cranberry Juice

As we waited we snacked on complimentary poppadoms. The sauces served with this was spicy mint sauce, mango chutney and red spicy sauce (sorry didn't know what it was), but within a 10 minutes our orders started pouring onto the table as both the starters and mains came out the same time! This was really filling as  it made you want to eat faster so you'll get fuller easily.

Chicken Tikka and mixed meat grill

In all the bill was good for the amount of people who went and we was all stuffed even though there was alot of food left! I would recommend visiting them but book in advance as you maybe waiting for over an hour just for a table without notice.

Visit www.tayyabs.co.uk for more information and pics!

Take care and let me know what you think 

xoxo

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