Yam Layer Cake

My dad seriously thinks too highly of my cake baking abilities. For his birthday, my intention was to bake him a Pandan Kaya Cake, something that's different from the usual cakes that I bake for the family. owever, he decided that he wanted a 'non-green' pandan kaya cake! That was kinda insane cos pandan is green! So after some discussion, I decided to give it a try: Yam Layer Cake. 

I adopted the 'kaya' portion of the cake from Angel of Cook Bake Love. However, I made several modifications to her recipe as I realise that it didn't really work out to a smooth cake. I didn't use the French Cake Sponge method that she used but I stuck to my usual whole egg cake sponge method. The cake was still very soft! Also, she used very little thicker for the recipe so the cake took a real long time to set. Nevertheless, the taste and all was good! My family especially my dad LOVED the cake so much that my dad even had 2 slices of the cake! 

This cake took me about an hour to bake and assemble but has a setting time of about an hour. This recipe yields a 9 inch cake.

Yam Layer Cake Recipe

This recipe yields a 9" cake

Ingredients:

SPONGE CAKE

100g plain flour

100g butter (I used LIV salted)

90g fine sugar (I've already reduced this)

4 eggs (I used 60g Seng Choon eggs)

YAM KAYA

(A)

800ml water

150g sugar (I've already reduced this)

A pinch of salt

2 tsp agar agar powder

(B)

300ml coconut milk

300g Thai Yam

(C)

100ml coconut milk

100ml water

120g Hoen Kueh flour

1 tsp yam liquid yam flavour (I got mine from PH)

A small bit of purple/violet gel food colouring (I used Wilton)

DECORATION 

120ml whipping cream

1 1/2 tbsp dried dessicated coconut

Wilton gel food colouring

Kueh Lapis Legit

Kueh Lapis Legit.. one of my absolute favourites that has been on my to-bake list for eons! It's a tough cake to bake though as it's really time consuming and you need all 3 hours of it! Once you've started baking, you're basically camping in front of the oven watching this darling delicate kueh/cake work wonders! 

This recipe is from Richard Goh and I'm an absolute fan of his. It's just a pity that school's starting soon and I won't be able to attend his classes any time soon. In any case, this recipe takes 3 full hours (sometimes more) to bake and it yields a 25cm by 25cm Kueh Lapis Legit! (:

Kueh Lapis Legit Recipe

This recipe yields a 25cm by 25cm cake/kueh

Ingredients:

500g semi-hard butter (I used Liv salted butter)

300g condensed milk

3 tsp rum (optional but makes a whole lot of difference)

150g plain flour

1 tsp gingerbread spice

20 egg yolks

200g castor sugar

10 egg whites

50g castor sugar

1/4 tsp cream of tar tar

Cubed Mango Mousse Cake

Modified from my previous Mango Mousse Cake with Toasted Almonds, here's my Cubed Mango Mousse Cake! This is so pretty and a big hit with my family, the fav boy's family (another version) and my friend's mum (another version) for her birthday (: Am pretty glad that I assembled this cake, plus two others and a Chocolate Mango Cake all in 4 hours!

This cake will take about 3 hours to bake and yields one 7" square cake. The images for this cake are for a round cake but the assembly and ingredients are the same except for the final steps. 

Cubed Mango Mousse Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

SPONGE CAKE

4 eggs (60g each)

100g sugar

100g plain flour, sifted

100g melted butter

MANGO MOUSSE

3 tbsp water

15g good quality gelatin

(If using Bake King, which is weaker, use 50g)

250g Mango puree

(Can use 'remains' from parts of mango that's not been used)

250g whipped cream 

FRUIT GLAZE

50ml water

1 1/2 tbsp gelatin

 (If using Bake King, use 3 tbsp)

1 1/2 tbsp sugar

2 mangoes, cubed

(Total recipe calls for about 4 mangoes.. it's good to have 5 just in case it's insufficient)

Compilation of Cake Recipes

As many of you may have notice, I LOVE baking cakes! This is especially so for layered cakes!

So, here's a compilation for all the cakes I've baked so far for easy access! 

CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE

One of my personal favourites and signature cake! (: Rich and it tastes 'oh-so-good'.. similar to that of Secret Recipe's but even BETTER! XD

Chocolate Banana Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Some other versions of it.. 

 

CHOCOLATE LAYERED CAKE WITH TOASTED ALMONDS

Chocolate Layered Cake with Toasted Almonds

Some other versions of it..

I even did this version of cake without the almonds but with fresh mangoes embedded in it. Gosh, it was to die for. 

MANGO MOUSSE CAKE WITH TOASTED ALMONDS

Mango Mousse Cake with Toasted Almonds

Other versions of it..

MARBLE CAKE

Marble Cake

RAINBOW CAKE WITH SWISS LEMON MERINGUE BUTTERCREAM

Rainbow Cake with Swiss Lemon Meringue Buttercream 

So there you have it, my compilation of cakes I've baked so far.. Enjoy! 

I'd love to see the bakes or stuff you've cooked using the blog's recipe! Do share photos of stuff you've baked or cooked using the blog's recipe with me either via FB message to http://facebook.com/limcynthia OR http://facebook.com/thebakingbiatch OR via email at cynthia.lim.hl@gmail.com! I look forward to hearing from you! (: 

Mango Mousse Cake with Toasted Almonds

I finally learned the proper way to perfect a Mango Mousse Cake after my lesson with Richard Goh. I'm glad that this cake was so fun to make and this is especially so after my 2 week hiatus from baking! This cake still has room for improvements since I'm still short of my cake ring.. but it's here in Singapore.. waiting to be delivered to my place! (: 

Nevertheless, this cake took me 3 hours to bake and prepare.

I just love baking layered cakes! 

This recipe is adapted from Richard Goh's Mango Mousse Cake.

Mango Mousse Cake with Toasted Almonds Recipe

Ingredients:

SPONGE CAKE

4 eggs (60g each)

100g sugar

100g plain flour, sifted

100g melted butter

MANGO MOUSSE

3 tbsp water

20g gelatin 

(Bake King is 'weaker' and so I used more.. If it's better brands, can use lesser, like 12g)

100 - 250g Mango puree 

(I like mangoes so I used 250g..)

250g whipped cream 

JELLY TOPPING

400ml water

38g gelatin (Bake King)

80g sugar

3 mangoes 

(I used Thai Mangoes)

40g silvered almonds or 40g toasted diced almond (ready-to-use)

Cynthia's Chocolate Banana Cake

This Cynthia's Chocolate Banana Cake is one of my personal favourites and it's almost been fail-proof for me every time I make it. It's similar to Secret Recipe's version of the Chocolate Banana Cake just that I prefer to use dark chocolate in my version. I made 2 9-inch and 1 4.5-inch cake on Friday for various occasions over the weekend and I took 6 hours, which is rather speedy judging from the fact that my first attempt took me 4 hours! (: 

I'm just really glad that it was a big hit for many! (: That's one of the joy in baking for people I love. 

This recipe is IMAGE INTENSIVE! (:

Chocolate Banana Cake (Take Two)

This is the miniature version of the Chocolate Banana Cake!

This is my second attempt at the cake and it's just as good! (:

This cake took less time as I guess that it helped I was kinda familiar with the steps!

I took a total of 2.5 hours for the cake as compared to 4 hours in the first attempt!

The cake cost me about $25 this time round as I had some of the ingredients.

Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Chocolate Chiffon Cake (A)

15g cocoa powder, mixed with 60ml water

2 egg yolks

40g caster sugar

65g self-raising flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

30ml corn oil

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

(B)

2 egg whites

30g caster sugar

1/8 tsp or a pinch of cream of tatar 

Cake Filling

1/8 tsp of a pinch of cream of tatar

115g dark chocolate

43g unsalted butter (I always use salted butter though)

2 small eggs, seperated

125ml whipping cream

1 1/2 tbsp caster sugar

2 bananas, sliced

Chocolate Frosting

70 UHT whipping cream

175g good quality dark chocolate

1/2 tbsp butter

Chocolate Banana Cake

This chocolate banana cake project was done in May 2011.

Guess I was just being experimental and since I really love choco banana cakes, I tried this.

Recipe credits: Suzette Cooks and Simple Makan aka Sunesh

This cake's ingredients will cost somewhere between $40-50 on first try if you do not have most of the ingredients. If you have an equipped kitchen, this will probably cost $25-$30. This takes about 4 hours to piece together cos' it's a multiple stepped layer cake.

Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Chocolate Chiffon Cake (A)

30g cocoa powder, mixed with 120ml water

4 egg yolks

75g caster sugar

130g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

60ml corn oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

(B)

4 egg whites

60g caster sugar

1/4 tsp cream of tatar

Cake Filling

1/4 tsp cream of tatar

225g dark chocolate

85g unsalted butter (I always use salted butter though)

3 eggs, seperated

250ml whipping cream

3 tbsp caster sugar

4 bananas, sliced

Chocolate Frosting

140 UHT whipping cream

350g good quality dark chocolate

1 tbsp butter