Monday, 16 September 2013

Strawberry and Green tea cake


This year, I baked three cakes for my daughter's birthday.
One for her class at school, one for the family, and this one for the party on the weekend.

Every year, I agonise over what sort of cake to make.  I spend far more time procrastinating on the design and structure than the actual time making it.

From the bottom, green tea sponge, strawberry mousse, plain sponge, whipped cream and sliced strawberries, green tea sponge, ganache, plain sponge, cream, strawberries and a chocolate decoration.

I used a dozen eggs, about 600ml cream, 200g chocolate, and about a kilo of strawberries.

I was happy with the flavour, but if I make it again, another layer of ganache would be good and the strawberry mousse could be a touch sweeter and with less cream and gelatin.

To be honest, I thought the finished product looked a little rough around the edges, but the kids didn't care and my friends, who are the parents of the children (all 12 of them) liked it and that is all that matters.

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