It was dad's birthday last saturday and I had zero time for cake baking. But I made it the day after so maybe it's not toooo bad?Making the actual cake was not problem at all. Straight forward stuff after a bit of practice.
Then came the decoration. Bear in mind, I have never made a cream covered birthday cake in my life (or as some know it: a typical chinese birthday cake).
My brilliant idea was to sprinkle cocoa powder over a happy birthday stencil. Then it died on meeee!! So to resolve this problem, I just threw a lot more cocoa powder on top.
Then I arranged the pearl sugar thingies into a "45". One was misplaced. So I thought I'd blow it off the cake. Cue cocoa powder explosion and the rest of the pearls running away. Gah!
But the end result wasn't devastating. The banana tastes just a little strange and browned after about 2 minutes. Plus the whole family loved it (and are definitely not just saying it to make me feel better)!
Here is my experiment with left over cream. Using pre-made pancake batter, I improvised on some cake rolls that we used to buy from the posh bakery in Alderley Edge. Not bad, eh?
My other bake was green tea shortbread (recipe thanks to Martha Stewart). Such a vibrant green. Unfortunately the matcha powder is masked by the strong butter taste... It is basically now green shortbread. Hmmm.
Hello Kitty's head! It was such an awkward cookie cutter to use. Hence the chipped ear and lines across the face. *sigh* I will name you Gangster Kitty.
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