Alana A friend of mine and Roopa’s is hosting a baby shower a little while ago. She needed a cake and came to us! Roopa is in Vancouver so I agreed to help out 🙂 We chatted a little bit about decorations, but we didn’t say too much about the kind of cake. I thought … More Chocolate Baby Shower Cake
SKELETON CAKE Roopa I finally got to use my skeleton mold! There was nothing fancy about the baking of this cake – yay for Betty Crocker – since I didn’t have a lot of time. I think my vision was much cooler than the actual execution, but you can’t win them all. I used white … More Skeleton Cake
Roopa I needed to order this month’s book club book – Boy, by Roald Dahl – and to get free shipping, you need to spend $25. Clearly I HAD to bump up my purchase. So obviously, I now own a mini cheesecake pan. Oops. I was a little bit lazy with making these, and also … More Mini Mint Cheesecakes
Roopa Ever since the Sweetapolita Bakebook came out, I’ve wanted to make this watercolour cake. A bunch of my friends are in town for an Easter weekend volleyball tournament, so I thought it would be an opportune time to try it out! This was my first time covering a cake with fondant, and while things … More Watercolour Cake
Team Shambles This cake is a combination of a pistachio cheesecake, sour cherries, and mousse. You wouldn’t necessarily think the pistachio would mix well with the sour cherries, but it’s a very complementary pairing! On an unrelated note, hand mixing of meringues and whipped cream have really made us appreciate technology. Roopa’s favourite! PISTACHIO SOUR … More Pistachio & Sour Cherry Cheesecake
Team Shambles This particular cheesecake tasted like it could be cousins with a banana cream pie. Roopa’s classmates devoured half of it before class even started in the morning! There is some fierce banana action in this cheesecake; banana-lovers rejoice! COCONUT STREUSEL INGREDIENTS 60 g granulated sugar 60 g butter 90 g coconut powder DIRECTIONS … More Banana Sour Cream Cheesecake
Team Shambles Camembert cheesecake? What? We were taken back a little bit when we saw this recipe, because the cheesecakes that people are most familiar with use cream cheese and not, well, Camembert! Roopa (who is admittedly not a connoisseur of most things) had not even heard of Camembert cheese before! Regardless, it’s not an … More Camembert Cheesecake
Team Shambles A Japanese cheesecake is a light and fluffy style of cheesecake that resembles a sponge cake, rather than a cheesecake. This unique texture is the result of the emulsification between cornstarch and eggs. Another interesting feature of this cake is that it is traditionally made without a crust. You could use a crust … More Japanese Cheesecake
Team Shambles The first day of our cheesecake, cremes, and custards course at the Pastry Training Centre of Vancouver was bussssyyyyy. We prepared 3 batches of cheesecake and creme caramel. We mentioned in our post on New York Style Cheesecake that there are different kinds of cheesecake; it turns out that there is way more … More German Cheesecake
Team Shambles We made graham crumbs (which were pretty great) on day one in preparation for a New York style cheesecake on day two. Unfortunately we didn’t talk about what makes a cheesecake “New York style”. A quick Google revealed that styles of cheesecake are differentiated by ingredients and the texture/consistency of the final product. … More New York Style Cheesecake
Chateau Gateau 