Raspberry Jam

Passion, that one expression that I could not explain. It's not a hobby, it's definitely not something I do during my leisure time. Baking/making desserts, photography is when passion allocates time, even when the sink is filled with last night's dinner dirty dishes, eww.. 

Strawberries in June

Some time ago, (and when I say some time, it really means a long while) when strawberries were still in season, my friend tagged me along with her family to do some strawberry picking, up north of Brisbane. I truly enjoyed the process towards picking these fresh, ruby red and huge strawberries.

Like every other baker, I suffer from the same dilemma, it's so fresh, so should I eat it fresh or should I bake something pretty? It would be a crime to torture this beauties in your oven.
And that's my defence towards, laziness.

Chocolate Ganache Layer Cake

 

After multiple posts of chocolate cakes, please forgive me. I can't help buying raspberries when I see them on sale, and I really am not sure how to celebrate them apart from a good ol' chocolate cake. Please bare with me. There shall be no more chocolate from now on. 

I have to admit that it is very time consuming to blog, especially practicing a corporate eight to five, coming home to look in the unmanaged fridge and spending the rest of the evening washing cleaning to fill empty stomachs. There's no point of baking, messy slicing, decorating, perfecting, plating, anticipating the best time for photography if I wasn't going to show off. Clearly. You know me. If you don't you probably do now.

Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake

Still practising my cake decorating, as my hands would tremble and I'd get a cold shiver just to hear the word icing. There is too much work for little appreciation towards cream and butter. My family would scrape off the buttercream on a cupcake, and the cream between the layers of a cake. Maybe we should not judge a cake by it's icing.

It was made last spring, and I could hardly remember what the recipe was. Basically a sponge cake sliced into three, sandwiched in between with chocolate cream and fresh strawberries, covered up with chocolate ganache. You would definitely be able to work out the rest :)