Thursday, June 24, 2021

5th Anniversary Wooden Log Celebration Cake

The theme for a fifth wedding anniversary is wood so when my husband and I were celebrating that particular milestone recently I decided to make a cake based on the theme. There are a lot of ways you could interpret ‘wood’ - after all a lot of different things are made of wood - but to me the obvious choice was a woodland theme and a wooden tree stump!

This cake has vertical layers running through it which makes it a bit different - because it’s actually a Swiss roll cake on its side!

The recipe and general design came from a blog called Top with Cinnamon. It’s actually very easy to make this delicious cake - you make two Swiss rolls, cut them vertically so you have four strips, and roll them all up around each other with frosting in between. 

I didn’t make the coffee frosting in this recipe and instead added some cocoa powder as I wanted my daughter to have it and she’s too young for coffee (and probably wouldn’t like the taste anyway). I spread the ganache around the outside and on top and marked it with a fork to look like a tree trunk.

If I had more time to decorate I would have made woodland creatures out of icing but instead I used some mushroom shaped sweets (you can get these in most grocery shops) and made a ladybird, leaves and some tiny flowers out of icing (a flower plunger cutter made that last part very easy). Finally I added a ‘happy anniversary’ cake pick.

You can see the vertical layers when you slice into the cake - overall I’m really pleased with how the cake matches our anniversary theme!



Saturday, June 5, 2021

Chicken Feet Curry, Lutong Pinoy

Chicken Feet Curry, Lutong PinoyMost Pinoy will most likely shun away from the very aromatic and spicy standard curry dish.The Pinoy have however develop a version of chicken curry is far milder and very minimal aromatic ingredients.At times the curry ingredients are so minimal that a curry lover foreigner will not even categorize the Pinoy curry as a real curry dish.Never the less the Pinoy

Friday, June 4, 2021

Easy chicken and lemon all-in-one tray bake

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Sweet and Sour Maling, Pinoy Lunch

Sweet and Sour Maling, Pinoy LunchSweet and sour is a special dish to most Pinoy.Maling, is the most popular budget canned meat loaf to most Pinoy.Overseas Pinoy Cooking share this innovative Maling meat loaf dish that is affordable, and easy to prepare with simple ingredients that are readily available at your neighborhood Sari-Sari Store or Pinoy and Asian store if you are overseas.Try also