may birthday baking

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY TO NATHAN ^_________^
these little buggers gave me lack of sleep .. hahaha but was worth it seeing the sight of the little kid's smiles when eating them :] :] the faces were random ok .. hahaha dont ask me who they are or what cartoon they are from bec they arent .. it was purely off my mind that night =P

so i made good old devils choc cupcakes with choc-chip buttercream :]


had extra mix left, so made bigger cupcakes! these had chocolate whipped cream on top! :]



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO UNCLE ANTHONY!

dark chocolate almond torte with frangelico cream filling masked w/ dark chocolate ganache. LVL☆☆☆

i was so nervous when i attempted to 'write' in the cake, kept having the thought "your gonna stuff up amanda!!!" but luckily it turned out ok .. except if you look closely .. the [i][r][t] are sorta blended in together hahahaha!! *shhhh* =P


ingredients:

• 170g dark chocolate melted
• 150g unsalted butter
• 60g castor sugar
• 120g egg yolk (7)
  
• 200g egg white (7)
  
• 90g castor sugar
• 170g almond meal
• 80g plain flour
• 5g baking powder

method:

• melt the chocolate over a bainmarie
• cream butter and sugar
• add yolks slowly
• sep, whisk egg whites till med peak
• add chocolate into butter mixture
• gently fold egg white into butter mixture
• and fold in dry ingredients
• bake!