Hello all, and welcome to a fresh week and start. I had a lovely
break away to recharge my batteries, even though I still managed to wake up at
my usually time of 6am, but there was the nice feeling of not having to rush to
go anywhere. I have also succeeded at writing another list of blog post ideas
that I hope to create sometime in the future. For now I will be posting all of
the food creations that have been stored in a file on my computer for quite
sometime, as I work through these last two weeks of school until a another two
week break.
You can probably tell already that I am slowly editing the design of
my blog. I have added the image of myself wearing an ‘OMG CAKE’ t-shirt, which
to be honest I think is a genius creation, and my mum help me create the idea
when we were out shopping, so I best give some credit to her! It took many takes of positioning the cake as well
as going through two different types of cake, until I was over the moon with how
my Malteser cake turned out and my final photograph.
I had a vision in my mind of how I wanted the finish look to be, and
I would say it was 95% accurate – there were only minor alteration
needed. Before I started baking and shooting, I knew the style and quality that
I wanted and the next stage was actually pulling it off. Usually if something doesn't work out right the first time, I tend to lose interest and feel as though
I cannot do it. However, this time around was different! I was determined to
create a good quality photograph that I was happy with, looked professional to
an extent and showcased my style and enthusiasm for my blog. I absolutely love
my blog, as it is a way to showcase everything that I love, build confidence, escape from my
schooling days and have it to look back on someday in the future.
Anyway … by adding the brick wall behind added a rustic vibe whilst still
keeping it quite simple, but it added a layer of texture and another visual
layer to the photograph. For only including my torso area meant that the image
was concentrating on the t-shirt, which is what I wanted the main focus to be
with a large piece of layered cake to help emphasise the lettering.
Overall I am happy with how it turned out! However I would like your
advice with the shape of the photo. –Should it be square or round?
As the logo for my blog is round I was unsure if I should transition
it through into my blogs image?
Now moving onto the cake itself … it was absolutely delectable. Light
and fluffy chocolate cake that is not to rich and overpowering, which means
with the chocolate buttercream and layer of maltesers there is an even balance
in chocolate. I also included a layer of raspberry compote filling on top of a
buttercream coating to add another pop of flavour, and help reduce the richness
from the overload of chocolate. As the entire cake is pure chocolate, you can
fill the cake with any desired filling that will complement the chocolate smoothly
or you can just leave it plain with a layer of buttercream – the
possibilities are endless.
As this cake is quite simple there are hundreds of chocolate cake and buttercream recipes online that you can search, as well as having your own secret recipe up your sleeve to use, so I will let you all create the magical cake with your own recipe!
This cake would be perfect for a gathering, birthday party or a
simple treat for your family – the cake was eaten in almost five days
of baking it, which is rare for the whole cake to be demolished as my family
are so used to cakes being baked they tend to be sent with my mum to work, so it doesn’t get wasted.
I hope you are all have a jolly Monday and I will speak to you all
on Wednesday with a few pictures from my weekend away!
Bon Appetite!
M x
