Profiteroles giant cake

Vanessa's birthday again. I made the flourless chocolate cake with profiteroles!!!!

The reason behind this giant cake is because it is actually for two! For Vanessa and her partner, Santi. Santi's birthday is very close to Vanessa's, and he complained a few times that I only make cakes for Vanessa and not for him.... argh....hmmm.... well, I know that both Vanessa and Santi love profiteroles, so I decided to make this cake for them!!

For the profiteroles, I usually make fresh custard cream. Since I was making tiramisu on the other side of the kitchen. So I decided to use marscapone cream to fill the profiterols this time.

I think the mascapone cream is slightly lighter than the custard cream. It was yummy either way! :)

Be my Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day

"Be my Valentine 2012"

Few years ago, I decided to create something special on valentine's day. I decided that I would like to do that every year and called them "Be my Valentine". I did not have a valentine, so I thought I would do something special for the people around me. I just wanted to make something special that can represent my love and thoughts for them.

Before I show you what I did in the previous years. I want to show you what I created this year. It was a heart made with profiteroles. I wrote love all over it and painted them with gold and silver. To finish it off, I sprinkled it with red glitters. Those profiteroles were filled with homemade custard cream. I can tell you, everyone was filled with love!! Who wants to "be my valentine" LOL???


"Be my Valentine 2011"

This cake was inspired by the traditional "gateau concorde". This is basically made out of layers of chocolate meringue. I filled it with chocolate cream and fresh strawberries. The acidity of the strawberries just cut nicely through the bitterness of the dark chocolate and the sweetness from the meringue. "c'est delicieux"


"Be my Valentine 2010"

This looks quite amateur compared to the other two... well this was made about 2 years ago... so when I eventually find my special one, it will be perfect ^O^