#confection
My mum’s and my Birthday are just one day apart so sis bought two 15cm cakes (S$18.90 each) from Emicakes to help us celebrate the occasions. Well, I guess most of you already know which cake is mum getting and which one is mine. :D
TheD24 Durian Fantasy Cake comes with two bite-size D24 durian puffs sitting on top. I messed up during the slicing processing but it does comes with a thick filling of D24 durian between the two chiffon layers. The cake is light and fluffy soft with a strong scent from the king of fruits.
TheFudge Madness Cake has a glossy finishing of chocolate along with edible pearls and white chocolates. It has three denser chocolate cake layers sandwiching two layers of chocolate fudge filling. This cake is rich but not overly sweet with a strong chocolaty flavour from the chocolate fudge. Yum, my kind of a sweet treat… :D
Sister’s friend bought this box of old school Buttercream CakesfromLove Confectionery(愛的西菓店) at Bukit Merah Lane. According to him, the shop sells old fashion traditional buns and cakes and is a popular place with many customers. Of course one cannot compare the quality to those fancy looking confections at the posh cafés or bakeries but hei, it only cost S$1.50 per slice and is decent tasting too.
Sis bought online from Emicakes this 15cm (500g) Milo Fantasy Cake. For the cake’s decoration, it is a simple chocolate shavings in the centre with a dusting of Milo powder. On the inside, it got two layers of Milo mousse in between three layers of choco chiffon cake. While the chiffon is soft and fluffy, one cannot help but think of this as just a plain Jane chocolate cake minus any surprises. Decent tasting but not something I would buy again.
Me, mum and my sister’s birthdays all fall within a two weeks period. So this is yet another reason for celebration. Sis bought the Chocolate Mint Cake (usual price S$45.80) from Polar Puffs & Cakes for S$34.24 as she was entitled to a 20% discount during her birthday month. She didn’t read the fine print about it being flourless until I found out the details. Anyway, too late to cancel the order. The cake came with a lime green or should I said, mint green gloss coat with decorative chocolate ribbons and a chocolate pearl in the centre. While the bottom half of the cake’s circumference is accented with dark chocolate trimmings. According to the website, this cake has 25% less sugar so it should be healthier too.
Slicing into the Chocolate Mint Cake, you came across a thick top layer of refreshing mint cream which in itself was also on the cloying side. Next is the chocolate ganache and below it another layer of chocolate cream and finally chocolate flourless sponge. Without the actual texture of the cake to balance out, it was basically just layer after layer of soft milky cream and ganache which makes eating this confection cloying. In the end, we had to scrape off the white cream layer before eating it.
