Baking our wedding cake ♥

Hello Friends! 

The most beautiful day in my life (so far) was in June, we got married with the love of my life.

I was so excited, I wanted to do nearly everything by myself, the decor, the organizing, and yes... The cake! Now I wouldn't suggest it to any brides to bake their own wedding cake, as the days before the big day are already stressful enough, but it was so nice that I could tell to our guests, that I BAKED IT! 

The cake itself was a 4 layered cake, each layer with different tastes. And I baked a separate gluten-free cake, about 50 muffins for the dessert table and 160 heart shaped gingerbread as Thank you gifts.

Yes, I know, I am weird to do all this, but I loved baking them. The most stressful part of this was the way to the venue, as we had to deliver all this with our car, with the rest of the decoration and wedding dress. Fortunately, we could divide all these in two cars. 

So, In this post I will show you more details how I baked this huge cake, and the rest of the sweets. (And some insight into our wedding)

Little pies

Hi Dears,

I brought a new recipe for pies, and great personal news!

 I am the chosen cook of the week on the biggest Hungarian recipe sharing site - at Nosalty.hu! Yay! A whole article is about me, with my cakes... http://www.nosalty.hu/ajanlo/het-szakacsa-habcsok-mezi

But this recipe of the pies is only Yours, it's not on that site, yet. :D 

I baked them in muffin trays, but You can bake it in one big tart form, if you prefer those. I used fresh fruits for the filling, and the result was really tasty.

Confectionery studies - 10th week

Hi Dears!

I haven't posted of the last 5 weeks of my studies, as this period was so busy with all the Holidays, exams and working in the Café.

But now I will show you the details, because these courses were really exciting, and I learnt many many tasty desserts.

This is the second post about cakes. We learnt 7 different cakes that day. (I haven't got the chance to make a photo of the 7th, as it was quickly cut and we ate it... :) ) 

Confectionery studies - 7th week

Hello! :)

Last week we studied a bunch of Puff pastries. It means, that the pastries has many layers when they baked. We can reach that, if we use folding Technics, and two different dough.

The main ingredients for the dough (in portions): 1 flour, 1 butter, 0.5 water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp vinegar.

Cherry or Chocolate sponge cake

Hello Dears,

Look what a spongy, moist cake pieces I brought you today! :)

Sorry for not posting for a while, but if you work in hotel industry, you know weekends are on weekdays, and usually you get the two days separately, so I usually have a good sleep, do some household duties, watch some shows on TV, (of course recipe, food channels are the favorites of mine..) and the day is over... 

But don't worry, I didn't stop baking, just I am a bit late with posting these.

+ We are in another project besides the usual, we are looking for cute, small flats with my fiance. 

This will be our very first own property, so it's really exciting.

 (And tiring also, but it should be, right?)

Now let me introduce a bit this cake. It is a tricky cake, as I hided mashed peaches in the cake batter. :) It made it extra tasty, and soft. 

And even my boyfriend didn't recognize it, as he doesn't like any fruits in cakes. 

(That was the reason I made the cake half chocolaty, and the other half  with cherries, because I do love them in pastries, so everyone could enjoy the cake)

Sacher Cake with cherries

Hi Dears!

As I hinted before on our FB page, we have cake anarchy here... This is the third cake in a row, and let me tell you a secret... There will be a 4th coming soon! :D 

Yes, there are way too many celebrations in my family during March... 

4 name days, 3 birthdays... 

This special Sacher Cake was my lovely Grandfather's. He doesn't like creamy cakes, he said he loved the cakes which he could bite  in the middle. So that's why Sacher cake with it's chocolaty sponge and jam in the middle is perfect for the occasion. And to enhance the flavors, I put cherries in the sponge, to make it a little bit lighter. Plus as a decoration on the top I used dried apricots, which were soaked previously in rum & milk. Yum! And of course I am mastering the Technic of making marzipan flowers, so this cake has a lot of them to be pretty. :D 

If You would like to get the original recipe for Sacher, I already have that post, just click here. 

Now let's see the preparation for this cake...

Lúdláb Cake alias "Goose Leg Cake"

Hi Dears! :)

So, recently I have become a full-time cake baker...

No, not really, but it's true, that during 1-2 weeks time I baked 3 big cakes. :)

This one was for my boyfriend's grandmother. :) 

You might ask why it is called as Goose Leg. It is actually really strange, because it has nothing to do with geese, and even less with legs...

But now I read a little bit on this subject, and there are several answers. 

First of all, it is the best when using real eggs from the cottages, which has orange yolks, just like the geese's legs, that makes our mixture at the beginning  beautifully yellow. 

The second solution, is that we slice the cake up in a triangle shape, quite similar to the leg of the goose. 

(I might add that we do that we every circle shaped cake through out the world, so I don't really think this would be the one)

The third thing is quite possible, that in the old times, this cake was the most popular during the ceremonies of Saint Martin, in autumn, when every dish has something to do with geese. This fashion remained, still now as well. :)

Anyway, it's tasty, and we could call it as well as a Chocolate Mousse Cake with sour cherries if You don't like to call it Goose Leg Cake. :D

One more tip: it is best to serve after cooling it in the fridge for a night! 

(True story, I didn't have time to make it one day before the celebration, I just cooled it for about 4 hours, and after serving it, it began to melt, and slowly ran away from the plate. :D It would have been great if we have put that in the fridge straight away. :) )

Mole-hill cake with fondant

Hi Dears! :) 

Feeling good? I'm really fine, as I nearly finished my diploma work. /the clever ending is missing, but I think in another off day from work I can do that as well/ :D Yay! 

Recently my boyfriend celebrated his birthday, and this cake was my creation for him.

To be honest it wasn't intended to be a Mole-hill cake, haha, but as the pot-cake didn't come out nicely after it was baked, I decided to change the form of the cake... 

So this mole-hill cake happened, which I think is even more fun than a regular. 

I covered it with home-made fondant. It should represent a half apple, but my boyfriend thought it was a cherry, so... Whatever You think it is. :D

Cherry Chocolate Cake

Hello! :) 

Are You having a great vacation time? Or is it your busyly working, house renovating period? 

I try to have both. :) On my free days, I usually bake something, and try to relax. Just trying, because You know, household chores are always there...

Anyways, this cake was so good. Really fruity, and chocolaty , so 2 in 1.  :) 

It can be a great group work, baking together with a friend, or with your loved one, just like I did. :) You should try this. ;)

And I wish You great summer days! Enjoy !

Sunshine Dessert Party

Hello! There was a great Sunshine DESSERT PARTY on my FB page!
And now, here's the review of  those eye-catching, mouth-watering sweets! 

I got 60 Sunshine desserts for You! :D This number also shows that the party was great success, so much foodie friends shared their recipes, and what beautiful dessert recipes they are!!! 
Look...

Truffles roll

Hello Guys! :) I'm kind of sick right now, so it's a perfect occasion to share a yummy recipe , as I'm sitting at home with a nice warm tea.  /And listening this music, it's just awesome, makes me happy. :)/

I baked this 2 Truffles rolls for my Dad's name's day some days before. I've been experiencing with this recipe for about 2 years, and now I can say that it's perfect! :D 

You know, there's a confectionery where we used to live and that's the only place (that we know) to sell  these kind of cakes, and if there was a celebration my Dad always bought this.

 But now, he said that mine was even better this time. :D So Yay! I won! :D 

Cocoa Charlotte

This cake looks so special, like a nice brown half-ball. I made it for my brother and my birthday. (We always celebrate together) And with this recipe I've been selected to win a present at a competition. :) I'm still waiting for the package, it should come soon.