Baking adventures...2012

Growing up I remember celebrating my birthday with homemade cake. My mom made the best chocolate cake, or so I have been told. Back then I was too busy enjoying the toys and the attention to notice the cake. Horrible I know but I was a kid so sue me! haha

So that probably explains why I've been going crazy with the idea of making my own birthday cake. Ok, not really my own personal cake but cakes for people in my family. Thank God for my sister-in-law Alay who is always a willing accomplice to my crazy ideas. :D

As I was searching for things I would love to eat I came across a recipe for Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting I knew right away I had to try it out. I am a sucker for Reese's peanut butter cups and this recipe sounded amazing. But since it was a European recipe the first try didn't turn out too good. I could not figure out what to substitute Heavy Cream with and there's none available in Manila, or at least in the places I looked. We just made it look good by filling it with icing and drizzling it with chocolate. Presentation was nice, the taste totally sucked. haha

So after failing miserably...I searched the net for a substitute cake recipe and tried it again. It was my younger brothers birthday and it was an awesome opportunity to try out the recipe. Lucky him he didn't get stuck with the gross flop that was the week before. 

We baked the cake, iced it and placed it in the fridge to set. Then off we went to dinner...

Since the layers weren't even we had trimmed the top and made a dome cake out of the trimmings. haha...in the family nothing goes to waste. :D

My brother enjoyed it, we had fun making it and I finally got it out of my system. Now I'm obsessed with the idea of making a vanilla chiffon cake. If only my schedule would settle down and I'd get a free weekend. :D