Watermelon Layer Cake

My latest venture. Used chocolate chips, which looked quite believable as the melon seeds. The strawberry paste did not bring out the colour of the watermelon though even with cochineal added. Need a heavier hand with the colouring. Used pandan paste for the skin. This is more a fun cake for a kiddy's birthday party!

Polka-Dot Layer Cake

The barang-barang needed.

A - beat together at high speed for 5 - 7 mins.
9 egg yolks, 3 egg whites, 95g super fine flour, 25g sago flour, 105g castor sugar & 3/4 tbsp ovalette
B - beat together at high speed till light and fluffy
250g butter, 2 1/2 tbsp condensed milk & 1 small tin kaya (170g)

Mix A & B together and beat for another min or two till well combined.

The combined mixture.

Divide into 2 equal portions. Add 1 tsp pandan paste to 1 and 2 tsp chocolate emulco & 2 tsp cocoa to the other.

Grease a 7" square cake tin and line the bottom with baking parchment.
Level 3 tbsp of pandan mixture unto cake tin and grill at 200°C till golden (abt 5-7 mins). Do the same for the chocolate layer.

For the 3rd layer (pandan)carefully line the round (baby) cookies as shown.
Repeat till mixture is used up.
For the last layer use the top & bottom flame and bake at 180°C for about 5-10 mins.

Note : For the 10-layers, I only line 3 layers with cookies (abt 150g). For more visible polka-dots, line the cookies close together.

The cake all ready to be served.

Recipe adapted from Rabiah Amit's Book Vol. 3.

Cranberry Layer Cake

Used tinned cranberry sauce (yes for turkey!). 1st impression it tasted more like blueberry pancake. Improves with refrigeration.

Peach Layer Cake

This is a peach of a cake. Really yum yum. Canned peaches used. Refrigerates and freezes well.

Prunes Layer Cake

This is a hot favourite among my Kuching relatives. Need I say more?

Chocolate Cheese Layer Cake

A bit drier than my usual layer cakes. Ran out of cocoa and had to top up with Milo. The saltish taste of the cheese is quite unusual but 2 nieces and a nephew love it.

Pandan Coconut Layer Cake

This one is also a bit dry probably due to the dessicated coconut flakes added. Must remember to add more santan/butter/cream the next time. The fragrance from the pandan paste is quite delightful though.