Baking with Merry

Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake for Mama's Boy My boy turned 7 and to celebrate his special day I decided to bake him a chocolate cake because he's sooo fond of chocolates.....To make it more chocolatey, I decided to frost it with a chocolate frostings! But didn't want the usual frostings -buttercream, whipping cream or ganache; so decided to play with a mousse frosting!! And what more can I say---it was utterly delicious.  The recipe for the Chocolate Mousse Layer Cake is from my favourite book Cake by Rachel Allen !! I am not posting the recipe here and but you could visit this link for the recipe...  And a word of caution to all weight watchers; health and calorie conscious readers out there... This cake is definitely not your cup of tea as the cake itself uses eight eggs and the mousse just six... *smile*.... But if you want to indulge go ahead, you won't regret..... though make sure you are able to stop after a serving or so, which is ve...

Well....my favorite month is here!!Yippee!!And I have lots and lots of baking coming up!!In fact, starting with this post, I am hoping to bake something new every week until Christmas!!And so to start off, here is my first recipe for you--Swiss Roll... Ingredients: Recipe Adapted from: Cake by Rachel Allen Castor sugar- 100 gm Eggs - 4 Plain flour - 100 gm Baking powder - 1 tsp Mixed berry jam - 3-4 tbsp Whipped cream - 1 box Icing sugar - for dusting Method: Preheat oven to 180 C. Butter the sides of a Swiss roll tin and line the base with baking paper. Beat the sugar and eggs in a large bowl with the help of an electric beater for several minutes until light, thickened and tripled in size. Sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture. Fold in until just combined. Pour it into the prepared tin and smooth the top with a spatula.  Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just springy to touch in the center. Remove from the oven and leave th...