We *hearts* NUTELLA!!

I wonder if you have notice that recently in all the major supermarkets there is a huge mountain made out of a lot of super large bottles of Nutella!? I don't know about you, but Nutella has always been a favourite spread among my siblings and I. And I am so lucky to find a man who also love Nutella as much as I do!And so, I happily bought the super big bottle of Nutella and along came a free gift - 250ml of Nutella!

As I was having a little gathering at home with my family, I wanted to do something easier and fast so that i would have time to prepare the other food. And so I found this recipe online which came in handy and also a good way to use up those Nutella that I have bought! Muahaha!

Adopted this recipe from http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com

The ingredients is super simple:

3 eggs

65g caster sugar

80g cake flour

20g unsalted butter (melted)

2-3 drops vanilla extract (which i omitted as i have none left at home.. )

The hard part is the baking time as not to overbake the mixture if not rolling it will be difficult and end product will be full of cracks and ugly! That is what happen to a third of my roll. I still manage to roll it by hiding the crispier portion in. Oh well, guess i will still need to try a second time. As for the taste... hmmm.... nothing can go wrong with Nutella!! muahaha!

Berries Berries

I am a 100% strawberry lover, therefore I would definitely not miss the chance to try out this cake - Strawberry Shortcake. This is also my present to my dearest little brother - JE on his birthday which is also in June. Happy Birthday my dearest brother!! Sister loves you! Hope you like the cake!

Well the problem with cake making is not the process, there is always new things to discover and learn in the process in making cake. It is the cleaning up which is a killer! The "oily" feel just won't come off those mixing bowls and pans! Arghh...

I really like the taste of this sponge cake although it is kind of sweet but still acceptable. Luckily this sponge does not use any ovalete, if not - MORE cleaning..
The problem I face with this cake is beating the cream. The cream contains plainly whipping cream, sugar and mascarpone cheese. After mixing, the cream just wun hold it's fluffiness and start becoming runny, making it really hard for me to apply on the cake. The conclusion my mummy drew was that, I should have added gelatine to the mixture, which I think makes sense.. but wouldn't the mixture become mousse instead of cream? Hmm.. will have to read up more on this.
Anyway aside these technical stuffs, this cake after much refridgeration turn out quite solid and nice.. I like it more than the cheesecake as a matter of fact..
I will definitely make this cake again, maybe for my own birthday! Yay.. Prolly try out another recipe for the sponge as well.

Was thinking what's next to try this weekend, went to Seng Siong during lunch and bought one whole big bottle of Nutella. Then it strikes me that I have a recipe copied from the internet that uses Nutella as the filling. - Nutella Swiss-Roll ! Well, so that is what I am making this weekend ! =D