No.1 birthday cake

Inspired by my family friend's dog, a Dalmatian no less :)



Beginning of the year spells h.e.a.d.a.c.h.e for me usually.

2 of my boys' birthdays [the old old one and the baby] are in January, on the 8th and 9th to be exact!

However, it is the baby's cake that i'm getting headache at. The old man's cake can anyhow decorate or even no decoration also can but never for the little one. Oooppsssss~ :P

Moreover, there will be a small party for him so all the more stress! Heh.



As i couldn't find any cute no.1 cut out for the cake that i wanna make, i actually cut it out myself freehand with no guide or whatsoever just like that using 2 cakes, a 7" square cake and a loaf-looking cake which i anyhow agar-agar hoping the cakes will somehow form a number 1, which fortunately they did :D

Like i mentioned earlier, i decorated the cake the way it is because of the Dalmatian i saw and played with. Initially i had no idea how to decorate the cake though the number.1 shape is already there but when i saw the dog.. it was *ting*ting* in the head.

Simple but adorable.

So i thought why not?

Then i don't have to brainstorm anymore come January :P



Nevertheless, i was worried mad because the whole idea seems good and workable in the head but when it comes to really doing it, i have no idea how it'd turn out as i have no prior experience in decorating using melted chocolate on fresh cream + the number 1 shape might not be achievable.

And we're talking about having the cake for a party on the very day itself that i'm decorating it.

Pretty brave of me isn't it? Heh.

But worst come to worst, i'll just drive down to Bengawan Solo to buy one! No biggie actually :P

Anyway, the cake i used is Japanese Souffle Cheesecake, which i had baked before quite sometime ago because it is truly very yummy [in my opinion that is :P].



The cake tastes pretty much like Ichiban Boshi's cheesecake but very slightly heavier. I don't like it too light because i won't know when to stop eating.

Slightly heavier is good. At least, i can feel it is there. Heee..

All in all, i must say i'm pretty pleased with my end result of the cake. But there is something, or rather 2 things that bother me slightly when i was working on this tiny project of mine.

i - the cake's baking time turned out to be 2 hours instead of just 1! So 2 cakes = 4 hours. Imagine my horror! Till now, i still do not know why it took 2 hours per cake when previously it was just an hour.

ii - the colorful sprinkles' colour ran! within an hour after throwing them on. Why oh why?!

Now now, i'm really dreading for March to come. Headache ah!!!

But happy headache though. It's the only time of the year where i can and will challenge myself ;)