CULINARY PROJECT 2015 – WORKSHOP 4 – CHECKER BOARD CAKE

This is probably one of the most fun I’ve had cooking with friends in 2015…

Now that the time is wayyyyyy overdue, I’ll post share this with all you of guys through mostly photos. The captions will be my guide to explain to you what we did. We did find a recipe online for this cake. However, none of us remember what the recipe was and where it came from haha. The best bet is that it is a regular vanilla sponge cake. You can also use the recipe for vanilla cake that you can find online or in books. It tastes just as good 🙂

We originally wanted to make vanilla and red velvet for the 2 colors of the checker board cake, but we turned lazy and decided to mix in colors for the 2 cake, one will be originally light yellow and one will be red. The buttercream for this recipe will also be Swiss meringue with a touch of lavender at the end.

Now let’s start!

We started by measuring the flour for the 2 cakes

So this is how much it amounted to

Now beat the softened butter with granulated sugar

Yea do this until it’s all blended

Now we add eggs. WHOLE EGGS!!!!!!!!!!

Now let’s add a bit of homemade vanilla extract

Then we add in the flour

Now we split the batter in half and thoroughly mix in all the ingredients

Ah! Some cocoa powder to make it a red velvet – wannabe

Mix well and we’re done

Put both batters in 2 separate baking molds with same diameter

Rising in the oven at 350F / 175C

Oops it rose too much.

Let’s cool it first then!

Separate the egg whites and egg yolks. We want egg whites

Continuously whisk the egg whites and icing sugar over double boiler

Then we whisk it to create volume

We use butter again. Soft butter into the meringue little by little

Patiently watching the butter being added

Keep on whisking until it is this glossy

LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut off the top of both cakes to make it flat and even. Use different pan size to cut out the rings

Yes, assemble the rings in different colors

The first layer as crumb coat

Crumb coating done

Now is the real layer

Almost done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yayyyyy done!!!!!!

Look – at – this!!!!!!!!!

It is really yummy!!!! Thanks for reading guy