Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Romeo and Juliette cake


Posted by - Vivian 

I made this cake for my mother in-law's birthday.... actually, I made little individual cakes using the heart shape cupcake pan I have.  I had to reduce the cooking time to 16 minutes (rotating the pans after 8 minutes) and the directions were a bit confusing so I ended up winging a few things.  There's milk in the recipe, but the directions here or on the site this was taken from said when to add it.  I decided that I would combine the milk and oil and where the directions stated to add the oil that's when I put it in.  Also, I didn't know what to do with the guava jelly... that probably sounds stupid since the obvious answer is to put it on the cake.  However, the jelly is.. well, its jelled.  So to make it spreadable I added some water into a small pan and then added the jelly to warm it together and liquefy it.  While it was still quite hot, I dipped the little cake tops into it.  Having the paste would have been better, I'm sure of it.  But I was lucky to find the jelly in our area so jelly it was.  Like the previous poster stated, I added fresh Parmesan cheese but none of us tasted it.  This was an interesting challenge and was happy to take part in it so a big thanks for the suggestion of this cake!

9 comments:

Corrine said...

They looks fantastic! I love the idea of making them into individual heart shaped cakes.

Anonymous said...

Those are so cute! Well done.

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...

Hii , am so glad u did the little hearts :-)
I was planning the same too , all the mini molds i have are hearts:-)lol!
Am sorry about the recipe , i should have checked , now that u said it will edit it:-)
Yeah ,oil with milk sounds good , i usually warm the milk , only slightly but where this cake goes , i have yet to bake it :-)

Thannxx for baking along my choice of a bake:-)

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...

Ok edited , thannxx for the info :-)
And sorry for the hassle again:-)

Annie said...

This is so cute!

cocoa and coconut said...

These are so gorgeous and professional looking! I bet she was thrilled.

Anonymous said...

They look so pretty! Love the hearts. :)

Mary Bergfeld said...

Vivian, I'm sure she enjoyed the cake. It looks quite delicious. I am new to your blog and have been browsing through your earlier entries. I really like the food and recipes you feature here. I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

Sushma Mallya said...

wow they look so cute :)