Kue Soes

Nyoba bikin Kue Soes utk dibawa ke acara pengajian adik ipar yang mo merit. Karena masi ada sisa orange vanila custard dari si African Gateau, jadi tinggal bikin si kulitnya aja.

Tnyata bikin kue sus enak en gampang loh.. hehe (sok teu deh)..soalnya cuma di masak, cemplung-cemplung, lalu di mixer dikit untuk meratakan telur dan adonan tepungnya. Sesudah gak panas, langsung di semprotkan ke loyang yang sudah dilapisi kertas utk memanggang.


Batch 1, saya manggang 25 menit, warna kulitnya kuning muda. Batch 2, saya manggang 35 menit lebih, hasilnya kulit lebih kuning dan malah ada warna coklat-nya segala..(tapi ga gosong sih). But dua-duanya so far saya seneng karena sama-sama mateng luar dalam..hehe.


Kuncinya kata di resep, slama manggang jangan di buka-buka ovennya, supaya si kulit bisa berdiri kokoh. Lalu kalau masih keluar buih-buih harus didiamkan dalam oven dulu (setelah dimatikan tentunya), supaya benar-benar kering. Setelah itu di pindahkan ke rak kawat, agar bagian bawah kulitnya 'bernafas'.


Alhasil..Voila!!!
Kue soes-nya jadi loohh hihihi.. Di isi orange vanilla custard + buah orange kalengan, sama buah stroberi deh.

My First Gateau with Ganache

Horaayy..akhirnya bikin kue pake topping Ganache! hehe..sounds very easy ya..but to me it's my first time ever making it..Gateau and Ganache! Apa sih ganache? Biasanya kalau lagi baca-baca blog suka banyak yang bilang "kue tart-nya coklat dalamnya lapis Ganache.." atau "kuenya terakhir di topping Ganache".. cukup ngiter-ngiter juga cari tahu gimana bikinnya. Ketemu ada di blog NCC dengan berbagai versi.. tapi belum kesampean nyobain.

Akhirnya udah tlanjur beli buku "Cake Decorating" dari minggu-minggu lalu, this weekend pengen nyobain bikin African Gateau (resepnya dari blog Mbak Riana) lalu toping dengan Ganache. Di buku itu teryata resep Ganache itu simple banget bikinnya. Saya post disini ya.

GANACHE:

• 225g dark, milk or white chocolate, broken into pieces (sy pakai dark chocolate)
• 120 ml whipping cream (kmarin nyobain elle & vire, soalnya baker's mix dimana2 lagi abis!)
• 50 g unsalted butter, softened (butternya saya beli di TBK, bisa merk apa aja sih)

1. Put the chocolate in a bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan until it is almost boiling.
2. Pour the hot cream into the chocolate, stirring until the chocolate has melted and blended with the cream.
3. While still warm, work in the butter which should be almost runny but not translucent.
   

COATING WITH GANACHE:

Allow ganache to cool and thicken slightly. Pour it all over the top of the cake in one firm swift movement. Spread the ganache gently for an even covering, or if it is still very runny, tap the cake board gently on the surface so the coating runs evenly. Leave to cool and set.

Ganace yang saya bikin belum halus banget sih, dikarenakan butternya ga saya softened dulu, main langsung cemplung ke coklat yang udah melted..hehe makanya resep harus di baca seksama dulu zyaaa!!! :P

Setelah kue di belah dua, dan diisi dengan si orange vanilla custard, lalu di siram dengan Ganache. Atasnya di hias dengan sisa jeruk kalengan (gak sengaja kok bentuknya jadi kayak bunga?) dan sisa ganache di spuit ke sekitar bagian bawah kue.


Selanjutnya di masukkan ke lemari es deh. Nanti kalau pas mau di makan sore-sore di keluarkan, sambil ditemani secangkir teh hangat (seperti anjuran di resepnya hehe)..


As for me, I like to enjoy it with chill frappuccino from starbucks...hmmm..
Nyumm...

Edible Image

I've been thinking to try edible image on cupcake for long time, but haven't got the right moment to try it. Until on 27th, my friend's son had his 4th birthday. He is so into Thomas & Friends. It's been 2 years that he adores that blue train and the gank.

My friend told me, that he already knows every character and have lots of each character's toy at home and not to mention also the books. One day I got a chance to heard him telling me the story from the book. It's so cute to hear his voice (still like baby voice) but telling you story about Thomas and pronounce it very good in English. Everytime they went to KidzStation, the section that he always ran into is that Thomas & Friends corner. Like my friend said, in his dictionary will always be Long live Thomas & Friends!! Ha ha ha... :D


So I got this idea of giving him a present, Thomas & Friends Cup Cakes. I got the images through the internet and playing it a bit on Photoshop. I made order to print edible from Mba Ina@La Rizz (to tell you, she's very recommended, because the order was done very quick) and the printed color turned as bright as I wanted to.


Not much for decorations (only borders with matching colors) then I shipped it to my friend's house. Hopefully Wilson likes the cake and specially because it's Thomas & Friends.

Happy Birthday Wilson!