This was the cake that I made for the twins on their 3rd birthday, which I should have posted a month ago.
For those who want to know how I made this, I baked a chocolate cake, let it cool, then covered it with melted cooking chocolate. For the sand, I crushed some digestive cookies (I wonder why they’re called that?) but graham crackers should also do. I whipped up a small portion of buttercream icing (butter + confectioner’s sugar), unevenly tinted with blue food colouring, so as to simulate foam in the ocean, with bits of white here and there. ‘Kitkat Bytes’ served as rocks (I was looking for Maltesers but thought these are better because they’re more irregularly shaped). I set aside a bit of the buttercream frosting and tinted it red and used it for the letters. The umbrellas are the type that they use in drinks; they were the only decorative items left in the cake supplies shop at that time (Chinese New Year).
The end-product looks obviously homemade but for something that was done in one morning from start to finish, I suppose it’s not that bad. What I do know is — the kids enjoyed the cake immensely and, everytime someone wanted a slice, I got a kick out of saying, “Would you like sand or water? How about a rock?” ;)
I’ll post a recipe of the chocolate cake very soon, with step-by-step instructions and photographs. And, yes, the cake is very fattening. Better get those weight loss pills ready on hand :P
I love your beach cake MImi, very natural, with sand and water, ang ganda! I wish I could bring back my hands on baking too.
wow! yummy!
I will let my wife read this post Ms. Mimi para makabake din sia. hehe
That’s a great looking cake! I like how you used digestives for sand ^_^ What a great idea!
it is different, first time to see one like that.
It beats black forest;
hey, i patent secured mo na,malay, magaya ng iba and gawing commercial, hehe.
10% ako sa profit ha?
sheng: you might want to try my recipe for chocolate cake. wait for it k? i have the recipe but i want to have decent pics to go with the post.
sinta: any idea why they’re called ‘digestives’? i love them dipped in melted chocolate!
francescainfrance: the idea came from my daughter. the shop was almost completely empty when we went there to buy decorations. only the umbrellas were there. so she suggested we buy them and make a beach-themed cake.
Hi Mimi! The cake does look delish. Hats off to you for having such a demanding career and making the time to create a birthday cake for your children on their special day :)
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joy: labour of love, as they say. besides, it’s waaay cheaper and tastes much nicer than store-bought ones :)
My oh my, what a loving gesture for your twins.
it’s just a once-a-year thing. nothing compared to your daily bento for your little girl! i just don’t know how you do it, despite your schedule and another little one on the way…
that’s a very nice looking cake! i really wish i know how to bake and decorate a cake =)
josiet: it’s never too late to start :) how about taking some lessons?
where do i get graham cookies in kl?
Ashley: Try Cold Storage (Great Eastern Mall, Ikano Power Centre, Bangsar). Or Mercato at Pavilion. When all else fails, you can also use Jacob’s Digestive Cookies.