Baking cakes for near and dear ones

I started baking cakes for near and dear ones about a year ago, but have never dared to take a picture and showcase it... Seeing creations from various bakers at different forums, I dont even want to put up a picture anywhere. So this year I want to harness my baking skills and make sure that I share the pictures of the bakes that I recently did. After all everybody starts somewhere right. 

First among these, is a cake that I baked for a kuti darling niece of mine. It is an egg less butterscotch flavored cake with vanilla fresh cream frosting. Went ahead an tried to make a very amateur two tier cake. It was decent to look and tasted good. Should really appreciate my friends for having giving me the chance to bake a cake for their kid. She was excited to see the cake and made my day for sure

Second on the list is am egg less pineapple cake, with fresh cream frosting layered between finely chopped pineapple. This was a big cake which weighed about 3 kg. Had to bake two tiers separately and then used generous portions of fresh cream mixed with pineapple as the filling between them.

Last on the list but never the least, an egg less chocolate cake with ganache filling and sprinkles on top. This cake is special in many ways. I baked this for my mother on her birthday, baked it with my niece ( who is barely 4 years old) and sister and the icing was done by her using a spoon. The time I took from baking to cutting of the cake was flat 2 hours 10 minutes. My family relished the cake a lot. It was moist and chocolaty. Had fun making this cake

Chocolate mousse

One of the challenges, I set for myself in 2016, is to be regular on the blog and to try something out new, along with the day to day cooking dishes. I wanted to start of with a simple dish, A Chocolate Mousse. I have been reading a lot of blogs and see a lot of versions of this simple chocolate mousse.. 

Everybody, literally everybody likes chocolate in some or the other form. And when offered no one says no. Who can say no to silken, smooth, chocolate, that slides through you throat and cools your tummy.

This dish is a party pleaser. It can be made ahead of time, Very easy to make and only three ingredients...Fresh cream, Melted chocolate, silver sprinkles.

Ingredients 

Fresh Cream - 1 pack

Melted Chocolates - 1 1/2 cups

Silver Sprinkles for decoration

Method 

Whip fresh cream until it forms stiff peaks 

Store it in the refrigerator until you use it.

Melt chocolate in a microwave or on a double boiler .

Allow the chocolate to cool well, 

Mix it with the fresh cream in batches and chill it.

Pipe them into small cups and top it with a fresh cream blob.

Sprinkle silver balls for a classy finish

Put them back into the fridge and serve after dinner.

Enjoy the praises, as you enjoy a cup of the dessert