TDK: Cherry Fraisier

My turn is finally here. After being approved last month, I could finally join my first ever The Daring Baker's challenge for this month of July. The challenge is to make Fresh Fraisier! Exciting exciting. Not because I love eating cakes that have fruits in it (it's honestly one of those on my bottom list) BUT I could get to practise making beautiful cake! Heehee. 

Berries are terribly expensive here where I live, so I substituted it with cherry - not that it's any cheaper, but at least it tastes the sweetest amongst all. Yes, berries in Asia are apparently very sour :(

Downloadable recipe is here

In case you're wondering, yes it's slightly slanting! Your eyes don't fool you this time :P We're supposed to assemble this in a springform pan, which sadly I don't have (and too broke to buy this time around). So what i did is just lining all sides of my usual baking pan with clingwrap paper and tried to lift it up with it after freezing... yikes. Nevertheless it tastes great! A good treat it is, especially for hot summer weather out there.

Paris Brest & eclair

I almost never planned for what pastry I'd like to make for the day. Mostly, if not all is because one of the ingredients is meeting the expiry date soon. In this case, was the whipping cream. At first I thought of doing the Fresh Fraisier as raised by The Daring Baker (I just got approved there yay!) but Mr. F would prefer eclair much more than that one. So i had to give in, 'cos he'd be the only supporter of my pastry at the end of the day.

So without further ado... presenting to you my eclair and Paris Brest! I've been meaning to make Paris Brest for the longest time and it finally came true. My Paris Brest isn't proportionally sized though because I don't have the proper piping bag and nozzles. Boo.

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Japanese Strawberry Cheesecake

It's my Japanese colleague turning 30 yesterday... I know that for many people, turning 30 can be a milestone, so I figured in order to 'commemorate' her big day, i should make her a Japanese cheesecake, decorated in hundreds and thousands and white cream. Doesn't that remind you enough of your childhood? I hope that I helped to make her turning 30 less serious. Hah.

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