Anniversary Cake - 22 May 2014

This cake was made specially for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary.  I made the cake base two nights before the actual date and did the decorating the next day, which was the night before the actual anniversary date.  The decoration of the cake was not what I intended.  Faced with the soft whipped cream, I just simply piped round the cake using Wilton tip 32.  Guess the candle helps make the cake look much prettier.  :)

Chocolate Cake (by Aunty Yochana)
Ingredients:

8 egg white
8 egg yolks
300g sugar
160g cake flour
64g corn flour
4 1/4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 1/8 tsp baking powder
106g corn oil

Method:

1. Sift cake flour with cornflour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
2. Whisk egg white until soft peak forms and then add in sugar gradually and whisk till sugar dissolved and mixture is thick and glossy.
3. Drop in egg yolks, one at a time, making that it's evenly combined before the next addition.
4. Fold in 1/2 of flour mixture and mix well.
5. Pour in oil and mix well, fold in the balance flour mixture and mix till well combine.
6. Pour the mixture into round cake tin and bake in pre-heat oven at 175C for about 45 mins or till skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Leave cake to cool on a wire rack.

Whipped Cream
Ingredients
360ml heavy whipping cream
1/2 + 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1.5 tablespoon castor sugar

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, place whipping cream, vanilla extract and sugar together.

2. Beat the mixture until stiff peaks form.

3. Add colouring and decorate as desired.