Pretty in Pink

Time flies so fast I almost forgot it's Daring Baker's Challenge once again. July has been a very hectic and busy month for me so I made this cake beforehand. As you all know I've been preoccupied with birthday cakes lately and I'm still not finish yet since my son will be celebrating his birthday this coming Saturday. I have so many things to do yet very little time to accomplish everything. You won't be seeing much of me this week so I think this cake will keep you preoccupied till then.



This month Peabody is hosting the challenge and she has chosen Strawberry Mirror Cake. The first time I learned that this was July's challenge, I was really excited. I have wanted to do this early this month but I have to postpone it until the third week since I wanted to get hold of good strawberries. I used quite a lot of strawberries for this recipe and frankly it was a bit pricey for me nevertheless I have this intuition that this cake would really be great so I went ahead with the challenge.

I made the right decision in making the cake because it turned out super delicious. I have to admit I was hesitant at first to make one whole recipe since I know for a fact that my hubby and eldest son doesn't like anything with strawberries. I was worried that my youngest son and I would end up eating all the cake but to my surprise my picky hubby and eldest son loved it as well. It was heartwarming to receive complements from them.

I really had no problem with the whole recipe because it was easy to make although it was time consuming but nevertheless worth embarking. I baked the cake using a heart shape springform pan since my oven couldn't accommodate an 11x17 jelly roll pan.

This cake is made of layers of sponge cake filled with Strawberry Bavarian cream topped with strawberry mirror. I couldn't find enough words to describe the taste of the cake but one thing for sure this is one of the best cake I've made so far. I'm really impressed. I would be more than willing to make this cake again and again for my family and friends although next time I think I would like to experiment using mangoes.

I decorated the cake using some sliced strawberries and and a few piping's of whipped cream. Actually, even without the decorations the cake is simply lovely

Since I used a smaller pan than what was required there were some left-overs which I made into mini-cakes. This time I covered it with choco-strawberry flakes. My youngest son who really loves strawberries couldn't get enough of this cake.

I would really recommend this cake. It's not only beautiful but taste's heavenly as well. For those who are interested with the recipe you can check out Peabody's site and for more beautiful strawberry mirror cakes check out the site of my fellow Daring Bakers here.