Valentine Cake

Happy Valentine Day To Everyone.....

Today I baked 3 heart shape cake for this romantic day. The 1st cake definitely will give to my lovely husband. The 2nd heart shape cake will give to my friend's son Alvin who was on valentine day and the 3rd heart shape cake will give to my friend YS who was born on this month。

Chocolate Nescafe Banana Cake

Ingredients

3 pcs 6 inch heart shape cake pan

360g Sponge mix

40g Chocolate powder

8 eggs

100g water

100g corn oil

Cake Filling :

3 bananas ( sliced)

1 packet 3 in 1 nescafe

250g non-dairy whipping cream

Ganache:

300g chocolate (cut slices / cut cube)

150g dairy whipping cream

50g butter

decoration

some baked almond flake ,sliver almond and walnut

some star shape sugar, some love shape sugar, some color ball and some silver ball

Method:

1.) Lined the mould with paper

2.) Put in the egg,water and sponge mix flour and chocolate powder into the mixing bowl.

3.) Whip (1) till light and fluffy.

4.) Mix oil with the batter till well blended. pour in 330g batter to each heart shape cake pan. Bake at 180℃ for 30 minutes. Once baked, remove cake immediately from the mould.

5.) Leave the cake completely cool before cutting into 3 layers horizontally.

6.) Filling : whisk the non-dairy whipping cream and 3 in 1 nescafe till stiff.

7.) Spread filling onto 1st layer of cake and arrange the banana slices on top of the filling and spread some filling onto the banana and cover with 2nd layer cake .

8.) Repeat (7) till for all layers of cake. Leave in fridge to set. For the last layer just placed the cake on top of the filling .

9.) Heat dairy whipping cream , chocolate and butter in double- boiler stir till chocolate melt.

10.) Place cake on a wire rack, pour on chocolate ganache and decorate, refrigerate till set.

-----Happy Baking-----