HO HO HO!!! Holiday Cake

Happy Holidays!

What is better than Filipino delicacy, a scrumptious ube cake, for Holiday dessert? 

Yesterday, 12/23/14, was not a good time to buy groceries for fresh ingredients.  Grocery stores are packed and lines were long.  I wanted to get the freshest ingredients as possible for ube cake.  I actually baked two ube cakes - one for my mom's dinner get-together tonight, 12/24/14 and one for my in-laws that we will take with us tomorrow for Christmas dinner.

I did not expect that my in-laws (mom, dad, and sister) would love a Filipino delicacy.  The actual loved my ube cake.  During their visit, I baked an ube cake that they can take with them back in Maryland.  This time it is decorated with the Christmas adornment rather than just covered with buttercream.

I am pleased with myself.  I am getting better with handling buttercream.  Getting a smooth surface has been a challenge.  Without photo-enhancement, the surface really came out clean and smooth.  

Bridal Shower Cake

I enjoyed baking and decorating the beautiful bridal shower cake on the picture below for a colleague at G&W Labs.

Nishita loves chocolate. So, I made her a chocolate cake with dark chocolate buttercream.

I see the hesitations on Nishita's face as she cuts through the cake.  She didn't want to cut the cake.

What flatters was that Nishita's fiance don't crave sweets and yet ate a quarter of the 8" cake.  They told me that the cake was very good, very rich and moist.

Cookies and cream cupcakes, again