Bento #5: Bear & Love Cake Bento

Very funny looking bears and love shaped bento. I used chocolate cake as the base. I have no chocolate breads, but a spongy chocolate cake will serve as the same. I use a bento cutter mold to make it into four shapes. The yellow part is made out of cheese, and for the eyes and nose parts, I used chocolate sprinkles. Very "failed-looking" bears. >.< . Just wanted to make breakfast looks more interesting.

Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

     We were having a potluck session, so I decided to make a chocolate cake, and egg tarts. This chocolate cake is a very easy-to-make basic 2-layer chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting coated with chocolate shavings.

Chocolate cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients:
Cake Layer:
2 eggs
100g sugar
100g vegetable oil
40g milk
100g all-purpose flour
20g cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking powder

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

chocolate shavings

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease one 9-inch pan thoroughly. Set aside.
2. Beat eggs, sugar and oil till mixed.
3. Alternately add milk and flour mixture till well mixed. Pour into the 9-inch pan and bake for 30-35 minutes till toothpicks inserted come out clean.
4. Set aside to let it cool completely.
5. Beat the softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk till form smooth yet a little firm consistency.
6. Cut the cake into half, and apply the frosting. Cover it with the second slice of cake. Apply frosting on all the outer layer of the cake. Sprinkle the chocolate shavings till all covered.

Enjoy!

Explosive Chocolate Freak Cake

     Happy Birthday, Timothy! I made this for his birthday in a very rushing time. This friend of mine is a chocolate freak! He loves any type of chocolates and desserts! If anyone needs a "kaki" for chocolate marathon, he is the one to find! Luckily for me, I'm a beginner in chocolate freak, so I always have him when I was craving for chocolate desserts! I called this Explosive Chocolate Freak Cake. It has tremendous layer and texture of chocolate that a small bite is really enough. Hehe... 

     The cake is a moist chocolate cake with melted chocolate. In between is chocolate ganache. I top this cake with chocolate-coated graham crackers that are also applied with chocolate jam.