Cake Sensation

Chocolate & Red Berries Engagement Cake — The Recipe That Stole the Show

2026-04-09T03:25:00.000-07:00

Some cakes are made to be eaten. This one was made to be remembered. When I was asked to create an engagement cake for a very special couple, I knew right away that I wanted something deeply indulgent but still beautiful — and this chocolate and red berries cake hit every single note perfectly. Rich, dark, romantic, and just a little bit dramatic. Exactly what an engagement deserves!

The base is a classic dark chocolate sponge — moist, dense, and full of flavor. I fill it with a whipped dark chocolate ganache and a homemade raspberry compote that adds just the right amount of tartness to balance the sweetness. The outside gets a smooth coat of chocolate buttercream, and then comes the fun part: piling on those gorgeous red berries until the top looks almost too pretty to cut into. Almost.

INGREDIENTS:

250g unsalted butter, softened
250g dark brown sugar
4 large eggs
200g self-raising flour
50g good quality cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
100ml whole milk
150g dark chocolate (70%), melted
200ml double cream (for ganache)
3 tbsp raspberry jam or fresh compote (for filling)
300g fresh strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries (for topping)
Powdered sugar and mint sprigs to garnish

Once it all comes together and those berries are piled on top, you'll have a cake that looks like it belongs on the cover of a magazine — and tastes even better. Every time I make this one, it gets the same reaction: wide eyes, a sharp intake of breath, and then pure silence while everyone takes that first bite. That silence is my favorite sound in the whole world.

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2019-10-24T06:41:00.000-07:00

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Game of Thrones Cake

2018-07-04T09:13:00.000-07:00

Summer is coming boys and girls. It's that time of year where you have to patiently wait until the new season of Game of Thrones starts. The person who ordered the cake was a big fanatic of the series, so I had to be extra cautious on the details whilst decorating this cake. As far as I remember this was the first time I did a movie/TV show related cake, so I had every reason to be excited. The basics of the cake was really easy to make and didn't take any extra time decorating it. All I had to do was make a white fondant and cover the cake smoothly, by doing that 50% of the work was done. The next step of decorating the cake was a bit tricky to make as the chair "throne" it self had a lot of details on it. Basically, the throne was full of swords, so it had to look really good otherwise, the details would've been overshadowed and the end process would be awful. Once I've managed to put everything in order, it was time for the coloring of the throne, which I have done it with a brush to give that shiny look. In the end all I had to do was pour some red color on the cake in order to look like blood dripping through the throne. This was one odd cake to decorate. After all, It's not everyday when you pour blood on top of the cake!

INGREDIENTS:

250g softened butter.
100ml strong black coffee.
260g self raising flour.
250g golden caster sugar.
½ tablespoon baking powder.
1 tablespoon vanilla extract.
4 eggs.
100g walnut, roughly chopped.
150ml double cream (for filling)
120g mascarpone, at room temperature (for filling).

Frozen Cake

2017-06-29T05:53:00.000-07:00

Here's something the little girls would go crazy for as I recently found out. This Frozen cake took longer than usual to decorate due to me being surrounded by the girls throughout the whole process of decorating, from scratch. I have to admit though, I also got bit of help from the girls as they were passing me all the necessary tools for the cake to be finished ahead of time! They were really fun to work with! 😃

They were extremely excited to see the final stages of the cake being decorated. So there were lots of screaming and jumping in the kitchen, with a sleepless night they finally made it. No more screaming from the kids, at last! 😃

As you can see the cake turned out to be pretty amazing. The girls loved it. They couldn't take the eyes off the cake and the birthday party was really great, they had lots of fun by playing and singing together throughout the party. I guess, you could say that every cake has it's own fairy tail!

Minnie Mouse Cake

2017-04-28T06:18:00.001-07:00

Back at it again! Hi, guys! It is always a great feeling when you decorate a cake from scratch to finish. The joy you get once you've done with your work is really amazing and honestly, quite breathtaking most of the times. And that's mainly because you always put an extra effort into decorating a cake.

Before you start with your work, you always have an idea on how it's going to look like once it's all finished. However, that's not always the case, because, there's always room for improvement and improvisation and I always get caught to it. Whilst decorating, I always add up couple of small details into my cakes, the concept stays the same but the little added details makes all the difference once it's all finished.

The little girl really liked this Minnie Mouse Cake, so I hope you all like it as well! ;)

Engagement Cake

2017-01-06T11:43:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I've shared my work with you guys. It has been a very busy year and finally, I've got some time on my hands to do some bit of work without getting my hands all dirty. ;)

This lovely four tiered engagement cake is one of my favorite designs for me to decorate. It's very simple and it's elegant design really flourishes to the human eye. The red flowers certainly give this cake a whole new look especially, with those red layered ribbons. When I started decorating this cake my primary thought was to make it look all white. However, halfway through my decorating process I thought If I added a bit of red in this cake for the contrast that it will look really beautiful and catchy to the human eye. So the end product turned out to be a real master peace!

As far as, the flavoring goes the first and third tier were chocolate filled cake whilst the second and fourth tier were a red velvet filling.

I hope you guys like what you see. So, until next time, have a great weekend!

Elegant Birthday Cake Design

2015-11-03T07:21:00.002-08:00

Summertime may be long gone, but that won't stop us to enjoy eating a delicious peace of cake in this cold autumn season.

This elegant ribbon cake design is probably one of the easiest ways you can decorate your cake. And it certainly doesn't require any craftsmanship skills in order for you to decorate a similar cake design like this particular one. All you have to do after covering the cake with fondant, is to make another layer of fondant, with any color you would like, on a flat surface. After you've all done those steps, get yourself a cutting tool, (knife, pizza cutter, etc.) and cut the ribbons in any shape or form you would feel like so it would fit your idea of decorating your cake. Finally. grab those ribbons you've just cut, and place it in a way you like on the cake.

Ingredients: chocolate cake

400gr butter
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup plain flower
1 cup self raising flower
1 cup cadbury cocoa
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 cup (250ml) milk
2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
1/3 cup (100ml) boiling water

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2015-01-10T12:54:00.000-08:00

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Engagement Cake

2014-06-06T04:49:00.000-07:00

Ingredients: (Fudge chocolate cake)

1. 470g all purpuse flour

2. 15g baking soda

3. 5g salt

4. 915g brown sugar

5. 190g butter

6. 5 eggs

7. 10ml vanilla extract

8. 385g sour cream

9. 140g unsweetened chocolate

10. 395ml boiling water

11. 100ml milk

12. 350g confectioners sugar

Baby Shower Cake

2014-04-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1. 400g plain flour
2. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
3. 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
4. 170g dark brown soft sugar
5. 70g golden caster sugar
6. 250ml sunflower oil
7. 4 eggs
8. 3-4 unpeeled apples
9. 140g walnuts, roughly chopped

Hello everyone. As you may notice this baby shower cake is decorated similar to my previous cake and the recipe is pretty much the same as the last baby shower cake. The design of this baby shower cake is probably one of the easiest designs that you can make at home. That being said, it's also very beautifully decorated. You can also add small different details around the cake, use your creativity and inspiration if you feel that's something missing with your cake. The one thing I like most about this specific baby shower cake is the clean design. As I said, It gives you the freedom to play with different figures on the cake. You can change figures and small details easily from the cake without damaging the fondant itself.

Baby Shower Cake

2014-01-09T05:09:00.000-08:00

Ingredients: (Apple and Walnut)

1. 400g plain flour
2. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
3. 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
4. 170g dark brown soft sugar
5. 70g golden caster sugar
6. 250ml sunflower oil
7. 4 eggs
8. 3-4 unpeeled apples
9. 140g walnuts, roughly chopped

Beyonce Cake

2013-12-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1. 2 1/2 cups of flower
2. 2 cups of white sugar
3. 1 stick of butter (1/2)
4. 2 teaspoons of baking powder
5. 3 large eggs
6. 1 cup of milk (1/2)
7. 2 teaspoon vanilla extracts

Note:

As always, you should start with the usual, preheat the oven to 175C'. Grase the pan with paper. Next up, take a bowl, cream the butter and sugar at the same time, after you've done that make sure you pour the vanilla and stir. In the final stages add flour and baking powder in the bowl and stir until the outcome becomes creamy. Stir the milk until the butter becomes soft. Finally, Pour the bowl into the prepared pan, and bake for up to 40 minutes into the preheated oven.

Barbie Cake

2013-10-01T07:21:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1. 450g of cherries

2. 450g of pineapple

3. 450g of pitted dates

4. 450g of chopped pecans

5. 4 to 5 small (between 6-8 ounces) packages of flaked coconut

6. 3 table spoons of all purpose flour

7. 2 cans (between 13-15 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

Note:

Firstly, it's important to note that not all of the cake was used for decorating the barbie figure, don't let the ingredients and the pictures above confuse your work.

Secondly, as always, make sure you preheat the oven up to 150'C, lightly grease a pan. Chop all the fruits and nuts in a large mixing bowl, add coconut and make sure you mix it well. Stir in flour, then sweetened condensed milk, again make sure you blend it well.

Finally, bake for 90-120 minutes. While hot run with knife around the cake in order not to stick on the pan, wait for a couple of minutes for the cake to cool down and you'll be all good to eat. Enjoy!

Baby Shower Cake

2013-07-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

Ingredients (chocolate cake)

1. 400g butter
2. 2 cups brown sugar
3. 1 cup plain flower
4. 1 cup self raising flour
5. 1. cup cadbury cocoa
6. 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
7. 1 cup (250ml) milk
8. 2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
9. 1/3 cup (100ml) boiling water

Royal Wedding Cake

2013-06-28T04:36:00.000-07:00

Wedding Cake

2013-06-04T04:36:00.000-07:00

Ingredients: 1st layer (chocolate recipe)

1. 250g butter
2. 300g dark chocolate
3. 16 large eggs, make sure you separate the yolk
4. 300-400g walnuts
5. 200g sugar
6. 4 large spoons of flower
7. 1 table spoon vanilla extract

Ingredients: 2nd layer (chocolate recipe)

1. 250g butter
2. 300g dark chocolate
3. 16 large eggs, separate the yolk
4. 300-400g walnut
5. 200g sugar
6. 4 large spoons of flower
7. 1 table spoon vanilla extract

Ingredients: 3rd layer (fruitcake)

1. 200g butter
2. 100g whole almonds
3. 200g plain flower
4. 200g icing sugar
5. 4 medium eggs, separate the yolk
6. 600-700 mixed dried fruits (by your taste)
7. 25ml brandy

Ingredients: 4th layer (fruitcake)

1. 150g butter
2. 80g whole almonds
3. 160g plain flower
4. 170g icing sugar
5. 3 medium eggs, separate the yolk
6. 500-600 mixed dried fruits (by your taste)
7. 20-22ml brandy

Baby Shower Cake

2013-02-20T03:35:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

350g plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
150g dark brown soft sugar
60g golden caster sugar
250ml sunflower oil
4 eggs
3 unpeeled apples, coarsely grated
120g walnuts, roughly chopped

Note:

First of all heat the oven to 150'C, 130'C fan. Put the bicarbonate soda, flour, and cinnamon in a big bowl, then stir in the sugars, you have to make sure that there aren't any lumps of sugar. Next, add the oil, eggs and apples, and beat everything together. Fold in the walnuts then divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 45 minutes, or until you think the cake is baked the way you like it. Finally, make sure that you allow the cake to cool for a few minutes in the tin and you're all done!

Baby Shower Cake

2013-02-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello bloggers! Finally, I'm back and exited to share my new cakes and recipes with all of you out there. This last couple of months I've been really busy baking cakes and working on my regular job, but I'm here and we're going to start with something special, a baby shower cake to mark my return on this blog and later I'm going to give you the cakes recipe.

Ingredients (chocolate cake):

400g butter
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup plain flower (1/2 cup)
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup Cadbury Cocoa
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 cup (250ml) milk
2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
1/3 cup (80ml) boiling water

Note:

Make sure you preheat the oven to 180'C, use an electric mixer to beat the butter and sugar, than add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each egg you put in a big bowl. Next, take the mentioned ingredients such as plain flower, flour, soda and milk put them on a separate bowl and stir until those ingredients are combined. Finally, you bake the cake in preheated oven for 1 hour or when you see that the cake has baked enough it doesn't have exactly 1 hour. When you take the cake out of the oven make sure you set aside for 5 minutes.

This is a short description of a chocolate cake, if you want a fully detailed description fell free to ask. Hope you liked it. Take care!

Santa Fe Chicken Sallad

2012-10-11T04:14:00.002-07:00

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients

2 each; (6 oz) chicken breast

4 cups; mixed greens

1/2 cup; cilantro leaves, stems removed

1/4 cup; black beans

1/4 cup; corn kernels

1/4 cup; red onions, small dice

1/4 cup; red pepper, fresh, small dice

1 cup; honey-lime vinaigrette

1/2 cup Mrs. Cubbison's flavor tortilla strips

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Directions

Marinate chicken in 1/2 cup of dressing for two hours; remove from marinade and discard dressing. Grill until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165°F; slice into 1/4” pieces.
Toss mixed greens, cilantro, black beans, corn, onions, red pepper and sliced chicken with 1/2 cup of dressing until well coated.
Remove to serving plate; top with tortilla strips.

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Note

I've tried making this delicious recipe which I found on http://www.mrscubbisons.com couple of days ago, and it turned out to be one delicious Salad. Therefore, you don't want to miss this recipe, it's really easy to make, it doesn't take a long time to prepare or to cook for that matter, it's really healthy and it's worht the try!

Fondat recipe

2011-11-19T12:28:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone! In this post you will find the recipe and ingredients on how to make a cake fondant. This is only a short description of the fondant recipe and I hope it's going to be helpful. Now, I had to write this post in just a short notice because I had been asked by a blog viewer to give my fondant recipe, and in the next couple of days I'm going to post a full description and some helpful tips and pictures on how to make a fondant!

1. 900gr of sugar powder
2. 100gr of fructose
3. 20ml water
4. 1 Gelatin in 50ml water
5. 1 table spoon of glycerin

Wedding Cake

2011-10-25T12:00:00.000-07:00

This is my third wedding cake that I have made this year, and as you can see, it's a bit smaller wedding cake from the rest as it's only contains 3 layers of cake, but it's also a bit more elegant decoration. As usual, I make every layer of the cake different from each other as it tends to surprise the people in the wedding.

Here are the ingredients of this wedding cake:

Ingredients: 1st layer of the cake "chocolate cake"
1. 250g butter
2. 300g dark chocolate
3. 16 large eggs, separate the yolk
4. 300g walnuts
5. 200g sugar
6. 4 large spoons of flour

Ingredients: 2nd layer of the cake
1. 12 large eggs, separate the yolk
2. 250g butter
3. 3 large spoons of flour
4. 300g dates
5. 2 packs of Vanilla pudding
6. 200g sugar
7. 300g walnuts

Ingredients: 3rd layer of the cake
1. 9 large eggs, separate the yolk
2. 3 large spoons of flour
3. 150g sugar
4. 300g walnuts
5. 2 large spoons of boiled coffee
6. 200g butter

After the you've baked the cake you should use fondant to cover and decorate the cake. I'm pretty sure almost everyone knows how to make fondant, and for those who don't know please feel free to ask. So, after you covert the cake with fondant, make sure you smooth up the surface of the fondant so the cake won't look a bit wobbly. Do the same process on all the three layers and finally, use your creativity and taste in order to place the flowers on the cake, it should look really great. For those who don't know how to make fondant or flowers for the cake, please feel free to ask me.....or google search it! :)

Engagement Cake

2011-10-06T06:44:00.000-07:00

Graduation Cake

2011-09-09T03:15:00.000-07:00

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2011-08-25T13:55:00.000-07:00

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Elegant cake

2011-08-22T05:47:00.000-07:00