Assalamu  alaikum and Hello all
This is Ruhina from Ruhis Recipes
Today am going to make a Half birthday cake
I love baking
I used quarantine period to improve my baking skills
I made cakes for my husband birthday and our anniversary
So today I thought I would make a Half Birthday Cake
I love those Half Cakes
And most of you ask me am drinking coffee in a big cup
Cup is big but coffee is only half
This is cake turntable set
My husband bought me recently
And I will do unboxing of this cake turntable pack
May be this unboxing would be useful to someone
Watch the video fully
Thank you so much
The  cake batter must be of this consistency
I have taken a round pan
Grease all sides with oil
Place a butter paper of mold shape
Grease again with  oil
Transfer  the cake batter  to mold
Shake and Pat to even out the batter
Bake at 180 degree Celsius for 40 mins
Preheat  oven  for  5mins
Place  in  oven
I had some cleaning and breakfast preparing works by the time it bakes
After 40mins lets remove the cake
The Cake got liitle burnt on top
I actually forgot as I was busy with preparing breakfast
But it looks okay
we can cut it out
First lets check if cake has baked by inserting a tooth pick
When you remove the toothpick there must not be any stain on it
This cake has baked perfect
Lets cool down this cake for sometime and then make layers
when you cut it hot the cake might break
So its better to cool it for atleast 30mins
Lets use that time to make whipping cream
This cake turntable set is 73 pieces set
I ordered this in amazon
Cost 60Aed plus 10 shipping charge
If its prime account then shipping charge is free
This small bag contains many things
This pamphlet shows what type of nozzle to be used to make a particular design
This was the things in cake turnable set
For beginners these things are more than sufficient
And price looks reasonable too
transfer to bowl
Use double boiler method to melt the mixture
Boil water in a container
On top of it place a heat resistant bowl
Heat till mixture completely melts
Since am making chocolate truffle cake am using chocolate
if you are making a black forest or white forest cake then you don't have heat the whipping cream like this
You can whip it directly
This mixture was refrigerated for 30 mins after melting
Do not whip it when its too hot
whipping cream will melt  when we beat 
 hot.You wont get stiff peaks
So Do not forget to refrigerate and then whip
Let me transfer it to a bigger bowl So that it wont spit out when beating
Generally it takes 15-20mins to whip the cream
Beat for 5 mins in low speed
10mins in medium speed
and again 5 mins in low speed
Beat till you get stiff peaks
It has started to tighten
but this is not stiff peaks
When you take beater out the cream must not fall
That is what call stiff peaks
This is the perfect consistency
The cream is not falling off now from beater
Do not overbeat it
The cream will turn into butter
Lets fill the cream into piping bag
I have taken round nozzle to spread the cream on each layer
Insert the nozzle into piping bag and cut the end
The nozzle must appear a bit out so that you get the desired shape
Place the piping bag in a glass and fill the cream
so that it will be easy to fill
secure end with rubber band
It been more than one hour the cake has been cooling down
lets remove from mould
Cut the burns on top
The cake looks soft and spony
Lets transfer it to a plate
remove the butter paper as well
This layer looks flat
This will be our top layer on cake
Now use cake cutter to cut into three layers
Lets cut cake into half
I will be having 6 layers in total now
But i will use four layers to make a cake now
let me use uneven layer at the bottom
Fill with whipping cream
Spread with spatula evenly
Again next layer cake
Then add sugar syrup
I mixed equal amount of powdered sugar and water to make this syrup
Applying sugar syrup keeps the cake moist and do not let it dry
Again cream
cake,sugar syrup and cream
Follow the same for all four layers
this is the cake's last layer
apply whipping cream and even out
Use scraper and remove excess cream
Apply cream on all sides
I am going to apply chocolate ganache on top of this
Before that we will refrigerate this so that the cream sets onto the cake
Meanwhile I prepared the ganache
50mL  Whipping Cream
100g Dark Chocolate
1 Tbsp butter
2 Tsp Milk
Melt it
Adding Butter improves the texture of ganache
So do not skip that
Pour it over the cake
Do not pour the ganache while its too hot
Let it rest sometime and later pour over the cake
If not the whipping cream on cake will melt because of heat
I am applying ganache only on the top
On the side I will make falls like appearance
Cake is ready
Refrigerate it for sometime before doing other decorations
I took the cake out for decorations
And then this is what i see
My son pushed the cake
Literally I was crying looking on to the cake smash
I was passionate to make another cake
I had extra two layers
and with this damaged cake I prepared another half cake
Following the same process
To cover the flaws am using ganache
One side i made dips
Other side am making rosettes
This time i sent everyone inside and took  over hall
On the top as well I made some rosette designs
Using chocolate ganache to write the name
To represent half I took 1 an 2 separate candles
And for slash one small candle
Finally Cake is ready to cut
There’s a beautiful saying about the biggest difference between the time and money
You know how much money you have in your pocket
But you never know how much time you have
So Enjoy every moment in your life
With this let me end this blog
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Until then Stay Safe, Stay Happy and Stay Healthy
Thank you so much all for your love and support
