Two Fridays ago, I had an assistant to help me bake my cake for the weekend. I didn’t do sifting and measuring, as I relegated the job to my husband who was off from work that day. He was more than willing to do it for me; in fact, he was very thrilled to take part and help. I didn’t realize that two pairs of hands are better than one, as we were done in no time.
Here’s my Strawberry Cake with Milk Chocolate Icing and whipped cream-strawberry filling.
I followed a recipe for the strawberry cake but the recipe for the icing and the filling was something that I concocted, myself. Nowadays, probably because of longer exposure to baking, I now find myself creating my own recipe based on what ingredients are available in my pantry.
If you remember in the past, I wrote about my fear of trying my hands on baking. I was so afraid of failing, that I thought I would not overcome the fear at all. This experience reminds me so much of my public speaking fear dating back when I was still in freshman (high school). Little did I know, that I had it in me to even engage in extemporaneous speaking and went on to win oratorical contests. All I needed was to get the ball rolling, in this case, I was forced to memorize and deliver a 12 stanza poem (a contest piece ) integrated as part of an oral exam. The objective was to force students to memorize the long poem and hopefully pick a representative from our school to a contest. To make the long story short, I got picked and won the division and eventually the regional contest. That paved my way to the wonderful world of oration and the rest was history.
Going back to my cake, in case you want to know – it was another lusciously sinful creation!
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Wow that looks great and I love seeing your creations they look luscious. Just so you know what ever plugin you use below doesn’t work it acts strange. Have a great 4th.
This looks absolutely delicious!
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i have to agree, it looks sinfully delicious.
@ Jude
thanks for appreciating my creations. do they look like I’m really trying so hard? (LOL)
have a great holiday too!
@ Stacie
If only I can send a slice for you
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@ joy
thanks !
Kasarap naman! Ban ako from baking kasi ‘on diet’ daw kami….hahaha. Akala lang nya na on diet kami.
4th of July came without us doing anything special except panoorin yung fireworks ng kapitbahay namin. Akala ko nga walang paputok dito eh. Kasi naman puro senior citizens ang mga taga rito…hopefully walang inatake dahil sa mga paputok…
How was the bbq party?
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Looks so mouth watering! The fresh strawberries made it more desirable.
I can guess, you graduated with honors, Juliana. Was it a Magna or a Summa?
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@ Tuks
hala sige lang, mag diet kayo dyan. basta kami, we’re pigging out every chance we get LOL. life is short, kumain lang ng kumain (devil ba ako?).
where we went, grabe ang paputok. there are ex-cops on the block kasi and they have permits. grabeng elaborate ang fireworks.
@ Tita Beng
strawberries are in season kasi, kaya I take advantage of them, as they are at their prime.
hala, nabola yata kita. I wished, I did but I was only a consistent Dean’s List plus an academic scholar. Hanggang dun lang ang kaya ko. From grade school to high school lang ako nakatikim ng mga medals hehe.
My goodness! Strawberry cake? With milk chocolate icing? Ano ba yan, super favorite ni lakay ko yan!!! hehehe…
Mukhang ang sarap ah….May tira pa ba?
Debbie
Absolutely sinful
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Real fruit on on a cake? That looks so delicious. Something so simple can be so tasteful. Fruit type of cakes are really genuine!
-JAP
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Oh my goodness!!! so delicioso! pahingi naman sis! hehe
nakakagutom yan ha! i can probably eat the whole cake… i don’t think i’d get satisfied with just one piece..ayayayay! 
take care always sistah!
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@ fil-am journey
kahit walang tira I’ll make another one for you and Dana hehe.
@ Dorothy L
you said so. want a slice?
@ work at home
yes, I love strawberries on my cakes, more so now that they are in season.
@ a blessed life
sure, sis. but wait, watch the calories hahaha.