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marbled lemon blueberry butter cake
19 November 2009 - 00:38

Marbled Lemon Blueberry Butter Cake
as seen on East Village Kitchen, adapted from Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes by Alisa Huntsman and Peter Wynne

hello, world! this post is 8 weeks late. believe me, school is busy. it's not even funny! on a happier note, i am 19 days away from singapore, 19 days away from my oven, 19 days from late night suppers at the kopitiam. with friends like cow, audK, tams, ame, etc and cheap food, who needs london?!

this was my last meal at my grandma's place before leaving for london. i decided to make my first ever triple-layer cake!

i made the butter cake, frosting and blueberry + lemon + ginger conserve the night before. left the cake to cool overnight. must not make repeat mistake of being too eager. buttercream melts when it hits warm cake. that was espresso cake gone wrong. (as gross as cake may look, it will still taste delicious.)

anyway, time to put all my theory into practice! i got all the necessary equipment from daiso and phoon huat waaaaay back. decided to use all of them at least once before i leave.

took the lemon buttercream out to soften. was not too sweet, very light. added lemon essence so it smelled wayyyyy good.

practiced some piping. a bit difficult in singapore's climate. the buttercream tends to melt after awhile when one holds the pastrybag for too long. things get oily (and tasty).