This is a cake i made for a cake competition where the topic was ocean, this is what i came up with. It was really fun to make all the small details for it. And even though it was like 30-34  degrees in my kitchen i somehow manage. I guess i was dreaming of some cold ocean water somewhere . The cake itself is made of Vanilla cake filled with white chocolate mousse and vanilla marinaded apricots , it tasted  really delicious.  

Coconut cake

I finally had the opportunity to test out my new cake stuff, well some of it at least. This flowers are made with a silicon mould  i got all the way from Australia. It is suppose to be apple flowers but this is how my flowers ended up.The cake itself is a Coconut cake filled with lime and pineapple mousse. In Moscow right now it is really hot so i wanted to make a light summer cake, but once again it became one of this heavy moist cakes. But my guests didn't seem to notice the heat around them, looked like they enjoyed the cake fully. 

 

Summer cake

 In Norway we have a cake called The worlds best, if you have ever tasted it you will understand why it is called that. Even when Jamie Oliver got this cake server when he was in Norway he very well understood why it is called the worlds best.

Normally this cake is made with a vanilla cake with meringue and chopped almonds on top, filled with vanilla cream. But since it is summer i decided to make a fresher version of the cake , i used the vanilla cake with meringue but used chopped walnuts instead , i made a citrus mousse inside and some sliced sweet strawberries. A really fresh cake.   

Blueberry vanilla mousse

 Once again mousse cake! But even if it is a mousse cake it ended up with a really fancy color. It also tasted delicious really fresh and nice. So it will not be the last time i make a Blueberry vanilla mousse cake, but next time i think i will try with a hint of orange or lemon in it. Or maybe use a lemon cake inside not a vanilla cake. Or just try it all, i am sure it is a lot of volunteers for eating them.

Strawberry cake

The Norwegian strawberry season has just started. I cant Imagen anything better  then sweet Norwegian strawberries, i can say with my hand on my heart that Norwegian strawberries is the best in the world. The not so warm Norwegian summer makes the strawberries incredible sweet and tasty. The berries on this cake is unfortunately not made with Norwegians berries when the first strawberries of the season cost as much as a small car. But the cake is still very tasty it is made of a Crunchy meringue nut cake with homemade vanilla cream and strawberries.     

Eurovision 2010

This Eruovision song contest where held in Norway after our Norwegian hero Alexander Rybakk won the competition last year in Moscow. This year it didn't go so well, and we ended up in the lasts spots,witch is more normal for Norway then winning. Anyway I was invited to a Eurovision party, and of course we needed something sweet for the (sweet) music...... So this is some Eurovision muffins, they have all different taste Daim muffin,Chocolate muffin,Liquorish  muffins and Vanilla muffins filled with vanilla cream.  

17 of May, Norwegian national day

Norway's national day is a very special day for all Norwegian. The celebration is very different from other countries national day. Even thou the national day is a celebration of a very big and serious day it is made into a celebration for children. Both adults and children are dressed up in their finest clothes or the Norwegian national dress Bunad. On this day the children are suppose to be allowed to eat as much ice-cream, sausages and cakes as they want to, they normally manages a lot of it all.  This cake is decorated in the colors of the Norwegian flag. And it is made of Vanilla cake with Oreo cookies filled with strawberries, around the cake it is strawberries with chocolate and branches from birch.

17 of May, Norwegian national day

This cake i made for the Norwegian national day. It is a  Raspberry mousse cake

Elephants

This I made for a very sweet lady, she became so upset that i where going to Norway when she where going to celebrate her birthday so she wanted to change the date of the party so i could come with a cake.  We came to an agreement that i should make a cake for her and freeze it down. So this is her birthday cake a vanilla cake with mocca and orange cream filling.   

Orange cake

This cake is made of  Vanilla cake with cherries filled with homemade orange jam and orange cream. It became like an orange bomb, so much orange taste at once,oh my...

90 years

This cake is made for a lady who became 90 years old, a really grown up age i must say. She wanted a mousse ( of course, she is Russian). She is wanted something not to sweet so I made a Cherry-yogurt mousse cake with white chocolate decoration.

Big birthday cake

This cake is for the same birthday party as the one on the picture under. It is made of White mud cake with roasted hazelnuts filled with orange marinaded cherries and white chocolate cream. This mud cakes are really heavy just the top cake on this is weighing about 1,5 kg.I love the taste of white mud cake it has so soft taste to it, and a bit compact. I found a white chocolate here with roasted hazelnuts, so it gets a nice and nutty taste to the cake. 

Yougurt mousse cake

This cake I made for a 30 year birthday party. Somehow this Russians never seem to get enough of this mousse cakes. They like the other cakes i like also of course, but when they get served a piece of mousse cake you can really see a Russian smile. This Yogurt mousse cake is made with strawberry and peach yogurt, the two tastes are really balancing each other good.

This pillow cake is made of  White mud cake with cherry/orange/ white chocolate cream. It became so nice and fresh in taste, and the bright red cream inside looked really nice.

This cake is for Kira's one year birthday.  The cake is a Orange cake with strawberries and white chocolate-hazelnut cream.   

When i looked out the window yesterday it looked so gray,wet and cold. But after a big cup of cofee it looked so much brighter. So i decided to make a cake as a tribute to two of my favorite things that life has presented me with. Cofee and cake. This delicious cofee and cake is made of Vanilla-orange cake with strawberries and vanilla cream.

Here in Russia they put what we call cake into two groups, one is tort another is pirog. When i came here they always asked me "Julie, can you please make cake for us?" So i made cake, and they ate it and liked it . So finally after many months of making cakes for my friends,one  of them asked again " Julie , can you PLEASE make cake for us?" And i got a bit surprised because he was sitting there eating cake. And then he asked" Can you make cake with less dough in?" And then i finally understood that i have been making pirogs all the time not proper cake. So here is one more CAKE , not pirog, for my Russian friends. This is a Forest-berry mousse, with nut layer and topped with vanilla jelly.

So while i am working on my next cake project i decided to make some meringues. Small sweet meringues with a big cup of hot tea, mmm.
This are  Butterscotch meringues , the butterscotch makes a yummy toffee taste to them.

I must say i am a bit tired of the winter now. I really look forward to brighter and hotter days. But still i feel it is something magical about the winter, how the snow covers the nature in a white blanket. This magical winter wonderland cakes is made of  White chocolate cake  with caramel cheese-cream.

Last night i had a dream that i where running trough a field filled with cherry trees in full blossom. When i woke up i could still feel the soft smell of cherry flowers. So i decided to make a cake that will remind me of this beautiful dream. This sweet dream is made of a Swiss-roll filled with honey cream, served with cherry sauce.