bdae celebration for babe

TWD: Berry Surprise Cake

And for my first installment of Tuesdays With Dorie for the year 2009, here's presenting to you my version of Berry Surprise Cake as chosen by Mary Ann of Meet me in the Kitchen!

I made this in a valiant attempt to provide my dearest boyfriend with a birthday cake ever since he last complained of not having one the last year. oh well... For my dosage of red fruits, I turned to Egyptian Strawberries for the solution and a dash of strawberry liquer mixed in the sugar syrup for dabbing the insides of the cake. Sounds exotic? Meanwhile, while tasting the filling, I found it to be a little tastless and proceeded to adding just a little more sugar and vanilla. But not too much since the whipped cream frosting would perhaps provide the sweet element to the entire makeup of the dessert.

I loved the contrast of the chilled cream cheese filling to the softness of the genoise and the whipped cream layer on the outside. Almost a bit savoury as compared to its fluffy surrounding, the cream cheese filling was particularly divine as suggested by Dorie in the recipe book. Definitely would make this cake again! and not to mention the colors!!! wouldn't be appropriate for valentines day? haha.

For more exciting versions of this lovely recipe, please scroll down the list of TWD bakers! and watch out for next weeks recipe Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread!