Having Fun with Carrot Cake

We did not think of including carrot cake for our Christmas 2012 List of Products.  But having found really beautiful carrots (really sweet ones too!!!) we decided to offer them at the last minute.  Imagine our surprise when it was actually the most popular!!!

Our carrot cake comes in 2 options:  plain or frosted with Super Cream Cheese Frosting.

The one with frosting usually looks like this:

For a double dose of frosting:

With a bit of flair...

oops... a bit of a mess there... still, it's pretty, right?

Delicious, too!

Having Fun with (Mini) Ube Cake

Quite a number of people like my ube chiffon cake.  It has ube as an ingredient, unlike others that simply use food color and ube flavor to simulate the ube in the cake.  It also has no added preservatives.

The cake is 9 to 9.5 inches in diameter and is frosted with real vanilla whipped cream (we use our own Tahitian vanilla extract!).  This is how it usually looks:

Although on special occasions, or upon special request, it could look like this:

Or on certain days (like today), when I'm feeling weird and adventurous, it could be a mini cake that looks like this...

Or... this...

As you can see, I had quite a bit of fun with this last one...

Hihihi...

It was fun playing practicing my cake decorating skills (or lack thereof!)

Christmas 2012 Food Gifts List

Hello Everyone!!!

Presenting our Christmas 2012 List of Food Gifts:
(3 days lead time, minimum order 2 pieces per variant)
(pick up arrangement only, otherwise delivery charges may apply)

Our standard cake size is a 6-inch round (approximately).
We also accept special orders, please call, email or PM for inquiries.

Tel No. (02)3485812
Email:  mabelle_mp@yahoo.com
FB/PM:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/MaBelle-Mint-and-Purple/354553167973777

Banana Chocolate Chip Cake
approx. 6-inch round
soft, moist and absolutely delicious!
Php 150.00 per box

banana chocolate chip cake

No Sugar Added Banana Cake

approx. 6-inch round
note that while no sugar was used in the cake,
bananas contain sugar
Php 220.00

no sugar added banana cake

Date Walnut Cake
approx. 6-inch round
low fat, no cholesterol
Php 250.00 per box

date walnut cake

Double Date Cake
approx. 6-inch round
even lower in fat, no cholesterol
double dose of dates!
Php 250.00 per box

double date cake

Carrot Cake
approx. 6-inch round
we think this is THE BEST Carrot Cake ever!
limited supply for this one!
Cake only
Php 180.00
Cake with Super Cheese Buttercream
Php 260.00

carrot cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
approx. 6-inch round
variant:  ChocNut Cookie Cake
Is it a cookie?  or is it cake?
It's chewy along the edges and soft in the middle...
And studded with semi-sweet chocolate chips OR ChocNut bits...
Php 160.00
special, limitied quantity variant:
Peanut Butter Choc Chip Cookie Cake
with added yumminess from the peanut butter!
Php 220.00

chocolate chip cookie cake

Carrot Cake!

We decided to add carrot cake to our Christmas List.

The cake itself was not a problem, but the frosting was a different matter.

The usual frosting is a cream cheese buttercream.  But I find the usual cream cheese buttercream lacking in the cream cheese flavor and always too sweet.

We experimented... beginning with a whipped cream cream cheese frosting.  We got the sweetness level under control but the cream cheese factor was still lacking, in addition to the issue that the cake had to be chilled at all times otherwise the frosting could disintegrate.

Still we experimented further, varying the proportions until we found one that we absolutely loved!  Our choice was super creamy, super cheesy, a bit tangy, and not sweet at all!  Perfect!!!

Our next issue?  To cover the whole (mini) cake in frosting, or just use the frosting as accent?

My choice?  NOT to cover the cake in frosting - I felt that too much icing would overwhelm the cake and in my opinion, the cake is the star and should not be overpowered or outshone by the decor!

So basically, the cake is bare except for some accents...

Another design:

The cross section:

Nutrition Facts for the cake ONLY.

Friend A commented that it was the best carrot cake she has ever tasted!!!

That's what SKS says, too!!!

Christmas 2012

For this Christmas, we had decided to make food gifts to give to our friends and family.  My dear hubby suggested not only to give the food gifts for Christmas but sell them as well.  We thought about it and debated and...  

To make a long story short... we decided to offer a select few of our kitchen projects for sale this Christmas.

Our initial offerings for this Christmas are the Banana Cake and the Date Walnut Cake (with a variant of Double Date Cake).

Our banana cake (super delicious, soft and moist, and studded with chocolate chips):



Date Walnut Cake (low fat, no cholesterol!!!)

Double Date Cake (even lower in fat!!! still no cholesterol!!!!)

Our Christmas packaging:
(featuring my favorite colors mint green and purple)

Banana Cake in complete Christmas packaging:

Also available are Spiced Cocoa Mix, Truffles, and Cookie Cakes in 3 variants. 

We'll be posting our price list soon!

The Reason

B has a sweet tooth.  There is no use denying it.

We haven't had much success in controlling her intake of sweets so we switched tactics...  we thought if we couldn't "beat" her sweet tooth, then we might as well join her... so to speak.

In a nutshell, we decided to come up with "sweets" for her to enjoy.  "Sweets" that are healthier... lower in fat, with no preservatives added, with sugar reduced... as much as possible without sacrificing taste and/or texture.

While at first it was just me baking (and cooking) for us and our friends, but friends kept asking if I would be interested in accepting orders for the stuff I baked or cooked.  Someone even said it was a shame if I would not "share" my goodies.

Hence, the birth of MaBelle Mint and Purple.