The cake has got to be made of three layers of the lightest vanilla sponge.
Between each sponge layer is a layer of sweet chantilly cream and sliced strawberries.
The frosting that covers the cake isn’t frosting at all. It’s thick whipped cream.
On top, the cake is dressed with fresh slices of fruit.
When you put a forkful into your mouth the texture is light. Its flavour gently sweet with a tang of strawberry and fruit freshness to cut through the cream.
I came across this strawberry cream cake during my travels to Seoul. And was delighted when I found something very similar at a Korean cafe in Chatswood.
Chatswood is a Sydney suburb closed to where we lived. Full of people from Asia, some dubbed the place mini Hong Kong.
It was our old stomping ground where you’d find my perfect birthday cake.
Today I found out its name. Fraisier. And the cake is French. The cream, velvety mousseline. Not chantilly.
Now I can track it down. I am thrilled!
For Bloganuary – Day 28. Describe your perfect birthday cake.
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15 responses to “Perfect birthday cake”
This cake looks beautiful!
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It’s pretty great in real life too 😉🍰
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That cake looks absolutely delicious! Will have to track one down next time I’m at Chatswood 😋
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Jealous!!
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[…] was only after I described this cake for yesterday’s bloganuary prompt that a fellow blogger, who worked as a chef, kindly shared its […]
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That cake is known as Frasier. I made it in cooking school!
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Oh wow! I love it. Now I know its name. Thank you 😊
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You’re welcome
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Looks tasty and so artistic, too!
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Haha! I was pretty lucky to find that image on Unsplash. Tried looking through my archives to see if there were any images of mine I could use. I think I may have been too busy eating to take photos!
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I can totally understand that.
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Your cake sounds delightful and the picture looks tasty.
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Haha! The picture is the closest I’ve seen to the real thing. 😁
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Where I grew up, there were a lot of Italian Americans and their specialty birthday cake, cassata cake, reminds me of yours! Mine would probably be tiramisu–can we call that a cake? That’s what we had for my (very small) wedding. Yum!
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Ooo! Love tiramisu! The coffee, chocolate, sponge mix is delicious 😋
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