Srečno 2013 / Happy 2013 !!

Srečno novo leto!

Vsem želim veselo, zdravo in uspešno novo leto. Želim vam, da ljubite in ste ljubljeni ter seveda, da v letu 2013 uživate v vsaj nekaj odličnih grižljajih odličnih tort in ostalih slaščic!

Srečno 2013!!


I wish everyone happy new year!

I want you to be happy, healthy and successful, to love and to be loved and of course to have at least a few bites of delicious cakes and pastries in 2013!

Happy 2013!!

Božična torta / Christmas cake

Praznični pozdrav!            Holiday greetings!

Na predbožični večer sem spekla torto. Prejšnjič sem omenila, da bom torto okrasila z božičnimi listi, vendar pa vsak, ki ve kako božični list izgleda, lahko opazi, da jih na torti ni. Namesto božičnega lista so na torti navadni listi. In zakaj je do tega prišlo?! Preprosto zato, ker sem imela doma na razpolago izsekovalec navadnih listov, v vsej tej božični mrzlici pa izsekovalcev božičnega lista ni bilo nikjer več mogoče kupiti. Vem, da bi jih lahko naredila ročno, vendar pa sem želela, da so si listi med seboj podobni, prav tako pa mi ročna izdelava ni šla najbolje od rok. Vendar pa mislim, da torta kljub temu izgleda fantastično.

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So I made a Christmas cake two days ago. I said I would be making Christmas leafs, but if you know how Christmas leaf looks like, you will soon realize that the cake on this picture does not have any Christmas leafs on it. How come?! Well, it is hard to make 38 individual leafs by hand, especially if you want to make them beautiful and more or less the same. So I used leaf cutter that I had at home. But still I think it looks pretty awesome the way it is.

Tokrat sem uporabljala modelirno čokolado oziroma čokoladno glino. Tako kot vedno, sem tudi to maso naredila sama in moram priznati, da sem se zaljubila. Modelirna čokolada je odličnega okusa (ker ima okus po čokoladi) – mnogo boljšega okusa od tično mase in zelo priročna za izdelovanje okraskov. 

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I used modeling chocolate or modeling clay (as some call it), for this decorations. I made it myself, for the first time and I must say that I fall in love with it. I mean I am basically a chocoholic and what is more fun than a chocolate you can play with. And most of all it tastes great – it is way better than fondant, because it tastes like chocolate.

Pri torti pa sem želela tudi tisti wau efekt. Vem, da že sama okrasitev torte izgleda fantastično, vendar pa se mi zdi, da ljudje prehitro pozabijo kako je torta izgledala, ko predse dobijo kos torte. Zato sem se odločila, da preizkusim na novo pridobljen trik in izdelam torto v obliki šahovnice, tako kot lahko vidite na sliki.

In čeprav je izdelava take torte precej preprosta, pri ljudeh izzove občudovanje in navdušenje.

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I also went for a wow effect with this cake. Ok, it is looking beautiful but, when you start cutting the pieces for everyone to taste it, they soon forgot how it looked like. So a assembled a cake sponge to look like a chessboard, as you can see it in the picture. And as easy as it is to make it, people are really impressed with the results. And most of them can’t even imagine how you made it.

Skrivnost izdelave take torte pa je: spečemo dve (ali več) plasti biskvita različnih barv. In ko se biskvit ohladi iz njega izrežemo različno velike kolobarje. Na koncu pa je potrebno le še zamenjati kolobarje, tako, da se barve menjajo (kot je razvidno iz slike).

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So the secret is: You bake two (or more) different color sponges. And when they are cooled enough, you can start cutting different sizes circles out of it. And then the only thing left to do is assemble the sponge, so that you have different color rings (like you can see in the picture). 

Se opravičujem za slabo ločljivost slik.                                                                       I apologize for bad picture resolution.

Christmas projet / Božični projekt

So, who thinks it's time for some Christmas cake this weekend?! I know I do! I am going to make some very small cake probably, because it is only going to be 5 people (my dad, brother, his girlfriend and my boyfriend). And because it’s Christmas season (although there is no snow this year as well) I thought way not make some basic Christmas decorations like christmas leaves. And I know my family and I are not that fond of fondant I finally decided I’ll try modeling chocolate. I heard it’s easy to use and most importantly better taste. 
 

Let’s see how it works out!

Božič že trka na vrata in z njim priložnost za ponovno peko torte. Tokrat bom naredila zelo majhno tortico, saj bo treba posladkati le 5 ljudi (mojega očeta, brata, njegovo punco in mojega fanta). Seveda, sem razmišljala o praznični okrasitvi in tako prišla na idejo božičnega lista. No in ker moja družina, skupaj z mano, ni velika ljubiteljica tično mase, sem se končno odločila da preizkusim modelirno čokolado. Bila naj bi odličnega okusa in enostavna za uporabo.

Bomo videli kako se bo izteklo!

Rojstnodnevna torta / Birthday cake

Kot sem obljubila, objavljam slike mojega zadnjega projekta – peke in okraševanja torte za fantov rojstni dan. Naredila sem pomarančno torto z glazuro iz temne čokolade. Torta je nekoliko bolj kiselkastega okusa, ker sem uporabila sveže iztisnjen sok pomaranč. Tako, da je okus torte nekoliko kislo-grenko-sladek. Vendar sem popolnoma prevzeta nad okusom. Sprva sem bila nekoliko zaskrbljena, kako bo kombinacija kislo-sladke kreme delovala, vendar sem bila na koncu pozitivno presenečena. Kar pa mi je najbolj všeč je to, da ima res okus po tistih pravih pomarančah. Prav tako sem v biskvit dodala malo cimeta, bolj za aromo. Tokrat sem res nekoliko eksperimentirala pri izdelavi torte. Česar pa sem se rahlo bala je bila uporaba želatine. Ker je še nikoli prej nisem uporabila, sem bila nekoliko skeptična, ali bo zaradi dodanega pomarančnega soka, ki je mojo kremo spremenil v tekočino, vse to sploh postalo kompaktno. In seveda je delovalo.

Za glazuro sem zgolj stopila temno čokolado in dodala nekaj masla, da se na torti ne strdi popolnoma in se zato lažje reže. Glazure nisem naredila tako tekoče kot bi jo morala, zgolj iz razloga, da ne bi mazala rešetke. Tako je bilo preprosteje narediti nekoliko bolj gosto, da sem lahko torto zgolj namazala. :) Lahko bi se reklo, da sem naredila "leno" glazuro.

In seveda, za okrasitev torte, sem izdelala pentljo iz bele čokolade. Zdi se mi, da pentlja res doda neko eleganco torti. Najboljše pri vsem tem pa je, da je narejena iz tankega sloja čokolade, kar pomeni, da jo bo enostavno pojesti. In pravzaprav je dokaj enostavna za izdelavo. Gre za nekoliko packanja in nekaj mirnih živcev, vendar po prvih nekaj zankah ti postane jasna vsa tehnika in od tam naprej gre zlahka.

 Takole je izgledala moja krema v torti :) njami njami

This is how my filling looked inside a cake :)

 Moja "lena" glazura :)

My "lazy" glaze :)

 Končni izdelek in prečudovita pentlja iz bele čokolade.

Final work and my beautiful white chocolate ribbon.

This is the result of my recent work, for my boyfriend’s birthday. I made orange cake (a bit sour because I used real squeezed orange juice) with some dark-chocolate glaze. So it’s kind of sour-bitter-sweet cake. But I actually like a combination. As I was making the filling I wasn’t sure if this is what I was hoping for and if it’s going to taste good, but it turned out great. I also used a bit of cinnamon in the cake, because I thought I would give a nice flavor.  So this time I really experimented a little. So what I was actually so afraid of was using gelatin. Because I used orange juice the filling was really fluid, so I needed to add gelatin. And I was really skeptical if this would work, because I never used it before. But of course it worked. :)

For the glaze I just melted some chocolate and butter, so it doesn’t harden completely on the cake and it is easier to cut it. I didn’t make quite the right chocolate glaze, since mine was a bit thick. But I made it that way so I wouldn’t have to use grid. I named it "lazy" glaze :)

And finally for the decoration, I made beautiful white chocolate ribbon. And it really looks beautiful and simple. And the best part is that it is made out of very thin coat of chocolate so it is easy to eat. And it’s fairly easy to make. A bit messy work too. And till you don’t get used of technique it may cost you a few nerves. But after a first few loops everything works smooth. 

Work schedule / Urnik

So my boyfriend’s birthday is coming up and of course I decided to bake him a cake. It would be a little different that I’m used to make, but I hope it turns out great. He wished for something fruity and also chocolate so I’m going to combine it and make something out of it. I’ll let you know how it works out. :)  But of course I wouldn’t be me if I wouldn’t have an idea how to decorate it. My boyfriend wants a simple cake and all edible (most of fondant decorations ends up in a trash) so I come up with an idea to make some chocolate decorations. This will also be my first attempt in chocolate decorating but I believe something will come out of it.

You’ll see the results in about a week.

Till then, have a sweet time!

Prihaja fantov rojstni dan, zato je to idealen čas za peko torte. Fantova želja je bila, da izdelam preprosto torto, sadno – čokoladnega okusa. Način priprave te torte bo malce drugačen, kot sem je bila navajena do sedaj, vendar pa se je potrebno vsega enkrat lotiti prvič. In seveda jaz ne bi bila jaz, če ne bi v mislih že dodala na torto nekaj okraskov. Fantova želja je bila, da bi se dalo celotno torto pojesti (večina velikih okraskov iz tično mase pogosto konča v smeteh), zato sem prišla na idejo čokoladnih okraskov. Tudi izdelava čokoladnega okrasja bo zame moj prvi poiskus, vendar sem prepričana da mi bo uspelo.

Svoje delo vam pokažem čez približno teden dni.

Do takrat pa vam želim vse sladko! :)

Revolver :)

Torej, čas da razkrijem moj zadnji projekt. Šlo je za izdelavo pištole (natančneje revolverja) iz čokolade. Pomagala sem si s plastičnim modelom pištole, ki sem ga kupila posebej za to priložnost. In rezultat je bil takšen (Na koncu sem dodala še malo metalno srebrne barve, za dodaten učinek).

So, it is time for me to reveal my last project. I was making pistol (more precisely, I was making a revolver) out of chocolate. I used a plastic mold that I bought specially for that occasion. And you can see my results on the two pictures above. For final touch I used some powder metallic silver color.