I find that the more the PlanAheads there are, the more prepared I would be before I start a cake.

This cake certainly has its share of Plan Aheads beginning with the search for the elusive Seville oranges which I didn’t even attempt to find, living right here in the tropics. I used Navel oranges from my local grocery store.

The orange curd was just superb. The right tartness and the right sweetness. Perfect. The dark ganache i thought wouldn’t be enough but Rose clearly had more sense than me.

The genoise was something I meant to try from the TCB but never got round to it. Just the thought of cake brushed down by syrup ain’t appealing. But I’m a changed woman!


This is the cake, out of the oven. I adored the height, explaining why I took this picture.

For one I followed the instruction to a T and composed the cake a day ahead. When I licked my spatula, the mixed curd and ganache was just superb. It was hard waiting for the next day.

I was gonna have a cake-tasting session but we had a little kenduri at Leha’s place and I brought the cake, minus a slice.


The picture of the cake before it goes into the car. Well, the baker’s gotta taste it before it gets criticised. Excuses mexcuses!

Verdict. That was just heavenly. Orange and chocolate combination’s perfect and the genoise was moist and tasteful and just wonderful. Think I’ll be making this again. I’m not sure which I like better, this or the Lemon Luxury ?


Anyhow. A little delayed, but this is my Individual Pineapple Upside Down. The best little cakes I’ve made. I love the pineapply taste, sweet and just right. But I think it was a little underdone as it has compressed look near its bottom, but the pineapple slice hid it well.

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