

Week 124: Halekulani Cake
Halekulani cake originated from the Halekulani Hotel in Hawaii. It’s a sponge cake filled with coconut pastry cream and topped with whipped cream and coconut flakes. Jump to the recipe! In 1959, a slice of the cake was originally sold for $0.35 in the Halekulani Hotel, which is an unimaginable price now! I love this cake because it tastes like a coconut angel food cake, but elevated with the decadent pastry cream. It’s definitely a showstopper recipe, and the hotel even serve

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Week 123: Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake
I love making tres leches cakes with flavors from other cultures. They always taste so good, and I love a fusion recipe! Jump to the recipe! Rasmalai is a popular Indian dessert made out of softened and sweetened cheese. It also has hints of cardamom and saffron. I wanted to make sure I included all of these flavors in this tres leches cake. The cake is flavored with saffron threads, and the three milks are rich with ground cardamom. Plus, I love a tres leches because it’s so

The Bored Baker
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Week 122: Matcha Crepe Cake
Modern crepe cakes originated in Japan in the 1980s, so it’s only natural that I made a matcha-flavored one this week. Jump to the recipe! I wasn’t a fan of matcha until this past year. It’s definitely an acquired taste, but now I love it. I was so excited to take a bite of this cake. The reason why there is whipped cream between each crepe layer is to prevent the cake from drying out. This makes it stay tasting fresh. Some people add fresh fruit in between crepes, but I thin

The Bored Baker
Aug 292 min read

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