09/06/2015
Juan /Joan’s Rainbow Cake -
Three layers of cake, one strawberry, other pista and lastly orange , sandwiched together with delicious whipped cream and topped with melted chocolate ..!
The story behind this cake is quite interesting, though no proof about the authenticity of this tale has been found in my search. The story is about Juan, a french lady who awaits the return of her love who is fighting in the second world war, far away from home. On the first day of her wait she bakes a delicious strawberry cake for him. However he does not return that day. On the second day she bakes a pista cake, only to be disappointed again. She joined the cakes together with some whipped cream. Her wait continued into the third day when she made an orange cake. He still did not come. She went to bed disappointed that night. Next morning her love arrived bearing a gift of good chocolates for his lady. She combined all the cakes she baked with cream. She then melted the chocolate and poured it over the cake, and then served it to her loved one. They ate it together in celebration of his return and their never ending love.
For the Strawberry Cake
200 gm Fresh Strawberries
2 Tbsp Sugar
1/3 cup Water
1 cup All purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
50 gm Butter
1 tsp Strawberry essence
Red Food Color as needed
For the Pistachio Cake
1 cup Pistachio
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup All purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
50 gm Butter
1 tsp Pistachio essence
Green Food Color as needed
For the Orange Cake
1/2 cup Orange juice, fresh
1 tsp Orange rind
1 cup All purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
50 gm Butter
1/2 tsp Orange essence
Orange Food Color as needed
For the topping
250 gm good quality Chocolate
1/4 cup cream
Heat the cream in the microwave till hot. Add The chocolate pieces to the cream and mix till it has all melted into a smooth paste.
Assembly
250 ml Whipped cream
3 Tbsp Icing Sugar
