What do you get when a chocolate volcano erupts on a sea of cream? Burnt cream and molten chocolate lava… the most delicious dessert combination possible!
At Fairy Cakes, sugar saturated fantasies like these come true on a daily basis. Their talented baking team churns out gorgeous fluffy cupcakes, perfectly moist cookies, ingenious 3D cake creations and an assortment of bite-sized morsels of goodness by the truckload. What’s more, they also host regular baking classes, giving us mere mortals access to the Wonderful World of Desserts, and revealing the secrets behind their trademark creations.
For April’s workshops, we’ve chosen two ever-popular desserts: the Chocolate Fondant, also known by its alter ego the Molten Lava Cake, and the Crème Brulee, which literally means ‘burnt cream’ in French. For HK$199, you’ll get a 1.5 hour hands-on baking class, with all hand-outs and ingredients provided. The social bonding that comes from baking know-how is tremendous. Anyone proclaiming these revered baking capabilities is guaranteed to draw a crowd of hungry goody two shoes and brow-nosers for life. And the icing on the cake? You get to take home two crème brulees and two molten cakes at the end of the class, to show off to your friends!
Crème Brulee – a lusciously creamy desert consisting of a rich vanilla-flavoured custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.
Chocolate Fondant Cake – this legendary dessert combines the elements of a flourless chocolate cake and a soufflé, baked to perfection to ensure a spongy outer layer bursting with gooey chocolate interior.