Page 45 - Tropic Magazine Issue 29

TROPIC • FOOD

SEASONAL FRUIT FLOWER CAKE
This is an excellent celebration cake. Consisting
of three layers of the light genoise sponge, the
cake’s formed with seasonal fruit from Rusty’s,
fresh whipped cream and finished with a fruit
puree glaze. El then decorates the cake with the
prettiest flowers to be found at Cairns Flower
Market.

SECRET RECIPE SWEET
POTATO CAKE
The creative mind behind Ah-
Room, El Jin, has developed this
recipe after many tests and trials.
El wanted a cake with an interesting
balance of textures between the
pillowy genoise sponge, smooth
whipped cream and velvety sweet
potato mousse. Sweet potato has a
natural sweetness (aptly named), so
El only uses a little cane sugar to let
the natural flavour really shine.

MATCHA STRAWBERRY
MONT BLANC
An Ah-Room take on the classic Mont Blanc dessert,
named after the snow-capped mountain it resembles.
This six-layered showstopper has a thin and crispy biscuit
base, covered in a matcha and white chocolate ganache.
A fluffy matcha genoise sponge follows, where a hidden
strawberry forms the peak of this sweet mountain. Matcha
cream covers the strawberry before the entire dessert is
smothered in a vermicelli-style strawberry cream.

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Shop 11/84 Lake St, Cairns
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