Baking? A Therapy. | Club5050 | 25/6/22 | 10% to @pak-charity

Balancing work and study schedule has always been a task for me. But now, when I have finally figured out my routine, I tried to spare some free time for my own peace. Today, I got some free time and decided to bake. Yes, baking is always my first hobby and at the same time a therapy for me. I feel like I get so lost in baking that I completely forget about my daily life issues.
Once a wise man said:

“You don't have to love cooking to cook, but you have to do more than love baking to bake. You have to bake out of love.”

And I cant get over these words. One have to be passionate about baking to make the end result worthy. I baked a MANGO CAKE today. So without any further delay I'll share my baking day with you guys!

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I woke up at 11 am today and according to my usual routine I scrolled through phone for some time then got out of bed, made my bed and went to freshen up. Then I made myself breakfast and then settled down in my room to study. I studied for a short while and winded it up quickly. I dedicated my day to baking today. I searched for some delicious cakes over instagram and found this yummy Mango cake recipe. I followed Zoha's recipe. Her account name is 'bakewithzoha' which you can easily search over instagram.
It was a long, tiring recipe but trust me, the end product was worth all the hard work.
First I made vanilla sponge with usual cake ingredients. It was a nice, soft, juicy sponge. It took 30 mins for a sponge to get ready (excluding the cooling time). Once the sponge cooled down, I cut it into two layers. Then I made Mango Syrup. It was so easy to make. For a mango syrup all you need is:
• 1/2 cup mango cubes
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tbsp sugar

You are gonna take a sauce pan and pour al the above mentioned ingredients in it. Then cook it on a medium to low flame till it turns into a heavy syrup. Then cool it down, mash and strain the mango cubes in the same mixture. And your mango syrup is ready.
I spreded this whole mango syrup over the sponge with the help of brush.

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Then I made mango puree which was added in between the two layers of sponge. I simply grinded a roughly cut mango in a grinder to make a mango puree. Then I cut small cubes of another mango and spreaded them both, mango puree and mango cubes, in between the two layers of sponge.

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Then I placed the top layer onto the other one and brushed it with mango syrup. Here, all the inner work was done. Now only icing was left. I had already whipped 3 tbsp of heavy cream while the cake was in oven. I covered the whole cake with it. I first applied a thin layer of cream and put the cake in the fridge for 10 mins to let that first coat settle. Then again after 10 mins of chilling, I applied the second coat of cream to acheive that neat final look.

Then I sliced another mango into thin straight slices. You can see them in the above picture too. After slicing them I decorated these slices over the cake and gave it a rosey look. I hope I did justice to the roses :D
After decorating the slices, here is the final look of my Mango Cake.

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It was not only good in looks, but super tasty in taste too. It taste more like mango trifle than a mango cake. My whole family loved it. The rich mango fillings in between the layers were just amazing. Here is the picture of a slice incase if you guys wanna see mango fillings.

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If you are a mango lover and also love baking and trying out new recipes, then this mango cake is a must for you to try. I love Zoha's every single recipe and I trust blindly on her baking recipes. You can also check her amazing recipee on her instagram handle 'bakewithzoha' .
I hope you liked my today's creation.
I would end my diary here with a hope that you guys also must had an amazing day today.
Stay blessed, everyone.
Take care :)
Good Bye!

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