Fruit Cake 🎂 Birthday Cake

Prepare a chiffon cake base of 8 inches in advance. I made this one just this afternoon. I’ve also documented how to make chiffon cake in a previous recipe, so I won't go into that here.

Analysis of the whipped cream state.

Pour the cream into a bowl that is free of water and oil, add white sugar, and whip at low speed with an electric mixer.

When you lift the beater, the dripping cream should maintain its shape on the surface for 3-5 seconds with slight markings. This state is suitable for making mousse cake.

Continue whipping at low speed. You will feel increased resistance, and the markings in the cream will become very clear. After lifting the beater, the cream should form short, upright peaks. This state is suitable for frosting cupcakes, spreading on cakes, and filling cake rolls. This is what you need for cake-making.

Using a cake slicer to cut the chiffon cake, I cut 4 slices but only used 3. Please ignore the top slice 😂, that’s just the top layer of the cake I peeled off, which actually looked quite good before I did.

Slice the strawberries, cut the grapes in half, peel the oranges, and slice the peach. I didn’t take a picture of all the fruit, so here’s a photo of the leftovers.

On the bottom layer, spread a layer of strawberry jam.

Spread a layer of whipped cream.

Add a layer of fruit.

Spread another layer of whipped cream.

Repeat the process: spread blueberry jam, a layer of whipped cream, add fruit, and top with another layer of cream before adding the third layer.

Frost the sides and top of the cake with whipped cream. It’s my first time doing this, and without a turntable, it’s not very smooth, but here it is 😂.

Top with fruit.

Stick the sliced strawberries on, which helps cover some unsightly edges 😁. The top layer of fruit isn't very stable 😂, needs improvement next time.

For the second cake, sprinkle crushed peanuts around the edges.

The third cake.

Every layer is filled with fruit.

The fourth cake, garnished with orange-flavored crispy cereal. Happy Children's Day to my little ones! 🙂🙂🙂