Best ever Watermelon and Strawberry Cakeadapted from Black Star Pastry, Sydney

Not the best looking Watermelon and Strawberry Cake, that I ever made.
Its messy...
but I can guarantee you that you will fall in love almost instantly with this slice of dessert-heaven on earth.



Have you tried a slice of this Sydney famous Watermelon and Strawberry Cake ?

We simply love with capital L!
Our summer cake, our favourite summer dessert.

And if I am too lazy to bake almond dacquiose, I opt for my lazy version of using saviordi fingers and assemble my Watermelon and Strawberry Cake in a glass.

Give Watermelon and Strawberry Cake a classy look to distract my 'cough' laziness.


Watermelon and Strawberry Cake is a delicious creation of Christopher The's from Black Star Pastry.

I have baked, make and ate many slices of this Watermelon and Strawberry Cake and yet I still crave for more.
I've make for friends' party, and my daughter her's, all slices gone without a trace.

As my niece nicely put it... 'Taste like heaven...'
and my nephew who doesn't like watermelon (first time I heard of someone who doesn't like watermelon!!!) gave a nod, says it all.



And I, adapt with changes this Watermelon and Strawberry Cake recipe from Gourmet Traveller.


There are few very minor changes I made to the original recipe.

1. Thickened Cream - I doubled the amount of cream. 300 ml is simply not sufficient to have a nice coverage.
2. Mascarpone cheese - I find that by introducing mascarpone cheese to the cream layer gives the cake a better 'structure' and the cream/cheese layer hold better (no sloppy/ sagging cream layer as in my photo above) 
3. I used almond meal instead of blending whole almond.
4. I used egg white powder (meringue powder) instead of fresh egg white.

Note : Item 3 and 4 above is a matter of preference. 


Happy baking and enjoy the short video on baking this delicious Watermelon and Strawberry Cake.

If you bake have eaten or baked one... do share with me (tag me), your slice of dessert heaven on earth on my FB page.

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