Orked's Dark Chocolate Mud Cake: OVERSIZED!

This cake was ordered by my sister for our dearest cousin's 21st birthday, Maziyyah also known as Maja. My sister wanted it in big size because the cake was for servings of more than 30 persons since she has arranged a BBQ gathering at Muara Beach.

-Maja in white-

To our surprise, Maja managed to bring home the leftover of her birthday cake, which was more than half of the cake! So, I assume that this cake could serve up to 70 persons.

Oversized Orked's Dark Chocolate Mud Cake (14 inches by 10 inches) is selling at the price of $70. Extra charges will be charged for fresh fruits decorations. The edible icing image was prepared by Amylea Icing Image Printing.

Orked's D.C. Mud Cake Birthday Cake

"Happy Birthday Jurin!"


-Jurin & Zai-
[Click on image to view Jurin's photography]

This particular cake was ordered by Nurzaifadillah, Jurin's dear girlfriend, for his 2?th birthday. It was a sunny afternoon of 5th May, 2009 when Zai picked the cake up at my house. Yes, I know. It was more than two weeks ago. But I just found the time to upload these pics since I was quite busy with the "needle-needle" and ITB's 18th Convocation. And yes, I am officialy an HND in Mechanical Engineering holder now. But I'm still jobless. Yays! LOL!

Back to Zai & Jurin... Zai came with Jurin's younger brother and the girlfriend. Jurin had no idea about her cake order because she wanted to surprise him with the cake. Zai wanted strawberries on the cake but unfortunately, strawberries weren't available at that time. Had hard time looking for strawberries all over the places with the boyfriend. And that's when I came up with a substitute. Moraschino Cherries! I've been meaning to get a jar of them for some time but didn't have a strong urge to purchase them until Zai's cake order. I just love cherries, don't you? It has this unique "medicine-ish" taste, which some people are not comfortable with. But I think it tastes really good and a great substitute for strawberries as well. The cake looked totally fabulous! Simple yet mouth-watering. Enjoy the pictures everyone!

Photos by: Nasir of Within Alpha Photography and Brunei Carzine

My camera died on me. Thanks to the boyfriend! He came to the rescue with his photography skills and Sony Alpha 350. I am pretty much satisfied with the pics. Especially with the details and all. I was like, "Ermmm... Macam gambar kereta jua aa." Heehee!

The Story of Orked's Dark Chocolate Mud Cake

I am a huge fan of dark chocolates and loves to indulge myself with chocolate cakes. My first taste of a rich, indulging chocolate cake was a Polo Club's Chocolate Cake. I didn't get the actual name of the cake because it was a Hari Raya gift from my aunt, Datin Hjh Rosnah, (who happens to be a fanatic dark chocolate fan too) the wife of my uncle, Dato Paduka Hj Abd Rahman Hj Mohiddin. The cake was totally fabulous and really satisfying my chocolate craves. So, I made an effort to do a research on every chocolate cookbooks I have on my shelf and found a recipe, which I thought would have a really chocolatey outcome. And it totally is! It is so rich and chocolatey that my family loved it a lot as well as everybody. It has been an all time favourite and since then, I never failed to make one (or more) every year for serving during my Hari Raya open house. My first attempt on making the cake was a complete success.

-My "first attempt" D.C. Mud Cake for Raya 2005-


-My first attempt in making icing for writing on the D.C. Mud Cake-


-My biggest D.C. Mud cake ever! (14" by 10")-


-A 14" by 10" Birthday D.C. Mud Cake-


-A specially decorated "Hantaran" D.C. Mud Cake-

Orked's Dark Chocolate Mud Cake is selling at the price of $35. It is 11" in diameter, covered in hazelnut chocolate frosting and and sprinkled with crushed nuts on the side! You can either have it as 11" diameter circle cake or 9" by 9" square cake. Or have it extra large (14" by 10" rectangle cake) at $70. Extra charges will be charged for fresh fruits garnishes. This cake is definitely worth buying!

*It is recommended to order four days in advance.