Birthday Cake

To make this birthday cake, you will first need to make a génoise with the ingredients mentioned above.

Bake the génoise dough on a greased sheet of parchment paper.

Bake in hot oven at 180°C for 10 to 15 m and leave to cool.

Make a chocolate mousse with the ingredients mentioned above.

Prepare the raspberry bavaroise with the ingredients mentioned above.

In a square stainless steel ring, place a layer of génoise. Coat the bottom of the square with raspberry bavaroise halfway up. Sprinkle the surface with fresh raspberries and finish with the chocolate mousse. Leave to harden in the fridge.

Make chocolate shavings.

Cover the surface of the cake with the shavings.

Make a chocolate border by thinly spreading melted chocolate between two plastic wraps. Leave to harden and cut in pieces using a knife.

Remove the ring and stick these chocolate borders all around the cake.

Store in the fridge.

Prepare an almond paste parchment...

...and decorate its surface by slightly caramelizing it with a torch and writing "Happy Birthday" using a decorating cone filled with melted chocolate.

Remove the cake from the fridge.

Sprinkle with icing sugar.

Delicately place the parchment in the middle.

You can also make a decor made of chocolate letters to write a name for example.

Delicately place them on the cake.

Finish the decor with some fresh raspberries and a small decor made of green almond paste (ex: leaves). Store in the fridge until dessert.