We had just arrived from the beach and had a relatively simple steak dinner at home for my birthday. The Teen and Mrs. MM were a bit crazed and certainly not in any mood to bake a cake on short notice, so I gather they resorted to one of their go-to spectacular dessert providers, Roshan Samtani. First up, a layered meringue cake with lots of lemon curd with walnuts and a buttercream icing. Amazing. I love the interplay between very tart curd (I think it was made even tarter for this particular cake on request), the walnuts and the sweet meringue and icing. Delicious. Excellent with a hot cup of tea. A big hit with guests as well. And something I would definitely not have the patience or even capability to make.
Just look at that cross section! Calories galore but you only celebrate your birthday one day a year, right? :) The Teen also had a hand in the dessert orders, as the official birthday cake/cookie looked like something she would definitely choose from a line up of potential birthday cakes… it was a giant chocolate chip cookie of a medium to hard consistency and decorated with some icing. Tasted great as well. I have written about Roshan’s desserts before, here and here. Okay, now I really have to map out a diet for the next four months… :)
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Happy Birthday Marketmanila. nothing beats a celebration with a cake from your love ones!
Happy happy birthday Mr.MM!!!May our good Lord continue to shower you with more blessings! That cake looks really delicious,can I have some please?hehe!
to die for!!!!
Happy birthday!
Her lemon meringue torte is divine. That’s definitely my favorite Roshan cake.
Happy Birthday MM!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, MM! Nice cakes! Dropped by zubuchon but no more kuapao.
Happy Birthday,MM!
One of these days, you can make that cake…a yummy twist would be to use passionfruit curd or pomegranate curd or blood orange curd or….
Happy Birhtday, I wonder what other things you had on the table heheh
Happy happy birthday! Thank you for inspiring me more :D
Happy Birthday MM! And may you have plenty more of great birthday cakes to come :)
Happy birthday MM! More years, treats and travels to come!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…. MM!
Happy happy birthday MM!
Happy birthday MM! The cake looks abosolutely delish!
Happy birthday MM! Thanks for creating this site.
CHEERS, MARKETMAN!!!
Happy Birthday Marketman! Thank you for this wonderful site. I’ve been a lurker for years!
Happy Birthday!
happy bday! it looks like your bday month was spectacular one =) now goodluck on the diet hehe
happy birthday!
happy birthday to our beloved blogger, MM!!!
happy happy bday MM! =)
Happy birthday Marketman! Keep the blogs coming :)
Happy birthday Marketman!!! here’s to more posts and more travels =)
Happy Birthday Marketman! You are my fave blogger! God bless you and your family..Cheers :)
Happy Birthday! More power to your blog!
happy birthday MM! have spent happy times reading through your various posts. One of the more obvious influences of your blog for me is a greater appreciation for mangosteen. I have really enjoyed your posts though whether it’s about the food you cook, your travels, your raves and even your rants :-)
Happy birthday, MM! I’ve been a fan ever since you started the blog, and I’m an even bigger fan now :-) Thanks for this site, and for doing our cusine and our country proud!
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Happy birthday Mr. MM…..many more to come for you and your blog….CONGRATULATIONS !!!!! I mean for having such a yummy looking cake ….hmmmp.
Happy birthday, MM! :)
happy, happy birthday ^^
Happy birthday MM! Your cake sounds yummy… could you share the contact number/address of Roshan?
happy birthday!! oh my!!! i sooo miss eating Roshan’s goodies..=(
MM,
Happy Birthday and God Bless!
Jr.
happy birthday, MM! thank you for sharing with us all your recipes, experiments, travels, finds, etc…you are an inspiration. God bless you and your family : )
Happy Birthday !!! Wishing you all the best! More Power!
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yummy cakes by roshan
Happy Birthday MM! More blessings…
Happy, Happy Birthday, MM. Wishing you more healthy, happy years ahead.
Happy Birthday MM ! Thank you for your wonderful foodblog.
More blessings to you and your family.
Happy birthday Marketman! God bless you!
@bettyq: I have made passion fruit curd as a filling for cake and it is soooo delicious!
I used to order a cake from Sugarnut that looked something like that but it was called Lemon Torte. I wonder if it’s the same cake. The icing though is whipped cream and not buttercream and it had white chocolate shavings on top. Since I’m here in the US, I really miss that cake. Does anyone have a recipe of Lemon Torte?
the first cake looks heavenly :D
happy birthday MM! there’s a store here in Dubai who makes cookie cakes to order, called THE GREAT AMERICAN COOKIE… and you can request anything not obscene as decoration. :D
Happy birthday, MM!!! Wishing you lots of answered prayers, good food, good health, and good company all year round. : )
belated happy birthday marketman! we look forward to many years of generous sharing with followers of your blog.
belated happy birthday marketman…
newbie here… loved the recipes…
ive done the lapu-lapu, or what kind of fish that was, escabeche that was featured in your blog… and it was so good… though have to substitute the lapu-lapu with tilapia…
the sauce was so easy to prepare, and i now know that the secret to a good escabeche is ginger… =)