20250917 Jellycat Boba Tea Cake + Durian Cake

Making these cakes feels like taking an intensive crash course in baking. With so many techniques to learn, it can feel overwhelming at times, yet it’s incredibly gratifying to watch each cake take shape. The joy of creating something both cute and delicious, and imagining the smiles of the people who get to enjoy it, excites me. For someone who rarely has patience for tedious tasks, I find myself surprisingly enamored with the process. 

Boba tea cakes can mean different things—sometimes it’s cake in a milk tea cup, other times it’s a cup of milk tea built into a cake. Mine’s neither. I made a traditional cake infused with milk tea flavor and packed with boba in every way I could, then topped it off with a cute Jellycat-inspired design.

P.S.

One thing I learned while making the boba tea cake: Walmart’s Great Value Dark Chocolate Chips are surprisingly good! At 60% cocoa, they taste just as good—if not better—than some fancy brands. Being 30–40% cheaper, I originally planned to use them just for practicing chocolate decorations. But after tasting them, I see their value goes way beyond that. I’ll definitely be using them for real. The same goes for their white chocolate baking chips—they’re really impressive too.