Decadence

The Majapahit Empire extended to Malacca during its13th century heyday. Not sure if its decline was due to decadence like what happened with the Roman Empire.

Gula Melaka or palm sugar is widely used in local desserts. This cake from Delicious Cafe is aptly named Gula Melaka Decadence. Sweet, sweet indulgence photographed with the 60mm Macro lens.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f3.2, 1/60 sec.

Decadence - Gula Melaka Cake from Delicious Cafe

Delicious

My favourite cake is Delicious Restaurant’s “Coconut Cake with Fresh Coconut Filling covered with Hawaiian Coconut Shavings”, It tastes really awesome but I like it for another reason.

I like how it makes me think about shapes, colours, textures and translucency, looking at it each time. Any cake that makes a man think before biting into it, is a good cake 🙂

A single colour-temperature calibrated ML-360 light was placed diagonally across the dining table. I didn’t have to desaturate or adjust the colours later. It is a “black and white” image photographed in colour.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 500, f8, 1/50 sec.

Coconut Cake with Fresh Coconut Filling covered with Hawaiian Coconut Shavings