White Cupcakes

White Cupcakes got their name from the use of egg whites. Therefore, they are generally more delicate and lighter than the usual yellow cupcakes.


Normally I would not put in any colouring for the icing as I prefer to keep it white, but I realised that this would be a good opportunity for me to experiment with the colours that I have. Thank god I messed around with the colours cause they came out looking pretty!

Fruit Tarts

I thought that this would be a good size for fruit tarts but everyone's been complaining that it's too big. Will try to look for a smaller mold or something to make some comparisons.


You might think that i'm nuts with that amount of kiwi on a tart. Honestly, I have never been a fan of kiwi. I just had too many of them sitting in the fridge.

Chocolate Malted Cupcakes

Whipped up some chocolate malted cupcakes for Justin's 25th. He's a sucker for fountain soda, that's why I added the malt.


In case you do not know what malt is :

Wikipedia: The term "malt" refers to several products of the process:

• the grains to which this process has been applied, for example malted barley;
• the sugar, heavy in maltose, derived from such grains, such as the baker's malt used in various cereals; or
• a product based on malted milk, similar to a malted milkshake (i.e., "malts")

The icing got a little messed up while I was transporting them. Not to mention the scorching heat from the Malaysian sun. Sigh.

I liked the malt taste though. It had this zingy sort of feeling, something different in a cupcake. I'm definitely putting this on my bakeshop menu.

Victoria Beckham - Every Part of Me

Funny, when I look at you, I don't see me anymore.

Help.

Can you please tell me how it's like to smile?

Genoise with Ganache Filling

Wikipedia: A Génoise Cake is an Italian sponge cake named after the city of Genoa and closely associated with French cuisine that does not use any chemical leavening, instead using air suspended in the batter during mixing to give volume to the cake.

I'm doing another run on this cake for my brother's birthday that's coming up this weekend.

This time i'm going to try to be a little more creative with the deco.




I still have a gazillion pictures of different cakes which I made over the past two weeks but haven't had time to post them up on the blog. Hopefully I'll get to do it soon.

Also, I'm doing a bake spree this week until Wednesday. Wish me luck!

Apologies

I know that I haven't been updating my blog lately. There has been just too much going on.

#1
My bake school just kicked off and I have been extremely busy. I even have to hand in homework. Talk about heading back to school.

#2
Thinking about trying out some online cupcakes and cakes selling. Currently working on the menu & hopefully it'll be up soon.

#3
I haven't had time to play with my camera either and hopefully i'll get to use it very soon. I realise that my hands are getting kind of rusty with it & it's worrying.

So yeah. Apologies for the lack of updates and hopefully i'll get this blog running again soon! Lots & lots of love!

Smile for Me

Daddy.

Shawnie.

Auntie June.

Baby Shanelle.

Blueberry Muffin

I finally found a supermarket that sells fresh blueberries and the muffins came out with more than happy results!

Blueberry Batter.

Bake time. Did you notice the oozing blueberry? ; p

Final results.

Note:
None of the pictures above were taken with flash. I'm trying to experiment not using the flash.

Dinner at Ming Cuisine

I took all the pictures without any flash this time round.

Was feeling a little lazy, therefore there's only 1 miserable picture out of the many dishes we had.

Stuffed crab.

Just the usual wine & dine (& chai mui) crowd.

Maggie.

Jen.

Vincent.

Joel & Jean.

Alex/Walrus.

Chriss.

Alex & Tasd.

Brought the chilled mango cheesecake for dessert though. More pictures on that in the post below.

Chilled Mango Cheesecake (Perfecto!)

Second run on the chilled mango cheesecake.


Mind the uneven sides. I'm thinking about wrapping the pan with aluminium foil the next time round to get it to be more even.


Came out with more than happy results. The amount of cheese and mangoes were just right. Whee!

Futsal

Kaki-kaki bangku belaka.

Chilled Mango Cheesecake

First try out on chilled cheesecake. I normally make baked cheesecake instead. Mind the photos. I was in a hurry.

Got myself some good Indian mangoes which are currently in season (heard that it only comes around once a year). Indian mangoes are famous for their rich aroma and taste but might be a lil wasteful if you're using it for cake making. Technically, I got conned into buying it, so oh well.

Chilled Mango Cheesecake.

The mango puree gave my cake this light creamy yellow color addition to it. I also added in some mango chunks. Wicked.

I must say that the cake turned out quite well, but I'm going to try to decrease the amounts of mango puree the next time around. The cake was too "mango-y"? that it overpowered the taste of the cheese. I mean you could still taste it, but minimal though.

Packing up the slices.

Looking forward to doing another run on this cake, hopefully sometime this week.

Raisin Oatmeal Muffin

Muffin for the older & more health conscious generation.

Yea, I'm talking to you Wil. ;)


Super bestest & sedap bangat.

Genting

Two weekends back, the boys decided to head up to Genting for a change. A change for a "quiet" night away from the usual crowd and nightspots. Bad, bad idea.

Stopped for gas.

What change when it involves Black Label, Absinth & Bacardi 151? This is worse and definitely more lethal than a night of clubbing in KL.

Drink with caution.

The boys. I could barely open my eyes. Sigh

The only reason I went up was to to take pictures and thank god they came out well. Headed home after I was done (like an hr?). Silly but true.

The best 2 pics from the outing. Color and clarity wise that is. I'm loving the dark pitch black background.

Joel & Jean.

Chriss & Maggie.

My camera (& me *ahem*) really does magical wonders.

Disastrous Baking - Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin

DISASTROUS. HORRIBLE. DISAPPOINTING.

Not even close to looking like a muffin.

Looks can be deceiving.

Bye bye "Muffin Bible".

Disastrous Baking - Marbled Muffin

I bought a new muffin cookbook over the weekend called the "Muffin Bible". Monetarily, I paid a small sum for it. Realistically, I wasted over an hour and a half making 2 different recipes from the book. The results, HORRIFIC. Mind the pictures too, I was too pissed mad to even bother trying to make the muffins look nice.

Here's my attempt with the Marbled Muffin.
The batter had to be divided into 3 different sets;

1) the original batter, 2) batter with red food coloring & 3) batter with cocoa powder.

Batter no.1

Batter no.2. Ok, i admit going a little over board with the red.

Batter no.3

By the time i took a look at all the 3 batters, I was seriously starting to get skeptical about the damn muffin. There wasn't sufficient batter and all their textures were weird.

Only 1 or 2 turned out looking pretty with the marble effect. I left too much red in the rest.

The others looking like my mum's "fatt gou" for prayers. Sigh.

Final outcome.

Looks ok just cause of the colors but it tasted so bad. I baked them for a good 20-25 mins but they came out sticky. I really doubt that it was cause they weren't fully cooked through as the texture was as if the muffin had been steamed rather than baked. Just like the chinese "fatt gou". Never have I baked and have something turn out like this. Stressful & disappointing.

Conclusion, I'm binning all the muffins along with that damn book.