1 post tagged “cupcakes”
Again, being extremely pressed for time cos I really should be working on a major paper + presentation *long sigh*
But thanks to my partner who forgot to copy the results to me...I'm not being very productive.
Eh, on the other hand I did put into practice practical procrastination...if there is such a thing.
Well - youtube and procrastination go hand in hand.
I just found some really awesome videos people post up relating to cake decorating and cupcakes!
My all time favourite past time is baking -- here is one of my past culinary creations - note most designs I usually get from magazines or whatnot. However, I did come up with my own cupcake design which I'll post up later on.
The cupcakes were made originally for my Sunday school kids in celebration of Easter...however, the cakes did not get the expected warm reception - the kids were just staring at the cakes as if I had secretly filled them up with arsenic T___T ...so anyway, I gave them away to friends in the English congregation later on after the service :(
Just goes to show how kiddos don't really appreciate anything until they get older!! I thought everyone LOVES cupcakes! Who can resist those little morsels of sugary sweetness?? Tell me WHO!?
Well, the eggs on the top are just sugar coated choc eggs from Darell Lea. They don't taste that great but the outer presentation is perfect! The duck egg blue and brown are very attractive IMO.
I roasted some desiccated coconut as per instruction in the article I read abt in the Good Living liftout from the papers. The buttercream consistency is far from desired. Icing sugar was on the low and I was icing these babies at 11.30pm – so I couldn’t be bothered with going out to buy some more. Thus, the buttercream does hold true to its title and tasted a little bit more buttery than it is meant to.
Additionally, our household stock of food colouring was actually dried up. So I have NO idea of how old that stuff actually is…so I had to make do with Pandan essence. For those who aren’t familiar with Pandan…its beautiful stuff! It is extracted from the pandan leaf (hence its natural green colour) and has a very sweet & outstanding aroma – sort of like Vanilla – its very potent – and so lent an 'Asian' pandan flavour to the buttercream.
Since its was my bro’s birthday just 2 days ago – I promised that I’d try to make a pandan flavoured sponge. It’ll be an exciting sort of adventure---
One last thing – here is a pic of a necklace I bought on sale from Myer a few wks ago (for Mother’s day present shopping - funny how you end up picking out stuff for yourself instead...) when I first saw it I literally ‘WHOAH, WHOAH….WHOAH.’ to Wayne. Stop Press---does this resemble something out of a video game…Zelda…ring a bell anyone?
Bloggin off - kwana
