been busy during my offdays nowadays.. not with shopping, but with exploring new baking and cooking recipes, as well as making crafts.
sometime ago, i tried baking the rainbow cupcake which looked so pretty from the photos i saw off the internet.
initially i wanted to do something like that:
but that would mean that i have to bake the layers one by one, then stacking them on top of each other. which means it will take a lot of time and effort. and i dont have the patience i think.
nah... too much effort.
thus, i decided to just pour the coloured batter into a cupcake paper, starting from the middle.
every new colour will start from the middle of the previous colour, so it turned out like this:
the interior of the cupcake after it is baked.
isnt the colours pretty?
this way i save loads of time and effort, and the colours are so vibrant.
each cupcake is different so the surprise factor is there as well.
made some tinier ones as well.
these had less colour in each cupcake, still! they look so adorable and happy-to-look-at!
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tried my hands on lava molten cake as well..
erm. failed.
because it wasnt 'wet' enough on the inside.
i felt that the chocolate did not seem to flow out as much as i would like them to.
however i managed to cheat my way around, and got the melted chocolate interior...
how?
i stuck a whole solid piece of chocolate inside the cake, and baked it a little further.
as such the chocolate melted and there!
i had the flowy lava effect.
haha!
(no photos though. the cake was just brown and dark and ugly looking)
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tried baking soft cookies too.
what i had in mind was like the ones that Subway has.
chewy in the middle and crispy on the outside?
well. .. . i failed too.
the cookies' texture felt more like sponge cakes..
other wise those that i baked slightly longer just tasted like normal crunchy cookies.
i need to figure where i did wrong.
:(
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dishes that i have tried cooking so far:
herbal chicken, mapo tofu, honey chicken wings, portobello mushrooms with ham, claypot chicken rice.
i think im happiest with the turnout of the herbal chicken.
i need to learn more recipe and try to cook more!
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my xmas cards are almost ready.
few days ago i helped to make a 'Promise Board' for my cousin's upcoming wedding.
i have another one to make for suelin's wedding!
I LOVE MAKING CRAFTS!
totally gives me a sense of satisfaction when i see the end product and when i see the receiving person's reactions.
Pinterest gave me A HUGE LOAD of inspiration.
cant help looking at Pinterest whenever im free.
im hooked!
people without a pinterest account shld totally sign up for it.
really keeps u occupied and inspired!
off to Pinterest now.
TATA!
:D
