He once told me, think of the happy things, when I was feeling troubled and not able to sleep.
Can I use the same tactic tonight and believe with my heart and soul everything will work out tomorrow?
Please tell me it will. Please...
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Its really busy busy for me. Not with school, but with other stuffs like my patchwork class, baking, spending time with boyfriend, gym-ing and the list goes on and on.
And.. Im flying off to Europe in 14days for 16days. =) Mum paid for the trip, otherwise I wont be agreeing to go. Its freaking expensive! The weather is kinda crazy now, so I still have no idea how much winter-alike clothes I need to bring there. This is prolly the coldest period I had ever went on a trip. Especially to the highest point in Europe. *wow*
I just wish theres more time with boyfriend.
And.. Im flying off to Europe in 14days for 16days. =) Mum paid for the trip, otherwise I wont be agreeing to go. Its freaking expensive! The weather is kinda crazy now, so I still have no idea how much winter-alike clothes I need to bring there. This is prolly the coldest period I had ever went on a trip. Especially to the highest point in Europe. *wow*
I just wish theres more time with boyfriend.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Chocolate Red Wine Cake
Got this recipe from Food & Travel. A pretty simple recipe, my first time at baking cake though. Yes. My first. Decided to try this since there's a bottle of red wine at my house and none of us drink.
Maybe because I dont like the dryness of red wine, I cant really appreciate this cake. But generally, its a good chocolate cake. Looks and feels heavy, but its actually quite moist. Maybe I didnt use the correct baking tin, hence resulted in the slightly harder edges. Pretty ok for first timer I guess. *comforting self* lolz.
Shall let boyfriend grade this since he likes red wine.
Got this recipe from Food & Travel. A pretty simple recipe, my first time at baking cake though. Yes. My first. Decided to try this since there's a bottle of red wine at my house and none of us drink.
Maybe because I dont like the dryness of red wine, I cant really appreciate this cake. But generally, its a good chocolate cake. Looks and feels heavy, but its actually quite moist. Maybe I didnt use the correct baking tin, hence resulted in the slightly harder edges. Pretty ok for first timer I guess. *comforting self* lolz.
Shall let boyfriend grade this since he likes red wine.
Tiramisu
I had always wanted to make Tiramisu since we bought 2 coffee liquor from our Bintan trip last Sept. Finally get down to it last weekend. It was a pretty successful first try I must say since its almost gone in one night. But its really not easy nor cheap making this.
Before I decide whether or not to create another blog for my baking collections, shall share the recipes..
Tiramisu Mousse (modified from http://wensdelight.blogspot.com/2009/04/tiramisu-cream-cheese.html)
250g Cream cheese (Philidephia) - thaw for at least 1 hr
40g Sugar
1tbsp Icing sugar
3 Egg yolks
80g Coffee liquor (i use Bailey's)
1/2tbsp Gelatin (soak with 2 tbsp cold water)
250g Fresh cream (otherwise known as whipped cream)
Cocoa Powder for dusting
Syrup (gotten from other recipe) (i had 3 share of this for my 8'' tiramisu and barely sufficient)
100ml hot water with any instant coffee mix of your choice
20g Coffee liquor (i use Bailey's)
For the base, instead of sponge cake, I used store bought ladyfingers. Found them at Candy Empire.
Things to note:
1) Pretty challenging to hand-whipped the fresh cream + icing sugar into cream. Similarly for whipping the egg yolk + sugar into cream
2) A tap too little mousse for a 8'' square tin
3) Any coffee liquor of your choice will be good. Bailey's add a very smoothing effect to the cake that I cant find outside
4) Chilled overnight
This recipe is definitely a keeper. But most likely getting boyfriend to do the whipping for me next time. O ya, for the usual Tiramisu, another type of cheese is used rather than cream cheese. I thought NTUC only carry cream cheese so ended up looking for this recipe, no regrets though as the response are good.
I had always wanted to make Tiramisu since we bought 2 coffee liquor from our Bintan trip last Sept. Finally get down to it last weekend. It was a pretty successful first try I must say since its almost gone in one night. But its really not easy nor cheap making this.
Before I decide whether or not to create another blog for my baking collections, shall share the recipes..
Tiramisu Mousse (modified from http://wensdelight.blogspot.com/2009/04/tiramisu-cream-cheese.html)
250g Cream cheese (Philidephia) - thaw for at least 1 hr
40g Sugar
1tbsp Icing sugar
3 Egg yolks
80g Coffee liquor (i use Bailey's)
1/2tbsp Gelatin (soak with 2 tbsp cold water)
250g Fresh cream (otherwise known as whipped cream)
Cocoa Powder for dusting
Syrup (gotten from other recipe) (i had 3 share of this for my 8'' tiramisu and barely sufficient)
100ml hot water with any instant coffee mix of your choice
20g Coffee liquor (i use Bailey's)
For the base, instead of sponge cake, I used store bought ladyfingers. Found them at Candy Empire.
Things to note:
1) Pretty challenging to hand-whipped the fresh cream + icing sugar into cream. Similarly for whipping the egg yolk + sugar into cream
2) A tap too little mousse for a 8'' square tin
3) Any coffee liquor of your choice will be good. Bailey's add a very smoothing effect to the cake that I cant find outside
4) Chilled overnight
This recipe is definitely a keeper. But most likely getting boyfriend to do the whipping for me next time. O ya, for the usual Tiramisu, another type of cheese is used rather than cream cheese. I thought NTUC only carry cream cheese so ended up looking for this recipe, no regrets though as the response are good.
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