Cupcake Mania

Happy New Year!!

2009-01-05T19:10:00.012+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!!!
Hope it'll be a good year for all...

Been pretty busy lately.. All the Xmas, New Year celebration... Really in holidaying mood....Haha...

Recently just finished off with a batch of cupcakes and tiramisu for a close friend.
He's having a post Xmas and New Year celebration with his bunch of friends and wanted tiramisu and some cupcakes for his party.

Made a box of tiramisu and some mini oreo cheese cupcakes and Rum & raisins cupcakes for the party.

Besides for the party itself, he wanted to give a cupcake to each of his guest as a "thank you" gift...
Did some DIY to the off the shelves boxes to make them more presentable..
Here are what the guests are bringing back, Chocolate Blueberry cupcake with Dark chocolate ganache.

Hope everyone enjoys the cakes!!

Birthday Cupcakes

2008-11-04T23:07:00.002+08:00

Been ages since my last update.. Duno what am I buzy with... Or was it just plain laziness??!! Haha...

Baked some Blueberries chocolate cupcakes last night.. They're for 3 of my peers whose birthday happened to fall on the same day, 4th Nov!!

Something simple as I dun have much time to "beautify" them.. Rich chocolate ganache topped off with a glazed cherry.. Hope they liked them..
So, Happy Birthday Chris, Mer and Kum!!

R.I.P. Raj

2008-04-19T14:54:00.002+08:00

Out for early breakfast with couple of collegues this morning..
While waiting, received an sms from sp..
The message said that the security guard we know as Raj passed away in the guard room.. Kind of taken aback on this news.. Someone whom I've know for the past 10 years or so had suddenly left..
Few days back we were still teasing him with his new haircut.. whistling at him and calling him handsome... Joking with him, offering him tibits.. And now, he's gone..
He's been tormented with kidney failure for these couple of years, all the poking of needles into his hand, the dialysis he needs to go thru every other day has never made him an unhappier person.. Infact he has been pretty positive about everything..
He's been a very kind man (at least that's how I felt).. Whenever I stay late alone the office, he'll call me now and then to check if I'm doing fine in the office, asking me not to stay too late..
Rest in peace brother.. Bye..

Valentine's Day

2008-02-19T22:54:00.003+08:00

Made these for someone.. Intended to give them to him on the V day..
I had a box of cake mix with me, so, instead of using my own recipe, I gave the cake mix a try..
End result?
Even my not so picky brother says the cupcakes are not nice.. hahaa...
I din even wanted to taste them... whhahahhahaha...
So, I just had them decorated (too late to make another batch of my own recipe), pictures taken and showed them to him instead.. hehehe...
The toppers were made by myself... Cute???
I think so.. Do you?? Hahahhahaha....

Oreo Cheesecake

2008-02-04T21:06:00.000+08:00

Haven't been updating my blog for soooooooo long...
After Christmas, I've been pretty busy.. Work.. everything...
Didn't even have the energy to bake... haha...

The only time I've baked after Christmas was this.. Oreo Cheesecake for baby's birthday... Wanted to decorate the cake.. But I was too lazy and tired to move my fingers to do the decoration...Haha...

Luckily he liked the cake, said he liked it heart shaped and its tasty....
Haha... He better liked it...

Actually I was all enthu to participate in the Butterfly themed cupcake contest organized by Zalita...
Who knows.. I was so busy (ok... a little on the lazy side also) that I didn't have the time to do it.. I actually had the shape of the butterfly shaped out with sugar paste (2 days before the closing day)..
Just when I wanted to decorate it... it broke into two!!! =(
Darn....

Pre Xmas Party order!!

2007-12-02T00:18:00.000+08:00

VC is having a pre Xmas party on 1 December 2007. He placed an order for 30 cupcakes and a Tiramisu with me!!
He gave me the room to decide on the flavors of the cupcakes and decoration..
Cracked my head on what flavors to make...there's so many options and so many I want to do...
Finally decided on:
1. Rum & Raisin Cupcake with Rum Swiss Meringue Butter Cream
2. Strawberry Cupcake with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Butter Cream
3. Blueberry Chocolate Cupcake with Rich Chocolate Swiss Meringue Butter Cream

Next.. how shall I decorate the cupcakes??!!!
These are what I came up with!!

"Xmas Tree" is Rum & Raisin Cupcake with Rum Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.
"Teddy wants pressie for Xmas" is Strawberry Cupcake with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.
"Snowy & his Candy Cane" is Blueberry Chocolate Cupcake with Rich Chocolate Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.

Made purple stars (with sugar paste) for the Xmas Tree Cupcake deco as VC said the color theme for his Xmas Tree this year is Purple & Pink.. So, to suit his color theme, I had the stars done in purple!!

As appreciation for his support, I made some cupcakes and had them individually boxed (boxes personally made by me!! haha..) for each of his guests to bring home after the party...

Tiramisu........

2007-11-24T22:08:00.000+08:00

Hi there!! I'm back!!
Been ages since my last entry.. =p

Made tiramisu today... This time, a different style from what I usually make..
The previous ones I made usually comes in the container.
This time round I want to make something that looks more like a "cake"..haha..

Here you go!!

I like my tiramisu with that strong liquor taste... Added a lot of Marsala wine to the mascarpone cheese... so...sorry kiddos, this dessert is not suitable for you guys...hahaha....

Wedding Cupcakes.... the sequel...

2007-10-08T20:51:00.000+08:00

I've just received the best news 5 minutes ago!! It's better than striking lottery!!!

The bride just called me and told me that I scored an A+ for the cupcakes!!! Yeah!!!! I'm really on cloud nine now!!!

The wedding duos were given out to her mum's colleagues today... They liked my cuppies and were impressed with the cupcake deco!!

All the hard work these couple of weeks is really worthwhile!! Satisfaction is definitely here now (to think that I was kind of worried about how the reactions would be when the cupcakes are distributed out to the bride's mum's colleagues)!!!

I really must thank the bride for giving me the chance to work on this project.. Thanks Doreen!!! Muaks!!

P/S: you should see me now while I'm typing this entry.. my grin is almost touching my ears now......hahaha...

Vi's pre-celebration for turning two!!

2007-10-08T00:10:00.000+08:00

Slept at 5am after doing all the 100 pieces of wedding cupcakes.. Thot I would sleep all the way till late afternoon...who knows, woke up at 9am!!

While baking for the wedding cupcakes yesterday, I baked a few more extras intending to make them as birthday cupcakes for my princess Vi..

Vi will be turning two this month, on the 13th (her birthday is 2 days before mine..haha..), since she's coming over my place today, we're going to throw her a simple celebration..

Intended to go out and get some cutesy sweets or candies and use them as toppers for the cupcakes, but then.............Heavy rain la!!! I can't go out (hate getting my feet wet)..

Ransack the cabinets and managed to find a box of kids crackers in shapes of sea creatures.. no choice, I'll just have to use what I have.. haha..

Vi enjoyed her birthday cupcakes, the chocolate butter cream smeared all over her face.. she's even poking all her fingers into the cupcake and licking the cream off her fingers..hahaa...

En, was "caught red handed" also.. haha...

P/S: oh ya, had an order to bake a oreo cheesecake for birthday, it's really been a busy weekend for me.. haha..

Wedding Cupcakes

2007-10-07T23:11:00.000+08:00

Couple of weeks back, colleague wanted 100 pcs of cupcakes as a gift for her mum's peers.. Two in a box..

Started off with looking around for the box... A box to hold two cupcakes with a window on top (a window to view the cupcakes inside).. Oh man, looking for such a box in tiny Singapore is really a nightmare.. Been to almost ALL "known" baking supplies stores and none was found.. The closest I could find was in SKP, small rectangular, no window, and size.. abit over sized.. Not what I wanted..
Sis told me the box I wanted had to be custom made, minimum order of 1000 boxes.. OMG.. I needed 50 only, get that and what do I do with the other 950 pieces??? Whahahaa..

That's it! Can't find what I want, I'll just have to make 50 myself!!

Next, the cupcakes.. Settled with Blueberries filling Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Swiss Meringue Butter Cream AND vanilla Cupcakes with Kahlua Swiss Meringue Butter Cream..

Ok, then come the small details.. the decoration part of the cupcakes... I like making my own.. so, started off early to make the toppers with sugar paste..

Dad was robbed in to help me make the boxes.. Luckily I have him, else.. think I'll be busy making the boxes now.. haha...

Woke up really early on Saturday (6 Oct 07) morning and started baking the cupcakes, beating up the butter cream, piping, decoration...
I was the "Production Department" while dad, he's the "Packaging Department".. haha..

The last pair was finally boxed at 2am!!! Poor dad, slog with me all the way...
I took over and finish off the last part of the production.. tying the boxes with ribbons and tagging them.. Wau!! It was 4am when I finished tying the last box.. Really tired, but..the sense of satisfaction was definitely there...

P/S: Daddy's the best! Without him, this project would not had run so smoothly.. Thanks Pa!!

Another Order!!! Yeah......

2007-09-24T18:55:00.000+08:00

Had an order for 70 pieces of Cupcakes over the weekend..
The cupcakes were meant for a pre-moon cake festival celebration... haha...

Baked 2 flavors for the cupcakes:
1. The good old Blueberry Chocolate cupcakes &
2. New flavor, Kahlua cupcakes (no cocoa powder this time)

3 flavors for the Frosting:
a. Chocolate Ganache for the Blueberry Chocolate cupcakes,
b. Kahlua Swiss Meringue Butter Cream for the Kahlua cupcakes &
c. Kahlua Whipped cream (no cocoa powder again!) for the Kahlua cupcakes

I was told the cupcakes were almost gone, only 4 or 5 pieces left in the fridge.. haha.. if only I could go around to those who tasted the cupcakes for their comments... I could improve my cupcakes for better...

Sorry folks, no pictures... I was dead tired after frosting the cupcakes and cleaning up the kitchen.. No more energy left to take pix.. haha.. Next time.. I'll make sure I take some pix of my end product..

Oreo Cheesecakes

2007-09-15T23:31:00.000+08:00

Its granny's birthday today!! Happy birthday ah ma!!
Days ago, was planning to make "a pile" of cupcakes (assorted flavors) as her birthday cakes.... Who knows.. my cousin was way too fast and she order a big birthday cake for her... chei......
Nevertheless, I will still bake something for your buffet dinner...

My cousins and their kids loved my oreo cheesecake, so, oreo cheesecake it shall be!! Started baking the cheesecake at about 10 plus the night before... These were what I get around 11 plus...

Ok folks, the cheesecakes looked on the "wetter" side in the last pix.. Why? Aya, my impatient character again la, instead of waiting for the cheesecake to cool down completely before cutting them, I "fast hand fast leg" started running the knife thru the cheesecake... Hence, resulting in the "not so nice" shapes and gooey cheesecake squares.. BUT, not to worry, they still taste good.. hahahaha...
k.. k... I promise to be more patient next time...

Beside the cheesecakes, I was intending to make some Hi-Hat cuppies also (saw the recipe from "the barmy baker" thru "Cupcakes take the cake")... The Hi-Hat cuppies by "the barmy baker" looks sooooooooo pretty and so yummy that I was tempted to make them.....

But then, when I wanted to bake them today, my old ailment strike me again... My neck and shoulders were in great pain!! Darn... all because of the sleeplessness I'm getting these couple of days (ok, I haven't slept for at least 36 hours when I'm writing this entry)...
I'm too tired to make anything today....
Have to KIV the idea then... wait till my neck and shoulders get better....

Blueberry Chocolate Cupcakes with Rich Chocolate Ganache

2007-09-15T22:29:00.000+08:00

Baked some blueberry chocolate cuppies on Wednesday. They were meant for my doctor whom I visit for my regular "face maintenance" (got to look forever 24 years old... whhahahahahaha....)....

The first batch of chocolate ganache I made was a total disaster.. I ended up with a layer of oil in my ganache, and the texture were all grainy... Yucks!!
Frantically searched thru the net to look for an answer on what causes the disaster...
Realized the cause might be due to the overheating the ingredients (got the answers from "Real Baking with Rose Levy Beranbaum"), causing the fat to "separate" from the chocolate...
No choice, the first batch of chocolate ganache was a complete flop, I had to discard the whole batch.. ITS SO OILY!!! Think I can even extract the layer of oil and fry some french fries with it..hahhahaa....

Scramble thru (it's 12am when I started with the 2nd batch) to start on the next batch of ganache, this time no more cheating by melting the chocolate in the microwave..

The end results... tar tar... see below pixs...

Beer Cupcakes....Hoegaarden

2007-09-01T23:05:00.000+08:00

Made some beer cupcakes today..
VC gave me a couple of bottles of Hoegaarden couple of weeks back..

Had been looking at the beer cupcake recipe for days, dying to try them... Finally had sometime to whipped up something with the Hoegaardens..
The recipe was from "Beer City, Little Kitchen".. The recipe calls for Guinness, I don't have that, only had 3 bottles of Hoegaarden in the cabinet..
Guess it should work, they're all beer anyway!!! Haha..
Gena (author of "Beer City, Little Kitchen") uses a Cream Cheese Glaze for her beer cupcakes..I substitute it with Beer Whipped Cream instead (a "reinvention" from the Kahlua Chocolate Whipped Cream by How to eat a cupcake.. hahaha)...

The beer whipped cream smell soooooo GOOD!!! The cupcake had little beer taste.. probably the beer I used was too light... the cocoa powder musked the taste I guess...
Gave some of these cuppies to VC (of coz, he got me the beer what...haha) and a couple to EW...
VC tried 1 on the spot.. same verdict as mine, he was expecting a stronger beer taste...
Ok, I'm going to "alter" the cupcake recipe abit (or maybe I should stick to Guinness next time) and try it out another day.. hmmmmmm......

Kahlua Cream Cheese Puffs

2007-08-30T23:57:00.000+08:00

Insomnia... Haven't been sleeping well lately...
Plus the avalanche of work recently, I'm totally drained out by the time I reach home after work..
Wanted to bake some coffee cupcakes (a form of stress relieving for me.. trust me, it works, baking can take off any "load" off your mind at that moment), but really am dead tired to do so..
was lying on the bed resting when suddenly "bubbles" start popping in my head...
Hmm... What if I substitute the liquid ingredient in the choux puff with Kahlua? Would that work?? And use mascarpone cheese + Kahlua as the filling??
I have to try it, else, it'll be another CONFIRMED insomnia nite for me coz this "thing" will keep hogging me thru out until I really set my hands on it.
Ransack the fridge.. Darn.. run out of mascarpone cheese.. But I still have some cream cheese left.. it should work I guess...
Well...this was how my "experiment" turned out:
1. The Puffs with Kahlua of coz!!
The puffs were a little on the brown side. I followed the temperature in the recipe, but guess it was on the higher side, hence, my puffs turned out to be slightly over browned.
Nevertheless, the taste was good. Daddy liked the taste, he said it has this lingering "fragrance" in the puff..
Luckily they didn't taste bitter due to the browning caused by the high temperature.. phew....
2. The filling - Cream Cheese + Kahlua
Well, no mascarpone cheese, I'll juz have to make do with the cream cheese I have..
Think it would have tasted better with mascarpone instead of cream cheese.

Overall - I'll try the Kahlua puffs again, this time round, set the oven at a lower temperature..
The filling... I'd use mascarpone instead. Cream cheese wasn't what I wanted for taste.. Not as fine as mascarpone..

Moo.. Moo. Hi....yak!!

2007-08-27T00:34:00.000+08:00

Last nite while surfing thru the tv channels (its an old bad habit of mine, never let me get hold of the remote, I juz love surfing thru all channels..haha...), caught the last 20mins of a damn silly, hilarious comedy "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist".

*Picture uploaded from amazon.com*

The leading man of the show, Steve Oedekerk (who happen to be the director and writer of the show) got his head super-imposed onto a chinese kungfu star in a 70s kungfu movie. He changed the lines, the plot, made them super hilarious, with a dash of his own humour..

Liked the part where he battle it off with the cow.. In MATRIX style.. The flying kicks and the squash of milk towards Steve Oedekerk in slow motion...whahahaha...
In the end, he won the cow by "over milking" it.. hhahahahaha....

The part where he dubbed the leading actress (duno who... she's beyond my time to let me know who she is.. haha..) and made her go "wee... wee..wee.." in the movie was simply irritatingly stupid BUT FUNNY.. hahaha...

Laff my head off even thou it was only the last 20mins of the show...

Baby said he had the dvd of the show, must go get it from him and watch it from the beginning...

Oh ya! Saw on net that a sequel of this movie will be release in 2008, I'm going to catch it!!

Kahlua & Cream

2007-08-26T01:27:00.000+08:00

Overworked in office this week.. Totally drained..
Decided not to go out today... Nap all my way thru.. haha..
Saw recipe for Kahlua & Cream Cupcakes from "How to eat a cupcake", decided to give it a try..
Lazy to get the electric whisk out of the box, shall use the hand whisk instead..

Oh mann, was it tiring... First, using the balloon whisk to beat the butter and sugar.. Next, using the whisk to beat the egg white to meringue stage.. ahhh... my right arm is getting bigger than my left... haha...

These are what I baked today.. Liked the Kahlua cream, nice...*burrrppp* oophs.. excuse me..hahaha.. If I'm not so tired, I might try out a recipe on coffee cupcakes and team it up with the Kahlua cream... Wonder how it'll taste like...

First order!!

2007-08-11T16:19:00.000+08:00

Couple of weeks back, I was really thrilled when a colleague told me she liked my blueberries chocolate cupcakes with Chocolate ganache and wanted to order some from me for her husband's birthday!!!

Haha!!! This is really one big piece of good news for me in 2007 (thou the year hasn't ended yet.. haha...)!!

Order accepted!!!

She wanted 29 of them.. Oh mann... Even if I'm to sacrifice my sleep, I die will also ensure my order is smoothly "executed"!!

On the night before my "delivery date", my production "plant" was officially opened!!!

My blueberries chocolate cupcakes just out from the oven... In it's "naked" form....

My cupcakes, "dressed" with chocolate ganache and strawberries....

View no. 2 of my "dressed" cupcakes..

View no. 3 of my "dressed" cupcakes..

My cupcakes... BOXED....

Cupcakes boxed and WRAPPED!!

The cupcakes were finally done and delivered the next day..

Glad that my colleague's husband liked the cupcakes and some of her husband's peers even asked where were the cupcakes purchased!! Darn... Should had imprinted my contacts all over the box.... Whahaha.. This is really the greatest satisfaction I have!!!

Wonder when will the next order come in.... hahahaha...

Happy Birthday Singapore!!

2007-08-10T13:57:00.000+08:00

Its Singapore's birthday today, Happy Birthday!!!

My little princess came over to my place.. She sooooooo cute!!! Gave me a bear hug when she saw me at the gate.. haha...

Played with her for awhile (she's coming to two only...) and started my day of baking...

Couldn't decide what to bake today.. Been baking chocolate cupcakes for the last couple of weeks...
So... Me ended up baking the following:
1. Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Banana Pastry Cream
filling and Chocolate Ganache topping
2. Strawberries Cupcakes with Raspberry Swiss Meringue topping
3. Rum & Rasins Cupcakes
4. Blueberries Crumbles Cupcakes

Mann... was I tired for trying so many flavors......

Dad likes the blueberries Crumble cupcakes followed by the peanut butter cupcakes.. peanut butter cupcakes without the banana pastry cream and chocolate ganache to be exact... Dad's not a adventurist when it comes to food.. He hates banana and chocolate.. haha... doesn't like rasins also.. What he like best?? Plain old butter cakes... *Boooorrrringggggg*... ok, sometimes he likes it with walnuts... haha...

Princess? She juz like any cakes la... give her anything, she'll juz eat.. dun like? juz spit it out... hahaha...

And dun worry, I didn't feed her any of the Rum and Rasins Cupcakes.. haha...

Cousin Liang liked almost all the cakes.. except.. again.. Chocolate..

Hiaz... Nobody seems to like Chocolate much in this house... while I'm a great fan of chocolate... Funny....
I liked the strawberry cupcake with raspberry swiss Meringue topping.. Nice... Rum & rasins, another of my fav also...

Baby doesn't like banana.. Same as Dad.. haha.. He doesn't like strawberries either.. so, left with blueberries crumbles and Rum & Rasins.. ok, let him try tomorrow and see what he says....

So, which one do you like?

Nintendo WII Day

2007-08-09T00:34:00.000+08:00

Cousins, Xiao Pang and Liang, staying over till weekend.. Why? They were lured over by the power of.....NINTENDO WII!!!

Its 12.36am now.. They're still stuck to the TV, growling over every move they missed.. haha. Seeing Xiao Pang play was such an entertainment.. This primary 5 kido has a stomach that that is bigger than the gasoline cylinder hiding in the stove.. haha...

When the action come when he is required to sway both his hands as if he's running for his life, you'll get to see his whole stomach wobbling vigorously... not only stomach, every inch of his extra fats would be wobbling in excitement... hhahaha...

They said they like my blueberries crumbles cupcakes.. Starting baking some for them..

Made a batch of 20 minis for them.. guess should be enough for them to last thru the wee hours tonite.. Judging from they way they're hooked to the games, they should be "fighting" all the way to early morning.. Really REALLY early.. hahaha..

These cuppies would come in and be their snacks, in case they get hungry for "exercising" so much while playing the games.. haha...

Once out of the oven, Dad ate 2.. haha.. he liked them straight from the oven... said the crumbles are more "crispy" when they're juz baked....

Hope they won't make too much noise while playing tonite... If they do...... I'll juz cut their throat... haha

"Berry Melting Devils" Episode II

2007-08-05T19:48:00.000+08:00

Today... the 2nd sequel of my "Berry Melting Devils" journey... haha...

Ew tried the cupcakes I gave her yesterday.. 6 cupcakes... And what happened???

She ate 3 out of the 6 at 1 blow la!!! She loves them.. hahaha.... And the other 3? I duno, she have 2 or 3 nieces, 1 nephew, 3 or 4 sisters.. wonder how they divide the cupcakes.. haha.. All I knew was her niece, M, took 1 also.. she liked it...

Should had packed more for her..

EW told me she want more.. want me to bake her more on our next meeting.. Hmm... Now you got hooked on, you'll need to PAY for them!!!! Whahahaha... Buy 10 and get 2 free...

She negotiated to buy 1 get 1 free... You go bake yourself la!! hahaha...

Ok la, since you're my best friend.. give you 10 for free this time.. next time you pay!! Whahahha...

So far, she liked this cupcake best and next would be my lemon sour cream cheesecake..

She haven't tried my Tiramisu yet.. wait till you try.. heh heh..

"Melting Devils"!!!!

2007-08-04T23:23:00.000+08:00

Woke up damn early this morning.. 7am!! Can't get back to sleep... hiaz... Meeting 2 of my close friends today... hmm... can't sleep anyway...

Okie, decide liao! Shall bake some cupcakes for them!! Haha..

Hmm... What shall I bake...

Finally decided to make some Blueberries Chocolate Cupcakes for them, my special "Melting Devils".. hahaha.... or should I rename them.... "Berry Melting Devils"!!!

Contemplating what should be the topping for the cuppies... Swiss Meringue Buttercream? Hmm... Na.. We're staying out till late, the buttercream sure bound to take the gooey state by the time they get the cupcakes back..

Icing? Plain leh...No.. No...

Finally decided with Chocolate Ganache, think they should be able to "tahan" thru the day..

Next, Chocolate Ganache seems abit boring...

Chocolate Ganache with fruits toppings? Looks nice, but.... under this weather.. better not..

OK! It shall be Chocolate Ganache with Pepper Mint Icing topping!!!

This dynamic duo should compliment each other and should be able to withstand being out in this weather for a long day.. I hope.. haha...

See that? This is the end product of my "brain-storming"... Haha.. Pretty?? Ok la... Hahaha...

Plan to give each of them a box of 6 cuppies, for them to bring home and share with their family.

As usual, VC came and pick me and meet EW in town.

Promised to make him Tiramisu in exchange for a bottle of Myers Dark Rum he got me from his recent biz trip.. our form of "trading".. hahaha...

He simply LOVES my Tiramisu!! Even said he's going to order Tiramisu from me for his Christmas party this year.. even planned when to collect them.. Asked me to mark my calendar...hahahaha.. OKIE! On!!

Handed over the box of cuppies to him, and he was quite impressed with my so called "handicraft work" on the cuppies.. haha.. said he couldn't imagine someone so "un-womanly" like me can "create" such stuffs..haha..

Oh mann, you are so so wrong!!! I scored "A"s in my art n crafts during school days k (on canvas and papers la)!!

He started mumbling to himself how and when to eat the cupcakes.. OMG!! He's planning to take all the 6 cuppies for himself!! No..no.. you're suppose to share them with your nephew and sis!!! Not all for yourself!!! Haha..

Ok, off we go to meet EW in town..

Had tim sum for lunch (super late lunch.. its 3.30pm when we met EW), shop around and caught Jay Chow's latest movie, Secret.

After the show, VC said he's hungry, suggested to go TCC for a bite..

While waiting to be seated, both VC and EW were gazing at the panel of cakes display and discussing which cake they should order later... "No!! No!!! You two cannot eat any CAKES!!!! I have 6 cupcakes for each of you waiting in the car!!" Their eyes were wide opened when they heard that... Hahaha.. "Ok la.. You can have cakes.. BUT! No chocolate cakes!! I don't want you two to mix up the tastes when you have my cupcakes later!!!".. No choice, being the "bully", they have to give in to me.. Hahaha..

After supper, we called it for the night and headed home..

VC sms me an hour later after I got home, he tried my cupcakes despite the heavy supper he had earlier. He said the cupcakes were: quoted "Heavenly Fantastic".. He decided to keep 2 for himself, gave 1 to his nephew, 1 for his sis and 1 for his bro-in-law.. Whahahaha.. Madness.. Told him I can bake more for him anytime..

EW said she'll have them tomorrow.. Her stomach is as bloated as a puffer fish now.. Anything that goes down her throat now would explode her belly... hahaha.. She promised to give me her feedback tomorrow.. ok.. I shall wait.. Feedback and see what I can improve on my cuppies further.. You better not forget k!!

Tiramisu Cupcakes... I'm gona master this!!!

2007-08-01T00:34:00.000+08:00

Had been making Tiramisu for couple of times.. Can't say I'm super good at it, but my tiramisu had managed to set a few tongues licking.. haha..

Baby simply loves them, said they're divine.. Whahhaa.. He said they're better than some sold in restaurants and coffee joints.. *H..shit.. my head's swelling with flattery...haha...

Few of my friends and peers had tried them, I can catch them licking the containers (at the corner..haha..), licking every drop of it and asking for more... haha.. This is what I call satisfaction, seeing people enjoying what I've made....

Still remember my 1st attempt in making tiramisu.. Oh mann... BIG disaster...

Read thru the recipe *toooooooo* fast and skipped an important process "WHIP THE HEAVY CREAM"!!

Added everything on the ingredient list and guesss what... UNWHIPPED heavy cream + mascarpone cheese + whisked egg yolks = super watery tiramisu... hahhahaa....

Okie, in order not to waste the lot of stuffs, what to do next??? Pour everything into the container and stuff it up the freezer la!! End product??? Tiramisu ice-cream!!! hahahhah.. or more likely, tiramisu icicle... Bro said it look funny, but the taste is good...

2nd attempt? Ladyfingers over soaked in super strong coffee.. Mission failed..

3rd attempt? I made it!! Close la...hahaha...

Bro ate 2 tubs!! And his girlfriend.. Ate 2 also, despite her super skinny and tiny frame... haahhaa... But then, few commented that the ladyfingers were over soaked.. Cannot, must perfect it...

4th attempt? Finally, the right consistency and taste.. Baby said I can sell them now.. hahhaaha...

I've DONE IT!!! I can make Tiramisu now!!!!

And now, my next target: Cupcake + Tiramisu = Tiramisu cupcake

No more ladyfingers off the shelves, I'm gona make my own cupcake!!

First recipe I tried.. Gorly! The sponge cake tasted horrible.. No butter sponge cake, not my type..

See the pix? That's my 2nd attempt with Tiramisu cupcakes... Its more to Chocolate Mocha cupcake with tiramisu filling and rich chocolate ganache..

Another view of the Tiramisu Cupcakes

Bro said the taste is good.. but then.. the taste of chocolate is so overwhleming that he can hardly make out the tiramisu taste...

Friends who tried them likes the combination of the cake and filling.. And? They didn't realise that the filling was suppose to be TIRAMISU!!!!

Baby thot the tiramisu cupcakes were rich chocolate cupcakes!! He liked the filling.. and the cake... But then.... he asked "huh? it's tiramisu meh???" Hiaz.....

Okie, I die also must find the perfect recipe!! Give me some time baby.. I'll show you the results!!

Oh mann... I've started a blog!!

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Now, a space to "pen" about my new found (actually not that new la..) "love" and somewhere I can utter nonsense... haha..