Tiramisu........

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...

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...

Wedding Cupcakes

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......

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..

Kahlua Cream Cheese Puffs

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..

Kahlua & Cream

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...