my baking


Lychee Sponge cake  

Friday, December 12, 2008

really really soft sponge cake.. with lychee in the cream. it kinda looks like raw chicken in cream.

but it's nice. soft and moist.

many little cakes. on my way to imitating the high tea style kinda display. haha

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Baklava!  

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

NOW THIS IS BAKLAVA! for those who asked me about it... the idea of making this sounds crazy to anyone who isnt as crazy as us. for we got this "recipe" from one of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter book and ling was curious about it thus we decided to try baking it. first time trying out, have no idea whats the authentic one tastes like. but this version that we made still taste very good!
and we're back to our F & N days.. reminiscing those days with Ms Chang.
a mixture of nuts - brazil nuts, hazel nuts, cashew nuts, walnuts & almonds

with honey and cinnamon as the flavoring


this pastry consists of 8 layers of nuts and puff pastry inter-layering. really tedious work! and one by one we layer the Baklava for about 2 hours... im tip toeing not cuz im short, but i needed more force to roll the rough puff pastry!

finally in the oven after long long time of rolling the dough and putting the nuts mixture
min's back to studying.. poor thing. haha! and ling & I made raspberry pancakes in the meanwhile for our brunch at 4pm?


after about 50 mins of baking, our Baklava is out! smells really really good!! with cinnamon and roasted honey smell..

and thats our layering job! im so proud of it! rolling each layer out is seriously no fun. it's enough for a gym work out. Baklava is nutty base, with honey and cinnamon sweetness in it. a little googey and moist in the layers cuz of the sauce. the top pastry is obviously crispy like Apple Struddel style but the bottom layers are soaked in nutty+cinnamon+honey taste.. for first timers like us, i think our Baklava was a success!! it tasted really good! no wonder it is mentioned in the DH book! our families love it too! personally, i really like it! definitely will make it again sometime!

"Please . . ." her expression was the hottest mixture of cute pleading and raw seduction that he'd ever seen. "I'll be your baklava slave until I die."

He scowled. "My what?"

"Baklava slave. I make the best you've ever tasted and I'll keep you supplied in it until you're fat and old."

"I don't eat baklava."

"That's because you've never had mine. Unless you're allergic to nuts, you'll love it."

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Butter cookies  

Tuesday, December 09, 2008




I'm back to my baking craze!

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Baking with Murni  

Friday, December 05, 2008

exams over! of cuz fun is here! met up with Murni, my roomie in Martha's 104, for a little get-together. we lunched and shopped -- and I bought 'Acheron' the moment I finished reading it! omg it's such a gooood book!! I smiled laughed and cried with the characters in it. it's fantastic! thanks to ling~! anyways, murni and I went back my home to do some baking. she missed the kitchen! hence, she's the one doing all the washing. im so mean. haha!we made chocolate chip muffins.. the same thing.. it's the easiest, fastest and most convenient recipe

and we realized time was on our side, we did one more.. kinda a failure in appearance. it supposed to look like butterfly on top.. butttt.. some of them turn of to be clams...lips...wadever...
ok this was a squashed up one by murni.. haha the "wings" were still too crispy from baking. should have waited for it to cool down more~
sis made this -_- looks like snail to me..



some of the nicer one.. although not so presentable still..
we were imitating this!!! but ours look so different from the book's!! why do cook books always make things look easier than written!! oh well, at least we had fun!!

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wild rabbit  

Monday, December 01, 2008

a bright morning, we brought the rabbit down for a walk. he loves it!

first time seeing a rabbit hopping around in real life!
then that lazy wabbit flops down on the grass -_-
a lazy wabbit i have..


he has a beautiful furry ass huh. i like his fluffy tail

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