'baking' off the list

My 'to-bake' list is always lengthening. No matter how hard I try to 'bake' them off the list, the list doesnt seem to shorten as much as it is being lengthen.

I managed to 'baked' 4 recipes off my list for the past 2 weeks. They are red velvet cupcakes, poptarts, scones and lychee cupcakes.

Lychee experiment #2

Tried making an Ispahan Cake which is the combination of Lychee, Raspberry and Rose. I got the recipe from SweetToothFairy. 

Basically the cake should be quite a success except for the fact that... I had decided to try my new purchase of Phoon Huat's gelatin which I conclude that I should just stick to using Bake King's gelatin. The lychee jelly that I made were kinda soft as you can see from the photo below, maybe I need to double the dosage when it comes to using PH gelatin. :(  

I got my rose water from London which I had not done any 'open ceremony' for it as yet. keke...finally I found my chance to do so. anw the verdict for this cake was...mehhhhh -.- it wasn't fragrant enough, in fact it tasted kinda bland. i wonder what I did was wrong or was it supposed to taste like that.

I changed the jelly portion where I didn't use any puree (puree is not cheap here...*sobs*) I guess that was the reason why. The next time I am gonna puree my lychees (lychees ain't that ex in SG) as well as changing raspberries to strawberries [still very ex but 'bo bian' (aka 'no choice')] as raspberries are not easily available in SG unless I pop over to PH to buy the frozen raspberries or raspberry puree.

The rose mousse was overpowered by the vanilla pod that I added to the cream which smells so vanilla..hmm am I making any sense? Also, I didn't have any rose bud and hence, I only added rose water :( ZOMG!!! i just searched online and found that 50g of Rose buds cost SGD26!!!! geez...if the experiment continues like that 'confirm broke' (excuse me for my Singlish)

Moving on to the sponge, I was quite satisfied with it. The texture was light, moist and smooth. Just a touch too soft, making it slightly difficult to handle. Other than that, it was great :)

All right I shall present to you a picture of my not so pretty and not so well made Ispahan Cake...Actually the red portion of the cake looks quite pretty isn't it =x

That's all folks. I will make sure it will be better the next time round.

xx,
TBG

Back from a holiday, time to start working

I had been away at Bintan for 5 days. It was an awesome getaway. There were so many activities in Club Med Bintan that 5 days is just not enough for us to cover everything. This is the first holiday that was fully packed with activities. We were busy from morning to night, not that I am complaining as the activities were very enjoyable and everyday is just a happy day.

Back from holiday means no more playing TT 

I had been busy working on orders from TBG's friends who were very appreciative of the sweet treats that I had baked. I am really glad to have them enjoying those sweet treats. It really made my day ^^

Every since I am back, I had been baking piles and piles of Choux!!!! (These are just a portion of it =x)

Not only that, I had been baking Mousse Cakes as well. And a 'New Cake on the Block' Lychee Mint~ :)

There was a feedback that a stronger Mint taste would be preferred but nevertheless it tasted yummy. ^^V Okie dokie! Noted. Will improve on it the next time :)

The typical mango cake :)

The Famous Mango Blackcurrent mousse Cake :D

Opps actually prior to this busy week and my trip to Bintan, there was another event held at a friend's company. You know the monthly birthday celebration that company holds for their staff. Yup yup that is the one.

The above Mango Blackcurrent Mousse Cake (ok this kinda long name to type and remember, it shall be called in abbreviation as MBM) is one of the cakes that they ordered.

Otherthan that, hot Scones, tarty Lemon Tarts, Apple Tarts and not forgetting Choux were present at the party. They were happily being ermmm 'eaten' by someone who appreciates them (haha this sentence doesnt sound right..)

Anyhow, Lemon tart proved to be subjective to person where it somewhat has an acquired taste. I should topped it with meringue the next time. Not only will it be more attractive, texture wise would be good as well as the tart will be less tangy and tarty..

Presenting to you the sweet treats that attended the party...we have Mr Scones. Hunky and Hot!

Then we have 'I will wake you up' Lemon Tart

'Don't judge a book by it's cover' Apple tart

and finally...the 'Explosive' Choux

I will be keeping myself busy with projects that I set for myself. In the month of june, I shall dedicate this month to my 大姐 (Big Sister) who loves Lychee. It shall be Lychee month where I will try to make many different combination of Lychee sweet treats :) Stay tune for it.

xx,

TBG