Last night I had this sudden urge to make donuts!! So I did this afternoon using the recipe taken from 17andBaking. I had bookmarked it for a looong looong time but was simply unwilling to mess with yeast. It seemed easier than I thought though and I was certainly glad I tried.... Anyway, the writer of 17andBaking, Elissa, is a very very talented senior whom I look up to very much. Not only does she bakes well, her photography skills are also excellent!!
Being a student baker myself, nothing excites me more than knowing friends in this big family of bakers who are around my age! :) Other student bakers' blogs I visit frequently would be Wendy of My Buttery Fingers, Lauren of CeliacTeen and Karina of Pastries of a Chocoholic :)
Right, so back to my donuts, I'd think it's pretty much a failure because I dislike how thick they were! I felt like I was eating more donut bread than the filling I had topped it with :\ However, I'd definetely use this recipe again as the texture of the donuts were great. The only adjustment I'd make is rolling out a thinner donut dough (less than 1/2 inch as directed by the recipe). Also, I'm sooooo going to get a donut-cutter for my next attempt. I wish that my donuts had the small little holes in them =(
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It's been real long since I last updated & I am truly, truly sorry for my absence ever since college has began! Schoolwork might have been crazy but seriouslyyy, I am the student who never mugs until I know I have to LOL! Furthermore, the most attractive part about my college's that it is located quite near town. (which also means far away from home!)
Therefore, I've been spending most of my afternoons enjoying lunch out of school & catching a few movies. Yay! I really think I have a life. HAHAHAHA. If you read about me, you'd also know that I used to play basketball. I stopped in college so this extreme increase in leisure time has made my schedule even more exciting. I love freedom :D
So today, I spent my afternoon whipping up the best chocolate mousse I've ever eaten using Francois Payard's recipe! I also managed to bake Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake which I have bookmarked for super long!! Do not be intimidated by the steps that may seem a little long-winded because they are really easy :) Both turned out great but my cake did not appear as pretty as I wanted it to be as I don't have a small springfoam cake pan...
I had troubles layering the cake and mousse without a cake ring. Also, my decision to add some texture to the cake by filling the mousse with a little jelly made the filling heavier =\ The mousse ended up spreading alot and it didn't have the NICEEEE, smooth surface. However, if you are going to bake this too, I'd strongly recommend you to add jellies too. It does magic to the cake and give a little chew when eaten!
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Hello everyone!
Sorry I've abandoned my blog for more than 3weeks. I guess that's what most food bloggers'd have experienced because it really isn't easy to maintain a food blog! From the baking to the photography to the editing of pics to the posting...... Yeah, you know what I mean!
For me, it's not an issue about my passion for baking But, the lack of diligence to carry my DSLR again! In fact, I've baked S'mores, Chocolate Cherry Pie, Peanut Butter Tart, Chocolate Souffle and Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake over the past few weeks! Oh and S'mores did live up to their name, I baked them TWICE because they were that good :D
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Hello Bakers, it's New Year! Happy 2010 and here wishing you guys a great year filled with fun and happiness ahead :)
As much as I'm enjoying every moment of my holidays, I still have to face the anxiety most 16-years-old are experiencing now: O'levels results will be releasing in another 10 days. Gosh..... There's this huge part of me really afraid that I've screwed my results, especially English. Because.. I wrote a crap essay that was incomplete and I usually depend on my essay to do moderately well for this subject. (By saying moderately well, I already mean a low B!)
But of course I don't intend to live in fear and worries every day till the very second I hold my results slip..! So, here I baked a cake for. ermm.. nobody? HAHAHA. It is cute anyway, right? It is certainly one of the funniest cake I've baked. Not that it is funny, but what I've done stupidly that are funny. Especially when my brother saw the mess I made.............
I was really embarrassed. and trying to control my laughters (which I failed. which WE both failed)..... I started slapping his arms - for being there to witness all my stupidity!! AND for laughing at me!
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