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Haloooowww peopleee!!!! I know i havent blogged in a while but im back! YAY!!! what's that? you missed me? yeaahh.. i know.. i miss me too! <3. LOL. I'm jokinn~

So many things i wanna sayy... where should i start?? O i know! So last march i went back to Medan befor i start my three months internship and as usual. I BAKED! But! as u guys remember if u read my previous post, i said i was gonna bake cupcakes! And so i did. I used the recipe from one of my friend Amina (classmate) who got this book all the way from Saudi for MUA! So touched. LOL. SOSO i made this cupcake which has no exact name. Its honey, banana, and almonds cupcake (i know rite) hahaha....

Well to be completely honest. Its kinda a failure, just like all my other cupcakes. It's very heavy and it doesnt rise like those cute lill cupcakes that people sell. The taste is not a problem but its ugly!! My brother said its like eating fish food (pelet ikan), but i can't say anything in some ways its true. Although he could have chose a better word but yeahhh... Hahaha...




I also made this cake called sacher cake. Now this one! IS HEAVENNN... IT IS SOOO GOOD! SO GOOD I TELL YOU. Im not exaggerating if that's what u r thinking. I'm serious. Especially when it just got out of the oven. My home smells like heaven! Muahahaha~~ care for some??? IT'S SINFULLY GOOOOD~~~ <3

Lalala~

So i commis again yesterday... Thank goodness that i did. Cause yesterday was Dee's (senior) last class... And i feel bad that at first i couldn't come because originally i have oenology exam today, but it's postponed (YAY)! After forcing myself, i started studyin and suddenly my phone beep and after that i just jump up n down. So happy, exam postponed. Yeahh...

So back to the story... Last class.. They had quiche Lorraine as appetizer, duck breast for main and crepe for dessert. I can't tell you how many times i made short crust already... But i still can't get it right in terms of rolling it. It's always SOO thick and always end up in undercooked short-crust. Yeahh... gotta work on that. But in terms of taste it was good. I had quiche as my dinner last night. LOL...

The main course was duck.. I must say, his plating of main course is really nice. It inspire me. There's height in it and there's a lot of colour present inside. Green, brown, orange, purple, yellow. A rainbowww.... Hahaha....



The crepe nothing much to say... Just filled it with chantily cream and drizzle with caramel sauce.. In terms of decoration it was plain. Only mint leaves and raisins. I thought there weren't any other fruits so i thought "oh well". But it turns out that THERE IS PEACH! CANNED PEACH! Stupid la dee... If u make use of the peach your plating sure nicer lee... Sighhh... But anyways, he said it wasn't bad. He got a total mark of 34 out of 40. So yeahh... Thank goodness.... LOL.

Cupcakes~

I gotta admit this. I'm kinda guilty.... Ever since i study at Taylor's i never bake a cupcake anymore.. I think it's because i'm so excited to learn all these new cake recipes and for the fact that i can't bake at my current home (Malaysia), i was just trying to practice what i had learned in Taylor's and show to my parents investment has result in. But to be honest, i miss baking cupcakes. IT'S FUNNN!!! Especially with all the different designs and flavours. It's just so exciting!

So it's decided.. the next time i'm back in Medan(Indonesia) I'll bake cupcakes and dont worry i'll take pictures... Hope i still make it well. LOL!

V.V.I.P

As you may already know... there was another graduation ceremony at Taylor's last Saturday n Sunday. Which was the 12th and 13th of February and knowing me i helped out for the function. I was supposedly assigned to help Chef Francois who is a pastry chef from France. But somehow i ended up helping out chef Karam instead which was actually better because chef Karam was making desserts for the V.V.I.P guests at Truffles Restaurant and i was the only ONE helping him. So yeah it was tiring but i certainly did enjoy myself. Not only that, i learned so much from it. Also i made new friends from these kinda things so i benefited in every way....


So anyway.. he made a few desserts. White Chocolate Parfait,Sacher Cake and his all time specialty, macarons. Sacher Cake is basically layers and layers of chocolate. Anyone on a diet would be SOOOOO GUILTY after eating that. But it was so good because he used a good quality dark chocolate. 70% dark if not mistaken. He was so happy with his chocolate he was like "Oh my god it taste so good! I'm so excited to make a cake out of it!" And i was like okayyyy... Hahaha... Never knew he had that in him. But he did let me try a piece of the chocolate and i gotta admit, IT IS GOOD! No exceptions. LOL.

So here's a sneak peek on what we made in that two days:

Life Changing

So the other day, one of my classmate got me a cheesecake. She said treat it as my very belated birthday gift. LOL. So anyway, she told me that this cheesecake is soooo good and famous. It's a blueberry cheesecake. She got it from R.T Pastry in subang. Surprisingly,i've been there before. So next time i could get me one by myself! Muahaha....

I was actually a bit concerned that she actually got me a cheesecake. Cause usually, i can't eat a LOTT of cheesecake. Don't get me wrong, i like it. It's just that once i eat two to three spoons, i'll be like feel a bit sick. Well you know what i mean. But it's different with this one. I can ate a whole slice without getting that feeling. It's very light and flavourful. It has a right balance of savoury and sweetness to it. All i know is that, that cheesecake, it was LIFE CHANGING! Oh yeaa...

So for those of you who know where it is, grab your cheesecake now~ I'm telling you, no bite is a bite of regret! Unless you're watching your figure! XD

Joy of Baking

So today, I'm gonna talk a bit about baking. You see. Baking does not all has to be theoretical, nor does it have to be mathematical. No, you can't put that cause it will effect to this. Add more of that, it would make your cake rise. Baking is a joy. A sweet delight that you feel when you enjoy doing something. Baking is not only done for special occasions. You could bake daily if you wish. There's nothing wrong with it. Make it a hobby and not a profession.

But of course there are several rules that you would have to understand. It takes skills and practice to get something right. You can't expect to one day wake up and just say "wow,i'm a pastry chef". In order to achieve an astounding result. You would need to use good quality ingredients. You can't make something a world's heritage by using something cheap and of low quality. No matter how you give Tender Loving Care (TLC) it would still result in what you use in it.

Baking is a tough and tricky thing to do. It may lead to a disaster. It may be costly. But in the end, it all was worth the effort. Just to see the smile of the faces after eating that piece of cake. All the burden would just disappear, just like that. So remember, make baking a joy, a delightful experience!

Heavenly Holidays

Hey guys! I know i haven't updated for quite a long while, so sorry about that! But now i have loads to talk about. I don't even know where to begin with. Hummm... let's see.... AH! i know what i'm gonna talk about. Well you see, last christmas, i got a new oven from my parents as a christmas present! I couldnt tell you how happy i was! So anyways, i experimented quite a lot of things when i was home. I made swiss rolls,macaroons, choux pastry, short crust, bread. I'm not sure what else, too much things going on my head. So anyway, the first thing i made was swiss roll. It was kinda a failure at the first try cause i havent got to familiarize myself with the oven, it turned out that the fire was too big and i should play around with it. Unhappy with the first result, i decided to make another one. But still it didn't turn out right, i wanted to do another but i thought if it won't turn out right again, it would be a waste of ingredients.

So the next day, oh~ i made banana bread. Yeah, that one turned out fantastic. It taste good but next time i should decrease the sugar and add in more bananas, then it'll be even better!



Then after that i took a step to dare myself to try and make macaroons! And you know what? It was actually successful! I myself was kinda amazed that it turned out right. I actually expected that it would fail. But it didn't! So yeah i am very pleased with the results and yeah, am satisfied!


Finally, i made some choux buns. My mom,dad and bro like this the most. They said it taste good and the taste is not as sweet. It's somehow balanced cause it has this salty-ness to it. Well yeah i know it's confusing unless you try it yourself. LOL. Actually in school we only fill it with chantily cream. But i decided to be daring. I filled it with chocolate ganache. And you know what? It actually tasted quite good. To be honest, i like it better with chocolate ganache rather than chantily cream. But again, different people different perspective right?


That's the end of this blog and i'll catch up with you guys with more stories later on! Chiao~