blueberry birthday
remember i talked about the blueberry cake i was making for my mum for her 55th birthday? (oops, did i just revealed her age?!? :P) had initially planned to bake the chocolate chiffon cake on tuesday, to allow it to cool overnight, and so that i'd just have the frosting to worry about the next day. it didn't go as planned (as itchy-backside me decide to follow the bf to buy badminton racquet!), so in the end, i had to spend the whole of wednesday evening baking, so much standing till my feet started aching! anyway, it was all worth the effort! the cake turned out to be satisfactory - the chiffon cake was soft and spongy enough, although i think i need to improve on my cake layering skills; also added to the recipe a few teaspoons of rum which my mum enjoyed, and some red and blue m&ms for some colour. not too bad for an amateur baker, lah!
well, mum still prepared dinner for the family last night and it had been a long time since we had homemade western food - breaded pork chop and chicken cutlet served with mixed vegetables. singaporean hainanese are well-known for western fusion food... in fact, my grandfather was trained as a chef during the colonial british days, and i guess my mum must have picked up a skill or two.
and SIL also bought three small tubs of 'hei' dark chocolate ice-cream from awfully chocolate. hey, lion! you should try this, even a non-dark chocolate fan like me thinks it's good! smooth and creamy, yet not sickeningly sweet.
no wonder i had to force myself to run this morning...
scribbled at 7:25 am
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remember i talked about the blueberry cake i was making for my mum for her 55th birthday? (oops, did i just revealed her age?!? :P) had initially planned to bake the chocolate chiffon cake on tuesday, to allow it to cool overnight, and so that i'd just have the frosting to worry about the next day. it didn't go as planned (as itchy-backside me decide to follow the bf to buy badminton racquet!), so in the end, i had to spend the whole of wednesday evening baking, so much standing till my feet started aching! anyway, it was all worth the effort! the cake turned out to be satisfactory - the chiffon cake was soft and spongy enough, although i think i need to improve on my cake layering skills; also added to the recipe a few teaspoons of rum which my mum enjoyed, and some red and blue m&ms for some colour. not too bad for an amateur baker, lah!
well, mum still prepared dinner for the family last night and it had been a long time since we had homemade western food - breaded pork chop and chicken cutlet served with mixed vegetables. singaporean hainanese are well-known for western fusion food... in fact, my grandfather was trained as a chef during the colonial british days, and i guess my mum must have picked up a skill or two.
and SIL also bought three small tubs of 'hei' dark chocolate ice-cream from awfully chocolate. hey, lion! you should try this, even a non-dark chocolate fan like me thinks it's good! smooth and creamy, yet not sickeningly sweet.
no wonder i had to force myself to run this morning...