bakes and cakes.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Wello everyone!
I think it's safe to say my baking has improved. A lot. I realise now that I used to suck. My bakes used to be generally dry and crumbly with a slightly tough texture since I usually over-beat my batters and over-knead my doughs. Main reason why that happened is because I used an stand electric mixer - which means I just add the ingredients as the mixer does the rest of the work. Moreover, the beating of whatever mixture is in the bowl is hypnotic. I'm sure those of you who have used electric mixers agree with me. There's something soothing about watching the mixer beating the crap out of the batter/dough. That's all a thing of the past though because I now use an old fashioned hand whisk and/or plastic spatula. One of my friends said that she only make cakes from cake mixes because it's faster and tastes/looks better. I have to disagree. If you do agree you must be one of those who have only eaten those crap sold at most bakeries and have never eaten a decent home-baked cake. Yes, it does have a world of difference. Ok, I'm digressing. My point is that reverting back to the almost traditional ways of baking have improved my byproducts by tenfolds. Not kidding. I even got my first official order. Gin ordered 30 of my cookie-dough-in-a-perfectly-chocolate chocolate cupcakes for her niece's birthday party on the 29th. Cool much! BUT there's something wrong with the cupcakes. They come out wayyyyyy too sticky. Come to think of it, most of my cupcakes turn out slightly sticky to a certain extent ): hmph. Anyway, I've got a few personal projects lined up. Namely, C&C(Cookies&Cream) ice-cream cake, Rose cupcakes, Neapolitan cake, Petit Fours and snickerdoodles. The ice cream cake is for Ragini - she requested for them haha. She's going to come over to my house sometime this weekend and she's gonna finish the whole cake. Will let you guys know how that turns out. I can almost imagine it lol.
Revethi
