Monday, August 31, 2009

Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Ok ok not a cake post, but how can you say no to chocolate chip cookies? :D

I love Chocolate Chip Cookies. Can't get enough of them, and the best ones are the one straight and fresh from the oven :)

So here, it all starts with the dough...

Then couple minutes later... mmm...

You should smell the kitchen right now... seriously. I kid you not.

And this is the toughest part. Waiting for them to cool before you can munch on them... :) *o yea, see my cool wire racks? They stack up so you can cool more at the same time and doesnt require any more space. Awesome! *

These cookies are soft and chewy - my bf like it that way. I personally prefer mine crispy. I think most people tends to like cookies soft and chewy. Hmmm...

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pool Games!

My brother in law just got a billiard table. So I made these :) Saw the idea from the Hello Cupcake book and was happy that I got to play with the idea :D

These are basic white cupcake iced with buttercream, then covered with colored sugars. The numbers are written on fondant using edible markers.

And yes, I'm using this box again. I'm guilty, I like this box a lot :) It's so useful for storing the cupcakes. And it fit the billiard balls set perfectly. Here's a look at the set with the box opened :)


And yup, I noticed that for the striped balls, I placed the numbered 90 degrees wrong XP... (Just realized it when I saw the real pool balls) o well...


Let's play some pool! :D

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Chocolate Present Cake

Took another class from Richard :D
I like this cake a lot! Looks so much like a real present, right? :)

I especially like how Richard taught me the tricks on how to make the bow more lifelike. Here's a close up from the top:

This is the view from the back:

The pink bows and the green packaging are made out of colored modeling chocolate by the way - the same materials as this ducky cake. Here's a view from the side:

A boxed present inside the box, hee hee.... :D

Monday, August 17, 2009

Back in the USA!

Been back for couple days, but I'm heavily jetlag / jetlagged? (eh you know what it is)... so haven't played around in the kitchen yet, will do soon. Got some ideas and some recipes from Indo that I'll try out soon ;)

Thought I should share this: Last time, when my parents and grandma were here in the US, I made cheesecake. (Similar like this). Got good reviews on it, they like it a lot *yay*. I planned on making them in Indo - however, I later found out that its hard to find Philly brand cream cheese in Indo *argh*... when I did found them, they were expensive @!($*@&#.... did found many other cream cheese brand though... I guess I'll have to try these out next year when I'm making cheesecake in Indo.

Oh, and they didn't like my cupcakes *ouch*... hahaha.... apparently it was too sweet / too chocolatey... hmmm.....