Thursday, October 08, 2009

Have you tried baking?

I'm so a baker these days. Cupcakes, carrot cake, back to cupcakes, then back to carrot cake. Ya ya, I know, I should try some other recipes. But these 2 are my favorites at the moment, and certainly it gives more push when I can look forward to eating my favorite cake after all the hard work.

So I was craving for the carrot cake I had in a hotel on my last birthday. Even spreading around the word on how good that cake was. Then I couldn't tahan anymore and I wanted to try and make it on my own.

I got all the stuffs, kept procrastinating, and finally I made my first attempt during the holidays when I had VIPs in my home for a few days. And I thought "whoa!!! This is almost as good as the one which I was yearning for!" Wow! Am I talented or what?

But it was too little among so many of us. Though not all appreciated it, but a visiting friend from Penang said it's good. I'm sure he and his wife weren't lying about it... I was pretty sure as I was scanning their faces for any hints of twitching eyes. hmm...

Anyway, I made my 2nd attempt, double all the ingredients up and enjoyed the aroma spreading to our nostrils. Mmmmm... how good it was.



It appeared too much and I don't like to keep cakes for more than 2 days. So I cut 2 portions up and gave it away to 2 of my neighbours. Ooh.. the joy on their face, the surprise feeling, it's double joy for me to know they appreciate it. I want to keep baking and keep on giving. It feels so good. The same therapy of lying down with closed eyes for a few mins, listening to your own snores, opening up the eyes and see details of things you've never really seen before, breathing in, breathing out (ah-choo! that therapy hearsay need you to be naked summore! easy catch cold la wei!)

7 comments:

The therapist said...

mei lui chui sum? Eh.. i mean mei lui chui fong.. Beautiful cooking ah...In hotel ah.. got those cute cute carrot marzipan one! MM sau for! Bake another with cute cute carrot marzipan!

(Wait for me go back.. then only bake lah. I sked u hangat tahi ayam, by DEC, dun wan to bake jorr)

tasy said...

terror-rapist,

you want to see marzipan, go to the joo. nay.. tht monkey with butts red red on both sides..

(when you come back, i gib you lesson 101.. apa itu self raising flour)

dawn said...

if got over ripen bananas make nana bread/muffins. choc cake, apple/pumpkin pies, fruit cake, butter cake, so many choices and hahaha, they are actually what i like :)

Gargles said...

dawn,
no need to hint so openly. i dumb one, dunno how to read hints one, ok? hehe..

My Family's Memoir said...

Can I have the recipe for this cake and also the icing ? Looks so yummy..

tasy said...

juju,
wahh.. you really like to dig for cake recipes, huh? sure i can share, let me dig it up first. will mail to you, k?

My Family's Memoir said...

Yalo, I love to bake and cook, but I can't find the time to do so for now. Thanks.

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