what does this actually look like to you ? my friend commented that it looks like some chicken and mushroom pie. =X it is a cake ! walnut banana upside down cake. i made 2 errors. 1. i left out the egg and vanilla before mixing in the dry mixture – this is still kinda OKAY. 2. i added too much – way toooooo much – of maple syrup ! – what was i thinking ! . thus it turns out soaked with maple syrup. it it supposed to be a dry cake. =X oh well. will try again next time. nevertheless. the cake is edible. i love the cinnamon taste from the cake – very nice – .

Crème pâtissière is pastry cream in french. Whipped Cream and custards are one of the few types of pastry cream. Having too much whipping cream left in the fridge, i decided to do up some cream puffs and eclairs – most importantly, my mum loves them – . The first batch of the shells got stuck to the tracing paper; which i totally do not understand why – probably i overbaked them ? -. Nevertheless, the shells came out golden and crispy ! Chocolate topping; semi-sweet chocolate , butter and a little milk. Will try another recipe; found on this newly found website – a french baker, Anna Maria.

Tried a different puff pastry recipe this time. the rather tedious way and with lots of substitutions. Substituted Low Gulten Flour (All-purpose flour + cornstarch), Shortening (Butter), Milk Powder & Ice Water (Cold Full-cream Milk). Started making the pastry puff at about 2pm and got it done ready for the fillings at about 6pm. Fold and rolled 5 times with 30mins of waiting time in between. Got butter everywhere cause the butter is added to the dough before rolling it. Thus my buttery fingers, rolling pin & table. The pastry puff turn out better than the other time. but it was a little too thick when i press in the dough into the mould. So ya, the puff and fillings turn out a little unproportionate. I used the the fillings recipe i got the 1st time . There was extra fillings and thus i made another batch of dough using the easy way. That latter batch turns out better as compared to the tedious one. Probably adding milk to the latter dough instead of water will give it a more milky taste. will try it out another time. Nevertheless i still believe the tedious method made a better puff. Saw another recipe just now. maybe shall try that the next time.

“would you like it burnt or not-so burnt ?”

Came across this recipe few days back and decided to give it a try. Replacing eggs with mayonnaise ? Sounds interesting but however terrifying at the same time. A chocolate cake that isn’t too sweet – bitter chocolate ? definitely a “no no” for a sweet tooth like me – . The cake turn out to be very moist – at the centre; probably cause i didn’t bake it by separating them into 2 layers and as such my bad, nevertheless i’ll try again – and chocolatey cake ! The cake itself wasn’t sweet at all. It taste a little like 发糕 (huat kueh). i mean seriously it does. However with the creamy chocolate frosting; which in turn sweeten the cake, made the combination so great that 1 slice is more than enough to treat my sweet tooth for the day.

I love beautiful food; they increases my appettie.
I have a sweet tooth; i love cakes and pastries.

Have dreamt of having my own cafe; brewing astonishing coffee and serving up mouth-watering food and pastries. It was a dream and still a dream. One day, if i have the chance, i will own a cafe. A cafe that serve up my style of luxurious and satisfaction i see in my customers.

That where i want to be and this is where the Sophiesticated Kitchen begins…