Tuesday, January 01, 2008

2008(: Its feeling strange though, its the start of everything all over again, o levels and getting used to everything again. 2007 has been a great year though, I've learnt so many things and did stuff I would not have believed I could have done. Sze wing's right, we've all grown up(:

Christmas present of a tonne of Valrhona dark chocolate from my aunt, thank you so much! 3 kilograms, will last a lifetime(: Meanwhile I have been attempting the Julia cake, yet I make mistakes so many times. Virtually everytime I bake I make mistakes. Yes, its supposed to be the way I should learn but sometimes I make far too many.

Chocolate genoise cake brushed with framboise syrup filled with vanilla creme fraiche and raspberries, wrapped with a chocolate band and topped with bittersweet chocolate glaze and raspberries. Yet again, I dont think I tempered the chocolate correctly, and the chocolate band cracked. The dumb chocolate glaze curdled, it was really weird. I couldnt get it to emusify properly.






Christmas baking: Dark chocolate espresso cookie sandwiches with kahlua buttercream filling.








Almond raspberry mini cakes. Actually its financiar batter baked in mini muffin pans.

I love why why love(: Haha, Ivfen agrees.