Vanillin

A Sweet Treat For An Amazing Feat!

2011-01-27T01:31:00.008+08:00

I received a request from a friend to help him out with his wedding proposal..so what better way to add some extra loving to a romantic event other than with some beautifully adorned cupcakes!

Heck, it only happens once in your life ( ever so often for some people :D ) .. so why not make your wedding proposal an awesome one?

Women love chocolate so I had to make something that had chocolate in it from top to bottom! And it struck me like rock ( ouch -.- )! instead of just plain chocolate cupcakes, .. why not make them BROWNIE CUPCAKES! now that is something you can't say no to! I mean marriage..hey..you've got time to think your answer through but to brownies? HELL NO! LOL

Then the bigger question came to mind...what about the topping? Would have been weird if i put a vanilla butter cream topping..would have been like bringing me shopping for clothes ( bad taste in them :O ) the two just don't match! .. so heck it! I decided just go for a bittersweet chocolate buttercream ... I mean..it's like the creme de la creme! but in this case it would be cream de la cupcake! LOL

So what about garnishing? Just throw a strawberry there and the ladies would just go " awwwww...." and then to make sure the evening ends just the way you want it *wink*..put a white chocolate ciggy and a heart :) ..

Now ladies, wouldn't you want your man to do something like this for ya? Well if your man don't give this to ya...you know who to call! *wink* LOL!

The last one goes out to that girl wanting to be loved!

Chocolate brownie cupcakes with bittersweet buttercream

Bite me!

2011-01-17T02:41:00.005+08:00

Yes, it's been a while since i've posted up something...technically it's been ages! LOL!

After much persuasion from my friend to update my blog, i've finally

gotten my heavy bump up to sit down during the weekend and update at LEAST one post a week! :D

So let's start out with some pornography! Food porn that is ;) - I'll leave the usual ones to you :D

Starting out with a simple piping of a flower. Well if it doesn't look like one, just try and imagine it as it is one! :D

Finished off with a dual layer bavarois ; chocolate and vanilla garnished with a tuile penetrating the epidermis of the bavarois.

Accompanying it is a chocolate box , passion fruit and raspberry sauce :D

Bite Me!

Dual Chocolate and Vanilla Bavarian Cream with a duo of raspberry and passion fruit sauce

Le Petit Gateux

2010-11-06T19:30:00.009+08:00

Works of art and masterpieces share one thing in common ; patience and a whole lot of effort!

It took me months and finally I managed to do it! Finally made that decorated almond sponge I have always wanted. Threw bags of almonds and cartons of eggs just trying to get the right springiness. Started with apple green tuilend swooshed my piping bag all across and ended up with some random design.

Alas, it's done.

Feels like painting. The only difference, it's edible.

Raspeberry Mousse

2010-06-26T00:29:00.010+08:00

Just had a go at plated desert today! :) Just sticking to the simple basics and this post chronicles on what began as a white plate...to a well erm...filled one? :D!

Luckily managed to get some help from my chefs and some of my friends :P! Enjoy yo~

So let's start with a clean plate *duh* :D

Next, we have our sauce. Just pull it anyway you want.

Then, the mousse goes on top! * gentle *

Get a nice curved chocolate deco and place it with the raspberries. ( Forgive this obscene picture )

Add the chocolate dipped strawberry at the corner! Tada!

With some final touch ups . . . regards to the chef and my friends :)

Raspberry Mousse with chocolate sauce

Chocolate Confections

2010-06-25T22:10:00.005+08:00

Scroll down for more! :)!

Well it's been a busy few weeks lately so could not upload any stufffzz lately :)! but i had a great opportunity to get my nifty hands on some chocolate lessons! - proved to be one awesome lesson!

Let's start of with a brief introduction. Since we were all toddlers, from the very first moment we could get our teeth on those lovely chocolate bars and candies..we were craving them ever since.

After brushing them with some colour-ed edible dust! :D

The close up . . . ( the shine....*_* )

From that crisp and lovely snap the moment we tear that lovely bar of chocolate apart like hounds feeding on their prey after months of starvation, to that very bittersweet end that melts down our mouth and that orgasmic sensation that lingers to the very bottom of our tummy! We all crave chocolate ( well most of us! heh :D )

So I had the chance to make myself some! From a decent and fairly good quality chocolate and not those store bought chocolate blocks which promote cancer! Yes, they have some vegetable fats which I believe to be hydrogenated fat ( CANCER-OUS I TELL YOU! ).

Anyways enough with my grandma stories and feast your eyes on these :)!

Some Belgian Chocolate Shells :)

CHOCOLATE BAR!! RAWRRRR!

During my last few days . . .

*shinyyyyy*

*glosssssyyyyy*

PS : I just realised too much chocolate can make you nose bleed LOL! - It happened...twice -__-"

Types of chocolate were Eggnog Ganache and Star Anise Ganache.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

2010-06-25T21:15:00.007+08:00

Yes I know everyone loves chocolate so you can't blame me for making this cake over and over again rite :)?

Here's a short post for another take at this cake! With different decorations this time around :)! enjoy!

Sadly no look inside the cake eh :P! next time around folks! :)!

Chocolate Mousse Cake - "sinful"

Strawberry Bavarois

2010-06-13T23:47:00.006+08:00

How can anyone resist that tantalizing scarlet berry! As it mocks you behind those green leaves waiting for you to sink your teeth into a succulent sweet ( well not so sweet here in Malaysia ) juices! Ah..talk about orgasmic mouth sensations!

Well unfortunately the strawberry jams we get here are 99% sugar and 1% real strawberry *sighs*..anyhow..how can one resist that seductive red glow! I mean it looks good on lingerie..it has to look good on cakes as well right? :D

Ahah! anyways..enjoy a little something I came up with :)!

Notice the sad sad leaves on the strawberries :( ..it's hard to find nice ones these days lol

Well time to bite into my pudding like cake ;)! enjoy!

Strawberry Bavarois

Chocolate Macarons

2010-06-03T01:14:00.007+08:00

Ah..had another go at the macs! Looking pretty dandy this time around :)! Had the idea of brushing the macs with a little coffee *nescafe cough cough* from mytartlette.com ( one of the prettiest macs i've seen around! ) ahahah! so wanted to give it a go and daaaaaaaaaaaaaammm they look stunning! thumbs up tartlette! :)!

So here we have the little brush trick that works all the time :) A swipe on the plate to test the consistency and off we go!

Before we knew it...we had a plate full of it LOL!

Looks pretty tempting yea don't ya think? :)

Well that aside..i was a little bored and decided to try something different by being a bit daring with the shells!

Slice almonds on the top with the pretty baby blue is kinda cute! LOL! The filling looks like a tongue from this angle -_-"

The leaning tower of macs! No need go Paris already :D

Well before heading back, I decided to pack some :P

The one at the far end looks like green oreo! LOL

Ah well hope that wraps it up! Gotta get more going soon! phew~

Coffee macaron with coffee ganache

Strawberry buttercream macaron

Matcha Cake With Chocolate Mousse

2010-05-30T02:10:00.008+08:00

Ahah! another long week has passed and I have a cake to settle for one of my friends! So it was time to put on my thinking cap ( never really had one though T__T ) and come up with some cake ideas!

Didn't want to do any of the boring ones again ... so then the idea of red velvet cake came along! *gotta love the contrast of colours in it :)* and haihz...sadly there weren't any red colouring so then I just opted for a green tea approach :P and hence it was time to visit my two lovely wives to get things rolling!

After sweating a whole evening getting the parts all assembled ... it was finally done!

ooo..wonder whats behind that mould eh....

Alright alright ..after some torching on the sides ( I think I should have just used a spatula instead! LOL! cause I think I melted some of the mousse *sighs* Take a look below.

Sighs...oh well guess I'll just try to cover that mess with some better deco on the top! Luckily managed to get some strawberries from the grocer nearby! And after some fiddling...

Decided to use my trusty old flamethrower!

And after some STRESSFUL PIPING! *sweats* oh and not to mention some simple chocolate deco just for the heck of it :)

But something just wasn't enough :)! . . .

Now I'm satisfied! :)

Gawwwddd! I din know it was more stressful making cakes back home then it is at college! LOL! Well not to mention my desert-like kitchen which melts every single diary product alive just letting it sit on the counter!

All in all..it was certainly a fun day! With tonnes of memories to be kept throughout that day! *winks* Well this last pic just wraps it all up : A sweet and juicy ending to a blissful day :)! It's time to hit the sack!

Green Tea Cake with Chocolate Mousse - to die for ;)

Cracking that mac?

2010-05-28T23:43:00.018+08:00

What could be better than owning a mac? Eating one of course :)!

Finally after countless attempts of breaking that mac! I've finally done it!! Almond macarons of course not that super high tech laptop with glossy covers!

Now would you look at that..orgasm in a bite-size man! What could be prettier than those sandwiches!

Those burgers with pretty "feet"! Ah alas..there is a God after all :)

Hmm..now let's see the process of making them . . .

After a vigorous mixing process and loads of piping, tada!

*cries*..look at all the pretty babies waiting to be sent to the oven!

Aaa...they grow up so fast :)

Mini celebrities!

And after some fiddling...finally removed them and arranged them neatly ready to be frozen for tomorrow when the fun really starts !

After lots of squishing between sinfully good ganache and some strawberry buttercream . . .

. . .

*drools*

And this last one just for you :) *wink*

Ah at last...managed to conquer them little bastards :) ahah! Bon appetit!

Pink macarons with ganache and strawberry buttercream.

A new beginning!

2010-05-28T23:37:00.003+08:00

*cough* cough* This whole blog this is still pretty new to me so yea what the heck right! :)

Anyways just as the title says, this marks the beginning of my first post! hohoho!

So lets start out with some sweet treats eh :)! I've been going through my internship now and yea...managed to create some treats lately! Pretty basic stuff but oh well we all start somewhere rite ? Sadly, I do not own a kick-S DSLR so forgive the clarity alright ;) ?

Well don't mind the ugly pot behind there :P guess it loves the camera too yea ;P

Tada! see what some simple piping and a strawberry can do! :)!

Well here's a pic of it posing beside a pink(sort off) macaron! :) who said food wasn't photogenic!

Walnut & Almond sponge with vanilla diplomat cream topped with mocha buttercream.