Wednesday, July 18, 2007
i am impossibly sleepy.
this is the story of me, being a sleepy loser. only read on if u're bored, or very free.
ok so the story starts Tues night, the 17th July. Having cancelled an extremely potentially strenuous session of squash/pingpong/eating, here i was thinking it'd be a nicely restful evening. then, itchy finger, decided to bake. so missbebe came over to try out this seemingly VERY easy recipe with dinner. (very yummy dinner too!)
so off we went to bake. seems easy, not to bad, jus mix and bake. plus baking time. not very long, about 25mins? then thot, ok bake 2 batches la, since so easy, still early (was 8plus)
then baked the first batch, realised to our horror the tart shells were rising, and sorta resembled muffins. panicked, wanted to weigh down with black beans, home no black beans, flipped cake books, decided to weigh down with rice. but some refused to come out and missbebe was banging the bottoms to get them out. and they did come out.
so, it turned out pretty ok, pastry was really yummy.. masarap naman.. sobra!
patted ourselves on the back, congrats to us both!! next up, caramel filling! so easy too, jus weigh, mix, stir spoon in and bake for a bit more.
so we put all the shells (tat were, well, prettier) onto a tray, spooned the caramel in, dumped back in the oven and went off for some jolly shandy.
halfway thru, went to check the oven.. NB... the shells broke!! cos hot then it became soft, plus got caramel inside.. argh!!!!!
rescue ops!! took it out, re fitted watever didnt break up back into their trays and put more caramel in cos it sorta bubbled and evaporated.
*sigh*
then thot it was the end of the story when it finally got out of the oven..
only to discover...
IT WONT cOME OUT OF THE FREAKING TRAY COS THE CARAMEL MAKE IT STICK TO THE DAMN TRAY!!!!
u shld have seen the bottom of the tray.. it was dented from all the knocking and banging.. and yet some still refused to budge...
i tink the only thing we did right was the choc ganache.. by then it was like 11 plus and we were hot and sticky and oily (buttery) and very pek chek.
this is the taste (literally) of failure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! recipe sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont think i will bake for the next, wat, 2 yrs? tmd.. depressing can.. tastes good, but i tink we made choc eggtarts rather than the 'millionare shortbread chocolate tarts with caramel filling'..
so by the time we washed up and went our ways, it was like 1am (i apologise to all those talking to me on sms or msn.. sorry i was really distracted)
and today i had to wake up early..to prepare for a wedding and a birthday... barely slept can..
its really no fun preparing for these 2 events when u're like zombie-fied, bleary eyed and ur brain refuses to function properly and your fingers dont obey watever yr brain is trying to say.
wanted to dress up the cake, so put the choc. then, shit la look so plain... icing sugar?? okok can, but where issit!! sieve leh!! and why wont the cake come out of the tin???? haiyah forget the icing sugar.. batik theme right? fine, batik all the way it shall be then! then try to close the box, realise there was a design error when i was decorating it!! so gotta rescue again.. flower look so weird, argh, re-do!!
then duno wat the heck to wear to wedding, since the rest will go in work clothes, then canot be too formal, cannot be too casual, everything not ironed!! then cleverly decided to add a satin ribbon, tie first time, looks ok la but nt perfect. nmind, try again.. the next, i tink 3 attempts, failed. small bit of my chain came off, needed some glue, but stupid fingers and uhu so not made for each other. needed shoes which werent too high cos the guys arent tat tall (see how nice i am to u guys!!) and i'm too tired to continue ranting because i'm getting sleepy.
are u still reading???? aiyoh..u shld have stopped at the 2nd sentence lor.. warned u already!
anyhow, fingers crossed the loser-ish spell wears off as the day passes.
this is the story of me, being a sleepy loser. only read on if u're bored, or very free.
ok so the story starts Tues night, the 17th July. Having cancelled an extremely potentially strenuous session of squash/pingpong/eating, here i was thinking it'd be a nicely restful evening. then, itchy finger, decided to bake. so missbebe came over to try out this seemingly VERY easy recipe with dinner. (very yummy dinner too!)
so off we went to bake. seems easy, not to bad, jus mix and bake. plus baking time. not very long, about 25mins? then thot, ok bake 2 batches la, since so easy, still early (was 8plus)
then baked the first batch, realised to our horror the tart shells were rising, and sorta resembled muffins. panicked, wanted to weigh down with black beans, home no black beans, flipped cake books, decided to weigh down with rice. but some refused to come out and missbebe was banging the bottoms to get them out. and they did come out.
so, it turned out pretty ok, pastry was really yummy.. masarap naman.. sobra!
patted ourselves on the back, congrats to us both!! next up, caramel filling! so easy too, jus weigh, mix, stir spoon in and bake for a bit more.
so we put all the shells (tat were, well, prettier) onto a tray, spooned the caramel in, dumped back in the oven and went off for some jolly shandy.
halfway thru, went to check the oven.. NB... the shells broke!! cos hot then it became soft, plus got caramel inside.. argh!!!!!
rescue ops!! took it out, re fitted watever didnt break up back into their trays and put more caramel in cos it sorta bubbled and evaporated.
*sigh*
then thot it was the end of the story when it finally got out of the oven..
only to discover...
IT WONT cOME OUT OF THE FREAKING TRAY COS THE CARAMEL MAKE IT STICK TO THE DAMN TRAY!!!!
u shld have seen the bottom of the tray.. it was dented from all the knocking and banging.. and yet some still refused to budge...
i tink the only thing we did right was the choc ganache.. by then it was like 11 plus and we were hot and sticky and oily (buttery) and very pek chek.
this is the taste (literally) of failure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! recipe sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont think i will bake for the next, wat, 2 yrs? tmd.. depressing can.. tastes good, but i tink we made choc eggtarts rather than the 'millionare shortbread chocolate tarts with caramel filling'..
so by the time we washed up and went our ways, it was like 1am (i apologise to all those talking to me on sms or msn.. sorry i was really distracted)
and today i had to wake up early..to prepare for a wedding and a birthday... barely slept can..
its really no fun preparing for these 2 events when u're like zombie-fied, bleary eyed and ur brain refuses to function properly and your fingers dont obey watever yr brain is trying to say.
wanted to dress up the cake, so put the choc. then, shit la look so plain... icing sugar?? okok can, but where issit!! sieve leh!! and why wont the cake come out of the tin???? haiyah forget the icing sugar.. batik theme right? fine, batik all the way it shall be then! then try to close the box, realise there was a design error when i was decorating it!! so gotta rescue again.. flower look so weird, argh, re-do!!
then duno wat the heck to wear to wedding, since the rest will go in work clothes, then canot be too formal, cannot be too casual, everything not ironed!! then cleverly decided to add a satin ribbon, tie first time, looks ok la but nt perfect. nmind, try again.. the next, i tink 3 attempts, failed. small bit of my chain came off, needed some glue, but stupid fingers and uhu so not made for each other. needed shoes which werent too high cos the guys arent tat tall (see how nice i am to u guys!!) and i'm too tired to continue ranting because i'm getting sleepy.
are u still reading???? aiyoh..u shld have stopped at the 2nd sentence lor.. warned u already!
anyhow, fingers crossed the loser-ish spell wears off as the day passes.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YIYI jie jie!!
U"RE GETTING OLDER AND OLDER!!!
MUACK MUACK!!
U"RE GETTING OLDER AND OLDER!!!
MUACK MUACK!!
thinking out loud at 9:14 AM
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