Saturday, August 25, 2007

A Duo Tiramisu

On the very grand day which falls on the 31st August, besides than the celebrations of the Day Of Independence, there'll be none the less a big ol' celebration for the two merdeka babies that we love. Going into a more defined part; it's Yvonne Low and Molly. In this particular paw-print post, we'll basically start off with the genius yet gorgeous woman who will be going off abroad to further her education; Yvonne, a buddy which we've known since Standard 3. Ehem, sweet and horny memories. <3


Speaking of fond memories, there was once where Fatass and her friend had only managed to get a slice of Secret Recipe's Tiramisu for Yvonne on Yvonne's birthday. To buy the entire cake would be expensive, since we were in our school days where money can only be begged from our parents; not earned. Yvonne's favorite was the one and only Tiramisu Cake. Her taste haven't changed a bit - until now. Sweet memories, I say.
<3


Hence, Tiramisu Cake was chosen as the main theme for her.


Since Molly do play a vital role in Yvonne's cake making, she was noted as the cleanest baker of the day; on that day. It was a pretty hectic and busy day. In the morning breeze, they went hunting for right ingredients from the nearest bakery supplies store. This came down to hunting cheap bargained products like butter and mascarpone cheese from the grocery outlet. And then back to the kennel for some serious mix and taste.


The sponges were baked before whipping the filling. Chocolate sponge were sliced into 2 thin film. With a detachable base from a square pan, a layer of sponge were placed as the base.


Next, they brush the sponge's surface with the coffee syrup which helps to moisten the sponges. Then, they load and scoop a generous amount of creamy filling on the first layer. Sponge fingers which were bought from the bakery store were then dipped into the coffee syrup and arranged onto the filling.


After assembling the cute sponge fingers, grated dark chocolate were sprinkled onto the cream. Next, more than triple dollops of cream were used to fill up the sponge fingers. Lastly, the other layer sponge were used to end the whole story, not forgetting the coffee syrup which will be used to brush the top of the sponge.


After the chilling session, the Tiramisu Cake were taken out from the cake pan. Sifted cocoa powder were incurred during the decoration session. Chocolate were melted and arranged as sides decoration for the cake.


Yvonne's Tiramisu Cake were decorated with some sifted icing sugar which resembles a law scale. For a further lawyer who's graduating with a law cert in hand, a scale would be good. Teehee. Congrats smartie! The piping part was such a failure. Turns out that Fatass really need to get extra classes from all baking schools! (*Grin*)


Since there's leftovers of cream and layers of cake, they got to taste the Tiramisu Cake by assembling one more. That quite sums the title; A Duo Tiramisu. Double at a time. Differences? Ours were not decorated with chocs as our main intention was to taste home-baked Tiramisu and to ensure that Yvonne's cake would taste okay. (*Smiles*)


And boy, I was happy to post up the shots of the cake which were already sliced up. There were lucious of cheesy fillings. And it turns out very moist and its sweetness is just nice. Parents and gramps like it as it's very coffee-ish; aroma of coffee is strong. If there's any next attempt on a better Tiramisu Cake; which we would be sending it to Yvonne through DHL on her next birthday, we will definitely add in more sponge fingers as it is the fingers which withholds the coffee syrup which brings out a better and a more delish C-grade dessert. A birthday shoutout; Happy Buttday Yvonne! Yay, DHL. ROFL. (*Devilish Horny Grin*)





Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Piping Through Hell

It's been one raising hell surrounding after some doggie talk sessions through the net. To hell with it. Looking back at our latest toy plushie, there'll be more doggy grins and smiles than feeling bad for being a participant in the talk.


First, the "I'm not a plastic bag, but do treat me as a bag" bag.


Secondly, for some peeps cum poochies out there, this is a must for all old school cars. Fatass's recent baby is none the other than Baby Juara (with its lame but lame nametag writtened 'Mcwhisky'; vain...). Called it the idiot box or coffin, we still love it. As careless as how Rufus was, whenever there are mild scratches on the mini van, black markers will do the magic. An avid fan of Juara since its existent is made clear publicly. Easier parking, less blind spots, full view of the back by taking a quick glance on the back mirror, higher seats, wider back seats which can be folded for the poochies to wander around. Best of all, it gave us a feeling of the bus-aunts fetching the school kids after school day's over. Cons? There is. Jumping back to the exact topic, Juara had this player which doesn't consists of a CD player. Hence, the intention of buying the MP3 Modulator were tensed. Basically, it transmits songs from the MP3 player or any USB flash drive to the car's audio speaker, just by plugging the modulator gadget into the cigarette lighter. As it's affordable, why not having one?! Now, we can shake buttie! =)


Third and the last, the cookie package! Prettier and more presentable gift wrappers!
Craps barked. Back to piping creams; piping is fun if there's unlimited of buttercream to play with. Okay, easily said than done. We'll prove it. For good. Strating on picking up the right type; cursive - a big no no. Better stick to the basics; crocked ones. Before we got the pipes ready in hand, we got ourselves batches of nicely creamed chocolate cupcakes. Precisely; Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes!


It was petite and sucha mini, like the usual C-grade cupcakes we have.


With a lil finishing or shall we say 'a pinch of chocolate bits' do make wonders to these C-gradies. Appeared to be much more good looking than the latter. Since there's extra batches which can be used as white rodents for piping experiments, we'd really go for it.


It was fun and smoking adorable. =) For the first batch, it was conquered by my name; Mcwhisky. Fatass Michelle will get her title on the uglier batch, very soon.


Various of colorings were infused into the buttercream just to get the right magenta, as magenta were the main color which we favor so much. Just like how the signatures of the shots were colored. Pipings are so much fun. Any messages can be written, depending on the size of the cuppies. For instance; the one which I've forcibly piped;


F-A-T-A-S-S. And inclusive of;


Swearing... (*Grin*)





Gothic Pandas On The Run

Little brother once asked what would be good, edible yet affordable to be bought as a gift for a birthday girl besides than showering them with roses, furry plushies and Rochers. Our first thought that came into our mind was cupcakes. Edible, cute and fattening. (*Evil us*)


He insisted that panda would be the theme for the cupcakes since his Syah adores panda. Ideas can be hardly brainstormed. Hence, without much hesitant and big fuss, Fatass Michelle and I got into Wilton's net designs. And we suceeded in getting a set of cupcakes for the birthday girl.


It should be christened Panda Cupcakes rather than an additional word; gothic.


Mild gothic appearance. You haven't seen one which resembles the exact definition of gothic yet. (*Grins*)


Rufus's ex-shot which we loved so much; extracted from the past paw-print-post.


Now, this IS gothic-y - ME. Rawr!!!
Back to the WFF's babies, just take a deep look at its markings around the eyes, simply resembles of smudge of mascaras. Blame the expertise of piping the easily cooled melted chocolate. The ears and nose were chocolate as well. Hence, this is how the Gothic Panda Cupcakes look like.


Starting from the base, it's the moist chocolate cupcake. The topping was easy breezy. We slabbed a tablespoonful of whipping cream and spread it smoothly. Then, the calling for chocolate piping. Surprisingly, one must work faster in order to pipe a smoother layout. Boy, it was hard.


Lastly, this calls for the pink blusher. Oww, that is why they are cute now. Cute enough to woo someone. (*BOL*)


Since there's leftovers on the day the cupcakes were baked, suggestion of bringing a batch for the school kids were happily made. We had no idea on the frosting issue. The boy who's in-charged of sending these boxes insisted Chocolate whipped buttercream and Oreo chunks. In conclusion; we had Milo Oreo Cupcakes for the kids.


Due to the insufficient cocoa powder, substitution were made. Milo was used instead of the cocoa's. As for the messy topping, it includes choc bits, sprinkles of Milo powder and 1/4 Oreo bix.


Yes, heard me right. 1/4 Oreo bix. So, you can imagine the actual size of these C-grade babies. P/s; cupcakes were sized of an Oreo bix.


The filled boxes were brought to the school the next day. Turns out that the birthday girl and the kids like it. Hmm, there's difference in between the two words; love and like though. (*Whines*)





Monday, August 20, 2007

Modifying The Blue Kenari

The week before this was no fun - at all. Everyone was busy over their own unsolved issues. Fatass Michelle was trying hard to swallow cold hard facts in order to get half-prepared for her finals. Uncle Phill had his aneurysm operation done and good riddance, he is now recuperating from his surgery. Pa fell at his very own home, no thanks to the slippery floor which the helper have forgotten to dry it off. That's not the end yet. Now, this IS the beginning.


Kidd had to undergo the God's three test to determine his status; either as a real manly man or a kid with a future of being a erm, drag? It's all written in the God's will. The first was occurred in last two weeks. The blue Canary had eccentric beautiful deep white lines on both sides of its body after hitting the acceleration when the auto gate is closing halfway. Nevermind, as car modification is quite a big hit over the past years. We'll take it slow, starting by the cool sexy lines first. After repairment, God tested Kidd again.


Shot above; a full back view of our baby blue Canary which is the repercussions of the act of a real man. It sounded very silly and we almost laugh our heads off when we open up our ears to his reasons. Hackles rises, devilish lame grin and sarcastic remarks were made - personally. As what the college's guard had told him, it is known that the car came rolling down from the slope, approx the distance of 500m.


Once he went to get something from his car, while entering the college through the other main gate, he saw his Canary landed on the gate. Best of all, the big ol gate was strong enough to stop the ghostly Canary though half of the gate fell and wrecked. Lucky Fatass, as that is not her recent college as it happened in TARC. Hmm, the thoughts of being embarrassed by a ghostly blue mini vehicle. (*Grin*)


Reasons for the unintentional occurrence; bad slopes, no breaks being held and in the position of D4 rather than being in the state of P.


The outcome; back window shattered into pieces of debris, top wing was half-sliced into two, cool 3D rippled effect cum wrecked back door, rammed bumper, broken mini back lights, nonadhesive bumper on both side panels, half broken number plate and last but not least; scratches.
Come to think of it, it is considered BAD as we can see small punctured hole on the surface where the extra tyre was kept when the tyre was taken out with full force from the back.


The impact of this silly occurrence; compensation of RM250 for the reconstruction of TARC's gate, payment for car loading etc RM100, RM150 for the summons and MORE to pay for re-modifying the newly modified with additional 3D wave effect on the back of the Canary. After the car-roll-down occurrence, Kidd rolled down too. On the same week, Kidd came rolling down from the slopes after chasing his life for the sake of the bus, came back with bandages on both of his hands, knee, pale thick lips like Jolie and bloody scratches on the back and front. Silly yet we're still giggling our butt off here. (*Devilich Grin*)





Saturday, August 11, 2007

Baby Shrek On Board

Before starting off this blog entry, let's dive into what Hoffa Cupcake really is. Why christened Hoffa? They had their own history; story. Click here and take a look; Sploid Hoffa Cupcakes. We've stumbled upon this pretty cupcake when draftings and brainstorming through the net were held. A green ooey goey zombie-like hand was seen emerged from the cupcake, covered in dirt.


All in Milford Baking Company; which sadly, it's unavailable in Malaysia. We were tempted in making our own version of Hoffa Cupcakes. It was a cuter and a daintier version from us. But then, the hands were too alien-y. And Shrek-y.


As for the cupcakes, Devil's Food were used. Not to forget about the whipped up chocolate buttercream and chocolate bits. Cute poopoo looking swirls!


Before thinking of any improvements to be made, we've sent these Hoffa's to the kids stomach and set off with the better-looking green alien-y hands! Real 3D and it's edible - sugarpastes. Take a closer look; 5 eerie green fingers, with its own palm. =)


Since it's Sek's buttday, Shrek were the theme for the cupcakes. No, not Shrek! It's Baby Shrek. The most adorable alien we've seen. As usual, Pohling came up with this theme and its flavor. And her ideas are mostly well received. Hence, no worries for the layouts, designs and such related stuffs.


A close-up of the 5-minutes-moulded Baby Shrek. Apologise for the unleveled big ol eyes. It's not perfect enough to be as cute as the real Baby Shrek is.


For the final product; it's a box of Baby Shrek Chocolate Cupcakes from Cryshelle. May Sek like it though there's only ONE Baby Shrek in it. See the Shrek-y hands? It goes like this, "Salute Baby Shrek"... Lame eh? (*Sweats*)


It was a cute box, to us. But then, that's only OUR point of view. Taste wise; not that bad, but then, it's all reserved to those who proclaim themselves as crazy chocolate lovers cause the cake itself is moistful and very chocolatey. Not to forget about the chocolate bits and oreo's bix chunks which resembles as the dirt from the ground. Last, but yet importantly; Happy Buttday Sek! =)





Get Well Soon, Uncle Phill

We felt pity, rather than being super sad when they confirmed that Uncle Phill is having Aneurysm. A tear in the artery, that's what they've said. And, it was heard that there is a very very risky op involved. Risky? =(


And I learn something from it. Perhaps, it's another shallow point of view. Life IS short. Do what you love doing, go against the law, get all wet and drunk or maybe steal a magenta panty. You'll be happy and satisfied before you start wondering things you haven't done when you land on the hospital bed one day. (*Touch Wood*)


Hence, a box of cupcake was sent to his house - by car. Pa and ma drove over there. And Fatass Michelle was taking dog naps after revising her work. Two words - dead tired.


As the introduction which I should start off with, Uncle Phillip, or in short, Phill, loves playing golf and planting bonsais. We'd rather go with moulding sugarpaste which relates golf than bonsais. Bonsais are... Complicated though artistic.


Speaking of clays which is very much related to golfs; we drafted a few of them.


The ball itself.


The pole and its flag.



And the turf!


We love golf too, but then, in games. No-no to reality.


The cupcake was basically a devil's food which we love so much! No fillings. Thick chocolate mousse as the cream and covered the sides with chocolate rice. Lastly, topped the whole cupcake with Oreos bits. Then, the sugarpaste go last. And voila! Uncle Phil's Golf Course Cupcake! One shoutout; get well soon, Uncle Phil. May GBU. Family *Hearts* you!