When I got the msg from hubs that tomorrow morning (Thaipusam) we will be baking if we have no other plans, I was scratching my head, "Where on earth am I going to find and buy all the ingredients in such short notice? Moreover, I'm not so keen to visit Giant again after going there recently."
Then I remembered Bake With Yen in the next neighborhood. Oh ya, this place I pass by everyday but never popped in before.
And where am I gonna get recipes? Then I remembered a recipe book given by Elaine, a very talented mother who bakes very well, whose lovely daughter Amber has also some food allergies. Thanks Elaine!
So I dug out the recipe book and together with Vic, we chose (I chose, actually. She was going for the colorful, challenging ones) the cranberry almond cookie and since we were baking, why note bake a cake as well? So I picked the cranberry walnut cake.
My Little Helper and I strolled into BWY, and discovered a baker's heaven. Wow! So many different varieties, from cake decorations, to candles, to different flour (some I never heard off), to condiments, to baking equipments and cupcakes, etc and there was a beehive of people - mostly women, everyone looked like a pro there, except for silly me holding a recipe book, looking blur trying to find ingredients and dragging a little girl with me. There were men there as well, but I guess they are sent there by the mrs.
Thaipusam 20th January 2011
So this morning, we all baked. The two junior bakers, mummy and daddy. Last night before I closed my eyes, I suddenly remembered I didn't have a weighing scale, but thank God for an aunt who stayed nearby who lent hers to me this morning.
Vic was initially upset, I guessed because she didn't get to be fully involved and had to share the responsibilities with William who was equally excited. But after some pap talk, she was ok. Guess we just had to separate their jobs.
Here are the results. Cookies turned out well, although rather big but taste good. Cake is very dry, maybe mixed it too long but someone please enlighten me.
Look at his "forced" smile... dunno where he learn this from.
The little bakers
The cookies piled up for cooling down. 
Eh, why got earthquake on the cake? 
After cooled down, I packed them into cookie containers. Only that, these are neither bought nor for sale (amateur still...)
2 comments:
NICE !! The cranberries also bought from BWY? I baked last year...this year....still to decide.
Cranberries were not available at BWY and they told me to come back two days later. I bought these from Chang Tung a few doors away
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