Soooo.... how are y'all doin'?
Yeeeahhh...It has been a while. More like 3 months and 9 days but hey, who's counting?
Well jokes aside, it was a very hectic semester. I usually bake at least once during the semester but did not get the time to. So, when exams were over, I just had to bake something. My aunt came down to Singapore about 2 months ago and I asked her to get me a red velvet cupcake mix. I don't know what it is about me and red velvet - I am just so keen to find out more about this not-that-mysterious-over-hyped cake. Yes, I know I can do it from scratch and it does taste better but I am lazy time to time (fine, all the time) and I want to make something with a bit of satisfaction and tiny bit of hard work thus I use cake mix. Don't judge.
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| Duncan Hines - Apparently a stranger recommended it to my aunt in the store. Thank you stranger. |
This cake mix is different from many others I have used before. It includes frosting! Well, let me talk about the frosting later.
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| Pastry Bag included! |
Okay - this cake mix is crazy bright red. I have made red velvet many times before and I have never been able to get the perfect red that this red velvet cupcake mix does. It's crazy! The moment I added in the water, it was like as if it was the Plague of Blood and Moses dipped his staff into the bowl and turned it into blood. Perhaps that comparison was a tad extreme, but you get my point: It was really red.
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| Oil, Eggs and Water - Yup...alot of hardwork... |
I thought I should be innovative and change up the recipe a bit. I added these Hershey's Chocolate buttons into the cupcake mix. I know...It's like as if I have learnt how to stop time.
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| Pardon the blurriness, getting used to mah new Samsung Galaxy S4 ! |
Well here are the baked results:
I have learnt a very important lesson from this cake mix. Never use powdered frosting mix. The cake was not bad - I would say it was moist and fluffy. The frosting, however, was bad. I'd rather make my cream cheese frosting the next time when I am not lazy and have $6 to buy 227g of Philadelphia's Cream Cheese block. Regardless, I still piped the cream cheese frosting and also added some sprinkles for some.
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| My dear cousin's 'artistic' piping skills |
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| My other cousin's piping - well, she doesn't know when to let go, clearly. #poopcake |
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| My piping. Sigh. Of course, the picture must turn out blurry. |
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| SPRINKLESSSS |
Apart from my baking entry, what can I say about my life? It has been good. Although I had a pretty hectic semester, it was not so bad (and people say I am not open about my life more! Ha!)
Well adios! Hopefully I will squeeze in a couple more baking/cooking entries before school starts in January 2014.
Good Night(:
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