Pineapple tart and Kueh Lapis with Oriton School

Took up a Groupon Deal earlier on with Oriton School to learn how to make Kueh Lapis and Pineapple tarts. 

Thought it was a pretty good deal at $55 pax and being so ambitious, I was telling WC that I can make them for CNY next year already. MUAHAHAHA.

First disappointment when we head down to the learning centre :(

It was located at Redhill, one of the blocks in the Employment and Employability Institute. For a moment, we feel like we are trying to get some training to get a job!

Excited us while waiting for the course to start!

The materials were pre-prepared to work in fours. 

Doesn't feel that hard, just 敲敲打打. But to do 9 layers is tiring enough, let alone 18 layers we were supposed to do. 

Me: Chef, our kueh lapis failed leh.

Chef: You never baked long enough. Other groups also never fail. *Continue with Candy Crush*

Me: Chef, I checked. Every group fail.

Chef: Orh. Next time just bake longer lo. *Continue with Candy Crush*

Diaooooooz.

We continued with Pineapple Tart.
See how focused these 贤妻良母 are? 

My group was totally drained by the time we reached the 9th layer. Hahaha.

The candy crush chef =_=

Our final product :)

  

Despite the failed Lapis, it was a pretty enjoyable experience.

Maybe should try out other lessons again!

Dinner with the gang after that.
Looooong time since we last met!

But it's as funny as ever, especially with our dear Mr Thong, "interrogating" him on his love life. LOL.

Dinner was done at Skinny Pizza.
My first time trying (suaku I know) but it was really good! 

Old School Midautumn

It was the midautumn last Sunday but it was a quiet affair for us since my family doesn't have the culture of celebrating such festivals together. WC was down with a flu resting at home so sis and I decided to do some "baking" ourselves!

Don't we agree we all like to buy/ make moincakes but not many people like to eat them?
I am one such person. Hahaha.

It's actully pretty simple to make a mooncake especially the snowskin kind cos it doesn't requires baking.
And since mummy got a pack of pre-mixed flour and lotus paste from Phoon Huat, baking becomes as easy as 1-2-3!

These are all we need!

 

We only used half the portion and we got about 36 pieces. To make the mini ones, we used about 25g of dough and paste respectively.
Pretty?

WC got better and we decided to go for a mini celebration together!

No hustle and bustle for us this year since it was pretty late before I got my lazy butt off the bed.

A simple dinner before heading for our old school celebration :)

I love playing with candles!

Happy us with the lanterns!

I got bored while waiting for waiting for WC to light up the rest of the lanterns...

And we started going crazy with the camera..

Guess what is this?

And you light up my life ♥

Pretty lanterns!

Goodnite world! :)

Mini Hot-Dog buns

My hands were itching to bake again but I was feeling so lazy. Till I saw the hot dog bun recipe on Jessica's blog. Cos she said it was EASY. haha.

It was a pretty simple and fun recipe. I changed the recipe for 16 to 12 instead.

Why easy? Cos you just knead all the ingredients together till you get a ball of dough!

After 20minutes...

I don't know if I got it right cos it is not the fluffy white bread I expected it to be. WC said that since it is a recipe from allrecipe.com, it can be those crispier rock bun! He makes it sounds so reasonable that I am beginning to think I got it right! Hahaha. Anyways, since those who tasted quite like it, it shouldn't be too bad! :)

Rainbow cake

How can anyone not feel happy looking at these pretty colours?

I decided to make a rainbow cake for danjakk as a surprise gift to celebrate her last single's birthday. WC and I started on our little baking experiment and I would say it is the most tiring and challenging recipe I had attempted so far!

It sounds simple while researching for recipes on the internet. Basically make a sponge cake, split it into 6 portion and mix your desired colours (this has got to be our favourite part) and send it into the oven for baking. Slap some buttercream in between the layers of cakes and then spread a thick layer on the exterior before sprinkling some colourful rice balls!

(Take note: You really have to make sure your cakes are leveled to prevent your sponge cakes from splitting into two!)

And after 4 hours of baking, it is finally done! :D

Followed the recipe on the ladyironchef's blog. I personally do not really fancy the buttercream cos I find it too buttery for my liking. However the satisfaction from this cake definitely comes from the responses of your friends.

"What's this?"

*cut the cake*

"Woo , WAHHHH RAINBOW LEH! So pretty!" 

See what I mean? :)

I also found an alternative to the rainbow cake and thought this looks prettier and more unique. Don't you think so?

Not going to to try a rainbow cake again this week so I am going to attempt some mini rainbow cupcakes for my colleagues and friends instead! Hope it works out better and less tiring than baking a rainbow cake! Till then :)