I don't really know if this qualifies as baking but it shall for this post. Last week, I celebrated my 21st birthday and one of my good friends, Rosa gifted me with the Happy Kitchen Cake Set. We decided that we should set out to make this cake at 1am.

While making the cake, I was surprised at how nicely everything smelled and turned out. Our decorating skills still need some work but overall I think we did a pretty good job. It also tasted pretty good considering everything was just powder and water. We just wished that the jelly didn't set so fast or they gave us more of the teardrop mould since we had so much jelly left over.

Sorry for the photo spam ... I went a little bit photo happy.

If you know me personally, you would know that I have a love for coffee but I am not that great with dairy products. So to satisfy my coffee cravings without making me run to the toilet, I decided to make some mocha cupcakes since I couldn't really find a coffee cupcakes recipe that appealed to me.

I found the recipe on taste.com.au and can be found here.

Since I did not make the syrup, I can only comment on the actual cupcake batter. The cupcake itself is really nice and moist and has that bitter taste, which is expected. However, I found that the coffee flavour wasn't as strong as I would like so next time I make it, I would definitely put in maybe a half to a full tablespoon extra of instant coffee powder.

This adventure also allowed me to try piping icing for the first time. It wasn't an utter failure but it also wasn't the best but nobody perfects it on the right try. I think I will go and try a bigger piping attachment next time since I used a small attachment bought from Daiso.

Along with the redecorating bug, I have also gotten the baking bug too. Obviously, that means that I will document said baking adventures and post each one on my blog.



Early last week, one of my close friends had her 21st party and I told her that I would bake her cake. With some direction from what she liked, I baked the cake and I am somewhat proud of what I was able to achieve, especially since it was my first time using fondant and icing a cake. Who knows, maybe this will signal my entry into the cake decorating world LOL (trust me, it doesn't).

Vanilla Bean Sponge Cake:

White Chocolate Buttercream:

Icing the cake: