Happy Valentine's!
I made some little red velvet truffles and cupcakes ♥
And also some specially designed red velvet cakelets : Sachiel the third Angel (from Evangelion) !
I thought of making chocolate initially but was inspired by the idea of Angel's from a friend (follow her here: Chiaki's Blog). Since this is also an all-time favourite series since childhood of a friend, I've decided I could make some white cookies/cakelets in the shape of some Angels; and red velvet became my choice! Red velvet: the red inner flesh and blood of the Angel...oopss sounds more like Halloween? ;D
Red velvet cake + truffle + white chocolate + Evangelion = appropriate, perfect for Valentine's!
Lovely Orire (Pullip Ayanami Rei) modelled with these lovely cakelets! ♥
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Just some basic red velvet cake ingredients to batter~ But I think I added a little too much cocoa powder? Coz the colour turned out to be darker lol
Make some cream cheese frosting while the cakes are having a sauna in the oven ~
One part for a whole cake, another saved for some cupcakes~
Cupcakes are done for now; but cakelets and truffles are not!
Crumble the whole cake~
Mix the crumbled cake with the prepared frosting~
Roll into tiny balls (for truffles), roll and shape into Sachiel shape (for the Sachiel cakelets)!
Not very neat work :P And they look more like meatballs, no?
Place them into the fridge to harden about 2 hours~
Melt some white chocolate melts in double boiler.
Cover the truffles and cakelets with the melted chocolate, and let them to set!
Before the chocolate sets, just add some decorations for some love!
And ta-da~!
Red Velvet Truffles ♥
and Cupcakes~
For someone special who loves Evangelion, and who brought me to like this epic series too; Sachiel the third Angel as red velvet cakelets ! ♥
Was supposed to use chocolate chips as the eyes, but I've forgot to buy them DX
Heart-shapes work well anyway lol
This is how it looks like inside! Gore-y, red and fleshy isn't it? ♥
My white chocolate coating doesn't look very nice but presentable, and most importantly tastes yummy and feel loved! :'D
Labels: Cooking, food, homemade, My Kitchen, My Laboratory, Work in Progress
Spring Festival is just around the corner; oops I mean tomorrow!
Happy Lunar New Year!
Not like I really care actually lol, and right now I am away from home, which makes me don't really feel the 'festivity'. The only thing that makes me care about the Spring Festival is my family and I really miss them :(
What I miss are cookies and the food my Mom cook for this season! And I cant have them D: I can buy some similar cookies and ingredients from Chinatown though, but meh, don't have the time to do all of this.
Well, but I still want to bake something! Love baking although I am not a good baker ;P
So I managed to squeeze some time to bake one of my favourite cookies, Peanut Cookies! These addictive cookies are buttery-soft, crumbly and full with peanut goodness. I have plans for other snacks as well, but still haven't had the time to get the ingredients. And since I managed to get some yummy unsalted peanuts off the nearby grocery shelves, it was viable to make Peanut Cookies. I have basically all the other ingredients needed at home in my Laboratory (kitchen) :D
I just googled up some recipes but didnt follow the amounts they specified. Just took a gist of the basic ingredients. Note, this is my first attempt making peanut cookies ;;
Unsalted peanuts
Plain flour
Icing sugar
Butter as shortening
Salt
Sunflower oil (my own choice since that's the only oil I have in my Laboratory other than Olive Oil, Truffle Olive Oil and Vegetable Oil...)
Egg
Frying the peanuts~
Flecks of brown appeared~
Blend to pulverize~
I used blender coz I dont have mixer/processor D: Scary ... but it works! Then again, never try doing this using $15 blender! Use a high powered and reliable blender to blend such food if you are planning to use blender.
Mix all dry ingredients~
looks like marble*
No pictures of mixing with oil and butter :P
Roll out cookies and decorate with a half-peanut! Glaze with beaten egg!
Peanut babies~
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And out from Oven!
Golden brown peanut babies ...!
This recipe is so unhealthy lol. But I thought this was only once in awhile occasion I would make this cookie, so it's alright. I have even stop having peanut butter on my bread.
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Ta-da! Ghetto photoshoot!
Coffee doesnt really fit in here, but I am just showing off what I have used to contain my cookies in! Yup, in that airtight and empty coffee tin!
And they actually turned out quite yummy! I am proud of myself haha
Wishing you a wonderful celebration and prosperous and healthy year ahead ~*
Yummies into the mouth~!
Labels: Cooking, food, homemade, My Kitchen, My Laboratory
I was and am never a good baker, but I still love baking ;_;
Bake every now and then, and here, another midnight baking!
Because I feel like baking. Feel like cake *
I used lite soy milk instead of dairy milk for the batter~
Some soft lemon cake to enjoy at midnight~ Don't feel like icing now, so no icing (｡・・｡)
Yummy~
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Side note, the Lunar New Year is approaching soon and I have yet to prepare any snacks for the festive season! D: I really want to bake some festive snacks. Hopefully I will have some time to buy the ingredients I need from Asian grocery stores!
Labels: Cooking, food, My Kitchen, My Laboratory
