November 30, 2009
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cupcake journal (vol. 1)
so i tried to start making cupcakes.... well, all i can say is a series of failures
well, you learn from failures right? here's what i've learned:1. you HAVE to modify cake recipes for cupcake sizes. when the recipes call for a certain temperature and bake time, it was meant for a 9" round pan or something of that sort, and when you use the same temperature and time to bake the cupcakes, you'll get something really crispy and shall i call it burnt.
2. there are more arts and skills to baking than i imagine. things aren't as easy as i suppose them to be. beating eggs w/ sugar until the mixture is "steady" and "guai" is not that easy....
3. you have to care about baking to bake. my first two tries basically i just let them be. i put the cakes in oven and i went to play piano until the timer sounded.... i had no regard whether the cakes would come out ok or not. and needless to say, they both failed. the third time i prayed and i checked on them occasionally to make sure they're ok... and it turned out pretty good.
4. creativity is an extension of imitation. i fancy creativity and wanted to "make my own invention", but quickly realized that i really should have just made something easier and copied someone else's recipe before i make my own stuff.
anyways~ so, fight on! well, after 3 consecutive tries over the thanksgiving weekend, i kinda wanna give up on baking cupcakes
my co-worker saw me today and said she baked some cupcakes over the weekend too and her husband basically ate everything (whoa....) so she gave me the recipes today. and here's a website that has really cool cake ideas! http://www.bakerella.com/
Comments (4)
hang in there ann!!!! it just takes some more practice
awesome website by the way. very inspirational!!!
I have a question: "why don't you seek some suggestions from Eugine instead of struggling by yourself?" At least your point 1-3 can be easily learned from him. Of course, #4 is all up to yourself :p
well.. he's really busy lah. i haven't seen him for a while now... and so i don't wanna bug him if i don't need to....
oh ann dont stress yourself out too much...cooking should be fun! and theraputic as well (i bake when i am stressed out; it takes up so much time ;]) if you are anything like me, i need to feel inspired in order to bake; otherwise the end result is always disastrous. anyway, i think your previous cupcake showings are great~practice makes perfect and one day you will get by with anything you make! (ok maybe not for baking. but who knows. we fuss on appearance over taste sometimes)