ahh....cakes. ♥
Personally, I think making cakes is the best! ...and no, not some old boxed cake from the market, but a cake that takes preparation and time. Those complicated cakes (or crazy cakes as me and my sister call them) make me the happiest when baking. Crazy as it sounds, I do enjoy using all my time and energy for the day just to complete a one single dessert. But i do enjoy those simple 1 hour cakes here and there.
cookies!!!
although I enjoy baking cakes more, I honestly think that cookies are the more perfect dessert. they are the epitome of my happiness. ahh yes. these bite sized, hand-sized, but not-so-small-in-flavor sized dessert that never gets old. it can fits anyone's taste; for the more mature palates, the deliciously (finicky) French Macarons! <3 (i have yet to perfect a batch due to their ever-so finicky nature.....but i am trying!!!!!!!) >.< to the lovely classic, the chocolate-chip cookies (i still remember the first time I made those cookies... no the first time i ever baked; that was during the Christmas of 2008, and I baked a dozen batches that day with my sister.) I guess i am a bit biased since I most likely see cookies in a romanticized light--I love my grandmother, and she always baked cookies when I was young (I always looked forward to licking the cookie dough off the beaters! :P) hohoho. I might still be naive about the world of desserts, but my opinion now stands, that the best medicine on a sad day is a glass of cold milk and warm cookies.
although I enjoy baking cakes more, I honestly think that cookies are the more perfect dessert. they are the epitome of my happiness. ahh yes. these bite sized, hand-sized, but not-so-small-in-flavor sized dessert that never gets old. it can fits anyone's taste; for the more mature palates, the deliciously (finicky) French Macarons! <3 (i have yet to perfect a batch due to their ever-so finicky nature.....but i am trying!!!!!!!) >.< to the lovely classic, the chocolate-chip cookies (i still remember the first time I made those cookies... no the first time i ever baked; that was during the Christmas of 2008, and I baked a dozen batches that day with my sister.) I guess i am a bit biased since I most likely see cookies in a romanticized light--I love my grandmother, and she always baked cookies when I was young (I always looked forward to licking the cookie dough off the beaters! :P) hohoho. I might still be naive about the world of desserts, but my opinion now stands, that the best medicine on a sad day is a glass of cold milk and warm cookies.
iya~! Pastries….
I haven't done pastries as much as I've done the others, but i can make a decent pie dough! ....but, I am still scarred by my one true experience with pastries. hehehe. I have attempted puff pastry once....twice. I just can't take a hint. :P it was a big, buttery mess--yes, even more so than an episode of Paula Deen's show on Food Network. In between folding, rolling, and panicking the butter block into the dough, I managed to produce a puff pastry.....sort of.... BUT that didn't stop me! i tried again, and it turned out all right!!!!! it took me 8 hours although......so i won't be trying that again, unless I am fully prepared for the buttery monster. Aside from that anecdote, I still do want to pursue recipes that involve pastry dough, but unfortunately cannot commence till I buy the awesome tart shells from Wilton! ^_^
I haven't done pastries as much as I've done the others, but i can make a decent pie dough! ....but, I am still scarred by my one true experience with pastries. hehehe. I have attempted puff pastry once....twice. I just can't take a hint. :P it was a big, buttery mess--yes, even more so than an episode of Paula Deen's show on Food Network. In between folding, rolling, and panicking the butter block into the dough, I managed to produce a puff pastry.....sort of.... BUT that didn't stop me! i tried again, and it turned out all right!!!!! it took me 8 hours although......so i won't be trying that again, unless I am fully prepared for the buttery monster. Aside from that anecdote, I still do want to pursue recipes that involve pastry dough, but unfortunately cannot commence till I buy the awesome tart shells from Wilton! ^_^
oh my bread.
you know that feeling you get when you first hold a baby in your hands after giving birth? well i know... and haha. i've never been pregnant before (unlike some kids these days) and obviously never given birth--well not literally. I am talking about the feeling of holding dough after it rises. It is like a newborn baby that you have created yourself.....since you did feed the yeast, and knead the dough yourself. ^_^ it is so magical to me that from such a simple process, a whole myriad of breads are created...with different tastes and textures. ahh. i love bread. especially sweet Asian breads. but my favorite bread of all time is the french baguette. it is the perfect bread--crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, with both a sweet and slightly sour taste....almost like the smell of fermenting. hohoho. bread is a staple of life; it always was, and will always be. :D
you know that feeling you get when you first hold a baby in your hands after giving birth? well i know... and haha. i've never been pregnant before (unlike some kids these days) and obviously never given birth--well not literally. I am talking about the feeling of holding dough after it rises. It is like a newborn baby that you have created yourself.....since you did feed the yeast, and knead the dough yourself. ^_^ it is so magical to me that from such a simple process, a whole myriad of breads are created...with different tastes and textures. ahh. i love bread. especially sweet Asian breads. but my favorite bread of all time is the french baguette. it is the perfect bread--crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, with both a sweet and slightly sour taste....almost like the smell of fermenting. hohoho. bread is a staple of life; it always was, and will always be. :D
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