Dark and Evil

I am, of course, talking about the Blackout Cake. It contains more than 1.5kg of chocolate in a single cake. Hmmmm, utterly sinful.

That was what I was up to all weekend. I baked a cake for my dear husband's birthday. Yeah, since he specifically mentioned that he did not want any presents for his birthday, typical of his stingy nature. So, I decided, instead of ordering him a birthday cake (which our condo's developer has already done), I will bake him a cake.

I spent last week pouring through recipe books looking for an easy cake to make, it is after all my FIRST attempt at baking a whole cake. I have never tried baking a cake because seriously it looks like hard work. Cookies and tarts are so much more friendly. Anyways, decided on the blackout cake, recipe courtesy of DC, my baking sister. Not to say that she is always inside the oven but she is the baking enthusiast in the family.

I made a very mini cake, being not so sure of my baking skills and I thought frosting shoul dgo easier. I am actually most afraid of messing up the frosting. Turns out that baking a cake really is hard work and the frosting is really the hardest part of the cake too. I had to make the Ganache frosting twice cos I burnt the chocolate during the first attempt. I discovered that to effectively manouver the frosting, you need to go all out and slap loads of frosting on the cake to smoothen out the crumbly uneven surface of the cake. However, a novice cake maker will benefit from a few tries.

Below are the pictures of the cake. I can only safely post it now since it is meant to be a surprise for hubby but since he is on an internet free plane on the way back to Singapore at this moment, I think it is safe to post now. I made an extra cake cos there were lots if leftover batter.

I have not really tasted it yet but I hope it is not too bad.

{Unfrosted Cake}

{Ron's Cake}

{Detail on Top}

{Other Cake}

{Detail on Top}

Scripture Reading: Judges 17-19

Scripture Reading: Judges 12-16

Scripture Reading: Judges 9-11

Scripture Reading: Judges 6-8

Scripture Reading: Judges 3-5

Invisible “sssssssssssss”

got my computer back but my "s" are all gone. Apparently, it is not working and my goodness, it sucks......sorry for using that word but it does really s**** very badly. So how am I able to type this without my "s", some will wonder. That is because I had to steal a colleague's keyboard to type this.......hopefully, the guy at Funan is able to fix it without having me to buy a new keyboard.

Scripture Reading: Joshua 21-23

Crying over spilled coffee.....

Yep, no use crying over spilled coffee. Reason for the lack of posts is because my laptop was totally destroyed on Thursday. I spilled a whole cup of coffee on my precious white color Toshiba laptop......

It was not entirely my fault but definitely partially. As usual, I started the day by turning on my laptop and checking email. Then I went to the pantry to brew myself a "wake me up" coffee. I don't take coffee everyday, mind you. Anyways, I always place the coffee beside my laptop cos that is the most logical place to put it. After which, my colleague called me over to her desk because she had computer problems (which turned out not to be a problem after all). Anyways, I got a call before I fixed the "non" problem and my laptop was already swimming in my freshly brewed HOT coffee and it had probably been flooded for a good 5 mins before anyone noticed.

URGH! It turns out that I had placed a file on my shelf but it was not balanced properly on the shelf and it finally succumbed to gravity, fell off the shelf which in turned knocked the coffee mug and spilled a WHOLE mug of coffee on my laptop.

I quickly picked up my laptop, tried to drain whatever coffee I can and took it for repair on Friday. Those dear people at Funan fixed my laptop and I got it back today. HURRAY.

Scripture Reading Thursday: Joshua 4-6
Scripture Reading Friday: Joshua 7-9
Scripture Reading Saturday: Joshua 10-12
Scripture Reading Sunday: Joshua 13-17
Scripture Reading Monday: Joshua 18-20