Itchy hands are back!!

Another fruitful day for me!! Busy busy me made choc cup cakes and "lapis surabaya". Lapis surabaya is quiet different from kueh lapis. Difference is, kueh lapis consist of thousands of layers whereas lapis surabaya is only made out of 3 layers. What i can't believe is i used up 30 egg yolks for this cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eventually you'll understand what i mean after you've tasted it!!



(It does more justice in real life!!)

If you don't mind 30 egg yolks..:) here's the recipe....

Yellow Layer:
20 egg yolks
150g castor sugar
15g sweetened (white) condensed milk
40g plain flour
15g powdered milk
200g margarine, melted

Chocolate Layer:
10 egg yolks
75g castor sugar
1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
20g plain flour
15g cocoa powder
1 tablespoon powdered milk
100g margarine, melted
3 × 22cm square cake tins

Preparation
1. Yellow Layer: Beat egg yolks with castor sugar until thick. Add sweetened condensed milk. Beat evenly. Stop the mixer. Sift the plain flour and powdered milk into the mixture and fold in evenly.

2. Pour in the melted margarine and mix slowly. Pour the batter into two 22 × 22 × 4cm square tins which are greased and lined with baking paper.

3. Repeat the above preparation with the Chocolate Layer by using cocoa powder. Pour into a 22 × 22 × 2cm square tin, greased and lined with baking paper. Put all three tins in a moderate oven and bake until cooked. Remove and cool.

4. Brush the surface of the cakes (only on the bottom two layers I assume) with strawberry jam. Using one of the yellow layer (with jam) as the base, place the chocolate layer on top and place the other yellow layer on top of the chocolate layer.

Then after doin this i made Valrhona chocolate cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting...:)



The blue flowers are molded from fondant. I kind of like the contrast between the cream colour from the frosting and the baby blue.














Li ping and ah keong came over to my house for awhile. I realise i don't really like interuptions while i'm baking. As usual, people who don't bake will ask lots of questions and i also guess i'm not a good teacher. I get agitated easily. Guess what Ah Keong said, " So troublesome bake a cake. Why you don't just go and buy one???"

See what i mean?? Ah keong!!!! It's the sense of pleasure money cannot buy. I guess only people who bake will understand.

Anyway, that night we (Me, jon, Bandi, Megan and Macy) went to changi village for nasi lemak. Queue was not too long. Didn;'t understand why.. but who cares!~!!!! As long as we get our food!!!!! Here;s the photo for you to droll over it!! YUMS!!! (licks spoon!@!!)




Msg to jon: Dear i know you don't like me to bake so much but don't you think it's better for me to bake rather than playing mah jong and shopping????? hee...