This year, having a bit of time on hands and feeling adventurous, I baked mummy a cake on Mother's Day. Yes, really. You don't believe me?
Here's the proof
I wasn't sure if the cake is edible, so I did my best to pretty it up :) It's all about packaging. I'm a huge believer of that.
We didn't get to taste the cake on that day as we went out for a dinner celebration. However, upon checking, feedback has it that the entire cake was devoured the very next day and declared yummilicious.
Ok.. ok, if you really must know, my first attempt a week before was a sort of failure. The cake is great but my chocolate frosting has lumps of sugar that didn't melt! I still have leftover in my fridge as my daily breakfast.
I chucked that recipe and used another one after spending a bit more time on research i.e. reading lots of comments on recipes posted online and even watched a few step-by-step guide from YouTube. Well, I had time, didn't I?
The chocolate ganache I made to frost the cake turned out delicious. I had a bit to spare after pouring over the cake for Mum. AND.. today, I made some chocolate truffles out of it.
It is surprisingly simple to make, although I only attempted the plain basic ones.
I do realized they are not round since I do not have a melon baller or a small ice-cream scoop for the task and had to resort to using my hands to roll. But they are originally supposed to be mis-shaped rounds and rolled in cocoa powder to look like real truffle fungus with 'dirt' that grows around the roots of trees. That's as much as I learned from my research.
Since I have very little chocolate ganache left, I only managed to make about 15 small little truffles. Not enough to share with the neighbours, but enough for a simple snack or refreshments.
I've also been juicing our own fresh juices recently and thought that would make a good compliment to the chocolate truffles.
Oranges, apples and lemons = an unbelievably sour juice = hubby's fav
Tadaaa... Refreshment is ready to be served.
Yes, again, presentation is important! Haha..
I realized the missing 'l' on chocolates and have since added that in but lazy to re-snap another photo
I had this ready anticipating hubby to return home, but instead found out that he'll be home late today. So here I am, to kill a few hours, sharing with you my creation. My most up-to-date post of my life so far.
Well, don't get your hope high, this is as far as my culinary skills will ever take me.
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