Cramming!!!

    Who says we cannot make a cake in 2 1/2 hours? hehe... I had a six inch red velvet cake with 1 dozen of red velvet cupcakes order from a long lost friend who's now currently based in Denmark. I knew it was scheduled to be delivered August 30th but for some reason I really got lost track of time. And so we went on with the day, in fact we had such a ginormous schedule yesterday! Damnit! Doctors appointment for dad and some neuro test for him too... we had our lunch  renewing the car's registration at LTO and got stuck for almost 3 hours because of their down system. Anyways, moving forward, when we were about to have our late lunch.... friend from Denmark texted asking me to send her the pic of the cake... I answered immediately.... "bukas ko pa gagawin" then she texted back and said "tonigh ang party" And I was like "weh" 😊 I started checking for the calendar and because to be honest... we knew all along it'll be for Saturday!!!!!! The heck! I started sipping like huge amount of sip of my very large Bonchon Iced tea... I almost choke! Its almost 4pm and the dinner will start at 7.... and we're still on the road 😞 damnDAMN! With orders cancelled, we headed off to go home.... with trafficc jam as our obstacle and fights in between.... I almost fainted!!! Once parked, I jumped off and ran.... hit the kitchen and preheated the oven! And alas I have no table sugar! Eeeeeer! really Eeeer! good thing this sugar can be bought at a nearby store..... 5pm the cake's hitting the oven! 5:30pm it was the cupcakes turn! woah! it felt like we're contending in Cupcake Wars with limited time to spare.... Hello... Im no PRO yet... I know that! but really at 6:30pm we're finally frosting and decorating! Superb! I was so happy and satisfied with the simple work done!!! 

   Here's our finish product....

   

       Our friend's BFF red velvet cake!

   

my vErsion oF cAramEL cAke

I'm a big fan of Estrel's Caramel Cake that I tried to make my own. It took me a month to finally give it a go. In all honesty, I was no good in making caramel...... maybe because ~bAta pa ako nun 😄 baka kaya ko na~ And so the day was yesterday, 3 in the AM that I suddenly woke up in the middle of my deep sleep, went straight to the kitchen and started to mess with it.... I started creating Chiffon Cake and I simply used the classic recipe, then I decided to give it a try, the CHALLENGE that's been brewing for years now. I browsed the net 5 days ago and was able to find a good recipe wih good reviews. I gave it a try and Surprisingly, I think I nailed it for a first timer. I was or let's say we were all satisfied with the results.... I baked it though to a 6x2½ when the chiffon recipe called for an 8x3.... since I have no other round pan available, the rest of the batter was placed on a loaf pan instead for taste test. It was meant to be shared with my family but ended up consumed only by us..... just the two of us! CARAMEL CAKE slayers!!!!!

Anyways, I've had my fair share of minor mishaps when making the Swiss Meringue Buttercream..... When stupidity strikes!!! I mistakenly placed the egg whites on the bowl that was already placed over a slow simmering water on medium heat.... what do you expect would happen then, it looked like poached egg whites.... argh! I tried separating 2 eggs again and unluckily the second egg, I accidentally break the yolk. I decided to just put the 2 (the whites and the yolk) together for breakfast. I again got 2 eggs nd this time opened a stale egg... well that went straight to the trash... I opened the other one perfectly fone and so the last piece, finally! I whisk the sugar and egg white mixture before placing the bowl on top of the slow simmering water..... I sighed when I realized that why on many hours why at 4 AM that I decided to make this for the first time ~tulog pa diwa ko~ At 7AM I was on my way for my sloppy decoration 😆

Well, there you go my own version of Caramel Cake! And honestly I'll surely make this as often as I want to!!! 👍🎂