Bye Bye Sydney

Will be leaving for HK for the next 3 weeks... so be prepared for lots of blogs about the different eats and wacky things from the east!

:)

ahem

Sorriness

Hi all, sorry for the lack of blogs (for the many past months :| hehehe)

i'm currently examming and so the long cramming hours in the library have daunted upon me, but i'm on holidays from next week and will be jetting off to HK next weekend so i promise i will blog more! :)

till next time

kiki :)

Spunky the beagle

Pure Awesomeness

Meet Spunky, the 4.5 month old, hyperactive beagle. Unfortunately, she's not mine but my friend's but don't you think that she's the cutest puppy ever?!?!



She's one of the most playful puppies that i've ever met. She pretty much chews on anything that she can sink her teeth into (but i think that can be forgiven considering that she's still only young :)) and chases nearly everything that moves. Although her curiosity does get the better of her at times (like walking into glass windows >_<), her persistence to smell and sniff her way into the world has been truly awesome to watch ;). Can't wait till i get my own puppy....someday :)

I <3 Spunky! :)



you gotta love those ears... hehehee~

Green Tea Cupcakes with White Chocolate Ganache

Recently a workmate of mine celebrated her birthday and the ever so difficult task of shopping for a present began to daunt upon me D: and so instead i decided to make cupcakes!

This was the first time i made these green tea cupcakes and they turned out surprisingly well! They seem child-like cause they are cupcakes but as you bite into them the 'adulty' taste of green tea hits you. And so, i was pretty pleased with them, if i like to say so myself! haha Everyone seemed to enjoy them on the day of the celebration so that was a bonus! lol The most funniest thing (i thought) was when my boss called them healthy... hmmmm i don't think so, but what the heck!



This is pretty easy to make and will work with any buttercake recipe, all you need to do is add some extra green tea (matcha) powder! You can usually find matcha powder in your local asian grocery stores. Probably depends on which brand and where you buy it, but i bought a 50g tin for about 6 bucks... whether that is cheap or expensive, i'll leave that for you to decide! :)

Green Tea Cupcakes with White Chocolate Ganache

90g Butter, softened
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup self raising flour
1/2-1 tablespoon green tea powder
2 tablespoon milk
100g white chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons thickened cream

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
2. Beat butter, vanilla, sugar, flour, eggs and milk in a small bowl with an electric mixer on low until combined. Add green tea powder and mix until there is an even green colour throughout the mixture
3. Divide mixture among cases
4. Bake large cakes for about 25mins and small cakes for 20mins (this depends on your oven, so just keep checking the cupcakes whilst cooking!)
5. Turn cakes to wire rack to cool
6. Whilst your cupcakes are cooling make the white chocolate ganache by melting the white chocolate with the thicken cream in a bowl over a water bath
7. Pour ganache onto the cupcakes and then place in the fridge to allow the ganache to set

Happy birthday Swiky! :D

Welcome! :)

Welcome to la di da dar~

The blog for food review and recipes, random daily findings in life and the quirky things that i come across (and think is worth sharing! :D )

This is my first blog so bare with me whilst i figure out the wonderful world of blogging! hehe :D

Till next time!

Kiki