Saturday// DIY// Baking
Just a random Saturday without Bf's presence. He has to stay in with the recruits for their rifle training and this allowed me to spend some bonding time with the mum. I bought her to Ikea for lunch so as to look for my baking equipments.
Haven't had IKEA food for long and yeah, I finally ordered my favourite IKEA meatballs. I love how "self-service'' it provides at IKEA eatery. All you need is to push a cart with trays and followed the line to order the food that you want. There are different stations for you to stop by to grab and go.
Their service was up to notch. My food was served in less than 5 minutes upon ordering from the staffs. It was piping hot and smell so delicious. My mouth was drool of saliva while queuing at the cashier counter.
One may want to try their dessert there. I had this butterscotch cake which taste perfectly. Its chocolate coated with almond and hazelnuts and their soft base was crunchy, a slight of caramel can be found in here.
Back home to start my mission. I planned to surprise the boy which was stuck in the camp and there went by baking cakes for him, hoping those sweet treats could keep him going.
No prizes given to those who have guessed correctly on what I am baking for him. 6 vibrant colours would let you think of? RAINBOW CAKE! That's right, I challenged myself to make ombre cake in a jar for him.
Time wasted on this as I took 6 hours of my time to finish my finished cakes. It wasn't easy to wait for the cake to rise, for it to cool down before you can cut into the shape out. Many efforts needed to complete a perfect jar!
TADA, this was my first attempt work but I don't really like it as it is hard to scoop the cake out so I tried another method by doing it as a cupcakes.
After each cupcakes were baked, i cut the whole slice into half and place one cake at the time into the jar.
The finished product which every single colour that was decked top to top in the jar. Just add in a little decoration to spice up the whole dessert.
I did 24 roses of ferror rocher for his birthday gift. 24 has its own meaning. It represents "You're always on my mind. Stand for the twenty-four hours of the day, and say that the loved one is thought of during every hour of the day.'' This is all dedicated to him.
Till then.
