Trial and error

When I was studying for Exam 5, there were all these things that came into my mind that I thought of doing after exam. However, after exam, I did not really do much except for some reading and relaxing. Luckily, one thing that I managed to do was to bake some cakes. Some of them turned out ok while others might do better with a bit of adjustment. Here are the results from some recipes that I tried out:

1) Pandan Chiffon Cake (click here for recipe)

I baked the pandan cake for one of the Malaysian potluck. Taste wise, it was alright but the cake didn't rise as much as it should. Huey Shann and I thought that it might be due to the fact that I did not use a tube pan.

2) Tiramisu (click here for recipe)

I have been craving for tiramisu and hence I decided to try making tiramisu for the second time. I found a new recipe and thought that I would succeed this time....However, the cake was not as good as I expected. This time, I used too much of coffee and the bottom layer was kind of "flooded" and the cream became too runny. I think the recipe is alright and hopefully I would do better in my 3rd attempt :)

3) Carrot cake (click here for recipe)

Last Wednesday, I tried baking a carrot cake to bring it to our annual department picnic. I added a little more cinnamon then the quantity shown on the recipe and used one instead of two lime for the frosting. I am pretty happy with the taste of the cake.

Now that I started studying, I don't know when would be the next time that I would be in the mood of baking.