Party Party Parties ..

It's been a while since i last hit the club ..

and i really enjoyed my long weekend for once haha..
i know i'm working a little too hard
so , i should at least party hard as well right ? lol ..
yes! ... anyway hope i'm not to late to post these photos up ! :)

Miu miu i love this pic very much !

cam whoring ... ^^

cam whoring .. :p

god ! my face so red like lobster ! bleah .

peek a boo .. sherlyn ?

too bad i didn't manage to take a full length shot of sherlyn
cuz i think she look great that nite !

Love auston ( middle ) company's too !

We love parties ! whee...

Isn't it awesome to
have the right company for parties? :)


on a side note :
it's halloween again !
time flies and what we will be this year ?
make a guess ? lol ..
how about u ?

this is us in halloween 2007 !

see ya guys & let's have fun in halloween 2008 ! :P

Bake that stress away ..

It's now past 12 midnight

and you have no clue how the weekend passed by so quickly
like a gust of wind ..
merely few hours gone and suddenly realize today is already tuesday !
gosh .. i had a real bad day at work again ..
& the stress is seriously killing me ..

baking a cake is my perfect remedy for the monday morning syndrome !

Ingredients

1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp flour
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
5 tbsp chilled butter

cake batter

2 cups raspberries, fresh or frozen (not thawed)
2 cups plus 2 tsp all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar
grated zest of half a lemon
3/4 stick (6 tbsp) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 eggs, room temperature
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk

For crumbs topping :

pulse flour, salt and sugars. Cut butter into 1/4-inch cubes and add to the flour mixture. Pulse until the butter is pea-sized and coated with flour. Do not let the dough come together in a ball. Set aside at room temperature.

For cake :

sift all purpose flour and combine baking powder , soda , salt , vanilla extract , buttermillk ..
follow by eggs , butter , sugar , zest of lemon and lastly chopped raspberries

Scrape the batter into the buttered pan/ tin and smooth the top gently with the spatula. Pull the crumb mix from the refrigerator and scatter over the batter.

Bake at 350 F for about 40 minutes, or until the crumbs are golden and thin knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean

Transfer the cake to a rack and cool just until it is warm
or until it reaches room temperature.

and i topped the cake with fresh raspberries .. =)

featuring my baking of the day ..

raspberry crumb cake

This is another one of those Monday morning cakes that puts a smile on my face. Moist cake batter topped with crispy crumble dough… After tasting this cake, I seriously consider topping every cake with crumble from now on! ha

alright peeps . thats all for today ..

hope this short & sweet entry brighten your monday too ^^
gonna hit the sack now
i'm prodigiously tuckered out ...
night .... zz Z

It's a Cupcake Sunday !

Today is sunday
yeah ... nothing special
but to me , it is ..
cuz
i'm not working for once ! wheeeee ^^ ...
and
as promise
i'm back here today with a brand new baking entry !


let's check out what i did in the whole afternoon ..

vanilla buttermilk cupcakes with color frosting

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
¼ cup butter, room temperature
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
¼ tsp vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl , beat the butter and sugar together until it looks creamy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla powder and vanilla extracts until mixture is smooth.
Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until almost combined. Add buttermilk and stir, again, until almost combined. Add the rest of the flour and stir until all ingredients are mixed in.
Divide batter evenly into muffin cups.

Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350F, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.

after cupcakes well risen and firm to touch
leave on the rack for about 10 mins before frosting .

Bought decorating color icing from cake mate
for my cupcakes topping ..

it's easy and convenient !

alright ..

My fav, presentation time !

( my messy drawing & handwriting =/ )

i usually plan and design what i want before kick start ..

Mr D back in baking action again ! =)

looking serious lol ..

not easy man ..
pretty much to work on lol ..

Finally done !

presentating my creation for the day

Duncan's Party cupcakes !

ideal for birthday parties , tea party treats , baby shower etc ..

hope this " messy " job of mine score well today =)

alright peeps! that's all for today ..
gonna rest before the brand new week arrives
thou it's new
but a hectic one for me again.. =(
oh well , i shouldn't even complain .. be thankful that i'm not slogging today
if not i won't be able to bake and rest lol ..


had wrote a note to remind myself to smile ( big full smile ^^ ) at the mirror everyday
before i start my day !
maybe you can give a try too .. it works =)

My life has become so routine to date
beside working , i dun have time to engage other activities
hence it explains my lack of posting here ..
but i do enjoy what i'm doing
thou i'm stressed & worn out lately
at least i wont turn my mind inwards again ..

i was always told by people that i'm someone very real
reason , not because i'm good at impressing people
guess i'm just way too lousy & lazy to fake it .
i hate to put on a mask .
my emotions literally write straight on my face
hence i had never succeed in anyway to conceal my feelings .

i used to ramble alot
i used to grumble alot
on the contrary it might affect people around me without knowing
i should be prudent to all
but now
i prefer to take it all by myself
maybe i felt that we should always be responsible for our own deeds
there's always a saying : " you reap what you sow ".
and i would like to remind myself constantly .
i felt a complete change in me now
hopefully for the better . ha
hopefully i smile because i smile ^^
alright . another lesson learned!

there are couple of things that i really wish to do right now .

- have a deep and undisturbed long sleep .
- sunbathing at the beach playing my fav numbers from ibiza or carolina to unwind .
- travel alone to a place where i know nobody for month or so
and back with lots of shopping ! .
- last but not least .. baking ! i miss baking the most
baking therapy always works for me !

hope Mr D will find some time & bake up a storm soon =)
stay tune ! ^^

Captures of moments - punggol

For those who's been following my blog all these while
should know beside baking , duncan has a " huge " flair for photography too

few days back my brother was doing some research and looking for inspiration
for his school project near our area .

and i tag along to " disturb" him .. ^^ hehe..
haha .. not really .. i'm actually his chauffeur for the day ..

who is this ?

my brother! so serious and into his work ..

this is duncan's brother ! kenneth ..
his first appearance in my blog .. ^^
( he gonna kill me if he see this ! ) haha..

cam whoring while my bro doing his " serious business " ! whoop !

oh well ..
i'm actually not there for nothing !
i took an array of photos ..
i seriously enjoy taking nice pictures ..
and these are some of my humble works displaying here today ..
do welcome your honest feedbacks and comments =)

believe or not !
i took all these photos with my digital cam .
so not pro right .. haha
anyway
i'm thinking of getting a SLR camera ..
but i know nothing about it ..
do u have any brands to recommend ?
and things i should look out for ?
please let me know =)

on a side note :
i will be submitting my works to " noise singapore "
under the photography categories .
for details can check out :
http://www.noisesingapore.com/
wish me luck k ! ^^
take care peeps !
lurve ya =)