lavanderblues

Sunday, May 07, 2006

feeling exceedingly happy now that my Honeycomb cake turned out pretty good for a first try.
I first tried them at Ruth's house, which was so superdelicious that i've been begging for 6 years for the recipe from her mum, but to no avail =P haha. Its my mother's favourite cake too, with the aroma and taste of caramel, and a chewy springy texture. managed to find a recipe online some time ago, and tried to make it today. Had alot of problem making the caramel, esp getting the sugar to melt and burn to just the right colour. For awhile i kept getting back dry white stuff which was probably just hydrated sugar crystals left behind after the water boiled dry. Frustrating, and i ended up pouring off the first lot. Then my mum came along and cooked a pot of nice brown caramel, though just slightly burnt =S haha. but still better than nothing. so happy that the cake turned out with the little tunnels and holes as you can see there, which gives it its name. Shall have to perfect the caramel making skills so that it'll be more tasty and fragrant.

lin~*
2:50 pm