lavanderblues

Thursday, February 15, 2007

honeycomb cake

spent the afternoon baking today. 3 honeycomb cakes! for ourselves, the neighbour, and msian relatives. took sooo much time, i got soo tired by the time i trudged to andrew's house to get my stuff at 7plus.

but still, it was a pleasure to stand at the sweltering hot stove, stirring sugar and water until it caramelises and gives off this really gorgeous aroma. and mixing cake batter is always therapeutic, throwing together flour, sugar, egg, butter and in this case, condensed milk too, getting your fingers dirty with sticky gooey goodness. and the happiness when i slice open the steaming hot cake, fresh from the oven and see the pretty holey pattens formed by the baking soda - hence its name; honeycomb cake (indonesians call it Bolu Sarang Semut).

and because i was making such a huge lot of cake, (6x the recipe!), 12 eggs were involved, and i had great fun practicing how to crack them one handedly! and this photo was taken with one hand cracking an egg, and the other holding the camera to take the shot!
talk about multi tasking eh?

lin~*
10:26 pm