I made a batch of these cupcakes for the Carbry girls on Monday. The cupcakes were a disaster of sorts- I ran out of cocoa powder, so instead of 3/4 cups, I put in 1/2 cup of cocoa powder only. So to make up for the lesser cocoa taste, I decided to be creative and rolled up my leftover chocolate ganache into chocolate balls and stuck those in the center of the cupcakes. I envisioned a cupcake with a molten chocolate centre. Fat hope, the chocolate ball melted! Luckily though, it made the center of the cupcakes chocolately, which is more than I can say for the rest of the cupcakes. The texture was moist, but the taste was bleh. So I whipped up a chocolate fudge frosting that was TOO SWEET (darn that stupid recipe!). Thankfully though, the sweetness made up for the bland cupcakes and I got raving reviews from them. Phew. See that cupcake at the bottom right hand corner, so oddly sprinkled with chopped hazelnuts? It was a failed attempt on my part to beautify my cupcakes, cause I thought they looked so plain with just the fudge frosting. Should have kept my itchy hands to myself haha.

In the end, I decided to give the remaining cupcakes to a friend, whose cupcake (that I made and he brought home) got stolen from the refrigerator, where he left it. I didn't know it was his birthday the day before, so he thought I had given him a 'birthday cake'! Hahahah talk about coincidence! This picture was taken from his facebook, which he posted up together with a lovely thank you note. It's times like these when I feel that all the effort that I've put into my baking is really so worth it!:)

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"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

 

RIP, Steve Jobs.

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I made the above 2 chocolate delights for my Malaysian friends' housewarming party!:))) Chocolate cupcakes with a chocolate ganache frosting, and chocolate mousse! They were so appreciative of it, and kept gushing over how good it tasted. Such sweethearts<3 So I had a happy happy Saturday!:)))

Labels: chocolate cupcakes, chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse

Hello, I'm Mylene.

I love God, my family, my close friends, chocolate, Nutella, Nugatti, yam paste, Nonya kueh, baking, desserts, crunchy peanut butter, trying out new food places, books, travelling, airplane food, snail mail, vintage anything, medicine, wearing blood-red clothes, The Desiderata, stickers, hearts, making cards and origami, watching comedies, reading mystery/detective novels, playing mystery/detective games, mocha, yoghurt with fruits and muesli, dogs, quirky bags, soft & fluffy towels, pretty lingerie, Christmas, heels I cannot walk in, polka dots, smiles.

I try not to hate on anyone or anything because it's a waste of my time and energy. If I don't like it, I'll either try to change it or just ignore it.

I'm trying to live my life to the fullest, and be the best person that I can be.