Wake Up and Smell the Cake

I realise a cupcake and a butter cake recipe should be different after making this cupcake, cos a butter cake will typically separate from the tray and you can just pop it out but you're not supposed to do that with cupcakes. This is by far the best vanilla cupcake I've ever made, with a really pretty bump and super light, perfect for frosting. I've also made a good basic frosting and this time I really used the proper recipe hahaha. My princess has been bugging me DAILY to make princess cupcakes, and I finally got round to it by printing the princess pictures and pasting them on these bamboo sticks which is used for mini kebabs I guess? I did go round looking for ready made cupcake toppers (Robinsons, Toys R Us and Phoon Huat) but they didn't sell. Only found upper half dolls (no clothes) at Robinsons and Phoon Huat but I was lazy to make fondant clothes so no. And Robinsons charged $20 for the pack of 4 dolls, but Phoon Huat charges $12 only! Rip off. I assembl...

I haven't been cooking much for the past few weekends, and yesterday was like a major cookout that compensates for the lack of using the stove. To list everything yesterday just to show how much cooking AND cleaning because we are a family of four that have different menus and many meals: banana cake sausage, tomato omelette fries beef rendang roti kirai, TWICE panko crumb chicken nuggets maggi apple popsicle instant prata nutella bread rolls But at least 1 kid has his appetite back, after a whole week of being sick and week. Also, this *could* be what life will be like if I were a SAHM. Hahahah

Baked for cousin's birthday party, and he requested for a non-chocolate cake. Since I had only key lime in the fridge that can be used for baking, so it's fruity lime zest time! My frosting didn't turn out well, and what I gather from Google is that I overwhipped the cream cheese. Ohwells. I always have a problem with frosting. I think it's high time to STRICTLY follow 1 frosting recipe and stop making agarations. The key lime cake itself was yummy! My daughter likes it too! Won't mind making it again if I have leftover limes. I used yoghurt instead of sour cream cos that's what I have, and it adds to the tangy flavour. Recipe from here Key Lime Cake 1 3/4 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup butter 1 1/4 cup sugar 2 large eggs (I used 2 1/2) 3 tbsp fresh key lime juice 1 tbsp grated lime zest 3/4 cup yoghurt When frosting fails, use sprinkles. HAHA