cupcakes, csi and lip balm - in no specific order.
hello. i'm not dead yet! surprise surprise.
anyway, my cousin went back to KL today. she arrived on wednesday, and guess what we did on the same day. yes, we baked cupcakes again. this time though, we baked it, urm... to welcome back grissom and sara. CSI season 9. its first episode premiered yesterday in america. hurray...?
*errr... sorry, was just unwillingly giving in to my cousin's imaginary demands that i type that*
did i mention that she has a really unhealthy obsession with CSI? especially when it concerns the relationship between gilbert grissom and sara sidle? no? okay, so now you know. now... where was i? oh. cupcakes. yes, we made mint chocolate cupcakes.
gossip girl-esque shot. just ignore that... cacat-looking hand.
creaming the butter and sugar was hard enough. we already felt like bursting into flames when it came to mixing the eggs and flour in. and besides, the weather wasnt really helping our predicament.
this. part. was. torture. first, i had to carve out those letters in the icing. then, i had to so painstakingly fill those crevices with molten chocolate while dearest Sara sat there, scrutinising my efforts. she said it had to be perfect. and the saddest part? i didnt even get to eat any of those big cupcakes! boohoo.
they look kinda childish, dont they?but hey, who cares when they taste so abso-fcking-lutely fabulous!
it must hurt not to be able to eat any of these really yummy cupcakes. bwahaha~these cupcakes had to be the best we've ever made. Sara said it. and of course, i did so too. We're not being biased whatsoever, ok? even my aunt(Sara's mum) agreed; she ate two - or three, or four - which is considered A LOT. seriously, it was mind-blowing heaven on earth. well, at least for the time when it was in our mouths. after that, it was back to worrying about how we were going to sustain ourselves amidst this stupid economic crisis.
okay, i was joking about that last part.
okay, i was joking about that last part.
yesterday, i spent the whole afternoon trying to perfect the formula for semi-solid lip balm. you see, i suffer from chapped lips frequently. two of my friends do too, and boy, are their lips flaky. flakier than a rabbit with eczema. so i thought, why dont i make some for them as well? well, about producing that semi-solid lip balm, i failed. they ended up a wee bit too hard, but no worries because they're still perfectly usable. anyway, the ingredients i utilised included cocoa butter, shea butter, organic virgin safflower oil, organic beeswax, peppermint and lavender essential oil. semuanya the best of the best. oh and peppermint, you ask? first cupcakes, now lip balm? hey, i just like to keep the ball rolling sometimes. besides, the peppermint added provides a temporary cooling sensation when applied. cool, right? no pun intended. and btw, i can do all this thanks to my other aunt who's living australia. you get various kinds of materials over there, just to make your own homemade lip balm, soap, shampoo, bla bla bla... all without any preservatives or additives. lovely, aint it? to cap everything off, making or applying lip balm DOES NOT erode a person's masculinity. puh-lease. i tahu how some people think, okay? ...maybe that, or i'm just over-analysing the situation.
12 October 2008 at 10:35
Thanks a lot for using that retarded shot of my hand, LOL.
I wanna bake more! :) top