Starting Out My Journey As a Doctor to Be

Thursday, November 12, 2009

of birthdays and cakes

and so the title says it all.

gosh i feel so out of touch. i haven updated my blog for ages now (and then i realize i almost always start every entry with the same introduction =.=). i guess i am just creative that way :) but really, i have made several attempts trying to update my blog through the hospital computer.

hang on a sec, before you start judging me, let me tell u this, whatever i did (or tried to do to be more precise) has no effect on patient care what-so-ever because

firstly, i TRIED uploading photos only after working hour (according to my definition, after work is 8 pm not 5 pm)
secondly, i did so through the one and only computer for AMS students at the clinical science building aka the one and only computer that can access facebook *grin*
thirdly, i was never successful at doing anything anyway

so for all you nervous people out there, no harm was done, no crime committed, i am still a very good person :)

what i am trying to say is that i have wanted to share all this lovely pictures with you since ages ago but i couldn't because it took a while for me to get my internet connected. i know i have a very unique way of expressing myself.

there were 4 consecutive birthdays over the first weekend mum left melbourne. i can't help but shiver when i see the word consecutive - "this series looked at the surgery outcomes of 349 consecutive patients treated by surgery at RMH" - *shiver**shiver**shiversssss* so i decided to face my greatest fear and desensitize myself to that word. there were 4 consecutive birthdays so i bake 3 consecutive cakes in 2 consecutive days. =) i am loving it.

these are what you need to come up with 3 decent birthday cakes

and these, these are what it takes to make ur dreams reality.

i am serious

first thing first (recipe)

ALMOND CUPCAKES with BLACKBERRIES FROSTING

and yes, there was a lot of butter and sugar

and coconut cream too

it can't get any more unhealthier than that.

but then it also can't get any better than this

just tell me

how could it get ANY better!

CHOCOLATE and HAZELNUT MUDCAKE (recipe)

guess what you need?

hazelnut

and chocolate and chocolate

doesn't take a genius to figure this out does it?

this recipe requires spiltting the egg white from the yolk and beat them seperately and combine time later on

and i have to say this.

the process was DISGUSTING

u sure get what i mean.

but then how could you say no to such outcome?

the torture was worth it.

i mean it.

and please, cut down the sugar

and i mean it too

last up (recipe)

ALMOND RASPBERRY LAYER CAKE with CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM

i can hear you screaming!

and to all the overly health conscious med freak, these didn't go into the cake. these went straight into my blood circulation and slowly clotting up my already half atherosclerosed vessels, esp my coronary arteris. i think i would make history by becoming the youngest person to have a triple coronary by pass. i am going to be famous!

anyway, this was what went into the cake, so CHILL

and these were what came out from the oven

and this was what i did to the cake.

i am loving this. pictures really speak a thousand words :)

i shall spare u the boring details of what i did to get the frosting and show you what i did with the frosting instead

one very VERY useful tips i get from smitten kitchen, slide some baking parchment at the edge of ur cake before u apply the frosting. when u are done covering up the lumps and bumps with ur yummylicious fattening artey clotting edible concealer, remove the baking papers and u will have a clean cake. have a think about that.

isn't this lovely?

(say yes)

and did u see the tampered chocolate on top of both my cakes?

i made them

and yes i am very proud so myself

and that's why i am showing it off

melt your chocolate in a double boiler

it's a MUST

it's a MUST if u want ur chocolate to be smooth and shiny. i tried using microwave and the results was disastrous. trust me, i have been there before and i dun wan u to suffer like i did. because i am nice.

then put ur melted choc into a ziploc bag

let it cool for a while (as long as it takes for u to be able to hold them)

then squeeze on a piece of parchment paper

criss cross is the conventional shapes, but u can do whatever u want actually.

like squeezing then into little chocolate chips again if u like, u know, if it gives u a sense that u have a healing hand and are able to restore/cure anything