first bake was “chocolate mini roll cakes” by prue leith.
dec 7, 2019 saturday
Wow, I had no idea what I was doing.
Mind you, this is my FIRST TIME BAKING. EVER.
I started around 2:30pm thinking I will have more than enough time until my eye doctor’s appointment which is at 4pm.. NAHP. WRONG.
I had to go to doctor’s in the middle of it and then had dinner so.. I got back to baking around 6pm? and finished around 9:30pm =__=!!!!
I guess 45min was for people who know what “folding” and all the baking terms mean and have all the tools and ingredients ready.
I didn’t have any tools, I was scared, doubting myself b/c I really wanted to do this but I was crippled with fear that this is one of the things I say I will do but never get around in doing it, causing me to just feel absolutely horrible at myself.
Anyway, had to get handmixer, mixing bowl, cooling racks, baking trays, baking scale, etc-- things I had no idea that I needed. I thought I can only get the things on the recipe but nooooo I hadn’t had any basics. My husband and I also had to figure out how to melt chocolate, how to use hand mixer, how to use scale, ETC..
So I can’t believe I actually. ACTUALLY baked!!! Crazy of me and I’m amazed by it. It’s magic! Also, it’s hard to roll the cake than it seems... Hehe..
Also, rolling…….. I thought it was easy.. watching from #gbbo…
It does NOT work so well.
It is not easy. It cracked like CRAZY as you can see.. I wanted to throw everything away but nope. I just kept going.. so I can at least eat them in tacked piece and achieve something by sticking to the end! it was a challenge for me.
i think i need fluffier texture because my edges were pretty crispy— which, cracked of course.
i forgot to use piping bag so i drizzled with spoon! looks like a mummy.
Ha! but I am extremely proud of myself. It tasted GOOD and even my boss at work gave me A++ and that means a lot b/c I regard her taste level very high!
i have videos i took but didn’t edit them together. perhaps in the future!
