Baking fever

The one thing I hated most about baking is to measure the ingredients, I always avoid attempting any baking project with too many ingredients.  

After gotten sick baking few batches of Chinese New Year's cookies many years ago.  I put away all my baking tools and utensils into the store.  I have forgotten where I have kept some of the baking stuff.

My baking fever back again a little after seeing my friend and his wife whom were a home baking many years back have now become very successful bakers in town, my friend told me that he is very happy and enjoys in what he is doing.  I am convinced that when you love to do something, you will do it passionately and produce that best.  I think that's their success formula.

One the other hand, to satisfy my baking urge, I bought a packet of Nona's muffin premix to bake some muffins at home.  Besides filling the muffin cups too full, everything went well.

presenting my chocolate muffins cupcakes

 the process of baking the chocolate muffins

Nona Moist Luxury Double Chocolate Flavoured Cake

Looks like I can resume my baking activities after more than 3 years of putting my cake baking stuff into the store..I have to dig them out to make a bread yesterday (which turned out to be slightly  softer than a rock).

Tonite, to respond to my daughter's  persistent requests, we made chocolate  cakes together.  I bought a box of Nona cake mix for convenient sake.  I let her read the instructions  and get ready the ingredients needed.  I only came in to do the tedious part and the best thing is she promised to do the washing which she did. 

I followed exactly 55 minutes of baking.  The cake was partly  burned on the top and bottom.  After cutting off all the burnt parts, only leaving the middle part of the cake for them to enjoy.  

Cake baking

I stopped my baking venture after many failed attempts to obtain the desired results couple with the many washing and cleaning up after that are also the contributory factors that had stopped me from baking. But I was in the mood to bake again recently, probably due to the persistent requests from my two little girls. They promised to help me out..yes they did help me on the preparation and decoration of the cake... not on the washing..:( They are still too little to do that for me..they will get themselves and the kitchen all wet..cause more work for me in the end.

Hands on the turning bowl..having fun..I had to stop them from doing that..it's not toy girls.I picked this Nona Super Moist recipe from supermarket, just add in oil, butter and eggs.
Crystal insisted on dressing or decorating the cake..it is too much work for me to prepare the dressing so I let her use the white choco chips and pestels hearts.

This is what she did.

The texture is fine but a bit too sweet