I remember the first ice cream maker I bought was a dinky Panasonic BH-941P. It ran on two lithium batteries and made about 2 cups of ice cream per batch. It was slow and you had to freeze the whole machine in the freezer as it turned the mixture. I did not have much success with it, so when my friend bought me a Cuisinart ice cream maker for my birthday this year, I envision myself making bathtubs of ice cream. That was not the case. I had failures, after failures, after failures. One probable cause (well, maybe the biggest one) was that I was making ice cream in the middle of the night, like at 12am or 1am. Those are dangerous culinary hours for my brain. I’m either half asleep or insanely awake and filled with “brilliant” ideas.
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Mooncake Festival or better known as the Mid-Autumn Festival might have been weeks ago, but surprisingly I’m still in a Mooncake mood. I don’t usually like mooncakes. I find the lotus seed paste inside too sweet and I have tried several brands but never found one that I really enjoy. I’m a horrible mooncake eater and probably shouldn’t be eating one at all, but I feel like I need too. I usually eat only half of the cake and bypass the whole lotus seed paste. I start with the crust and then move straight to the center yolk part. I know, I know. It’s such a waste, but I do save the remnants for my dad who would always tell me I just shouldn’t touch one at all. That was the past!
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My very first Daring Bakers Challenge! Although I’m really thrill about this month’s challenge, Chocolate Éclairs, I’m a little disappointed at myself. As you can tell by my disappointing picture taking skills and arrangement of the eclairs, these were not made with 100% love and devotion =( I really wanted to take the time to perfect my eclairs, but this month and especially this week has been crazy. I was up for 20 hours on Friday! I’m hoping I’ll be able to focus more on next month’s challenge.
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