And like this when she sleeps in our arms.
Name: Cotton Pancake (Long story)
Gender: Girl
Age: 9 Weeks
Breed: Cashmere Lop-Ear
Over and out,
Ellen.
Temper Temper my dear chocolate.
Hi guys and yeah, I'm not talking about the temper of my guinea pig not that I know it has one but the food chocolate.
Today, I tried and attempted to temper chocolate and hell, it's harder than it looks. I tried two times, I didn't expect it to work but when it got it's lovely shine I was overjoyed. For those who don't know it, tempering is the act where you get your chocolate into the state where it is shiny, glossy and snaps when you break it. Store chocolate that you buy has already been tempered for you. (:
Anyways, first attempt, eh, not that bad actually. It was shiny and glossy with not white streaks, I was impressed, until it didn't snap but instead bent and broke. In other words it didn't retain its shape and flipped and flopped around. My heart shattered into ten million pieces. So much for getting it right on the first go.
Second trial, it came out shiny and retained its shape after left to cool but lost its gloss after a while. It also melted like butter over popcorn the moment I touched it and so went my excitement.
I guess, I'm still amateur at this choco business, though I won't give up, maybe just for now I won't try again till a while that is. But if you have tempered chocolate before, I will gladly take any tips.
Tempering away,
Ellen.
Hello...long time no see...
Hello fellow readers, (I bet mainly consisting of Natasha and Mary).
I would like to say that I'm back forever and up to my blogging ways but obviously life would not allow it so I won't say so. Since my last blog, not much has happened to me except two major things, sleep and a new camera.
Okay, so despite getting the photography award last year and some $30 Readings vouchers long with it, photography is not what I would call a possible career for me. To me, it's just like art, a hobby that I can take up or when I want to point and shoot but that's beside the point. Anyways, so I nagged my mum into getting my the Samsung Galaxy Camera and so far, it's doing job, apart from making my pictures look ten times cooler. Here are some photos, just for you.
Anyways, I've got to go catch up on some sleep before going to a 6 hour shift at work.
Toodles, my beautifuls.
Ellen.
I would like to say that I'm back forever and up to my blogging ways but obviously life would not allow it so I won't say so. Since my last blog, not much has happened to me except two major things, sleep and a new camera.
Okay, so despite getting the photography award last year and some $30 Readings vouchers long with it, photography is not what I would call a possible career for me. To me, it's just like art, a hobby that I can take up or when I want to point and shoot but that's beside the point. Anyways, so I nagged my mum into getting my the Samsung Galaxy Camera and so far, it's doing job, apart from making my pictures look ten times cooler. Here are some photos, just for you.
There's this awesome app that even changes my photos to artworks. Saves me work I must say.
Speaking of fish, my other passed away and we got a Ryukin goldfish, here it is. (Camera does pretty good close ups, even if it is moving)
And this is just my fat baby, Chocolate. I swear she doesn't stop eating.
Anyways, I've got to go catch up on some sleep before going to a 6 hour shift at work.
Toodles, my beautifuls.
Ellen.
New year, new pet/s
First post for this year and it's being done at 1am in the morning. Just for the sake of updating you guys about my not so exciting holiday and new year. One things that was big was getting pets again. I got 2 Oranda Red Cap Goldfish (they eat EVERYTHING. Even my fingers while I clean their tank and reposition the plants) and a guinea pig (which I have to say is adorable).
It started with chicken stock. I completely blame the chicken stock for making my living room a farm.
Anyways, I was with my mum getting Chicken stock but upon nearing the store I begged my mum to visit the pet store that was just around the corner. She grudgingly agreed and so we saw fish. Big ones, small ones, ugly one and pretty ones. They were all there, until the red oranda goldfish caught our, I mean my mum's, attention. She dragged her finger gently across the glass of the aquarium and the fish followed greedily thinking it was food. We fell in love love and bought two home.
That night we discovered one with a hole under it's fin. I was depressed, it was my favourite goldfish out of the two and so we returned it on the next day. At the pet store we swapped for another goldfish but my brother was interested in the aviary area and dragged me to look at them. On the way, guess what we saw and fell in love with?
Yes, a guinea pig with brown, black and white fur sitting very still and letting us pet it from the top of the open cage. We fell in love with it instantly. She's called Chocolate.
They currently all reside in our living room amongst a dozen or so flower.
PS. If there is a way to stop my goldfish from gobbling my live plants in put in their tank, please tell me. As half a plant in there has had half of it's leaves ripped off while the other half hidden behind the filter is untouched.
PPS. My brother and I still blame the weird weather for messing with our mum's brain waves. I mean, she promised to never buy pets again. In the last week she has bought 2 goldfish, 1 guinea pig and 2 large pots of flowers, after swearing that we are not ever touching anything live after our last encounter with Golden my terrier cross which has been given away.
Loving you all,
Ellen.
(Sorry, this is un-edited, far too late in the night for that.)
It started with chicken stock. I completely blame the chicken stock for making my living room a farm.
Anyways, I was with my mum getting Chicken stock but upon nearing the store I begged my mum to visit the pet store that was just around the corner. She grudgingly agreed and so we saw fish. Big ones, small ones, ugly one and pretty ones. They were all there, until the red oranda goldfish caught our, I mean my mum's, attention. She dragged her finger gently across the glass of the aquarium and the fish followed greedily thinking it was food. We fell in love love and bought two home.
That night we discovered one with a hole under it's fin. I was depressed, it was my favourite goldfish out of the two and so we returned it on the next day. At the pet store we swapped for another goldfish but my brother was interested in the aviary area and dragged me to look at them. On the way, guess what we saw and fell in love with?
Yes, a guinea pig with brown, black and white fur sitting very still and letting us pet it from the top of the open cage. We fell in love with it instantly. She's called Chocolate.
They currently all reside in our living room amongst a dozen or so flower.
PS. If there is a way to stop my goldfish from gobbling my live plants in put in their tank, please tell me. As half a plant in there has had half of it's leaves ripped off while the other half hidden behind the filter is untouched.
PPS. My brother and I still blame the weird weather for messing with our mum's brain waves. I mean, she promised to never buy pets again. In the last week she has bought 2 goldfish, 1 guinea pig and 2 large pots of flowers, after swearing that we are not ever touching anything live after our last encounter with Golden my terrier cross which has been given away.
Loving you all,
Ellen.
(Sorry, this is un-edited, far too late in the night for that.)
Passionfruit cheesy cake
So, I made cheesecake. Yes, cheesecake and judging by the title in which I am hoping you have read, it was passionfruit flavour. Obviously you probably are, maybe not but mostly likely are drooling. I know, I know, you can imagine it in your head right now, a small plate of deliciousness scented yellow cake fresh from the oven that you are dying to take a precious bite out of. So if you weren't leaking saliva down your chin, you should be now.
Now that was deliberately put up there for you to enjoy and salivate some more about. Obviously this is the recipe's photo and my cheesecake doesn't look as good as that at the moment but it still tastes spectacular.
Anyways, I shall put a recipe up, if you guys want it. Try it out and tell me how it goes. (:
Passionfruit cheesecake
120g biscuits, crushed
60g butter
1 cup sugar
1kg cream cheese
1/2 cup passionfruit pulp
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
Fresh passionfruit
Enjoy baking!
Ellen.
Now that was deliberately put up there for you to enjoy and salivate some more about. Obviously this is the recipe's photo and my cheesecake doesn't look as good as that at the moment but it still tastes spectacular.
Anyways, I shall put a recipe up, if you guys want it. Try it out and tell me how it goes. (:
Passionfruit cheesecake
120g biscuits, crushed
60g butter
1 cup sugar
1kg cream cheese
1/2 cup passionfruit pulp
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
Fresh passionfruit
- preheat oven at 165 degrees Celsius
- Combine biscuits butter and half the sugar together, place into the bottom of a springform tin and bake for 7 mins.
- Combine cream cheese, passionfruit pulp, vanilla together with an electric mixer. Then add eggs one at a time making sure all beaten in well.
- place cheese mixture onto the base and bake in the oven. Depending on the size of your pan, to check if a cheesecake is done, look for sides that are puffy and the middle should still be a little bit jelly like.
- When it is done, remove from oven, cool and refrigerate. Top with fresh passionfruit when eating.
Enjoy baking!
Ellen.
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