Sponsored Post : I need my Baking Mojo Back!
Gee.
It’s May!!
And someone is super excited about the month of May because … she is turning FOUR!
Haha.
Yep, in two weeks time, the littlest in the family will be four.
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The last time I made a proper birthday cake for her was when she was one!Brie is so excited about her birthday, AND she’s been asking me if she could have a pink cake!
Now.
The thing is, … I haven’t been baking much at all in the past year.
And, … ummm … I sort of am doubting myself if I could still bake.
Quick thoughts ran through my mind:
Should I bake? Could I still bake a decent cake? I’m so rusty!
Voice in head : Yes, you should just bake something … even if you just do it for the 3 kids’ birthdays!
What if it turns out ugly and not nice? Won’t it be better and faster to just go and buy one off the shelf?
Voice in head: To the kids, what’s more important is that Mommy loves them and puts in the effort to bake their birthday cake! They’ll treasure the memories! Just do it!
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[Brie in February 2015]
Oh well.
So.
Here goes : I’ve decided that I WILL bake Brie’s 4th birthday cake!
(Umm, I guess I’ll bake a Butter cake as I’ve made it before and it is pretty much fail-proof! =)
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I WILL bake a birthday cake this month because :
– It is Brie’s 4th birthday and the last time I made a proper birthday cake for her was when she was one!
I used to tell myself that I should bake my kids’ birthday cakes as a way to create memories in the family. And I haven’t been doing that since last year.
– It happens to be World Baking Day on May 17th!
I mean, it’s FOUR days before Brie’s fourth birthday!
It’s like, an extra motivation for me! Haha.
Bake. Bake. Bake.
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[Brie’s 1st Birthday in 2012]
Anyway.
I hope I’m inspiring you to go and bake something for someone special too this month yeah! =D
And.
If you still have NO idea about what to bake, here’s a quick recipe of the ‘World’s Happiest Cake’ that I’d like to share with you!
You may want to give it a try! =D
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COCONUT, MANGO AND LIME CAKE RECIPE
Preparation time : 30 menit
Cooking time : 70 menit
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Cake:
225 g Blue Band Cake & Cookies
325 g Sugar
4 Eggs
250 g Self-raising flour
100 g All purpose flour
2 Pieces of lime (peel off the skin)
50 g Dried Mango, minced
50 g Almond pieces
50 g Dried coconut
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Syrup:
2 Pieces of lemons (extract the juice)
60 g Sugar
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Filling:
55 g Blue Band Cake & Cookie
175 g Fine sugar
1-2 Teaspoon of milk
100 g Pureed mango
BAKING PROCESS
Cake:
1. Grease a round tin (23cm in diameter) with some Blue Band Cake & Cookie. Don’t forget to cover it with baking paper.
Heat oven to 170 °C
2. Cream Blue Band Cake & Cookie with sugar (using mixer) until fluffy and pale.
Add egs one at a time. Add the other ingredients. Fold the mixture with spatula.
3. Scrape the mixture into your tin. Bake it for 70 mins.
4. Once it’s out of the oven, cool on a wire rack.
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Syrup:
– Bring lemon juice and sugar to boil. Pour over the cake’s surface.
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Filling
1. To make icing, mix lemon juice and fine sugar till mixture thickens. Pour over cake.
2. Decorate with mango, coconut, almond and nuts.
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There you go! =)
And oh, just in case you’re ‘worried’ about the calories, here’s a bit of info for you =D
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MORE FROM BLUE BAND:
The World’s Happiest Cake was created by Blue Band with a focus on the delicious combination and mood-elevating qualities of the key ingredients.
Because:
Me time + delicious ingredients + sharing with loved ones = the Happiest Cake!
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Let’s bake something!
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PS: This post is sponsored by Blue Band, but all thoughts are my own
