Month of March

It's been days since I haven't made anything. I've been struggling a lot with this extreme heat. As a huge guy, heat is one of my worse nightmare. I've never been a fan of it. I love the sun but the extreme heat that radiates from it is just too much nowadays. 

I have a cough that I'm so pissed about, been eating ice cream. That's all I can do to relieve myself from the heat due to the poor air-conditioning system in our house. The air-conditioner has been here a long time, so it has been expected. 

Been wanting to go to the beach now but I just can't go alone, I have no one to take there with me. My parents are busy, my Mom has been having physical troubles and my Dad is still busy with work. I want to go alone but that's just it, I have this social anxiety lately that every time I try to think about going somewhere alone, I get all nervous and stuff. 

My friends are busy with their lives and to be honest, some of them just don't want to be in the sun. LOL. I don't get why some people are afraid to get a darker skin. Well, I'm afraid too sometimes but I prefer getting  dark than to suffer headaches and stuff. 

If only there's a place where the sun can't penetrate. Well if there is such a place, I would totally go there. Also where there are lots of ice cream. I can only imagine it, since there's no place like that on earth. whew! 

It's summer and the only thing that made me felt the summer fever is the heat. . Nothing more, nothing less. 

I just hope this won't last a few month. Maybe next week, the clouds would be as forgiving as they were before. . LOL. .

So, that's the reason I've never been really in the mood for making stuff right now. Maybe tomorrow when the sudden change of temperature and weather would alter my mood and maybe I can make something. I can only hope.

For now, I need to find a sweet escape. . Cheers! 

Oh one more thing, how about I share this pictures I've taken few days before. :D I have been interested in photography for a long time, thought maybe I'd give it a go, so here's few practice shots, this is my first time. . . So again, Cheers! Hope you all have a pleasant summer or whatever season some of you guys are at. 

Spiny orb-weaver spider

Dead Bonsai

Random white flower I saw at our backyard. .

Practicing how to do the depth of field thing. . .

Search for the right frosting. .

As what the title says, I've been scouting the net for the right recipe of a frosting. I'm completely out of ideas for it, the only thing I know is the basic traditional buttercream frosting which I have mostly used. The thing is, I can't really get the right taste for it.

It says that the "American buttercream frosting" is really sweet. That's just it. The problem is, I sometimes get greasy and a wet frosting if I don't add the required amount of icing sugar.

I like the sweetness but it's just too much that it overpowers the flavor of the cupcake itself. I've been to lots of websites explaining them and came across this site called " Cupcake Cavern ". I love this blog and been reading it for the past few days.

The publisher even says that the buttercream frosting is one of her faves, I'm guessing, maybe there's something wrong with what I have done. I only use whisk when making it. Strenuous as it may seem but it's the only thing I can do for I have no electric mixer. Oh we have the handheld one but I'm afraid of using it, I always lose control and I haven't used that one before. The only mixer I've used before was the electric table top mixer. So to satisfy my hunger for making cupcakes, I just do it manually, ignoring the stressful whisking, it is a good work out for my left hand also.

I'm still not sure about what I've been doing wrong for now but soon, I will do my best to figure it out and present to you guys the best frosting there is. If ever I can do it. HAHA.

I don't feel good using the meringue or the boiled egg white ones, I haven't done it on cupcakes, so I'll just stick to what I do for now. I've tried making meringues before using only a whisk and I must say, it's a pretty tiring task too but totally worth it in the end.

So while I'm on the search, why don't you guys check out the blog above, highlighted in red and named Cupcake Cavern. I assure you guys, you will love it as much as I love it too.

That's it for now, Cheers!