Hello Kitty

Somehow my October weekends have been filled with activites, including a short trip to Hong Kong. It was a good holiday, though I was a tad disappointed with the baking tools they have to offer. I visited at least 3 baking supply shops but I came out empty handed. Nothing I can't find here at a much cheaper price ;p And the shops were not easy to locate!

Finally a long weekend came (Deepavali) and I specifically put in my diary that I MUST use the cute Hello Kitty cutters I bought from Japan 4 months back.

And I have not baked this carrot cake (hubby's favourite) for years - time to practise :)

Beautiful orange batter ready for the oven.

Watching the cakes rise in the oven is therapeutic, and of course the cinammon aroma was uplifting :)

Nice golden brown carrot cupcakes ready to be decorated.

Making fondant was the most difficult task in the process. I was sweating buckets and the fondant just refused to leave my fingers alone no matter how hard I kneaded! ;p



Other than that, everything was a breeze... but due to the humid weather, I had no choice but to wake up at 6am to decorate the cakes so that I can bring them fresh to the office for my colleagues (yoga students) :)

Hello Kitty in a box :)

Lessons learnt:

1) The cupcakes for this recipe must not be put in the lower rack as they tend to dry up at the bottom quickly.
2) The base fondant for the Kitty should be thicker and wider to cover the cupcakes completely.

Not entirely satisfied with the results, I tried another carrot cake recipe the following weekend and I think it was fabulous! Did not decorate it though, purely for R&D purposes ;)