Bread Pudding Trial Out

It was Hari Raya Haji on Monday. What did I do on this public day off?

My junior Yuting had wanted to learn baking ages ago. She bought a really pretty recipe book from Dempsey Hill. The photographer did an amazing job I must say. However, the writter was a complete opposite, because the instructions given in the recipes were ridiculously lousy.

However, we tried out one of the easiest recipes, which was the classic bread pudding. After much of online research, we modified the original recipe and gave it a go. Check out the snaps.....

Prior to Baking

Freshly Baked

The Inner LookThe outcomes were pretty satisfying. It tasted seriously delicious! The bread slices were soft and smooth enough. The cinnamon, vanilla, egg and raisins taste was a good match when it was still warm. We purposely had it stayed slightly longer in the oven for more caramelization. So, we managed to obtain such nice brown colour on top. Hhhm....fabulously crispy on the outside.

As our second task, we were suppose to make a Jubilee cake. However, we run out of caster sugar and substituted it with icing sugar. Hahahaha......DISASTER!!!! The cake batter turned into a complete mess. The liquid and solid basically phase separated. But, we proceed anyway. Results? We achieved the following:

A Hybrid of Scone and Tea Loaf

Our second creation tasted pretty alright after dusting them with icing sugar and a large heap of marmalade. =))

By the way, all the above snaps were taken with my brand new digital camera, Canon IXUS SD 870 IS (10 megapixels, 4x digital zoom, with wide angle and champagne gold in colour). My old one was sent to the service center because the LCD display became purplish in colour. Coincidently, there was an IT exhibition and voila....I bought a brand new camera after getting much advices from my another junior, Hua Qian. It was a pretty good deal. It cost me SDG 549. But, I got two Kingston 8GB SD cards, an extra battery, a LCD protector, a canvas case and tripod as free goodies. Sweet.... (",)

Apparently, this camera is actually labelled as Canon Powershot 870 IS in the Europe. Exactly the one Kit Yen recommended. I am loving it. The LCD screen is huge. The off gold colour is so beautiful. And it weights so light. In terms of photography quality, I am still exploring. Well, I really do read the manual.....and still reading.......