"American Style" Crepe Cake (???)

Aim for the day : Make a crepe cake in 2 hours
Participants : Joey, Valerie, Alan Siew
Location : The Kitchen
Time : 5 p.m

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first,

look for a decent recipe from the net

this is the recipe i used for the crepe batter:

- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3 cups milk
- 6 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 7 tbsp. sugar
- Pinch salt

START WORKING

prepare the ingrediants and equipments

get help from friends

7 tablespoon of butter finally end up to be the whole chunk of butter...==

cook the butter till a nutty aroma is produced and leave to cool

prepare the eggs

and the sugar
(i find this is the best "position" to measure the sugar in a cup)

beat the eggs and sugar together
but not too much
just to melt the sugar in the eggs

measure the milk

(joey wouldn't believe my measurement..so she stared at me while i was measuring the milk)

boil the milk and leave to cool

combine EVERYTHING together
best to combine with the spatula so less air will be incoporated in the mixture

done with the crepe batter

cover with plastic and put inside the fridge overnight

but i'm going to use it straight away because i was lazy yesterday XD

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serve the crepe cake with some creme anglaise

it will taste so much better!!!!!!

you can vary the flavour of the anglaise

i made earl grey flavour anglaise because i couldn't find vanilla bean in the market and i don't like to use vanilla essence as it has this fake vanilla flavour that i hate alot.

recipe for the earl grey creme anglaise:

- 250 ml milk

- earl grey

- 80 g egg yolks

- 50 g sugar

separate egg yolk from egg white

red coloring in the egg whites
ewwww!!!!!!

heat up milk (not to boil) and infuse earl grey into the milk
beat the sugar and egg yolks together till light
boil the milk
pour the boiled milk into the egg yolk mixture half by half (careful not to cook the eggs)

put the mixture on water bath

cook to 85 degrees

while cooking, remember to stir constantly

and the anglaise is done!!! ^^
leave to cool down in fridge

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let me introduce you to the newest member of my equipments

KENWOOD

she's going to be one of my greatest helper ever!!!

for the crepe cake filling (cream that goes in between the layers)

i made creme chantilly which is really really really simple to make and taste quite nice too~

recipe for creme chantilly:

- 1000 g whipping cream

- 100 g icing sugar

[the amount of icing sugar is 10% amount of the whipping cream]

just whip up the whipping cream till very soft peak and add in the icing sugar

whip till soft peak or desireable consistency

careful not to overwhip the cream!!!! or you'll get butter!!!
leave in the fridge

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start cooking the crepes!!!!

prepare a non-stick pan, wipe the pan with tissue and a little oil
val's little advice: prepare also a pair of chopsticks and a plastic "铲"
you will find them really really useful!!

to cook the crepes,
just pour suitable amount of batter into the pan and cook
flip cover when the base starts to turn brown
DO NOT BURN THE CREPES
when both sides and ready,
remove from pan and leave to cool

our 4th crepe..
the only one without a hole in it so far...==

after that, we were "pros" at crepe cooking!!!
look how many crepes we made!!!
actually there's only 8 pieces on the plate...>.<

disgusting looking alan trying out the crepe

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when the crepes are cool

it's time to assemble it into a cake!

spread a layer of creme chantilly on the crepe

and place another piece of crepe on top

repeat the action
till you get a "cake"

almost done!!!!

last piece of crepe...

last layer of cream on top...

walahhh~~~~ it's done~~~~

eheheheheheh....>0<

final touch on the cake

american style XP

close up

"masterpiece"

disgusting look...

best to leave the cake in the fridge for about 3 hours before eating

serve with earl grey creme anglaise

bon apettit~

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while waiting for the crepes to cool down

we went out

to the market...=0=

alan siew's disgraceful pictures

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wonder why i call this the "AMERICAN STYLE" crepe cake?

ehehehehe~

it's because i'm lazy to make the cake nice and tidy

american style cakes are more modern looking cakes with not very very tidy layers

french style cakes focus more on the looks and tidy-ness

so there you have it~

val's "american style" crepe cake ^^

Winter in Bangkok!!!!! [lovesss~♥] and Loy Krathong

i am now blogging at my balcony as it's windy and cooling here compared to my room
lovess~♥♥♥♥

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yesterday night was Loy Krathong Festival
but obviously,
i have no idea about it until this morning... =.=
i felt weird when i saw markets selling these really pretty banana leaf boat with flowers and incense in it

photo credits to: google ^^

everybody was holding one
even my apartment made a giant one and place it at outside the reception
fully equipped with gorgeous lights and music...=.=
i was like: "what the hell is happening here?!? since when they become so hardworking!?"
so i ASSUME that they are just praying for prosperity (or fortune) SO i didn't care much and continue doing my things
but when i open the curtains that night,
i saw the moon
it was GORGEOUS!!
so i ASSUME (again...) that today must be a festival or something

i tried to google
"beautiful moon 2/11"
"thailand 2/11"
"thailand 2nd november"
"etc.."
but still no results
i gave up
today morning asked my friend only know
it was LOY KRATHONG yesterday!!!!
i missed it
damn!
my fren was like: "why you didnt go see loy krathong yesterday!!"
me: "how i know yesterday is what festival oh"
fren: "you should see lorr, why didn't you go?!?"
me: "i didn't know!!!!!!!! you got go meh?"
fren: "no..."
me: "=.=lll"

ok,
what they do during the Loy Krathong Festival.
in the evening,
when the moon began to rise on November,
people would carry one or two Krathongs (banana leaf boat) to the edge of brimful running water
then they would light up candle or incense in the krathongs and pray (i should have gone to pray for my marraige..damn! missed it)
this festival reminds me of 七夕 actually..
where girls throw oranges into the river and guys would pick them up! haha

during Loy Krathong,
they also releases Kom Fai (same as 孔明灯 lor...)

Kom Fai (credits to google)

P.S i didn't witness any of that.. i was busy STUDYING in my room ^^. information credits to google~

ok,
now some credits to Valerie for taking some nice pictures of the moon that night
(claps claps claps)
val: "awww~ duo jie duo jie duo jie (多谢X3)"

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the next day,

when i open the curtain and the glass door,

a gush of wind just blew into my room

immediately,

i'm in love with today's weather ♥♥♥

then only i remembered

it's winter now in bangkok!!!

yeay~

after those few days of blazing hot sun

perfect timing for winter

ok,

you all might start to grumble and say

"where got winter in bangkok de..sot geh"

yes.

it doesn't snow during winter here

but it feels so much cooler and windy

almost like genting

and there you have it

winter in bangkok ^^

i didn't edit the pictures and as you can see,

the whole place looks gloomy and cool

and it's 2pm in the afternoon!!!

the hottest time of the day!!!

booyahhhh~

WINTER!!!

today,

while me and christine were having lunch outside

it was freaking windy

plastics bags were flying crazily

after that,

when christine hand out 20baht to the waiter

the money just flew away =0=

me and her chased after the note

damn humiliating

but still,

we couldnt find it

boohooo

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i had fun blogging outside here ^^

hope tommorow's weather is almost the same so i have the mood to blog more ^^

see ya~ ♥♥♥♥♥