How nice would it be if there are more guys like him

for his girlfriend's birthday
he is willing to do things he never did before in his life

he actually made plans for his girlfriend's special day
not like other people, "a cake from secret recipe is good enough"
he is willing to spend to make his girlfriend's birthday a really memorable one
he didn't bother how tiring or how troublesome it would be to prepare everything he planned in such short time
the only thing he thinks about is the smile on his girlfriend's face when she saw what he prepared for her
how nice would it be if there are more guys like him

obviously the guy i'm talking about is not my boyfriend
but how i hope one day i will find someone that could do the same thing to me

Superior Patisserie Lesson 23 [Pastillage/Compressed Sugar]

After don't know how many donkey months
val is finally back on track!!

just want to briefly tell what val has been doing lately:
she left Le Cordon Bleu Dusit last december and went back to her country
now, she's doing her Bachelor in Culinary Arts and Foodservice Management at Taylors University College
she has been really busy lately (don't know what the hell she's doing XP)
and she has been thinking about starting a small buisness online selling cookies and cupcakes!
THE CUPCAKE FREAK IS BACK!!!!!!!!!

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Pastillage - a substance similiar to Gum Paste, made up of icing sugar, cornstarch, gelatine, water, lime juice and lard

chef's

val's

christine's

i had a lot of fun playing with pastillage~ the only difficult part about it is it goes dry really really fast. you have to keep the dough under a plastic at all times! or it will go dry and hard and you can't use it anymore.
A small tiny tip on handling pastillage: DO NOT FIDDLE AROUND WITH IT TOO MUCH. make up your mind and just do it.

In demo, chef made showpieces out of pastillage

royal icing butterfly

the small brown piece beside the flower is Rock Sugar

rock sugar & compressed sugar