I have to admit, I am not a big fan of eating dessert. But the thing is I love baking, and making beautiful cakes. I know it sounds weird to most people, but I believe most bakers can relate to this.
I didn't start baking cakes because I want to eat them, it's just something about all those pretty and colorful sweets that got me really excited. Every time I get to bake, I feel like a kid again. To be able to play with flour, eggs, butter and vanilla extracts. Who would have thought all those simple ingredients result in magical things like cakes? (cliche' isn't it, but doesn't mean it's not true).
I grew up in Vietnam, a southeast Asian country, where people don't generally have ovens in their kitchen. Yep, and neither was my family's kitchen. I would sit in front of TV watching cooking shows and feel fascinated by all the cakes and food. And how I wished to someday, someday... to finally be able to bake my first cake.
When I moved to Australia, EVERY single kitchen had an oven. I was over the moon, thinking of all the possibilities, all the sweets, cakes, cupcakes, bread pudding etc. that I can create. My first baked good is a bread pudding (hehe) because we had lots of leftover bread. I lived with 5 housemates, so they would finish the sweets I made in no time. I found a job while studying to fund my baking, and I made my friends' birthday cakes too, as practice cakes. They didn't mind being my guinea pigs, hehe.
Right now I am practicing with fondant cakes, hoping one day I can open my own wedding cake shop. Gotta dream big, right?
Hopefully I will have plenty of nice cakes to show for in this blog.
Happy baking everyone!!
I know it sounds weird to most people, but I believe most bakers can relate to this.knives
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