Faith like Cupcakes

I am so happy I am able to bake my first cupcakes! :D Sobrang saya ko kasi pangarap ko talagang mag-bake. Haha. Minsan nga iniisip ko kung wrong course ba ako ‘cause I love cooking, baking, and stuff. Pero syempre hindi naman. Don’t get me wrong, I love nursing. I am never forced to take up this course; this is actually my own and first choice. Anyway, so this post is dedicated to my beloved cupcakes. :) I will also be sharing the sites that inspired me the most. :) Happy baking!

There go the finished products. :) Masarap ‘yan, promise! :D They’re sweet enough to satisfy our sweet cravings. :) Medyo hindi pa lang ako marunong mag frosting kaya medyo kung saan-saan ang liko ng icings. Pero maganda naman, di’ba? Haha. Not bad for a beginner like me. And I never studied baking and I never really had any background with it. Kakapanood lang ng YouTube and self-study with the help of Google. So, the sites that inspired me the most are Mishee's Blog: Foodstuff and on YouTube. This recipe is insipired by the videos of Allrecipes AU NZ and icing: Shelley Jovel. 

One thing that made me so nervous and excited upon making these cupcakes is the fact that I will be baking in a Turbo broiler. Wala kaming oven. Ginagamit lang namin ‘yung turbo broiler sa pag-iihaw ng manok, isda, karne. Thank God I found Mishee’s blog and sakanya ko nalaman yung tamang temperature. Magkaiba kasi ng temperature and kailangan talagang i-adjust pag mag-be-bake sa broiler.  

It indeed is faith like cupcakes. Ang takot ko lang talaga is hindi maluto yung loob ng cupcake  and hindi umalsa. I never know what is happening inside. Mahirap magbake kasi bukod sa makalat, mahirap mag mix manually. Wala kaming electric mixer. Quite improvised lahat ng ginamit ko, lalo na ‘yung turbo broiler. I was literally looking at the broiler for the whole 15 minutes that it was baking.

Ayan, ganyan ako kakalat kanina. So, what I did is I preheated the broiler, 150 degrees Celcius for 10 minutes and baked the cupcakes for 20 minutes bearing the same temperature. And one thing that I have learned is, importante talaga na na-cool down muna yung mga cakes before placing frostings or else matutunaw sila. Allrecipes AU NZ got a very good video demonstration on how to bake cupcakes, and so is Shelley Jovel for the icings. I suggest that panoorin niyo talaga sila. With this recipe, I am able to produce 16 cupcakes.

So faith like cupcakes. I may never know what’s happening inside, it’s faith that the inside of the cupcakes will turn out just fine. This is inspired by the movie, Faith like Potatoes. Minsan mahirap magpatuloy and nakakawala ng pag-asa pag dumipende talaga tayo sa kung ano lang ang nakikita natin. Like in our country, we only see its present condition na hindi ganoon kaganda. But, hindi naman tama na dahil iyon lang ang nakikita natin sa ngayon, we will conclude na ganoon na tayo for the rest of eternity and that no president will be responsible enough to do something for this nation. God is able to turn things around. Our eyes can deceive us. It is easy to rely and be discouraged by what we see. But it takes faith and heart to believe that God is working out something great. 

And one more thing, dreams do come true. :) Totoo ang saying na kung kaya nila, kaya ko rin. :) It is always great to do something that others wouldn’t have thought possible. And hindi natin maiisip na kaya natin unless ginawa na natin.

So, happy baking everyone! Forgive me if I wouldn’t post the whole recipe and procedure in here. I leave that to the sites I’ve linked in here. :) God bless!