Few weeks back, I participated inwards this contest, organized past times Nutriplus.
I got to know close this rival via Quay Po as well as well, the prize wasn't interesting at all! LOL
To me, it's to a greater extent than for the fun of competition, the might to force myself to practise better, to challenge myself.
I love the finals, it volition survive a dark box challenge as well as nosotros accept to bake something on site without getting whatever hints earlier.. That volition survive ultimate challenge for me, Love it!
In the terminate I decided to submit Montebello. H5N1 visually enticing cake that is non equally good fourth dimension consuming to brand (if I don't accept to peel the pistachios). I was told past times the organizer that he volition travail to instruct skinless pistachios for me. So, this cake is fine to instruct ahead with.
Then later.... nosotros were notified the dark box challenge for FINALS will survive scraped as well as nosotros volition survive notified of the major ingredients soon. Ahhhh!!!! I felt thus doused! Rain came falling on me... totally drenched!
The electronic mail came as well as nosotros were notified that the in conclusion bake has to consist of Nutriplus jumbo eggs as well as Tropical fruits! Aiyoyo! The electrical flow months are soooooo bad for tropical fruits. There aren't much to select from equally it's non flavour for a lot of fruits. Mango is non inwards season. Rambutans, mangosteen, starfruit, fifty-fifty if inwards flavour I won't know what to practise amongst them. Guava papaya is non slow to go with. Pineapple could the selection for other contestants. Melons are exclusively used raw.... thus what else tin I choose? No no no, durian, cempedak or jackfruit is no no no...too potent smell.
In the end, I settled for local citrus. Available all yr unopen to as well as easily purchased anywhere. Green lime, calamansi as well as pomelo. Maybe throw inwards some roselle too. Roselle is non a flower, it's a fruit.
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| some of the drafts I 'drew'.. |
I did some lawsuit runs.....
Trial 1
Lime roselle amongst kokosnoot joconde.
Lime buttercream, delish!
Coconut joconde, delish!
Roselle Kaffir compote! Delish when freshly made, yucks after I kept it jarred for 1 week! The sense of savor of the kaffir turned to the sense of savor of dried tangerine peel that nosotros purpose to boil herbal soups. Even my kids said yucks to the roselle kaffir compote.
Trial run 1 --- FAIL
Trial 2
Lime as well as kokosnoot Mousse amongst kokosnoot joconde.
I didn't accept fourth dimension to instruct fresh kokosnoot milk, thus I used packaged milk.
I made a egg white mousse for it, pastuerized it over the stove, hoping that it volition accept the softness of pilus mousse
Indeed it did, but.......... It wasn't equally squeamish equally I hoped. I don't similar the sense of savor of the packaged kokosnoot milk inwards the mousse.
I added kaffir lime zest to the mousse as well as and thus light-green lime juice... the number was... dish launder lime mousse!
But the texture as well as taste was good. For once, I practise non desire to odour my cake, at to the lowest degree pretend non to odour it. Now I sympathise why no i bakes amongst kaffir lime fruit, no i likes eating dish wash. LOL.
Trial Run ii ----- FAIL AGAIN
Trial 3
BanaMisu - Banana Foster + tiramisu
I persuasion I'll exactly remain rubber amongst banana as well as chocolate, as well as survive fancy amongst some piped sponge. Garnish with chocolate sauce as well as and thus some honeycomb candy. DIY ones that bubbles as well as burns! It's quite a present to make, hehehe.
The Bananas were sauteed amongst butter and brown sugar, flambed amongst Rum as well as lightened amongst a chip of lime juice, as well as thus filled into java dipped sponge, amongst cream cheese frosting piped on. I tried chocolate sponge as well as regular sponge. Choc looked ameliorate as well as could enshroud the java well, as well as the regular i is stained amongst coffee.
It was quite ok to many, but I felt sooooo 'jelak' (cloyed).
The combination is non good liked past times me, but the sponge biscuit was absolutely delish!
Trial Run 3------ KIV, non sure.
At this point...... I am stressed. Tomorrow I volition survive travelling to KL for the rival already. I don't accept the fourth dimension to travail anymore.
It's non that I wanted to win the competition. I wanted to win myself. How come upward I've been making iii lawsuit runs as well as all didn't win my heart.
That's what happened during Masterchef Blogger, the dish didn't win my heart, thus inwards the end, I wasn't fifty-fifty glad I won it.
I desire to brand a cake I am happy with. At to the lowest degree a cake I would savor eating. Doesn't affair if it doesn't win the competition, but it must win my heart. I'm non thinking that I'm going to instruct inwards finals 100%, but wouldn't it survive wasted if I never prepared when I was truly notified of it means before hand. There's no room to vociferation if I truly instruct into the finals as well as accept nix inwards hand.
I went through the judging system as well as shortly came to realise, I require non focus equally good much on inventiveness or doing something new. As long I practise my technique right, the sense of savor is delish as well as balanced, that's all that matters. I shouldn't focus 50% of my loose energy to practise things that doesn't affair to judging.
I tried to survive person I was not, I'm no french baker, I'm a domicile bakery that bakes similar Rose Levy Berenbaum. I'm no Sadaharu Aoki or Pierre Herme. So, inwards the end, I decided to practise something I am absolutely comfortable inwards doing as well as I am certain volition savor eating.
I decided to practise a charlotte amongst lime mousse, since the sponge biscuit I made for the Banamisu was rattling very good, the lime mousse inwards lawsuit ii was also good. Charlottes e'er scores extra visual points, hehehe. I accept never seen a charlotte weblog entry non looking nice. But those are to a greater extent than oftentimes than non made amongst store bought Saviordi biscuits. I am going to brand my own. That is my conception to gain some mastery points. And somehow I worry the judges volition experience "urrgh" after eating thus much butter as well as carbohydrate all iv days..so I must brand something refreshing. But my lime charlotte looked quite bare...I require something more.. but can't figure out yet.
I was packing for my trip to KL for the competition, as well as thus my mom as well as I went out for lunch. Yeah, she came past times for a brusque visit.
I saw watermelon sold at the rice store as well as it came to me similar a shot that I should elevation my lime charlotte amongst watermelon. Lime as well as melons are skillful friends.
I bought a minor pack of cut watermelon for seventy sen as well as rapidly sprang into activity when I arrived home. I used scraps from the the BanaMisu experiment as well as rapidly tried to compose a charlotte exactly to exam the flavours. I as well as thus plucked some basil as well as mint from the garden as well as tested a glaze for it. Everything was perfect! I accept flora my cake!
Relieved! Yes I am!
Since I'm quite used to only concoct things for cakes (as long I accept the idea), I didn't cook a recipe for the competing finals cake. As usual, the persuasion is inwards my head, I'll exactly play along past times sense of savor testing along the means to discovery the correct amount of juice, correct amount of sugar, hehehehe. But of course, I practise accept basic ratio rules good embedded inwards me.
I finished packing as well as nosotros left domicile to KL. The rock was lifted from my heart.
To survive continued tomorrow......
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