Baking: Dark Chocolate cake

Everybody was at home last weekend because of the holiday. November 1st and 2nd should be holidays because of the commemoration of the dead in the Philippines. Sadly, the government didn't declare the 2nd as the holiday. 

November 1st is my mother in-laws birthday. We planned to buy her a cake but then I was already tired of the same taste of cake since we only have one bakeshop nearby. We then shopped for ingredients we don't have to make a dark chocolate cake. 

After mixing all the ingredients, I baked it for 50 minutes under 150 degree C using a halogen oven since we don't have the conventional one. While baking, we prepared for the white frosting. We don't have an electric mixer so it was done manually. 

We did it after almost 30 minutes of vigorous whisking! It was tough but we felt great after seeing the result.

Me coating the cake with dark chocolate ganache 

After coating, ready to freeze

Back To My Hobbies :)

Last weekend, June 6th was a little boring weekend for me at first. I couldn't go swimming since I am still under a treatment. I then decided to work for a few hours so not to waste the whole weekend doing nothing. However, I was able to finish work before noon and that made me think of what to do next. I felt like I was getting crazy while I was thinking about it.

While lying down my bed staring at the ceiling, something came up my mind. Light bulb! Yey! I went to the kitchen, searched, and found something!

 Perfect waffle filling

Korean Squid Pancake (Ojing-eo Buchim-gae)

I have been in bed for 5 days to be exact because I was physically and emotionally unwell. Terrible! I don't know which one to deal with first. But that's life, we have to experience those pain in life to become better. It's not easy but I'll get there. 

Because I was bored yesterday, I thought of cooking something I haven't eaten for a long time. I remember when I first tasted it, I don't want to stay away from the dining table. And it was more delicious because it was cooked by my Korean friend. So, how could I forget the taste? 

I am not familiar with the ingredients therefore I had to search online and luckily I found it here. I asked my in-laws to go to the market as I am not yet feeling well. Good thing they brought me all what I needed. At around 6 pm yesterday, we started preparing everything and in an hour we were ready to cook. 

The ingredients I used. Kimchi is added

While I was cooking it, I felt hungry because of the smell. After 10 minutes, one is ready to be served.

Let's eat!

I was able to make 9 pieces of those like the one on the top picture and as usual, shared some with the neighbors.

I am so happy they liked it very much. It made me feel emotionally better.  I am looking forward for my next cooking adventure!