What a sad and happy chiffon day for me. Few days ago, my mum bought a few grapefruit and the grapefruit smell so fragrant. Immediately I got an idea of baking a chiffon cake. So today I prepare and bought all the ingredient. I was so excited watching my chiffon cake rise high in the oven with a beautiful brown surface. After 40 minutes, the chiffon is still uncooked inside so I bake it longer for another 10 minutes. To make sure the cake is cook, I inserted a tooth pick into the centre of the cake and remove it come out clean.
So I removed the cake from the oven and immediately invert the chiffon upside down to let it cool and guess what? The whole chiffon cake fall off from the tin and I got a shock. So I turn the chiffon cake over and I got a 2nd shock because the whole chiffon cake collapse. I was so turn off and my mind filled with lots of why why why, why the chiffon cake collapse. Anyway I tasted the chiffon, somehow the chiffon is soft and a bit wet, not the kind of fluffy texture. I'm really disappointed that the attempt is failed today, it didn't happen before the past 2 times of baking a chiffon cake. I'm guess is not the oven cause the problem as I did a keep watch out on the temperature which is consistent. Perhaps might be the egg whites cause the problem or the cake is under baked. What a sad chiffon day.
I had wanted to make a trip down to bras basah complex. Just nice I had a facial at Bugis today so after the facial done, I walked down the street and pass by a book store (The Commercial Press (S) Pte Ltd). I went into the store, as usual browsing and looking for baking/dessert book. I found and bought one interesting book, 美味滿點的法式鹹蛋糕. Instead of sweet pound cake, this recipe book is all about salty (咸) pound cake. By the way the shop and the staff give me a kind of nice and good feeling over there. When I approached one of the staff for help, he was walking over with a sweet smile on the face and service is good. Even the cashier also carry a nice smiling face when I make the payment to her with a sweet thank you voice.
So I continue my trip to bras basah complex, after reached I was walking around since I still have time and I saw a book store at level 3 (Union Book Co, Pte Ltd). I decided to go in and have a look for books again. The shop is spacious but looks old so I enter and approach the cashier. I asked her, where is the baking/cooking book locate at which section? She give me a ?_? face so I repeat myself again and this time she repeat back with a frustrated tone and face, and telling me is locate to her left side of the cabinet which are all baking/cooking magazine. I was asking for book not magazine. I repeat myself the 3rd time, and still she giving me a piss off and unwilling face with an attitude voice. This is really a horrible service! Anyway I walked over to the baking books section and I found a books which I wanted it very very much. I'm so glad I found this book 戚風鹹蛋糕&戚風甜蛋糕 in the shop even thorough the aunty attitude is suck. What a happy chiffon day because of the book.
If I have the chance to visit Taiwan again, I will definitely make a trip to visit their book store. It is so expensive to buy the Taiwan / Hong Kong books in S'pore. This book 戚風鹹蛋糕&戚風甜蛋糕 cost taiwan currency $280, after convert to S'pore currency is S$11.69 but I paid S$22.45 for this book. Isn't expensive!? almost double the price. -_-"
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