Small Small Baker

I guess I have taken a longer break than I have intended. I have been missing for almost 3 months! Several blogging friends have been asking about me. Thanks for all the concern. I'm perfectly fine!

As for the reasons why I'm missing for this long:

1) At first it's my laziness, I feel that I should take a break from baking and blogging for a while.

2) Then it's Facebook In, Blogging Out. I'm spending more time using FB nowadays.

3) I have been baking some of the old recipes and not worth mentioning again. As for some of the new bakes, they were not really that good to blog about.

4) Lastly the main reason is, now that when I feel my hands itching to bake again, I can't bake as freely as I wish to. My brother has shifted back home cos my mum has to look after his new twin babies. Now that there are 3 more adults and 3 more children staying in my house, my oven and breadmaker have to shift aside to accommodate so many people. I'm still getting used to it, I'm too used to a quieter home actually. Sigh. So I will not be baking anytime soon, unless someone can lend a kitchen to me.

Till then, cya, not so soon. Bye!

Good news for all bloggers who have been experiencing problems with missing editing icons in the new post page.

It has nothing to do with Blogger and nothing to do with internet browsers (both IE and FF didn't work for me). It is actually Singnet's problem. It seems to affect singnet users only I think.

Here's a solution from the forum for those using Internet Explorer.

Tools -> Internet Options
Click on "Connections" page tab
Click on "LAN Settings" button (if you are using Broadband)
Check "Use a proxy server for your LAN ..." checkbox
Click on "Advanced" button
Under HTTP type, input "proxy.singnet.com.sg" for proxy address and "8080" for port

It works for me!

Bored and trying to find something interesting to do.

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For me, if I'm posting a recipe, I usually take 30 minutes to 1 hour. :)

A short update from me before I take a hiatus from blogging.

This Blogger problem has been frustrating me so much that I have no mood to post anymore. My new post screen can't display properly and the editing icons are missing, including the upload photo icon. I can only type plain text like this.

I still continue my daily routine of blog-visiting for interesting new posts. I read all the blogs that I follow with envy. Everyone is blogging something and nobody complains about any problem. So is it my problem or Blogger's problem.

Anyway, I have received a second award. I also made a Mars Bar Ice Cream, another eggless, very simple recipe that is extremely soft and creamy.

I will post about it when the problem is gone. Dunno when.

Great thanks to Tracie from Bitter Sweet Flavours for passing the Kreativ Blogger Award to me. It's my first award!


The Kreativ Blogger Award comes with some rules:

1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated

It's hard to think of something interesting about me. So I shall change this to 7 types of cakes that I wish to try or improve on.

1. Sponge cakes - Hope to make one that is really soft and will not turn dry so easily. Intend to try making sponge cakes using the method similar to chiffon cakes by separating the egg yolks and egg whites too.

2. Chiffon cakes - Although I have some successful attempts, I still fail sometimes. Hope to be more consistent in future.

3. Swiss rolls - I never got this right so far! All my swiss rolls crack!

4. Cupcakes - I wish I could make pretty cupcakes.

5. Cartoon cakes - Want to do a cartoon cake for my nephew and niece. But ahem... I have no idea how to do it.

6. Layered cream cakes - I'm just not confident about decorating cakes. I'm pretty clumsy in handling the cream, not creative, and clueless about decorating.

7. Mooncakes - I promise to make mooncakes this year. :)

The next seven 'Kreativ Blogger' holders would be..
Happy Home Baking
Kitchen Corner
Passionate About Baking
The Adventures of Giggle!!!
....a little diary of mine
Honey Bee Sweets
Happy Flour