02.14.03
LOVE BUG!

I cannot put into words how excited I am! It's Valentine's already and i'm not sleeping yet hehe! Yey, i can't wait to finish my Theo class later and go out with Oli na! and of course watch the Boyz II Men concert! I hope we get good seats!

I really hope things go well for this very special day that i really prepared for, maybe not completeley, but in some aspects at least!

Not completely because i still can't wear that red dress i was hoping to wear this Valentine's but i'd like to believe that i'm on my way to getting back in shape again hehe i have faith!

But let's not dwell on the negative. I finished baking the BLACK FOREST CAKE that i've been intimated of for a long time. Now that i've baked it, i'm not so much intimidated but there's still a lot of baking stuff that i need to learn, especially with cakes.

There were quite a number of things that went wrong..like i couldn't find one of the ingredients in the baking supplies stores and in supermarkets near my place. It's a cherry liquer called KIRSCH. So i ended up buying brandy instead. I'm not really sure if it's a good substitute, but hey it's used in fruitcake and that's all i know!

I think if ever Oli manages to finish the whole cake (8 inches) or maybe even half of it, he might end up in the hospital or in his room for several days! Why? Because there's 8 large eggs, a pound of confectioner's sugar, lotsa Emperador brandy and the most fatal: whipped cream!

Yup, whipped cream! It kills us both! We like it, esp. when served with coffe or waffles from Starbucks, but i guess it's not reason enough for our organs (i dunno which) to get blocked and make it hard for us to breathe (uh, lungs or trachea?)

Back to the things that went wrong: i think the cake itself should've been cooked longer. I mean, the instructions said that i should cut the cake horizontally in half but i couldn't do that coz it was kinda thin and uneven hehe! So i improvised with 2 layers na lang instead of 4!

Another thing is the cherry filling keeps on dripping. I hope when i see it tomorrow, it'll be frozen like ice so there will be no more dripping! I placed it on the second level of the refrigerator and turned the thermostat to FREEZING! hehehe

Anyway, i think i won't be able to post this entry right now as in 1am in the morning of FEB 14 coz Oli and I are talking na on the phone...happy valentines!

Btw, it's POOFY's second Birthday today! =)