The Baker Has Returned

Assalaamu Alaikum :)

I have finally set up my baking section and started baking :) Friday's will be my Baking Day but this week I will make some exceptions. I will be baking quite often this week it seems. It's a busy week! Eid is coming up, my fiance's birthday and my sister's birthday! And yes, I intend to bake for each occasion tee hee Let's see if I get the time or the patience. It should be fun, nonetheless! I'm looking forward to it.

I have always loved Chocolate Truffles. When I was a little girl, my mother used to make them and they were definitely my favourite, mmm mmm! So it had been a while since I had them and now I felt it was time I made them myself. I took a stab at it and it turned out pretty good! They taste much better the next day with this particular recipe. I'm still going to try out another recipe I stumbled upon. I think those will turn out better.

Chocolate Truffles in my new 3-Tier Stand

Up close and personal

The treat inside, oOo la la

And these were the toppings I had to work with

It was really cool making them. Especially when I had to dip it in white chocolate or milk chocolate and witness the shell harden. Simply amazing.

I got this recipe from Anna Olson's Sugar program. I was never one to watch the Food Network or cooking shows but for some reason, for the past few weeks, I've been watching them quite a bit! I love Sugar ... she makes yummy desserts in that show.

I need to decide on what I will baking this week and once I know and make them ... I shall post it here for all you wonderful people to see! Insha'Allah :) If I don't write a post before Eid ... then I will wish you all a very blessed Eid and may you all spend it with the ones you love!
Eid Mubarak!

P.S. - Here is a my adorable telephone ♥

Moved Out & Moved In

Assalaamu Alaikum :)

I've been meaning to write a post but my computer hasn't been hooked up yet. I guess I will have to add the pictures in later!

It's done. I have officially moved out of the house I lived in for 20 years of my life. It's strange, I'll tell ya that. I'm adjusting better than I had expected but it just feels as if I'm staying here only temporarily .... okay wait, technically that is true but what I meant was ... it feels like I am eventually going to back to my old house to live in. It doesn't feel like I have left it for good. Maybe because I can still visit whenever I want and look at those empty rooms we left behind but a day will come when I will not be able to see it again. That, makes me really sad.

My new house is beautiful ... I really like it. My bedroom is slowly starting to become my new sanctuary. There are *a lot* of boxes that still need organizing but that will be done in time, insha'Allah. I fear that by the time I organize and set up my bedroom ... it will be time to start packing again :S haha

My first night in the house: uncomfortable. Maybe because I was not used to sleeping in a bigger bed or the mattress was nothing like my old daybed ... I couldn't get a good night's sleep. Oh and when I woke up for Fajr! I can't tell you how scared I was to walk in that big house at night with the lights closed, eeh! The bathroom is a bit further away from my bedroom and I have to walk by something that is like a balcony which looks down on the main floor. Too many shadows :S I do not like shadows :( But I managed to get to the bathroom, perform wu'dhu (ablution) and pray Fajr salaat, alhamdulillah.

Remember that phone I was desperately looking for? Well ...... I found it! Yay! It's beautiful ... I'm in love with it. I found out it is called a Princess Telephone too, awww! I'm a princess! *bats eyelashes* ... *everyone else rolls their eyes*

I just need to get used to everything and adjust to my new surroundings. I already seem to have familiar neighbors which was a nice surprise. One of the students at the school I taught lives a house away from me :) awww.

I'm looking forward to the nice memories I will begin in this new house of ours. I have already dubbed Friday's to be my Baking Day ;) May Allah Swt make the new memories to be pleasant and sweet, insha'Allah!