a purple birthday

Anyone who frequents this site would already have realised by now that I tend to steer away from buttercream frosting, opting for chocolate ganache instead. This time round is an exception, as I prepared a purple birthday for the beshtest friend who turned twenty-four several days back. And so a box of vanilla cupcakes with pale violet buttercream frosting was the order of the day…

 

Happy birthday, sweets!

of life’s black and white

I wasn’t craving for anything in particular, other than sheer escapism from the exam preparations. Hah! And so I find myself in familiar terrains yet again, attempting to mug for four papers, but having a firm resolution that I will bake after my first. With an unopened packet of Oreo’s lying around in the kitchen, today’s bake was supposed to be a well-deserved break from the studying. I’m not so sure on the ‘well-deserved’ bit, but I’d give anything for a break, that’s for sure!

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