I first learned baking when I was in junior high. A course called "home industry" was introduced to all students from first grade to third grade of SMP (US: grade 7 to 9). The teacher taught us to make many kinds of food, from pineapple jam, egg peanuts, salted eggs, egg noodle, and many, many more. Bolu Kukus (Indonesian steamed cupcake) was one of them, and it was one of the most memorable ones to me.
A couple of days ago, after getting all the necessary ingredients and the basic baking tools, e.g. mixer, scale, etc. I finally got to experiment again using the recipe that I found
here on YouTube. It turned out pretty good with a couple mistakes I made: by accidentally adding baking oil, instead of food color, and the taste I found it a bit too sweet. However, amazingly, they flowered up nicely.
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| First time made - Bolu Kukus |
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Last night, I did try to bake again with more confident for a second time, with less sugar. However, it turned out to come out quite the opposite with what I expected.
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| Second attempt in making bolu kukus - no smile x_x |
I was screaming when I opened up the cover, seeing my cakes weren't smiling. I wasn't sure what made it fail this time. As I was carefully wiped all the tools I used to make sure they were all dry. Besides reducing the amount of sugar, the difference I made from the first time that I didn't boil the water with the steamer on top of it, since I wanted to keep it 100% dry. I wonder if that could be the reason.
Hm, I guess I just have to keep trying to make sure that I really know how to make this one of my favorite cakes. As my husband also motivated me, saying, "Practice makes perfect!" :)
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