Nutella Cheesecake + wishes for BFF + lil updates

I think that is the worst title evahh. #facepalm

whatever lahh.

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Nutella.  Besides Marshmallows, it is also one of the sweetness overload food.(in my list)  I have no idea how did I make the decision to bake this cake.  Ohh, maybe it was because of nutella's on sale at Coles.  

 My favourite part of this cake is the 80% dark cocoa curls strips that topped the whole cheesecake.  That's the only thing that can lower the level of sweetness.  It was a total disaster grating the dark chocolate, the weather was quite hot yesterday and I was holding this block of chocolate, another hand with the grater. After a while, my palm & fingers were covered by choc. woww fingers lickin' good.

It was the normal recipe that I used to bake a cheesecake. 2x250g Cream Cheese is the base ingredients. 

If you know me well you will know that I love the biscuits crumbs layer to the max, so that layer must not be thin!  I added peanuts to enhance the crunchiness and since it is so called the Nutella Cheesecake, all components must contain Nutella!  Then I decided to add two tablespoon of Nutella into the biscuits crumbs bahahaha. By doing this, the amount of butter added was reduced by HEAPS. Yes, I dislike butter in the biscuits crumbs layer in my cheesecake. Butter is unhealthy. 

-Urghhhh, cheesecake isn't that healthy tho, but... but at least we can try what we can do to make it healthier-


The other two layers are basically cream cheese.  I used light philadelphia Cream Cheese.  I poured the remaining 400g tub of Nutella into the cream cheese for the middle layer.  At the same time, I added chopped peanuts! (According to my friends, the middle layer tastes exactly like Ferrero Rocher.)

The top layer is another layer of cream cheese plus the biscuits crumble. hehehe, tell ya I love biscuits crumbs.  After chilling for 5 hours, apparently the middle layer was softer than the other two cos I didn't add any gelatines for the health's sake.  Therefore, I put it into the freezer for overnight!  The next morning when I took it out, it looked great but a lot more heavier.


Finally the middle layer had set.  hehehe.  Spent more than half an hour on cutting them and wrapping them for all my dear friends!

 Wrapped them in aluminium foil and the cupcakes papers. Friends ended up eating the cakes during lecture and someone eventually consumed the metal Aluminium Al3+!

 Of course, I ate one and only if I can reduce the sweetness of Nutella, this cheesecake would be perfect for me.

Perhaps I should write in to suggest a Sugar Free Nutella ayee.

Ohhh, and this is actually for the bff in Malaysia who is fighting for her final exams.  All the best and good luck! I will eat on behalf of you and you must concentrate on studies yeahh.

This short break on the wonderful Sunday was spent really well on baking.  The break between Week 7 and Week 8, time for us to grasp for air.  This week should not be too busy on studies, but not the cleaning and packing job.  Yes, I'm moving to another house next week! teehehehe. ehh, next week might be extremely busy with all the prac classes cramped in one week, and the bio mid-sem exams. :(

But anyways, I'm still looking forward to week 9.  Not only that it is the week before mid-semester break, it is also the week I gonna move to another house!

Ciao~

I love Uni. & here's another good news

YAYYYY. It's Friday. All glory to God, I survived the week! Of course, not to forget those crazy laughters that my friends and I had during lectures and classes.

Well, remember about the good news that I shared last week? Here comes the another one. The another twin of mine - the ugly duckling is coming to Brisbane soon!  Ohmygoshhhh I can't wait till the days us three are together again bahahaha. hey duckling I look forward to your arrival: your big face, your pimples, your long curly hair and your huggies.

I think we can be a great combination: your big face, E's small face and my medium face. *bahaha.

The moments that I've been waiting for! finally, please, 2014, treat me well with all these people around? fingers crossed.

2014-2018, we gonna rock Brisbane all over again, just like how we did in Chung Hua the 4S1. 

So, uni's been treating me well so far, I love uni.  Perhaps these changes of mindset are caused by my 4 months long break after I withdrew from my previous course.  I enjoy uni now, and enjoy every single bits of it: the assignments, the exams, my group mates, my coursemates and my lecturers.  ahaha, although I always skip lectures, I still love my lecturers okay? blahh.

Assignment might be dreadful, but sometimes I do enjoy the late night moments, switching windows between chrome, microsoft words and microsoft powerpoint.  It is a few precious quiet moments that you can actually give your full concentration on your work.  I really enjoy that quietness after 2am: you even can hear the ticking of the clock! Nahh, to be able to do that, I need to get my adrenalin level rising, rising, keep on rising till it hits the peak.. 

Besides, Exams was okay, apparently i love assignments more than exams, but exams give you a chance, oh well, FORCE you to get back on track on what's going on in your courses.  Thanks to the mid-semester exams, or else I'll just put myself at that critical point where I need to hide myself in my room to catch up the lectopias throughout the whole semester before final exams.  

okay lah, just a quick post about my uni life, and also sharing that extremely good news.  This will definitely make my weekend a colourful one.  What's on for weekend?  A few rewards for myself after this busy week: a Saturday's brunch & a catch-up dinner with the lovelies! Stay tuned!

The Good News

I blinked, and found myself in a high-ceilinged room. The jade sky outside that vintage window has gone. Wow, that was a two hours nap.

I looked at my phone.  There was an incoming msg.  I thought that was a dream. And I did something that I thought I will never do: slapping and pinching myself. OUCHH. Reality check, passed.

and W-O-W.  A REAL WOW.  Immediately I unlocked my phone, fingers were trembling that I couldn't unlock at the first attempt.. God hears our prayer everyday and finally, our dreams are about to come true!

Okay okay, calm down Clare.

I can't!

nahhh, it was from my bff in Malaysia, she has definitely brought me a good news. We've been thanking God a lot in our conversation as we believe this is the plan that God makes for us since years ago.

Continuing praying.. Pray hard pray hard pray hard.

The good news will be revealed soon. Pray for her kay! :)

Latin. May I? :D

The sky was not changing today.  It stayed cobalt blue throughout the day, if it was winter, I would be really glad as the sun can at least release heat and warm us up. But not today, the last day of winter, oops, it's the beginning of spring. I felt my skin touch the sun. I felt the heat and passion that spring has shown us the humans! Yes, spring has sprung! Yayy for that? oh I doubt it. 

"Don't complain this complain that lah. Winter complain, summer complain, now spring also complain. aiyoyoo. somemore at malaysia also complain. "

for today is the National Day in Malaysia, let's show this little speciality of Malaysian English wahaha.

Life has to end, but love doesn't. 

Ahh this might sound emotional, but note that I am not emotional right now when I am typing this. lol. I guess that is how a random thought strikes and you just gotta deal with it! hahaha, again, dealing with something? 

Today's exams reminded me of the days we had our examinations in high school.  We could meet in the toilet after exams and discuss about the questions; we even moved the long benches from Form 2A to ours - 4S1. nahh sometimes we stole 5S1's bench. Everything's still clear in mind, but I can't see my friends' smile outside my classroom, bringing me past year exams paper/food/whatever.. Apparently those senses weaken! And another heightens - MEMORY.

Memory becomes our partner, we nurture it, hold it and dance with it. 

Latin? May I? :D