The Sweeter Side

I'm anxious, insecure, and lost in my life lately. So to make sure that I appreciate and love myself too, I decided to make myself an amazing 21st birthday cake! I've always always LOVE sponge cake over everything else, just because the texture is light, airy, and sweet-enough. I also wanted to move away from just using strawberries and chocolate just because I've done that many, many times already. I have to find a more creative and challenging way to try those flavors before I do them again. I know I definitely will be using a sponge cake just because I love it so much. It's also something I've been wanting to successfully make for a while. My family also loves sponge cake because it fits their asian palette better. I gotta make this cake edible and appealing to others too, because there's no way I can finish by myself! I found a sponge cake recipe that I thought would work. The video for this wasn't very good, but the recipe was though! I added the ...

I made them and they took foreverrrrr. They turned out pretty nicely and they tasted great. I didn't do the sugar designs like I wanted to, choosing instead to put coconut because I figured it would look better. I also added a 1/3 cup of coconut to the batter. The lemon filling I think is a must just because that's where the kick of lemon comes in. Definitely a good cupcake, but time consuming. D:

I bought a bunch of different sized canvases lately hoping that I would be motivated to do something with them. I decided to paint something for the boyfriend, J-Sunface. He loves cars and he drifts, so it's fitting that I would paint his 240 SX. This is the reference picture of his beloved Silvia, the one with whom I compete with for his love. She's the same age as I am too! :P The canvas is gridded and I started to sketch the car. I am using a reference because cars are something I don't really draw at all. It is about 3:25 am when I took the picture below! I forgot to take the next few steps of the painting soooo let's just jump to the final stage. His mom had the painting framed. I may replace the picture with a better one in the future. I think this was not bad for my first car and oil painting. This was finished over three weeks back in July. (: