I woke up at the wrong side of the bed this morning. I was supposed to fix some business requirements for my shop, transfer my BIR RDO, go to the City Hall and meet a friend but I just didn’t have the energy to do so. I am taking a medication which totally effs up my hormones (and probably my brain) – another immunosuppressant for my
APAS condition and its side effects are driving me crazy.
I know all about positivity. I am an advocate for it but sometimes, it just gets you off-guard. Especially when you are all alone. It also does not help that Sachi cannot talk back to me *sigh*.
I try to keep myself busy but there is a limited variety of things to do at home. I do not like watching television the whole day. I couldn’t even concentrate on the book I was reading! Desperate situations needed desperate measures so, I went to my helpline and called a friend.
So Carla, who is back in Bacolod (this is the thing I hate most because I could not just see my closest friends or my family when I need them), told me to do something to pass the time. Do anything to divert my state of mind. She told me that maybe I should already start on my baking project, which I have been wanting to do for a while.
Of course, obedient as I always am *snicker*, and with nothing to do, I drove to this place which was introduced to me by my another friend, Sarah, who owns
Pateacherie. Several months ago, I was looking for some supplies for my accessory shop and she brought me here.
So… the place which took away some of my woes today — introducing Dough-It-All (pretty punny, right?)
Dough-It-All is located at C. Palanca Street in BF Homes in Paranaque and it carries the whole thingamajig for baking – from pans to cutters to liners and ingredients. It is a one-stop shop for anyone who just wants to bake!
They have all kinds of these cute candy cups and cupcake liners. They are all equally nice and fun to collect.
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| Cupcake liners. In cute designs and colors. |
They have pans and trays – plastic, aluminum, big, small, round, square – anything, you name it!
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| Pans and Trays. |
And soon, if I am able to bake a cake — I should probably get this.
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| Cake bases. Or whatever that is called. Haha! |
All the baking supplies you need at less the cost than the ones in malls!
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| Boxes for all types of pastries. |
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| Lovely. |
So, this is what I got for my little baking project this afternoon and I spent around PHP1000 for all these supplies. I think it wasn’t bad although I wouldn’t really know. Any tips for me, baker friends? 🙂
This is the itemized list of what I purchased. I had at home the other dry ingredients like the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
| Item |
Description |
Qty |
Unit Cost |
Total |
| Grease Paper |
1 pack or 10 sheets of 24×36 in |
1 |
65.00 |
65.00 |
| 2 oz Cupcake Liners |
200 pcs per tube |
3 |
54.00 |
162.00 |
| Aluminum Tray |
18″ |
2 |
35.00 |
70.00 |
| Muffin Pan |
12s |
1 |
230.00 |
230.00 |
| Bensdorp Cocoa |
per kilo |
1 |
238.50 |
238.50 |
| Icing Set |
With Spatula, measuring spoons and icing tube |
1 |
65.00 |
65.00 |
| Baking Pan |
7x7x2.75 |
1 |
58.00 |
58.00 |
| Baking Pan |
9x10x2 |
1 |
80.00 |
80.00 |
| Total |
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968.50 |
So for my first baking experiment, I came across this site, Bake Happy by Aikko. She said that her recipe for a Perfect Moist Chocolate Cupcake is foolproof. Magic word there! Unfortunately, I just had to skip that part when it said that I had to fill up the pan with 1/4 cup of the batter. I missed the “cup” so I poured the batter on the pan up to 1/4 of its level. Hahaha. Geez!
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| Quarter-full of batter. Haha. Fail! |
After getting these babies out of the oven, I re-read the recipe and yes. That “cup” word. I missed that. So I made the adjustments on the second batch and this is the result!
I did not want to do the frosting yet as it’s just too much sweetness for me for today. So there goes my first attempt at baking.
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| My first ever cupcake! Yey! |
So there. I was able to take off my mind off my little low today. I am just following the advice of a friend to re-focus myself first on other things such as cooking (because God knows I still suck at it, hehe) and baking.
How about you, loves? How do you distract yourself from the things you worry about? Come on! Share something with me and let me feel I am, at the very least, still normal.
And to my baker friends who got this thing all figured out, what do you think? What else do I need? Any awesome recipes you can share with me? Hit me up!
PS. This is the shop information:
Dough-It-All (Baker’s Supply Center)
C. Palanca St., BF Homes, Paranaque
Monday to Sunday 5:00 am to 7:00 pm
PPS. I heard from the shop attendant that they have already opened branches in Baguio and in SM Aura. Awesome!
