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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, aunties and uncles, yes, ALL of you out there… how would you like to get someone (or yourself) some cute, lovely socks dollies? Be it for birthdays…anniversaries…special occassions…hobbies/collections…or simply for the joy of giving gifts to people on any given day. Well, do visit this site – SoxWaWa.com – for more adorable dollies that may just be what you’re looking for!

I have no idea how did the socks doll phenomenon emerge but as soon as my dear friend informed me of her latest venture, I immediately STOLE a pair of really cute piggies when I paid her a visit! LOL!

<* Perrinator got slapped back and forth with a pair of smelly socks *>

¡Vale! ¡Vale! Lo siento! (Okay! Okay! I’m sorry!) There’s no need to slap me with that! LOL! Oh, here are some pictures of my piggies wiggies from SoxWaWa:

So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead, visit SoxWaWa.com and get one (or a few!) today!!

I can’t help but to tell you about my 4th Spanish class yesterday! Why? Well…this is a SPECIAL edition because…the Spanish tutor wore a pretty TIGHT-FITTING BLACK T-shirt!! Madre mia!!!!!

<* Perrinator recalls that she almost fell off her chair yesterday when he entered the room casually with his usual friendly greeting in Spanish! *>

Yes, you could see his biceps (though it’s not toned!) and gosh, he has a pretty flat waist (no ugly bulging fats like mine)! That T-shirt of his was enough to distract my concentration AND keep my eyeballs wide open. I think I didn’t even yawn during the lesson! LOL!!!

<* Perrinator silently thanked God that she did not salivate during the entire 3-hour lesson *>

I seriously think he should wear something like that more often to keep us…okay wait, maybe not all of us, but at least to keep ME wide awake! But it could be a bad thing though, because it’s really meddling with my brain cells which control my concentration nerves! Oh well…the class went pretty well, it’s getting tougher as we move further into the lessons and it’ll be a helluva roller coaster ride next week onwards as the difficulty of the subjects increases even more.

So, right after my class, I immediately went home and began baking one of my favourite (and easiest) cakes of all – Banana Orange Cake! Well, that’s because I’ll be going over to my friend’s bf’s house for a steamboat dinner and I thought, hey, since they have not tried that cake before, why don’t I bake one for them? Yeap…I was lucky enough that I had plenty of buffer time to bake one. I actually baked one the day before but I wasn’t satisfied with the outcome, hence, after the class, I baked another one and voila! It turned out much better than the day before!

I also made them cookies…hmm…what should I call it? Strawberry Jam Cookies? It doesn’t matter anyway, coz’ apparently, they all like my cake (except for Sime who doesn’t fancy eating bananas!) and cookies and my goddaughter was delighted that she get the entire Tupperware filled with the cookies back home! Ahhh…so, here’s my favourite picture taken after our steamboat dinner!

Relax…relax…I wasn’t admitted to the mental institution after I’ve enrolled in my Spanish class. It’s just that I’ve been a little erm…busier than usual due to some err… pretty personal stuff and yes of course, my Spanish lessons! I’m now into Lesson 4, and thank goodness I managed to survive but I wouldn’t be too sure about Lesson 5 onwards because that’s where my brain will need a very serious workout…it’s THE VERBS!!!

Oh no…better not continue babbling about my Spanish lessons! Otherwise I’ll have to rename my blog to Perrinator’s Spanish Adventure! LOL! Here’s another recipe that I’d like to share with you guys! Initially, I got this recipe from the internet and it didn’t exactly turn out nice in my FIRST attempt. So, I modified the original ingredients a little, and tried baking the SECOND time. Well, it turned out better than the first one but I’m not too satisfied with the outcome because it doesn’t taste “apple-ty” enough. So, I tried baking for THIRD time and voila! I was pretty satisfied!

Ingredients (A):

Refer to the ingredients in Basic Sponge Cake recipe

Ingredients (B):

1 medium-sized Granny Smith apple (for top decoration)
3 medium-sized Granny Smith apples (for filling)
3 tbsp sugar, melted
2 tbsp Sultanas (I didn’t like this, so I omitted this from my cake!)
1 large lemon, juice and zest of, grated

Method:

1. Quarter 1 apple and cut out the core. Cut quarters into slices and put them into a bowl with just enough of lemon juice to cover it. Toss to mix and set aside.

2. Quarter the other 3 apples, cut out the core and cut into cubes. Put them into another bowl with the remaining lemon juice. Toss to mix and set aside.

3. Next, follow this basic sponge cake. recipe until Step 4. Mix together with sultanas and lemon zest in Step 4, and follow the recipe until Step 9.

4. Drain the lemon juice from the sliced apples and carefully place them on top of the cake at an angle of 35 degree or so, spacing out evenly among the slices. Sprinkle the top with some lemon zest.

5. Bake at 180?C for 30 minutes. Set aside to cool before removing from pan.

6. Cut the cake into two layers after it has cooled down. Then, drain the lemon juice from the cubed apples and place them into a food processor (or whatever blender that you have).

7. Blend them with 3 tbsp of melted sugar. You’ll have something like this:

8. Quickly spread the blended apples onto the bottom of the sliced cake and place the top layer on it. Refrigerate for at least four hours before serving.

Some comments on the method above:

In Step 1 & 2, the lemon juice serves to prevent the apples from browning (while adding a zesty flavor to the cake!)

In Step 4, it is best to put the slices at some angle instead of laying it flat on the surface of the cake. It is also important to space them out evenly and not to overcrowd the surface with too many slices as the top will not cook properly in the oven.

In Step 7, I blended the apples together with some sugar because I fear that the soaked apples may taste too lemony or sourish. Oh, and it’s my laziest way of preparing apple fillings! LOL!

In Step 8, you can actually serve immediately but since I prefer cold stuff, I refrigerate it for at least 4 hours before devouring it.