![]() ![]() I found a recipe on Bakericious that looked vaguely like what I was looking for, and used it as my base while adding a few personal touches along the way. I even made some fresh soy bean milk to go with it! I knew I wouldn’t have time to make a more traditional chiffon cake though, so a heavier pound cake it was. With some pandan essence in my pantry and some leftover desiccated coconut, a pandan coconut cake was begging to be made. While his grandparents have been in Australia for decades, they’re still very Chinese Malaysian in their tastes and philosophies. Hence, my anxiety when I realised I couldn’t go to a birthday brunch one Saturday morning at his grandparents house as I had a long-standing facial appointment booked for pre-wedding beautification. Not going along to a 93rd birthday party because of something as personal and frivolous as a facial appointment? How dare I!Īnxious to make amends, I woke up at 7am that Saturday morning, sacrificing my sleep-in, so that I could do some birthday baking as a peace offering. I make a particular effort to go to all family gatherings at least once a week (yes, his Malaysian side of the family do see each other at least once a week), so that I can’t be faulted as not paying my respects to his elders. This is particularly heightened when it comes to K’s family – I’m eager to be the ideal daughter-in-law, the perfect new relation, and the irreproachable granddaughter-in-law. ![]() ![]() I’ll be the first to admit that I have an issue with needing acceptance and approval in parts of my life – validation that what I’m doing is correct. ![]()
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