#Cocoa Power

[buffetlicious]

BreadTalk Singapore (面包物语) is celebrating their 23rd anniversary this year with a series of promotion. Picked up two Box Cakes (盒子蛋糕) for S$16 (U.P. S$11.80 each) which otherwise I would not have purchased at the original price. The three flavours available are Chantilly, Dark Forest and Kopimisu. They come in hard plastic reusable box and spoon so you don't have to dirty your hands.

The Kopimisu (Kopi 米苏) is a word play for Kopi which is coffee in our local dialect. It is a tiramisu cake minus the alcoholic taste. The mascarpone mousse is alternated between two layers of coffee soaked chocolate chiffon cake and dusted with plenty of cocoa power. In-between mouthful of the rich and creamy cheese and cake, I can detect the strong presence of cocoa and subtle coffee fragrant. A sinful yet not too sweet dessert which I shared with my sister.

This is actually a Black Forest gateau though for some reason BreadTalk decided to name it Dark Forest (黑森林), maybe it is because there is no alcohol used. The cake is the same chocolate chiffon sandwiched with vanilla white chocolate cream, dark sweet cherries, dark chocolate mousse and topped with dark chocolate shavings and a speck of gold leaf. The cherries gave it bursts of juicy sweet and sourness which balanced out the rich and bitter chocolaty dessert.

I find the Chantilly (珍多丽) which is composed of vanilla chiffon, chantilly cheese cream, fruit cocktail, cream, topped with white chocolate shavings and half a maraschino cherry on the saccharine side. The cake plus canned fruit cocktail in syrup added up to cloying sweetness. If I have a choice, I did replace the canned fruits with fresh strawberries which would add some tartness to balance out the overall sweetness.

Selected images from BreadTalk Singapore.

[mvashnic]

Anger the Lady Galadriel at your own peril ✓

[sunshines-child]

pjo au where shortly after the war nico dies and turns into a rather obscure deity. later, young demigods start showing up alone at camp borders. when asked who brought them, they always talk about a pretty person with wings on their head and back, covering a face that wore a black crown. time passes, and a young, tiny child of Hekate, maybe 4, appears. when asked, the child says how there was this boy with wings over his face that brought her, and that the boy tells the child that his name is nico before kissing her head and leaving. shit hits the roof.

[the-bun-army]

The buns playing with some snow again!

[originalhaffigaza]

[evienyx]

I'm just imagining Rouge having so many questions about Shadow, starting with why he's carrying heirlooms for a guy he clearly cares deeply about except he clearly has no idea what the guy's name is (and Blue doesn't exactly summon up a descriptor like "Blondie" or "Red" would). (I'm just imagining her finally meeting Sonic and going "Oh. Blue makes sense now.")

To be fair, I have met real people named Blue, but it is definitely very clear that Shadow does not know what the guy's name actually is.

Most of Rouge's thoughts at the moment are "This kid is very clearly fucked up, doesn't know how technology works, doesn't know what Mobians are despite looking like he probably is one, and has some of the most insane Chaos Energy shit going on I've ever seen. On top of that, he's got either some friend or lover or something in between who he most definitely cares about more than just about anything, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't know the guy's name. Yeah, this is my new crime buddy."

And frankly, she's real for that.

[thejoobiestnerd]

So I may have binged the entirety of the Houseki no Kuni manga. Anyways, have some memes I made:

And a non-inverse colour version of the second meme:

[angelmush]

these came out SOOOO good

[imaginealpha]

Tech product guides trying to troubleshoot your issues: lol have you tried turning it off and turning it on again 🧐 I'm not going to read any of the things you said you did, if it doesn't work then get fucked. Go to settings and click this option that you said isn't even there anymore

Reddit: here's some actual helpful suggestions on where to find settings that can fix your problem. We're more reliable than google search. Except for when we just tell you to buy new hardware instead of trying to fix your problem

Some obscure tech blog article from 7 years ago: i *google ad* gotchu *google ad* *google ad* *troubleshooter you never knew existed* *google ad* *solution to your problem*

[dafukdidiwatch]

Friends come in all shapes and sizes

[botanists-little-cookie]

Good morning. I am a serious artist who does serious art, I promise :P

(The audio in this video is kinda shit, sorry about that lmao)

Audio source is the "Wake Up Sleepyhead" Vine, I saw it and this was my first thought. Also, this has the honor of being the first thing I've ever fully animated!

[S/I uses fae/hir/her!]

(Also why is Chai's arm so miserable to draw 😔)

[firebird-nonnette]

I never post, but just finished Loki s2e4 and.... what the hell?

Rant in the tags...

[flaming-toads]

The weather is beautifully chaotic today.

[the-bun-army]

A story in a few pictures. Café being a good papa to Cocoa.

[keter-class-anomaly]

Life tip!

Microwaving/heating up chocolate milk DOES turn it into hot chocolate

[beyblaiddyd]

oh god please pretty please i just want to see choso art i do not want to see art of him eating out ynh