When Sis asked if I would be interested in baking for the Pak Kred Orphanage, I jumped right at the chance without any hesitation. True, I have only baked cookies like twice in my life, but I was sure if I followed the instructions right to the minutest details I can get it right, right? So with another friend we baked Melting Moment cookies with Lime Butter Cream and Caramel Custard Chiffon Cake. We spend one whole afternoon churning out the cake and cookies with high hopes that the children will love them. I thought everything turned out well but my friend was a little upset that the cake didn’t rise as much as it should but I felt the taste more than made up for it. After that day I was determined to bake more often and maybe someday the kids will give me big thumbs up!

The next day we drove down to the orphanage excited to give the children the baked goodies along with other donation. We stopped first at the Pakkred Babies Home Foundation for abandoned babies. It was already past noon when we arrived and all the babies were napping. I managed to get a glimpse of the sleeping babies. So many of them! All napping soundly. How can anyone abandon such beauties! Now I understand Brangelina’s adoption quest. We promptly dropped off part of the donation and drove to the next foundation for the physically and mentally handicapped children on the other side of the street. There was a group of children playing catch when we arrived. Those still able to run pushed those in wheelchairs…they were laughing and all having such a good time…without a care for the world. But the most heart-wretching part was seeing mentally handicapped children lying helplessly on the floor. Sis had warned me that she could barely contain herself from crying the first time she visited the place. It really felt like someone was gripping your heart to rip it out and cut it into pieces…

After giving the donation to the administration, Sis started giving out the baked goodies to the children. They loved the cake but threw away the cookies! Dumped them right into the garbage bin right in front of us! Haaaa….I just luuuuurrrrvvvvv such unpretentious innocence! Children are such a joy to be with! Guess children only like cookies made from chocolate and chocolate and CHOCOLATE!!!

Saved a piece of the Caramel Custard Chiffon Cake for hubby….he loved it, too.

These cookies they spat out…

I was hesitant to take any pictures of the children, afraid they would be self-conscious but boy, was I wrong. They couldn’t careless.

I hope whatever the future holds for them, they will always be happy and carefree.