Happy Birthday Abah :)

Banana cinnamon cake

Lemon Meringue Cheesecuppies

(Receipe from anna olson show)

Ingredients
Crust
1-1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (I'm using digestive biscuits)
1-1/2 tbsp sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

Cheesecake
1 cup cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large eggs, room temperature

Meringue
1 large egg whites
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 tsp cornstarch
I add 1/2 tsp vanilla essense to reduce to egg smell :)

Directions
Crust
1.Preheat oven to 350°F (depends on your oven) and line 6 mini muffin tins with paper cups.
2.To make crust, combine all ingredients until evenly blended and crumbly. Press into bottom of mini muffins cups. Bake for 8 minutes, then cool.

Cheesecake
1.To make cheesecake, reduce oven to 325°F. Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy, then gradually add sugar while beating, scraping the sides of the bowl often. Beat in cornstarch, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, scraping well after each addition. Spoon or pipe cheesecake filling into cooled mini muffin tins and bake for about 18 minutes, until cheesecake still moves a little when pan is shaken gently. Let cheesecakes cool to room temperature. Meringue layer can be made once cheesecake have cooled and cheesecakes can be chilled overnight and then finished





Meringue
1.For meringue, preheat oven to 375?F. With an electric mixer, whip egg whites with lemon juice n vanilla extract until foamy. While whipping, gradually pour in sugar and whip on one speed less than highest until whites hold a stiff peak (the meringue stands upright when whisk is lifted). Whisk in cornstarch. Fill a piping bag fitted with a large star or plain tip and pipe on top of each cheesecake. Bake pie for about 6 minutes, just until meringue browns lightly. Allow cheesecakes to chill for at least an hour and up to a day before serving.

Red Velvet Bread Pudding :)

This wasn't my intention at the first place you know, to combine these sweet tooth :). I baked red velvet cake last night and hubby keeps saying I haven’t bake a proper cake for him... (Haven’t I? you've got to be kidding me man!!!). He added, he only tastes the balance of the batter which I baked in a smaller ramekin.

Then I replied (If you want, you need to order and pay for it la)
He: “Duduk satu rumah pun kena bayar ke??? pffft”.

So while baking for the order, I realized we had halve of walnut bread that I bought few days back. So I’m thinking to bake bread pudding for him and yes, he was right, (not a proper red velvet for him).I have remnants of the red velvet batter so my inner creativity yielded the second I ripped my bread in the baking tin.

I should combine these two and see what happen?

err..yummilicious :)

Ok the Bread Pudding Recipe:
Halve of walnut bread *any bread will do*
2 cups of milk
1 egg
¼ cup of sugar, and 2-3 tbs condensed milk
Chocolate spread,
Vanilla essence
Fresh strawberries and raisins
*Red velvet batter”

1.Rip the bread in a tiny pieces
2.Spread the chocolate over the bread
3.Mix all milk, egg, condensed milk and vanilla essence together.
4. Thinly slice the strawberry.
5. Put in the bread in baking tin and pour the liquid mixture
6.Mix well and add the strawberry and raisins.
7.Spread the red velvet cake batter on top * just a thin layer” and bake for about 20-30 min.

Enjoy the pictures :)

Tart Galore

Had a basic tart making class last weekend ranging from sweet to savory tart...I never had a proper class in baking so this is really great and easy. Wonderful team-mates i must say :).

Now I can take order for raya anyone ???

The Pastry

Cheese tart

Fruit tart

Coconut Tart

Chocolate tart

Egg tart

and the best part you could take some back home :) yeah

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY?

What with that ruling...to be honest I’ve got no idea at all.

Looking at numerous posting on Wordless Wednesday makes me ponder and paused therefore I google-d it and this is what came out.
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“On Wednesdays all over the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it on their blog. Hence the ‘wordless’ title. The idea is that the photo itself says so much that it doesn’t need any description.” (Source: wiki answer).

Now I get the idea, but wait a minute why Wednesday? I love Friday, can I create Wordless Friday then?

(macam-macam)

Mac -a- roon

Macaroon have become the latest hit in Malaysia. This sweet tooth has replacing the cupcakes frenzy with it's colourful, chic and petite look. I've tried my first macaroon here in Malaysia at Whisk cafe ,Empire Subang. Don't be surprised, the price will cost you around RM2 per pc. Googled the infamous macaroon from Laduree and ya, it has flavours of macaroon that can statisfied your craving. But I am afraid we don't have one here in Malaysia, soon perhaps :).

I tried baking one, and yes please don't ask me the recipe coz it turns out to be a disaster (for me) and the texture not really into my expectation. I should enroll a class then. Noticed one cafe at Solaris do provide the class for macaroon making.

Presenting .....

Strawberry macaroon

Feeling Peachy ...

Ingredients

1 cup of corn oil
1 cup of brown sugar
2 cups of self raising flour
1 egg
1tbs vanilla essence.
1/2 cup buttermilk.
Peach slices

(Mix all in a food processor, pour in the batter and lay few slices of peach in the baking tin,bake for 30 mins ). Once cool down, put slices of peaches on top and dust with powder sugar.

Strawberry Sponge Cake

1. 2 layers of strawberry cake

2.Spread strawberry jam on both sides

3. generous amount of mix cream cheese n whipped cream on top of first layer

4. Sandwich both layers (looks like a giant macaroon!!!)

5.Put a great dollops of cream cheese on top and garnish with fresh strawberries

6. Bon Appetit

"Breakfast for love"

Since working, I left home earlier to work than my husband, so we can no longer sit at the table for breakfast like we used to do. I made him cereal drink and chocolate cuppy to make his day :)

He must be smiling all day , I think :)

Choux Eclairs???

My first attempt to bake choux exclairs after an inspiring show by Rachel Allen Bake. But unfortunately the batter turn out very wet and I can't pipe out the shape I want it to be. I guess I miss the consistency concept of the batter for chaux pastry. Not to waste the batter I scoop it into paper cups and bake it, make a hole and voila, my version of cream puff (not so really)

Seriously when it comes to choux pastry, its all about the right measurement of the ingredients. For me when it comes to cooking, I don't really like the concept of "recipe" as cooking requires creativity, and creative food need no recipe :). But pastry is exceptional, right "recipe" is a must for you to get the good end result.

Otherwise your eclairs will end up like mine, turn out to be not-so-really-cream-puff.

Ingredients

Choux pastry

100g (3 ½ oz) strong white or plain flour

Pinch of salt

150ml (1/4 pint) water

75g (3oz) butter

3 eggs, beaten

1 extra egg, beaten - to brush eclairs before baking

For the chocolate glacé icing

200g (7oz) icing sugar

25g (1oz) cocoa powder

1 2 tbsp boiling water

For the crème chantilly filling

50g (2oz) icing sugar (1 generous tbsp), sifted

1 tsp vanilla extract

400ml (14fl oz) whipped cream (measure when whipped)

2 piping bags

Plain 5-8mm (1/4 – 3/8 in) nozzle

Plain 3mm (1/8 in) nozzle (optional

For the method you can peek at this link :)

"Superwoman"

Thinking of her, my highest deepest respect to a lady I called "mak"for being such a good wife and mother....U are a Superwoman..Suddenly I miss my mum. It is not she's staying thousand miles away from me but since I resumed working, I hardly going back (I went home every weekend fyi). Honestly, I skipped cooking couple of times or even more for the past 3 weeks of my working life and ya, I suffered from viral fever that weaken my whole body. And a wheezing cough never been easier. I never felt so paralysed... Enough said!!!

My mother enjoyed cooking, even for a simple dish, and I just wanna be like her albeit she has piles of daunting task at work to be settled. Occasionally she loves to make pizza and because of that, I try to make one I mean two (plates) for my husband. All from scratch, I mean the dough :). Alhamdulillah, "menjadi".

My version of plate pizza

Topping: Pasta /Barbecue sauce for the spread, slices of courgette/ zucchini, chicken sausage, fresh tomatoes, button mushroom and grated mozarella cheese

Hot from oven.

For the dough receipe I'm using as per attached here . Have a try then !!!!

Just a picture...

(Chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting)

Honey the dinner isn't ready yet...

"...but the dessert is ready to ingest"

Vanilla oreo cake with cream cheese frosting

p/s: I know the table is not what to expect when you organized a dinner party but, we just a bunch of simple people with no formality.. just make yourself comfortable peeps..It's ok to cling-clang your fork and knife..after-all, a big smile after the dinner is all matter.

Sticky Date Cake with Creamy Caramel Sauce

Hello everyone, merry christmas to all and happy holiday. Where are u up to this festive season? I'm stuck in the house with my smelly hubby huhu..but I just can't wait for the new year, we are heading somewhere :)

Btw enjoy the sticky date cake i made last week. Considering i have 2 full jars of date and it will be a waste if no one eat except during the fasting month/days. So I've decided to turn it into something edible (of course la).

Lucky me my hubby loves it so much. Simple ingredients i must say and it turned out very nice except a lil bit burnt at the bottom but after a get-rid- thin cut layer, you can have a lovely tea time with this sweets.

Ingredients:

60 g of butter

1 egg

1tbs of vanilla essence

3/4 cup of caster sugar

2 cups of self raising flour

1 cup of fresh milk

Handfuls of date, pitted and chopped

1 cup of water

Creamy Caramel Sauce (:)

1/4 cup of brown sugar

20g of butter

1/2 tbs of fresh milk/cream (i'm using fresh milk)

Methods for the preparation:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Simmer the dates with 1 cup of water until soft and thicken

Beat the egg with caster sugar until fluffy,i'm using wooden spoon.

Add vanilla essence

Add in the dates mixture

Lastly pour the sifted flour in the batter.

Lay in the cake loaf or any type of cake tin you preferred.

Ready to bake for 30-40 mins

For the sauce, just add all ingredients and heat up until thicken.Pour on top of the cake and ready to be served.

Weekend Update !!!!

Hola, been away for a while..now i'm blogging live from my new humble crib. Me, waiting for the grill men doing their last work on my house. The house seems very dusty albeit the floor cleaning processes took place last weekend. Hate it when you step onto the floor and and you still can feel the dust stuck on your feet. Guess it will be a never-ending chores for me then..mopping, cleaning and cleaning again huhu.

Ok little upadate on my schedule last weekend:

My time was fully occupied with house cleaning on saturday and sunday as well.

Me fulfilling cake and cuppies order from my friend who tied the knot last sunday. Alhamdulillah managed to bake and decorate my first fondant cake ..I think it was a success for an amature like me hehe :). My mum helped me a lot with the ideas and she even assisted me "sepit" the fondant to shape it into a flower look a-like. So enjoy the pictures :)

Look at those tiny little fondant flowers on the edge of the cake..my mum did that. Comel kan???

3 tier wedding cake (RV) and cuppies (Chocolate)

Petite Chocolate Cake

My sweet treat for Eid-Adha tomorrow. Thinking of doing some deco n frosting, emm we'll see then :).

my petite Chocolate cake

updated version with simple frosting

p/s: definitely in the baking mode :)

keira's bakery :)