Bring cheer to others...

"Whoever is happy will make others happy, too" - Mark Twain.

Fondant
I'm interested with fondant decoration. I've been searching in internet fondant recipe and how to work with this sticky and sweet candy. Finally i knew how to make the fondant or gum paste through the Citarasawan's blog.. I started with make a caracter/dummy using the fondant for my sister birthday and my colleague.  They all very happy and quite impress with my artwork hehehe...thanks God :-) In that pont of view, i like what Mark Twain said, when we make others happy, we r happy too...




This one for my youngerst sister birthday last Oct, 10/10/10! ;)

My sister Ain loves to listening her MP3,so i did a caracter similar to her.




I did this caracter for my colleague birthday. She was speechless n almost cry when she saw this cupcake...



Baking project with tiny tot ;)

What ever happend in our life, we must go on...n yeah, tday i baked another layer cake to cheer-up myself. When i upset i like to smell strawberry.So nice and yummy ;) So i baked the Strawberry Cheese cake tday.
My little Aiman and Aisar were 'helping' me in the kitchen while i make the cake huhu... ;-D

Kek Lapis Strawberry Cheese

Bahan-bahan:

450 gm butter [terbaik ialah Golden Churn / ScS]

250 gm cream cheese [jenama Philadelphia Kraft]

1 sdb ovellete

150gm gula kastor

10 biji telur

1 tin [400gm] susu pekat manis

300gm tepung Hong Kong

100gm Horlick

200 gm Strawberry filling [jika tiada boleh ganti jem strawberry tetapi mesti letak sedikit keranna jem terlalu manis]

1 sdt strawberry emulco atau esen strawberry

sedikit pewarna merah/pink

Cara membuat:

1-Putar mentega bersama cream cheese dan ovelette hingga pucat dan kembang.

2-Masukkan gula dan terus putar hingga sebati.

3-Masukkan telur sebiji demi sebiji, putar hingga kembang.

4-Perlahankan speed mixer, masukkan susu dan gaul hingga sebati.

5-Masih slow speed, masukkan pula horlick dan tepung sedikit-sedikit, putar hingga semua sebati.

6-Akhir sekali bahagi dua adunan, satu adunan letakkan strawberry filling dan strawberry emulco/esen.

7-Bakar lapisan pertama dgn api atas bawah selama 10 minit, ikut ketebalan lapisan anda.Setelah masak,keluarkan dari ketuhar, jika ada belon udara, pecahkan dgn lidi pencukil gigi dan ambil alat penekan untuk meratakan lapisan atas kek.

8-Untuk lapisan seterusnya tukar api kepada api atas sahaja dan bakar selama 10-15 minit bergantung pada ketebalan lapisan anda.

Cappucino Almond Cupcake

I love coffee so much so yesterday i baked cappuccino cuppies. Got the recipe from Gina Steer (Chocolate & baking) n just bought the book last weekend at MPH.



Chocolate & Baking - Gina Steer


Cappuccino Cupcake

Ingredient: [18 cups]
125gm butter
125gm caster sugar
2 medium eggs
1 tbsp strong black coffee mix with 2 tbsp hot water (i use nescafe)
150gm self-raising flour
2 tbsp cappuccino chips
2 tbsp almond flakes

Method:
1-Preheat the oven to 180'c 10 minutes before baking.
2-Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.Then break the eggs, mix until they are incorporated.
3-Beat in the black coffee.
4-Sift the flour into the mixture,then with spatula gently fold in the flour.Finally add the cappuccino chips into the mixture.
5-Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the muffin cases,sprinkle the almod flakes on top of the cake.
6-Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.



Weee```` i like to see my cuppies fluffy in the oven!






 

Aiman first trip to the town by bus.

Semalam, after siap baking project dgn lil Aiman aku bercdg membawanya ke bandar menaiki bas cuz i got some baking stuff yg takder dlm stok simpanan. Mulanya ank buahku ini enggan mengikut aku kerana dia sangat2 penakut naik bas. Finally dia bersetuju. Wah bukan main seronok pula dia di dalam bas. So many questions dia tanya. "Kenapa bas asyik berhenti jer mak Ngah? kenapa ada bunyi 'bepp' mak Ngah? this and that...haih letih menjwb huhu...


He's so happy in the bus ;)



Mak Na, itu apa? ini apa?? (so many questions hehe)



Ho-ho!Little Santa in the town!



He loves ice-cream!

 

Meh Aiman suap Mak Na!




He's bored...waiting for me in the bakery supplier shop hehe



Precious moments...

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.  ~From the television show The Wonder Years


These are my favorite photos that remind me my precious moments with the persons i love....

My sista Maryam and nephew Aiman

My beloved students...



Nara yg indah and rusa yg jinak..





My cutie niece, Fatiha Arissa...she's very lovely when she smiles....

 


Takder ank, manja dgn ank org pun jadilah...




Aisar, adik Aiman so cute when he smiles...





Aiman always tickles everyone heart with his action..

 


Kakak (panggilan manja Fatiha) selalu follow apa2 yg Aiman buat hehe..

 

My mom's recipe

Bila blk kg mmg seronok. Boleh menikmati kuih-muih bonda yg sedap hehe...mak menjual kuih since aku kecil lagi. Kuih koci mak mmg terkenal di kgku. Hari nih aku belajar membuat salah satu kuih jualannya yg juga digemari ramai iaitu kuih Tepung Gomak. Ever heard bout this kueh before? Kuih tradisional nih mmg selalu dijual di gerai kuih-muih tetapi biasanya kurang enak disebabkan kulit yg tebal dan inti yg tidak berasa gula melaka. So aku nk berkongsi my mom'r recipe for that kueh di sini..

Bahan-bahan kulit:
Tepung pulut 1 bungkus
Tepung gandum 1 cwn
Keledek 1/2 kilo
sedikit air garam
Serbuk kacang hijau

Cara membuat:
1-Rebus keledek dan lenyekkan.
2-Campurkan keledek dgn tepung pulut dan tepung gandum.
3-Uli sehingga boleh di kepal.
4-Masukkan inti bentuk2 bulat dan leperkan sedikit.
5-Rebus,angkat dan golekkan dalam serbuk kacang hijau.

Bahan-bahan inti:
Kacang hijau 1/2 kilo
Gula melaka 3 buku
Gula pasir [ikut suka]

Cara membuat:
1-Rebus kacang
2-Cairkan gula kelapa dan gula pasir sampai pekat
3-Masukkan kacang,kacau hingga pekat [hingga boleh boleh digentel]

Layer by layer...and again n again..

Tday my younger sister Maryam asked me to bake layer cake because she wants bring the cake to JB. I don't have many baking stuffs and cake ingredients in my mom's house so i decided to bake simple layer cake. The chocolate horlicks layer cake is easy to prepare because we only use coco powder and horlicks (malt) for the flavor. My mom's oven is small for 8' x 9' cake pan so i make it half for the ingredients and i used 6' x 9' cake pan. Alhamdullilah the cake turn-out pretty well but next time i must reduce the quantity of sugar, too sweet! as sweet as me ehek ;P

Ok enough rambling here, so this is the recipe:

Ingredients:
250 gm butter [ i only use Golden Churn or ScS]
10 eggs
220 gm Hong Kong flour
180 gm castor sugar [already reduce the quantity]
1 tbsp ovelette
1 can condense milk
200 gm Horlicks
200 gm coco powder [ i used Van Houten]

Method:
1-Whisk butter and sugar until white and creamy [high speed]
2- Add an egg, one by one at one time and beat until fluffy.
3-Slow speed, add condense milk and horlick.
4-Finally add HK flour and mix well.

5- Divide batter into 2 portions. One portion is original and one more add coco powder, mix well.

6-Set fire on grill, bake first layer for 15-20 minutes (depend on how thick ur layer). Then for 2nd layer set fire on upper.And dont forget each layer u have to press it after baked to avoid air pressure.

Ochh! air bubble, must poke it!



set upper fire for 2nd layer

 7-For last layer set fire on grill and bake for 15 minutes.




My new set of fork & spoon. I always keep an eye on it every time i go to KLCC. Finally i bought it last week. Yeeehhh.... :D