NATEY IS IN THE KITCHEN, LET'S GET COOKING...

Telur Masak Merah Halia/Egg in Chili & Ginger Sauce

2009-05-30T10:39:00.000-07:00

Ayam Kari Goreng/Fried Curried Chicken

2009-05-30T10:37:00.000-07:00

Kurma Daging/Beef Kurma

2009-05-30T10:35:00.000-07:00

Daging Masak Halia & Lada Hitam/Spiced Beef with Ginger & Black Pepper

2009-05-30T10:32:00.000-07:00

Beef Steak

2009-05-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

Roasted Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

2009-05-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Kueh Lompang/ Malaysian Steamed Cake

2009-05-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

Kueh Talam Ubi/Tapioca Layered Steamed Cake

2009-05-30T10:09:00.000-07:00

Orange n Mango Chiffon Cake

2009-05-14T03:09:00.000-07:00

Daging Kicap Kandaq/Beef in Black Sauce

2009-05-14T03:07:00.000-07:00

Acar Sayur/Vegetable Pickle

2009-05-14T03:06:00.000-07:00

Spicy Chicken/Ayam Goreng Pedas

2009-05-14T03:04:00.000-07:00

Ayam Percik

2009-05-14T03:02:00.000-07:00

Imran's 9th Birthday Cupcakes

2009-03-30T10:50:00.000-07:00

As mama is very very busy, there's no birthday party for the boys this year. I just sent these cupcakes to their class, and shared by their good friends and teachers.

Both Imran and Nabil's cupcakes are chocolate cake frosted by buttercream added some heavy whipping cream, so it doesnt really taste so buttery but more creamier instead. Except for Faris's cake, it's actually banana cake frosted with cream cheese and cream.

The recipes are taken from the previous chocolate and banana cake posts.

Faris's 3rd Birthday Cake

2009-03-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Nabil's 7th Birthday cupcakes

2009-03-30T10:47:00.000-07:00

Nasi Goreng Kampung Cik Nat/ Hawker's Fried Rice

2009-02-14T08:31:00.000-08:00

This fried rice is easy to prepare and sedapp...! My favourite kind of nasi goreng...

Mango Cheesecake with Oreo cookies (cupcake)

2009-02-14T03:40:00.000-08:00

This cheesecake is so heavenly... simple to do, very quick to bake, cute..and yummilicious...a definite favourite with the children and adults too,of course...:-)

Recipe

Crust
About 200g custard cream cookies-crushed
100g melted butter
Mix these 2 together and make a base of the cheesecake.

600 g full fat cream cheese - room temp
1 can (397g) condensed milk
2 gred A eggs
1 tbsp cornflour
1 small bag Oreo Cookies- crushed
mango puree
2 tbsp halal gelatine + 1/2 cup warm water + 2tbsp glucose syrup - mix together (Do this when the cupcakes are already baked)

Method

1.Preheat oven to 175 deg Celcius
2.Prepare muffin pan, line with paper cups. Press the crust at the bottom of the paper cups.
3.Beat the cream cheese at low speed with a mixer until smooth
4.Add condensed milk. Mix well.
5.Add egg one a time. Mix well.
6.Add cornflour. Mix well. Dont overbeat the mixture. It only take about 5 minutes to have a smooth mixture.
7.If you like, you can add half of the manggo puree into the mixture.Leave half to sprinkle on top of the cake.
8.Pour into the prepared paper cups. Sprinkle crushed oreo cookies.
9.Sprinkle mango puree.
10.Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes.
11.When done, leave in the oven for 30 minutes and let cool.
12.Pour gelatine mixture and let set in the fridge. You can obviously omit this if you dont like/dont have gelatine. You can also be creative and pour chocolate melt onto these cupcakes or anything that you or your children like.

Sambal Tumis Sotong Kering & Kurma Ayam

2009-02-14T03:29:00.000-08:00

Sambal Tumis Sotong Kering

Kurma Ayam

Nasi Lemak

2009-02-14T03:24:00.001-08:00

Nasi Ayam/Chicken Rice

2009-02-14T03:16:00.000-08:00

Favourite of the family..easy to cook, healthy and delicious..

Strawberry Cotton Cheesecake (cupcake)

2009-02-06T09:47:00.000-08:00

Recipe

Ingredients:

300 gm. cream cheese
220 ml. double cream
100 gm. butter
1 tsp strawberry emulco
1 tbsp strawberry jam
90 gm. cake flour
30 gm. cornflour
80 gm. sugar
6 egg yolks
Chocolate chips

6 egg white
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
60 gm. sugar

Method:

(1) Put cream cheese, sugar and double cream and double-boil till sugar is melted and the cream cheese dissolved.
(2) Stir in butter and mix evenly. Set aside to cool.
(3) Sift the flour and cornflour into a mixing bowl.
(4) Add egg yolks into the cream cheese mixture and stir till well combined. Add in orange zest and juice.
(5) Fold in sifted flour into the cream cheese mixture and stir till smooth.
(6) Whisk egg white with cream of tartar till frothy then gradually pour in sugar and whisk till soft peak.
(7) Fold egg white into the cream cheese mixture.
(8) Pour into a cupcakes pan filled with paper lining.Add chocolate chips, and steam-bake at 160C for about 30 mins. till golden brown on the surface.
(9) Leave cheesecake to cool in the oven.

As with all baked cheesecakes, this cake tastes much better the next day. It's very soft and melt in the mouth..

Note:Original recipe:Aunty Yochana but i have made some major adjusments to the recipe.

Broccoli and Mushroom Stir Fried

2009-02-06T09:45:00.000-08:00

Fried Chili Egg

2009-02-06T09:43:00.000-08:00

Sweet Spicy Roasted Chicken

2009-02-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

Mee Kuah Udang/Prawns Noodle

2009-02-06T09:36:00.000-08:00

Masak Lemak Ketam/Crabs in Coconut Gravy

2009-02-06T09:33:00.000-08:00

Swiss Meringue Buttercream

2009-02-05T02:50:00.000-08:00

Roszi, i cant find your question, but if i'm not mistaken, it's about swiss buttercream. This is a great video about making a swiss meringue buttercream. It uses egg whites, sugar and butter. Much much less fat that the normal buttercream. (Roszi, sorry lah for the long delay in replying your question...dah tu cari tak jumpa lak..anyway, aku pun tak pro sangat memasak ni, setakat yg aku tahu, aku share lah k...)

Froggy Chocolate Cake layered with Strawberry Buttercream

2009-01-31T03:32:00.000-08:00

Cake made for Gaza Appeal at my boys' school.

CurryPuff

2009-01-31T03:30:00.000-08:00

Banana Cream Cheese Cake with Blueberry

2009-01-31T03:25:00.000-08:00

This cake is very soft and moist. It doesnt taste like it has cheese in it...but if you are healthy conscious and dont like cream cheese, you can substitute it with natural yoghurt or sour cream or even buttermilk, but do add 1-2 tsp cornflour to add the 'heaviness' of the cream cheese. Just try and see what happen. I love playing around with the recipes and usually, you will be surprised how nice the cake turn out to be, or errr...the other way around. But, that's how we learn, isnt it..?

Recipe

300g (or less) full fat Philly Cream Cheese-room temp
200g unsalted butter-room temp
270g caster sugar
270g plain flour
5 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
2 del monte riped banana-mashed
blueberries - as much as you like
almond flakes - as much as you like

1.Beat butter at the lowest speed for 1 min.
2.Add cream cheese, caster sugar to creamed butter.
3.Beat the mixture until smooth and blend well.
4.Add egg one at a time.Beat slowly after each addition.
5.Continue beating the mixture slowly until everything is well mixed.
6.Add mashed banana.Fold gently.Add blueberries.
7.Sift flour with baking powder.
8.Fold the flour into the mixture. Sprinkle almond flakes on the cake batter.
9.Bake in 8" pan at 180 degrees C. for 40-50 min.(The amount of baking time will depends on the type of oven that you use. Check you cake regularly after 30th minute.

p.s: For chocolate lover, you can add chocolate chips in it as well..:-)

Steamed Chocolate Cake

2009-01-23T05:23:00.000-08:00

One for my boys...they were waiting with plates on their hand for the cake! :-)

Imran to Nabil : "ask mama to make the jelly cream (gelatine)"
Nabil replied : "emmm that's yummy (making dreamy face but then said)..but ayong, i want to eat it now..!!"
Imran said without replying to Nabil : "mama, me first, i want 3 slice !"
Nabil then said: "hey, i want 3 too, no , more ! 4, 5"

Nabil had 2 slice, and imran had 3.Faris had only 1. That's for the first round.

The morale of the story is, bake your kids a chocolate cake, and see their happy faces.Makes you one happy mama.

Chocolate Indulgence Cake

2008-12-19T03:21:00.000-08:00

It's belgian chocolate cake layered with chocolate frosting. The roses on top of the cake were made with chocolate candy. Cant really get the 'perfect' petals as i received a lot of 'help' from my tiny assistant.I gave him some of candy, and asked him to make whatever he fancied. Well, he fancied the candy to be in his mouth more than anything..:-)

Ingredients:
For the Cake:
1/2 cup (1 stick/4 oz./113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup water
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 tsp. espresso powder
1 3/4 cups pastry flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sour cream

For the Chocolate Frosting:
2 cups (4 sticks/16 oz./450g) unsalted butter, room temperature
12 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled to room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Instructions:
For the Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans.

2. Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

3. In a small pan stir water, chocolate and espresso powder over low heat until melted. Allow to cool slightly before beating into butter mixture.

4. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and stir into batter alternately with sour cream. Divide evenly between the 2 pans and bake for 25-35 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

5. Allow to cool 15 minutes in the pans, then turn cakes out onto a plate to cool completely.

For the Chocolate Frosting:

1. Beat butter on high speed, scraping sides frequently, until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and mix in.

2. Add vanilla, salt and confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth.

To Assemble:

1. To frost the cake top one layer with frosting and spread. Place second cake layer on top. Frost the top of the cake and finish with the sides. Chill cake to set. Cake is best stored at room temperature once set.

Source: Diana Dessert

By the way, i just want to say that, i bake from my heart, i bake as i would want to eat the cake (or whatever is that i bake) for myself, or my family. Quality doesnt come second in whichever cake that i bake. And truly, i will stick to my standard in whatever situation, even though if it's now credit crunch and people everywhere wanting to cut cost...i'm sorry but to me quality is everything. So i will stick to my way of choosing the best quality ingredients and truly again, i really hope anyone who has the chance to eat my cake, is satisfied. But again,learning process never stops,along the way, i definitely will make mistakes, so in order to be a better baker (it sure sounds weird and out of place to call myself a 'baker', it feels that it's still a long way to go..), i'm happy to receive comments and open to critics.

Orange Chiffon Cake

2008-12-19T03:18:00.000-08:00

It's an orange chiffon cake, layered with lemon,orangey and strawberry buttercream. Poured on top is orange gelatine (halal, of course).

LemonYogurt Cake & Moist Chocolate Cake

2008-12-19T03:16:00.000-08:00

Lemon Yogurt Cake frosted with lemon buttercream.
RECIPE

125g butter
200g caster sugar
220 self raising flour-sift
50ml orange juice
10ml lemon juice
280ml low fat natural yoghurt
3 eggs - separate yolks and whites
1 tbsp lemon zest

1.Beat butter at very slow speed for 1 min.
2.Add caster sugar and continue beating at low speed untill light and fluffy.
3.Add egg yolks. Continue beating.Dont everbeat at this stage.
4.Add in yoghurt, orange juice,lemon juice and lemon zest.Mix well with a spatula.
5.Fold in flour.
6.In different bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peak forms.
7.Add the egg white into the butter mixture. Fold gently.
8.Bake in 9" pan for 60 minutes at 170degrees C. (Again, baking time will depends on your oven, check your cake after the 40th min , again at 50th min making sure it's not overcooked)

note: This cake will be softer the next day.

LEMON BUTTERCREAM

250g salted butter
100g cricso(shortening)- you can omit this, and use all butter instead.
icing sugar- i dont really know how much, i add little by little.
3-4 tbsp heavy cream
1-2 tsp Lemon emulco

1.Beat room temp butter at low speed for 2 min.
2.Add shortening.Continue beating until butter and shortening soft and fluffy.
3.Add icing sugar.Continue beating.
4.Add cream and emulco.Continue beating for 1-2 minutes more only.

ps:Honestly, i dont have the exact amount of ingredients when i make my buttercream. I just add them up little by little. So it's all trial and error. If you see it's too runny, add more shortening and icing sugar. Add more cream to softened the buttercream.

Chocolate Moist Cake layered with orange buttercream.

Not so glam cakes. These cakes were made for my sons' friends at their school, Islamia Primary.

AidilAdha

2008-12-09T02:33:00.001-08:00

From left: Beef Curry with Baked glutinous rice (pulut bakar). Prawn curry (mee udang) with noodles . Garnishing for the prawn noodles. Baked layered cake. Chiffon cake with non-dairy cream frosting.

Cupcakes - Devil's Food Cake with Buttercream

2008-12-03T03:13:00.000-08:00

The devil's cake is actually chocolate cake. Very moist, and most importantly, not sweet. Just nice. I made these cupcakes with a lot of interruption@'help' from my youngest son, Faris..he wanted to taste this , stir that, cut this, poke that...oh dear...:-) and the rose doesnt come out as nicely as i would want it to be..since i dont want to make the buttercream too sweet, i used less icing sugar, the icing become a bit thin..so the petals didnt come out as perfectly as they should...i prefer using swiss meringue buttercream or simply whipped cream or cream cheese as the cupcake topping but since these cupcakes are not going to be eaten in one day..so buttercream is the best option, cos it stays longer in the fridge ...or on the shelf...the thing is i sold these cupcakes at the shop where they dont have a proper place to put cakes in...so they just take 1-2 and display them at the glass counter with no temp control...and that place is quite warm...the owner said he will find a suitable mini glass cabinet to put the cake/cupcakes in...we'll see...

Recipe

DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

1 C Sugar
12 Tablespoons Cocoa
3/4 Cup Cake flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 each Egg
2 each Egg Yolks
1/2 Cup Hot Coffee
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
5 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, cubed
Splash Vanilla Extract

1. Preheat oven to 350F .Place oven rack in middle of oven.
2. Butter and flour 9" round cake pan or individual ramekins. If you have parchment paper, cut out a circle and place on bottom of buttered pan. Butter and flour over parchment, if using.
3. In one big bowl sift cocoa, sugar, cake flour, baking soda and baking powder. Add salt to this, whisk to achieve a uniform mixture, and create a "well" in center.
4. Brew coffee, measure and drop cubed butter in hot liquid, whisk to melt and combine. (Do not let mixture cool too much.)
5. Pour cracked egg and yolks into well, whisk briefly. Pour in coffee-melted butter mixture, whisk briefly, pour in buttermilk and then whisk thoroughly to incorporate all dries. Attempt to eliminate any lumps. Add splash of vanilla extract.
6. Batter will be very loose, pourable.
7. Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Set first timer for 20 minutes. At the 20 minute mark, turn pan around, and set timer for another 10-15 minutes. (If you choose not to turn pan around it will most probably rise lopsided.) **Cake is done when skewer or sharp knife inserted in middle comes out clean and/or when sides pull away from pan and middle bounces back to the touch.
8. Cool cake pan on cooling rack until room temperature. Turn cake out to cool more or serve.

**I don't like to say how long a cake will take to bake. It depends on your oven, how long it needs to preheat, how hot your kitchen is, and the weight/material of your cooking vessel(s).

Note: I baked the cupcakes for 20 minutes.

Source:Shuna Fish Lydon

My Friend, Maryam's Special Cookies

2008-12-03T02:48:00.000-08:00

My friend, Maryam from New Jersey,USA sent these yummy cookies a few weeks ago. They dont taste like cookies, but more like pie...so delicious..! Thank you Maryam..:-)

Homemade Pizza

2008-12-03T02:38:00.000-08:00

Chicken and sausage pizza for the boys and mushroom pizza for the big boss..

Cheesecake

2008-12-03T02:21:00.001-08:00

Steamed Chocolate Cake

2008-11-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

Oh dear..there's a long story behind this cake. Somebody order this cake at 11am, and want it by 5pm..well, i have ample of time to make the cake IF i dont have 2 sick sons, and with my youngest son just got his thumb cut last night and we spent the whole night last night at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.., but i see it as a challenge and thought just go for it and do this cake...Cut the story short, i dont have enough time to deco this cake nicely...honestly, i hated the deco..but with time running out, i have no choice but to give in to this amateurish simple deco..dont get me wrong, i AM just an amateur baker...but i know if i have some more time, it can look a little bit better...well, next time...

Cuppies

2008-11-23T04:10:00.000-08:00

Notice that some of the cupcakes have gone missing...obviously someone cant resist the cute cuppies and eat them before the birthday girl blows the candle....:-)

KEK COKLAT MOIST

1 ketul butter
2 cawan gula
2 cawan tepung }
1 sudu teh baking powder } Campur dan gaul sekali
1/2 sudu teh soda bikarbonat }
6 biji telur
1 sudu teh esen vanilla

1/2 cawan gula }
1 cawan koko } Masak atas api kecil, kacau sampai gula hancur.
1 cawan air } Tutup api, biarkan.

Pukul butter dan gula hingga kembang, then masuk telur dan esen pukul sebati. Lepas tu masukkan bahan kering berselang seli dengan bahan koko yg dimasak tadi. Buat selang seli sampai habis dan kacau sebati. Sediakan muffin case, letak dalam muffin pan and tuang adunan ke dalam acuan muffin case dan bakar selama 15-20 minit 170 degrees Celcius.

Source: Bebop

note: This recipe is in Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia, if anyone need it in English, please let me know, and inshaallah, i'll try to translate it for you.

ICING

300-400g butter - room temp
100g shortening
6-8cups icing sugar (or more ..:-))
4-6 tbs heavy/double cream (1-3tbs more for thinner icing)
2 tsp lemon emulco
colors (i used wilton's)

Beat butter and shortening until fluffy. Add icing sugar little by little. Adjust to your liking. Lastly add emulco. Add color. If you want to use this buttercream for flowers ie rose, then you definitely need a stiffer icing..means more icing sugar, i should warn you, it's going to be very sweet. So what i normally do, make 2 batches of buttercream; 1-thin consistency, 2-stiff.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE

250g Black&Green Plain Chocolate (or any good brand u can find)-70% cocoa
100-150ml double cream or
100ml evaporated milk
50g butter

In a small pan, low heat, heat the cream and butter.Bring to just a boil. Take the pan off the heat and put the chocolate in. Stir until smooth. You can add or reduce cream depending on how thick or runny you want to ganache to be. If it's too runny..you can put it in the fridge for a while to thicken it a bit... Actually there are quite a few ways to make a ganache. You can also double boiler it, or simply microwave it.

I also used fondant to make the 'extras' like flowers, hearts etc. I bought the ready made fondant from the local supermarket. If you need ideas on how to decorate a cupcake, youtube is a good practical easy way to learn some tips...or just use your creativity..

The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

2008-11-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

Chocolate Cake
Recipe

1/2 cup (1 stick/4 oz./113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup water
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 tsp. espresso powder
1 3/4 cups pastry flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sour cream

For the Chocolate Frosting:
2 cups (4 sticks/16 oz./450g) unsalted butter, room temperature
12 oz. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled to room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Instructions:
For the Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans.

2. Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

3. In a small pan stir water, chocolate and espresso powder over low heat until melted. Allow to cool slightly before beating into butter mixture.

4. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and stir into batter alternately with sour cream. Divide evenly between the 2 pans and bake for 25-35 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

5. Allow to cool 15 minutes in the pans, then turn cakes out onto a plate to cool completely.

Source : Diana Desserts

Note: I layered and frosted the cake with orange buttercream.

Paprik Udang/prawns

2008-11-22T12:37:00.001-08:00

Pajeri Nenas

2008-11-22T12:35:00.000-08:00

Light Cheesecake

2008-11-22T12:19:00.000-08:00

Strawberry Light Cheesecake with Cream cheese and Whipped Cream topping

Recipe

140g/5 oz. fine granulated sugar
6 egg whites
6 egg yolks
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
50g/2 oz. butter
250g/9 oz. cream cheese
100 ml/3 fluid oz. fresh milk
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp strawberry emulco
60g/2 oz. cake flour /superfine flour
20g/1 oz. cornflour (cornstarch)
1/4 tsp. salt

Instructions:
1. Melt cream cheese, butter and milk over a double boiler. Cool the mixture. Fold in the flour, the cornflour, egg yolks, lemon juice and mix well.

2. Whisk egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Add in the sugar and whisk until soft peaks form.

3. Add the cheese mixture to the egg white mixture and mix well. Pour into a 8-inch round cake pan (Lightly grease and line the bottom and sides of the pan with greaseproof baking paper or parchment paper).

4. Bake cheesecake in a water bath for 1 hours 10 minutes or until set and golden brown at 160 degrees C (325 degrees F).

Makes 1 (8-inch) cheesecake, 12 servings.

Submitted By: Irene Oon
Source: Diana Desserts

note: I iced the cake with cream cheese and whipped cream.

Chicken Tomyum

2008-11-19T02:25:00.001-08:00

Natey Fried Chicken

2008-11-19T02:23:00.000-08:00

laksa Kedah again..

2008-11-19T02:21:00.001-08:00

Orange Chiffon Cake

2008-11-19T02:18:00.001-08:00

Recipe

Orange Chiffon Cake:

7 large eggs, separated

2 cups (225 grams) sifted cake flour

1 1/2 cups (300 grams) superfine white (castor) sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (120 ml) vegetable oil

3/4 cup (180 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice

2 tablespoons (10 grams) orange zest

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C) and have ready a 10 inch (25 cm) two piece tube pan (ungreased).

In the bowl of your electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, place the flour, sugar (minus 3 tablespoons (42 grams)), baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the egg yolks, oil, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract. Beat about one minute or until smooth.

In a separate bowl, with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 tablespoons (42 grams) of sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. With a large rubber spatula or wire whisk, gently fold the egg whites into the batter just until blended (being careful not to deflate the batter).

Pour the batter into the ungreased tube pan and bake for about 55 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. (When lightly pressed the cake will spring back). Immediately upon removing the cake from the oven invert the pan and place on a bottle or flat surface so it is suspended over the counter. Let the cake cool completely before removing from pan (about 1 1/2 - 2 hours).

To remove the cake from the pan, run a long metal spatula around the inside of the tube pan and center core. Invert onto a greased wire rack.

Source : Joy of Baking.
Note: This is the edited version of the recipe. You have to try first then only you know where to change. ie -I have to change the oven temp since my oven is fan assisted, so it only need around 160 degrees Celcius..

Orange Chiffon Cake

2008-10-15T03:36:00.000-07:00

Steamed Moist Chocolate Cake

2008-10-13T02:01:00.000-07:00

..top with white chocolate...it's sooooo moist and sinly wonderful...once awhile treat...

Homemade Yellow Noodles

2008-10-09T03:30:00.000-07:00

The flat dough waiting to be cut..by the machine, of course...
Nicely cut...
Cooking process...
Walla...ready to be eaten....fresh,clean and no preservative...

Recipe

FRESH NOODLES
Source : Datin Salmah and modified by 1Mas2ra (mamafami)

Ingredients :

6 cups plain flour
1 1/2 cups water
1 egg
1 tablespoon ash water (or edible lime water)
few drops of yellow coloring

Method :

1. Mix above ingredients into a mixing bowl. Knead for about 10 minutes. Dough should not be too soft.
2. Let dough rest for 1 hour.
3. Make into small balls. Roll flat and coat with flour.
4. Put into the pasta machine, the smooth part. Repeat trice.
5. Coat the thin piece into enough flour and put through the noodle cutter on the pasta machine.
6. Mix water with some salt and oil and bring to boil. Pour the noodles into the boiling water for about 5 minutes. Keep stirring to avoid noodles from sticking to each other.
7. Pour noodles into a strainer and wash with running tap water.
8. When cold, rub noodles with oil.
9. Ready to use.

Note :

Do not put any salt in the dough as this will spoil the pasta machine because pasta machines cannot be washed.

Note 11: Actually, i didnt use this recipe to make the noodles. But i cant find that recipe ..i'm sure the above recipe will produce the same result.

Mini Tartlettes

2008-10-09T03:28:00.000-07:00

This one is filled with cream cheese and whipped cream.

This one filled with chicken curry and potatoes...

Mee Rebus Udang

2008-10-09T03:24:00.001-07:00

cant see the prawns....? They were in the pot, lupa nak ceduk....:-)

Steamed Banana Cake/Kek Kukus Pisang

2008-10-09T03:23:00.000-07:00

3 large bananas - mashed
250g self raising flour
160g sugar
180g butter
4 tablespoon fresh milk
3 eggs } beaten
1-2 drops banana essence
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt

Preheated oven at 150'C
Sieve flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a dry container
Put butter and sugar in a bowl, cream untill creamy white
Add beaten eggs a little of a time
Beat well after each addition
Add essence, milk and mashed banana
Fold in flour to blend well
Pour mixture into a greased cake tin
Bake at 150'C for 1 hr

note: instead of baking it in the oven, i steamed it for 45-60min.

Cara Berlauk

2008-10-09T03:18:00.000-07:00

Cake Puding Caramel

2008-10-09T02:59:00.000-07:00

Cant really deco this cake as the puding caramel part is quite wobbly and soft. So makcik pun kena jadi Picasso lah kejap...errrr...the result: tak lah cantik...but boleh lar....
Cant see the cake part, dah kena cover dgn the deliciously sweet rasberries....

Resepi

Bahan-bahan ( 20cm )

Karamel
60g gula
1 sudu besar air
2 sudu besar air
Puding
4 biji telur
500ml susu segar
70g gula
sedikit esen vanila
Kek span
70g tepung gandum
60g gula halus
2 biji telur
20g mentega- dicairkan

Cara-cara

Sapukan loyang dengan butter lembut. Panaskan oven ke 170 degree. Cairkan mentega dan ketepikan.
Sediakan karamel Campurkan gula dengan 1 sudu air. Panaskan sehingga jadi warna perang. Kemudian tambah 2 sudu besar air lagi. Tutup api. Tuangkan semasa masih panas-panas ke dalam loyang.
Sediakan puding. Panaskan susu dan gula sehingga gula hancur dan padamkan api.
Masukkan telur dan esen vanila ke dalam mangkuk. Pukul sedikit. Kemudian tuangkan susu panas tadi perlahan-lahan ke dalam mangkuk sambil dikacau. Kacau dengan perlahan-lahan supaya tak berbuih.
Tapiskan no.4 ke dalam loyang karamel tadi.
Sediakan kek span. Asingkan putih dan kuning telur. Pukul telur putih dengan separuh gula sehingga kembang.
Pukul pula telur kuning dengan separuh gula lagi sehingga jadi bentuk krim.
Campurkan kedua-dua adunan telur tadi. Pukul dengan perlahan-lahan sehingga sebati.
Ayak tepung ke dalam no.8 Kacau dengan spatula dengan kaedah kaup balik.
Akhir sekali masukkan butter yang telah dicairkan. Kacau sehingga sebati.
Tuangkan adunan kek tadi ke dalam loyang puding tadi. Masukkan air suam ke dalam dulang oven. Bakar selama 40 minit atau sehingga masak. (adunan kek span ni akan terapung di permukaan adunan puding.. so puding tu tak payah kukus or bakar dulu.)
Sejukkan dulu sebelum keluarkan puding/kek dari loyang.

source: Yani Myresepi
note: This recipe is in Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia, if anyone need it in English, please let me know, and inshaallah, i'll try to translate it for you.

Eid Makan-makan 08

2008-10-09T02:49:00.001-07:00

Homemade Kuah kacang. Bukan pakai yang segera k...:-)

Menu : Bihun sup Utara,

Nasi impit + Kuah kacang

Fruit Cake

Apple Tart

Japanese Cheese cake

I dont plan to have this open house on the first day of Eid, so cant prepare a lot of food. We thought it's going to be on Wednesday, but unfortunately it's one day earlier. So ini saja lah yang sempat prepare..

Japanese cheesecake

Gulai Ikan Utara

2008-09-15T02:17:00.001-07:00

Cucur Udang Instant

2008-09-15T02:16:00.001-07:00

Cucur udang with no kucai..boss cakap mau makan jgk...

Laksa Kedah Power!!

2008-09-15T02:05:00.000-07:00

I'm actually Laksa kedah's BIGGEST fan EVER. Loves it so much, makan tiap2 hari pun no hal....speaking of which, i might cook it for today's iftar....cant wait....actually baru last week buat...

Kueh Sagu

2008-09-15T02:03:00.001-07:00

Bubur Gandum

2008-09-15T02:01:00.000-07:00

Koew Teow Kung Fu

2008-08-04T07:43:00.000-07:00

version lebih veg,chicken kurang kuah...janji sedap...

Chilled Oreo Orangey Cheesecake

2008-08-04T07:40:00.000-07:00

Cream cheese mixed with cream and gelatine. Chilled for 2-3 hours for the gelatine to set.

Summer Fair 08

2008-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:00

It's my sons' school's summer fair. I hold a food stall with a friend (Kak Lin).
I cook a lot of food such as chicken satay-a top favourite, Bihun and Mee goreng, Popia goreng, Karipap goreng, Fish&Cuttlefish balls, Chicken curry Tartlette, Cupcakes, Chocolate cake, Cookies, Puding, Jelly,Kueh Pelita, Apam Salju,Aiskrim Malaysia,drink and other tit bits..It went really really well, alhamdulillah.
Even though, it was really tiring, i have to admit it was indeed an amazing experience...(tak sempat nak snap gambar all the other food...managing a stall by myself was really something..so busy..but thanks to Kak lin, who shared the stall with me, she did help a lot with the sale...THANK YOU SO MUCH KAK LIN, and also thanks to Huzai and Aminah. You girls are really great friends...!!

The desserts posing together.

Puding Blackmore

Jelly

Mousse Jelly -made these with egg white and jelly (people usually made these into watermellon look - just add some raisins for the seeds, and green color at the bottom of the jelly, with the help of a round bowl, and walla..you will have a perfect 'watermellon'.

Apam Salju - they were a bit undercook...a few more minutes then they're perfect. So busy that morning la...x sempat.

Not so perfect cuppies...i iced these cuppies at 2am...and i would say i dont really mind about how they look anymore..my brain was saying...err..bed ...bed...dream...hehe

BANANA CUPCAKES

3 large bananas - mashed
250g self raising flour
160g sugar
180g butter
4 tablespoon fresh milk
3 eggs } beaten
1-2 drops banana essence
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt

Preheated oven at 150'C
Sieve flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a dry container
Put butter and sugar in a bowl, cream untill creamy white
Add beaten eggs a little of a time
Beat well after each addition
Add essence, milk and mashed banana
Fold in flour to blend well
Pour mixture into a greased cake tin / muffin pan filled with muffin cases
Bake at 150'C for 1 hr/20-25 minutes

Source:Kak Noor.

Strawberry Cheese Tartlettes - well i dont have these at the summer fair stall, these i made 2 days after, they're for the teachers. But what i had for the summer fair were the chicken curry with cheese tartlettes..no photos, tak sempat nak snap.

Natey Chicken Satay

2008-07-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

Kueh Pelita

2008-07-06T10:39:00.001-07:00

Cookies, again..

2008-07-06T10:25:00.000-07:00

These cookies were made for the summer fair sale.

I got 100 cookies here.. and sold mostly all of them...err minus a few that i gave to my sons' teachers and get a smile...:-)

Unlike last time, i did the cookies all myself with no help from my dear hubby...well, he had to be a father that night and not a cookie monster...hehe..

Apam Salju

2008-07-06T10:22:00.001-07:00

The apam is soooo soft....

Steamed Chocolate Cake

2008-06-22T11:25:00.001-07:00

Apam Balik

2008-06-22T10:59:00.001-07:00

My non-stick yg tak berapa non-stick kat tepi..tepi apam tu pecah sikit..

the inside of the apam..

Ayam percik versi kuah lebih..

2008-06-22T10:57:00.001-07:00

Honeycomb Cake@Kek Gula Hangus

2008-06-04T09:02:00.000-07:00

Pulut Sambal

2008-06-04T08:52:00.001-07:00

Soto Ayam with Bergedil

2008-06-04T08:50:00.001-07:00

Dodol in the making!!

2008-06-04T08:31:00.000-07:00

My middle son, Nabil wanted to eat dodol so badly that i decided to cook it myself..

After 1 hour of constantly and slowly stirring..

The next hour..

lastly, after 3 hours plus..dodol was (almost) finally ready to be eaten... (i stopped for a while, then my hubby continued the painstaking process of stirring non-stop for another half and hour...lucky him! He only had to do that much..:-))

Chocolate Caramel Cake

2008-05-14T02:51:00.000-07:00

Orange Cheese Chocolate layered Cake

2008-05-14T02:47:00.000-07:00

It's an orange cake layered with chocolate cream cheese.

This cake is made specially for my husband...

Lauk Pauk

2008-05-14T02:42:00.000-07:00

I made these lauks yesterday. Dalca daging tetel, Ayam Ros and Acar (with Nasi Pilau and tak interframe is another acar and ayam masak hitam)

Homemade Frozen Pau

2008-05-14T02:41:00.001-07:00

Homemade Healthy Juice

2008-05-14T02:24:00.000-07:00

I use Philips Juicer to make this very healthy and delicious drink. Mixture of fruits and vegs such as apples, oranges, pears, carrot, celery sticks, tomatoes and strawberries.

Roasted Chicken

2008-05-09T03:03:00.001-07:00

Cream Cheese n Chocolate Cream Puff

2008-05-09T02:35:00.000-07:00

This is unbelievably easy to make and taste so heavenly as well.

RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

* 2 (8 ounce) roll of puff pastry
* 500-600 g cream cheese
* 200 g white sugar
* 2-3tbs demerara sugar
* 5 ml vanilla extract
* 110 g butter/margerine, melted
* 50 g white sugar
* 2 g ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
2. Press one roll of puff pastry into the bottom of the prepared pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread over the pastry layer. Unroll the second can of crescent rolls and lay them on top of the cream cheese layer. Do not press down. Pour the melted margarine/butter over the entire pan. Combine demerara sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the top.
3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is crisp and golden.

Healthy Popia @ Vietnamese Spring Rolls

2008-05-09T02:32:00.000-07:00

This popia/spring roll is very healthy indeed. Made with rice paper that i soaked 1 min in warm water, and added some shredded fresh vegs such as carrot, taugeh, cucumber, spring onion, and sprinkle some crushed roasted peanuts and steamed prawns...eat with sweet,sour,spicy sauce. Yummy!! Suitable for the health conscious dieters.

Pulut Sekaya @ SeriMuka

2008-05-09T02:30:00.001-07:00

My mom's recipe. This is our favourite kuih as well..easy to make and tastes delicious.

Kuih pau, anyone?

2008-05-09T02:25:00.001-07:00

My sons especially my middle son, Nabil, love kuih pau with inti kacang hitam soooo much, that it has become one my favourite kuihs too...i enjoy making kuih pau as they really 'disappear' from the plate very2 fast...! :-)

Strawberries n Chocolate, Anyone?

2008-04-15T04:43:00.000-07:00

The Big Spongebob Cake !

2008-04-15T04:38:00.000-07:00

It was quite a headache to make this big cake. I have to bake a double recipe for the face, and another recipe of steamed cake for the body and feet. The cakes are actually chocolate orangey cake. Yummy !!

Even though, it was quite a challenge to make this cake, but it was fun..

Opss..this cake was made for a birthday party for a girl and a boy..so i thought it's easier to make a 'universal' theme for the 2different genders. The kids seemed to like the cake very2 much...Fuhhhh....thank goodness!

Off topic: Irregular Snow in London 6/4/08

2008-04-08T00:55:00.001-07:00

My backyard...

"where are my feet?"

"oh dear, i cant see my feet again!"

Bihun Sup Utara with Ox Tail+Tulang Sup

2008-04-08T00:50:00.000-07:00

What makes Bihun sup utara different than the other bihun sup is, the noodle is yellow in color, uses lobak asin and red sambal.Yummy you...!!

Baked Cheesecake

2008-04-08T00:38:00.001-07:00

Deco main-main. This cake was for a friend who came over for dinner.It's a strawberry cheesecake.

Chocolate Tart with Whipped Cream and Tiramisu

2008-03-23T16:16:00.000-07:00

Another B'day Get-Together

2008-03-23T16:03:00.001-07:00

Homemade Sausage Roll and Popia

Chocolate N Custard Tart with Meringue

Light Cheesecake, Again...:-)

First attempt to make the roses..in 2 minutes time..so expect the imperfection..

Curry Puff@Karipap

2008-03-17T02:17:00.001-07:00

Banana Custard with Whipped Cream

2008-03-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

Where's the banana..? :-)

Cream Puff with Whipped Cream

2008-03-16T12:27:00.000-07:00

Plain Cream Puff

Now added Whipped Cream On top..

Homemade PAU in London

2008-03-16T12:15:00.000-07:00

Inti Sekaya

Inti kari daging....

This one is with inti kacang hitam..

Apam

2008-03-16T12:11:00.000-07:00

Apam Salju

Apam Mekar