Thursday, January 8, 2009
Jom kita makan
Yesterday buat dinner rolls cos nak makan home made burger for lunch. I used the recipe given by Noxxa. Well the burger is home made but not made by me! Ada cheese kat dalam...sedap. So this is the dinner rolls bila dah keluar dari oven. And the pic below is with the burger and fries...yum yum...


Tiba-tiba lepas makan ada pulak orang nak order chocolate cake for today. So kira yesterday me sibuk sikit kat dapur! Bubuh sprinkles aje on top cos me tak pandai nak hias cantik-cantik.


Ni pulak gambar cupcakes that my daughter buat. Maklumlah sekarang ni dia duk kat rumah kenalah cari something for her to do. Cupcakes ni ikut recipe carrot cake that I normally make. And of course the delicious cream cheese topping. I think lagi senang buat macam ni, cos bila nak makan ambik aje no need to potong-potong. Tak payah basuh pisau so can save water.....

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Aktiviti di dapur....
Lately ada a few requests for cakes, so me kenalah rajin sikit masuk dapur!

Mula2 Alyaa kata teringin carrot cake, so I baked one the week before school closed. Since we cannot finish one whole cake by ourselves, I cut it into small pieces for her to bring to school and share with some of her classmates. The recipe is in a previous posting...



Then ada pulak someone else teringin nak makan Black Forest CheeseCake. So it was back to the kitchen for me.... This cheesecake is a favorite in my family, kalau ada buat makan2 kat rumah I will make this. It's easy to make (very important criteria for me) and tastes good too


This is the recipe for the cheese cake:

250gm Plain chocolate biscuits, finely crushed (I normally use Digestive aje, Marie pun ok jugak)

125gm butter, melted

3 tsp gelatine

1/2 cup water

250gm cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup caster sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice ( I normally don't put this)

300ml thickened cream

425gm can pitted black cherries

TOPPING:

1 tbsp cornflour

1 tbsp caster sugar

1. Combine crumbs and butter ub bowl, mix well; press over base and side of tin. Refrigerate for 30 mins.

2. Sprinkle gelatine over water in cup, stand in small pan of simmering water, stir until dissolved; cool. (I just out it into the microwave)

3. Beat cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice with mixer until smooth and creamy.

4. Whip cream until soft peaks form, fold into cheese mixture; fold in gelatine mixture. Drain cherries, reserve syrup for topping.

5. Spoon one-third of mixture into crumb crust, top wiht half the cherries, continue layering, ending with cheese mixture. Refrigerate several hours until firm.

6. Spread topping over cheesecake. Refrigerate until set.

topping: Blend cornflour and sugar with reserved syrup in pan. Stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens, cool 10 mins before using.
Source: Women's weekly cookbook: Sweet old-fashioned favourites

Selamat mencuba... I didn't take a photo after cutting cos it wasn't for me! This recipe is enough for 2 x 22cm pie tins. So for the rest of the mixture, I added rasberry filling instead of putting in the cherries... sedap jugak!!!



Ni gambar after cutting. Sapa2 yg suka warna pink tu sukalah kot cheesecake yg ni!!!

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A little bit of this and that...
Hari tu Mus kata dah lama tak nampak masak-masak kat sini.... Well maybe it's because me dah lama tak masak2 anything special. But last weekend my sis-in-law had a birthday party for 2 of her kids so I decided to make this pudding :

Rainbow Pudding

I like to make this pudding, kira senang jugaklah and can main-main with different colors. If I make it for the family I just do half a recipe and put it into small containers... so senang budak2 ni nak makan, tak payah potong.

Kali ni I used safe colors ie pink, yellow and green. Jangan tak tahu, the last time I made it, I used pink, purple, yellow and blue. I accidentally poured too much of the blue...so jadilah macam
cartoon SMURF tu!!!

Latest Project:

Ni pulak my latest project. It's called Violet Vignette by my favorite designer of course! I started this on 01/08, as usual my progress has been slow. It's a small project, not too many half stitches and quarter stitches. I hope to finish it by the end of the year....yeah right!!

Tatting pulak!

This doily is called the Miracle... hmm I wonder why that name was chosen!




Dah lama dah start. It has 4 rows, I'm now working on row 3. I had to redo row 2 cos just as I was about to finish that row I noticed a mistake that couldn't be hidden.

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Friday, May 16, 2008
Happy Teacher's Day

Normally for teacher's day I will just buy cards for Athirah to give her teachers...ni kira kes malas le ni. Tapi tahun ni
terlebih rajin pulak... I told her that I would bake cookies for them!!! I thought she only wanted
to give a few teachers, so told her to kira how many teachers dia nak bagi... she told me 9...
Terkejut jugak....hehe

So since dah janji terpaksalah buat kan... put the cookies in nice container for her Std 1, 2 & 3 class teachers (ni kira kes ganti cos tak bagi hadiah dulu!!!) and the rest I put in a bag...

Jenuh jugak nak pack and seal the bags...had to do the old fashioned way...guna candle!!!

So the past few days I have been busy with this and have had very very little time and energy for cross-stitch...hmmmm

Anyway Happy Teacher's Day to any teachers who read this blog.... uhmmm ada ke?

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Monday, April 28, 2008
Cake anyone?
Got nothing to show in terms of cross stitch or tatting, so sajelah tunjuk gambar birthday cake
Athirah when she had her birthday party a couple of weeks ago...

Actually dalam buku kek ni 3 tingkat but me rasa tak sesuai pulak bday cake 3 tkt so just asked my aunt to make 2 layers. Nanti kalau 3 tkt macam wedding cake pulak!!!!



Ni pulak gambar cupcakes yang di decorate oleh anak dara dua orang tu... biarpun comot and tak secantik yg pro buat yang penting is they had fun decorating it!!!


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Monday, February 11, 2008
A Productive CNY!


I finally did it.... instead of just lepaking at home, I drove all the way to Ain's
house for a tatting session!
So now dah faham sikit2.... balik rumah practice and this is what I managed to do..

Just ignore the picots yg macam2 size tu... ada S, M, L and even XL... Tapi right now I just want to concentrate on getting the technique right... haha...

Athirah says they look like rabbits' ears.... ok ok I know they're big.... looks like I need to practice more.....



Here's the carrot cake recipe. Sorry takde gambar, gambar kat blog Dania!

1 cup oil

1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed

3 eggs

3 cups coarsely grated carrots (about 3 medium carrots)

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1/2 cup chopped raisins

2 1/2 cups self-raising flour

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 teaspoons mixed spice ( I just use cinnamon powder)


Cream Cheese Frosting


30g butter

80g cream cheese, softened

1 tsp grated lemon rind

1 tblsp lemon juice

1 1/2 cups icing sugar


1. Grease and line baking pan

2. Beat oil, sugar and eggs in small bowl until thick and creamy.

3. Tranfer mixture to a large bowl; stir in carrots, nuts and raisins, then sifted dry ingredients.

4. Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in moderate oven for 45 mins.

5. Cover loosely with foil; bake about further 45 mins. Stand a few minutes before turning onto

wire rack to cool. Top cold cake with cream cheese frosting.


Cream Cheese Frosting:

Beat butter, cheese, rind and juice in small bowl until light and fluffy; gradually beat in sifted icing sugar.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008
My favorite...

This piece is called a Heartfelt Invitation... It's taken from the book Quilts of the Garden. I did
this a few years ago and it is one of my favorite PV pieces!
The pattern is not too hard cos there are not too many floss changes...


Yesterday pulak buat Karipap Pusing.... me memang suka karipap pusing ni. Masa dulu2 selalu tolong my grandma buat... tapi dia tak ikut resipi.... main campak2 aje! So after many many years I decided to try and buat.... this is what it looks like...


Masa canai tu frust jugak cos tak nampak sangat dia punya line2 tu... but after digoreng baru nampak...happy sangat cos menjadi. Tak rugilah duduk dapur berjam-jam! Me also ambik kesempatan to ajar kakak kelim tepi karipap tu...oklah dia buat for a beginner!

This is the recipe....from cari.com

Spiral Curry Puff (Speedial)

Ingredients

For water dough:

200g plain flour

125ml water mix with a pinch of salt

1 tbsp shortening

For oil dough:

200g plain flour

100g shortening

Method

To make water dough:Place flour in a mixing bowl. Rub in shortening and add in the water. Knead into a smooth dough.leave aside to rest for 10 minutes. Divide into 24 equal portions.

To make oil dough:Rub shortening or margarine into the flour to form an oily dough. Divide into 24 equal portions.

To combine into pastry:Wrap oil dough inside water dough. Flatten the dough and roll up. Repeat the process. Cut the rolled-up dough into two. Use a rolling pin to press it flat. Shape into a circle. Add filling and seal the sides. Pinch the edges to form a scallop design. Deep fry puffs in medium hot oil.

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Monday, December 17, 2007
Jom makan lagi...
Yesterday terlebih rajin...buat apple crumble.... makan with custard...yum yum!




This is the recipe...senang aje nak buat!

Apple Crumble:
Source: Women's Weekly Cookbook - Sweet Old-fashioned favourites

5 large apples ( I normally use 10 green apples)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water

Crumble:
3/4 cup self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
80g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1. Grease ovenproof dish. Peel, core and cut apples into cubes.
2. Combine apples, sugar and water in large pan, cover; cook over low heat about 10 mins or until apples are tender.
3. Drain apples, discard liquid. Spread apples into prepared dish; sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
4. Bake in moderate oven about 30mins or until golden brown.

To make the crumble:
Combine sifted flour and cinnamon in bowl; rub in butter. Add sugar, mix well.

Custard tu pandai2 le buat sendiri ok...cos me just main agak2 aje!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Recipe...
Ni recipe Blueberry Cheese Tart....Source Cari.com
Selamat mencuba....

TAT KEJU BLUEBERRY
Bahan
125 gm butter
125 gm majerin
100 gm gula halus
1 biji telur B
500 gm tepung gandum

Filling
250 gm blueberry filling
250 gm keju kerim
50 gm butter 50 gm gula halus

Pukul semua bahan dan masukkan dalam tat

**Bahan keju krim ni Za gandakan sebab nanti tart base kita boleh dapat dalam 50 biji kalau tak gandakan nanti tak cukup untuk masukkan dalam tat**

1. Pukul butter, majerin dan gula sehingga kembang.
2. Masukkan telur dan kacau rata
3. Masukkan tepung sedikit demi sedikit dan kacau rata.
4. Pamkan adunan dalam acuan tat dan bakar dalam oven pada suhu 170 selama 12 - 15 minit.
No.4 ni Za tak pamkan tapi ambil sedikit adunan dan tekan dalan acuan tat.
5. Keluarkan tat dan masukkan blueberri filling dan keju kerim.
6. Bakar semula selama 5 minit lagi.
7. Angkat tat dan sejukkan.
8. Hidangkan.

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