Rainbow Butter Cake...

Most needed "Kitchen & Me" moment or to be precised...I MiSS BaKiNG!!

Let's bake a Happy Cheerful RaibowCake...

Excellente!! Good job sissy...

Walla!...lovely creation from my very own oven...improved like hell *naik lift tekan sendiri* ;-) Btw, still using the same old recipe from here: http://poshalert.blogspot.com/2011/02/rainbow-marble-cake.html

TaTa...Ceria-Ceria Selalu!



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Cilantro Culinary Academy - School of Culinary Arts

Cooking Academy....Culinary Arts...??!  Taking the interest of cooking & baking one step further and become the 'MasterChef at Home'. Oh wow! That sounds rather too ambitious of me...I think I better stick with what I do best, "Work from Home" and "Cooking for leisure" ;-)

Received an invite from a publisher of  Food & Travel Magazine (Singapore) to participate in their Festive Cooking Demo/Class with Chef Bernard Lee at Cilantro Culinary Academy, *click for info* located at USJ Sentral, Subang Jaya nearby Mydin Mall & Summit.

The Class was scheduled to start at 11:00am and finish by 2:30pm but as usual waiting for some late comers to arrive some got lost, not familiar with USJ area and stuck in a 'Saturday busy traffic' bla..bla..bla.

Finally at noon, all 30 of us (I think..or maybe less)  were ready with our printed recipes & pen as well as  the jovial Chef Bernard, he's so ready to roll up his sleeves and begin the demo class....

How to skin & fillet a salmon..? fuhhh susah woo ;-)

"Listen & Absorb...."

Left:  Cold Prawn with Salmon Gravlax on Toast    Right:  Mince Pie

Lola thought that she was the youngest participant...teet wrong!!

aha...the youngest & cutest particpant who luvs Pop Cakes so very much! 

 she just sat in the baby highchair next to her mom during the whole 2-hour session without any complaints 

Good Girl...So behave!

Among the three featured recipes, Pop Cakes /Cake Pops of cozlah my luv of all...suweeetttttt gorgeous taste! After this no more Starbucks Cake Pops & can eat more than one YeaY!! ;-) 

Chocolate Ganache 
500 gm - Dark Chocolate Coverture
450 gm - Cream (boiled)
50gm    -  Butter

Method:  
-Cut the chocolate coverture into small pieces
-Boil up the cream onces its boiled pour it into the chocolate eith the butter
-Constantly stir until the chocolate dissolved and set it at a cool place

Pop Cakes 
500gm   - Sponge Cake (any sponge cake will do)
As need - Chocolate ganache
(put in the freezer for some time)

* Chocolate ganache ratio depends on the moisture and the type of sponge cake.  You may decorate it as you wish by using colour balls, chocolate or candy fruits.


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Hope to try the recipe one of these days or anytime soonest. A big thank you to Cilantro, Chef Bernard & especially the organiser Regent Media for inviting me and the gang ;-)

Nitey nite!

*2  more sleeps before we say goodbye to 2011 and welcome 2012!**

Pop Cakes..Cake Pops...??

Yeay! Yeay! Tak payah la beli Starbucks Cake Pops setiap kali teringin nak makan ni boleh makan ber-Pop2 huhuhu ;-)

Nanti kita share main masak-masak ni ye. Terpenat sangat balik dari grocery shopping kat Subang Jaya tadi dengan meredah jem hujan lebat lagi...adihhh ngantuk.

Besok pepagi dah ada appointment mencantikkan rambut yang dah lemau ni...nak potong pendek sayang hmmmm...hair dilemma again!

Babai..



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Sweetest Friday..

I luv cheese as much as I luv cakes! Wah..wah..statement tak henget pasal kalori dan lemak berkrim tang pewut tu. Cheese+Cake = Diet means no rice for the day but I just had Chicken Briyani for lunch today! Demm...I dun wannabe a 'fatty' so ONLY snack food for tonite & tomorrow.. huhhh.

The first thing I wud notice at a buffet spread is DESSERT. The selection of kuih-muih & cakes wud definitely take my eyes away from the appetizer & main course ;-) Biggest problem of all & a bad eating habit, I luv to eat dessert first then solid meal and trust me the portion for dessert is equivalent to one plate of rice..adoiaiii just can't resist the cuteness of this sweet little thing such as..

Aren't they adorable?I can eat 'em all by myself huhu..Orange cake somemore.

 

Homemade cuppies with the Personal touch by my BFF, Pn. Nany. Not bad at all for a newbie in cupcake making. Well done my fren! Practice makes perfect.

Wait! there's one more undeniably delious dessert...

 

I personally named it Lava ChocCheese Cake specially baked by the "Cheezy Expert" no other than my dear TV3 friend, Maria ZA. "Wow se-standard Secret Recipe.."

A lovely 'Eid Aidil Adha' gift from great frenz..Hugs korang dorang mwuahhh

Salam Hari Raya Korban untuk semua walaupun sehari lagi. Incase I've no time to blog and wish uols here.

Luv, P
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Polka Dot....

Comel tak??? Hmm...bukan rumah Smurf  tau!  Telur Dinasour pun bukan....di dalamnya ada Hershey's Choc Chip

This is Apam Polka Dot...specially made by my dear friend Cik Maria.  Gerammmmmmnya cute sangat nak makan pun sayang! Nantilah bila ada mood nak cuba resepi diberi belum tau lagi bila taun la plakkan bab-bab memPolkaDotkannya tu cam penuh kesabaran dan kehalusan..sangat mencabar kekreatifan diriku.

Apa-apa hal kena beli benda ni dulu...*culik gambo ni dari FB Maria sebagai contoh..sowey ;-)*

Okie dokie...hari ni rata-rata semua status FB, twitter pasal traffic jam sana sini KL, Damansara, Subang, Sg. Besi, Sg.Buloh semua tempat lah.  Kesian mereka yang terperangkap dalam kesesakan  lalulintas yang panjang berjela macam takdak penghujungya. Singgahla LepaQ kat Citta Mall...*free Promo* hiks

Cintailah Malaysia...To Know Malaysia is To Love Malaysia!

Homemade Scones....

I tweeted about "Scones+Strawberry Jam for Tea Treat......."  this afternoon.  Hmm..then  I thought why not making some of my own, I mean homemade scones.  How bout the Recipe...? How to make a perfect scones? Btw, it pronounced as "Skon" in Scotland & Northern England or "Skoan" in the South but I just call it "Skoan" sounds a lil bit sweet;-)) Google search for the recipe & I found this from the British & Irish Food recipes website...

Ingredients:

* 2 cups /225g self raising flour (since I don't have it in stock, I just used plain flour)
* 1/2 stick/55g cold butter
* 1 level tsp baking powder  (increase it to 2 tsp for plain flour)
* 1/2 tsp salt  
* 1/4 pint / 150 ml milk  (full cream or low fat - your preference)
* 1 egg beaten with milk
* I also add 1/2 cup of caster sugar & sultanas/raisins

Method:  (you may refer to the website link HERE)
I prefer to watch a 'hands-on video' on how to do it.. so my 2nd reference, of coz YouTube:

I followed her method but I reduced the size coz I like cute scones;-))))

The results of MY first attempt at making scones......ooops actually OUR (with the help of my sis, Lola):-

straight into the oven....@160'C for 20-25mins (baking time may vary)

ready for tea ...;-)

serve with butter, jam or cream...NICE!!!

Love u scones...muahhmuahh!!!

Rainbow Marble Cake....

'Baking fever...in Da House!!' Yezz..for the First time without the wonders of Pillsbury & White Wings Cake Mix. Macam biasalah dari mana lagi kalau tak google search for the recipes then You Tube for the steps, "Tibalah Masa Untuk Mencubanya ...."

1st 'experiment' - 4-colour rainbow cake (last week)...

The tedious part I leave it to my sista, I don't  think I have the patience for the "details" especially the swirling part...hihihi  *ohh..sorry pix xnampak muka atas permintaan Ms.Lolla ni dia kata rambut muka dia macam xsudah...whateva ^-^*

2nd 'experiment' - also in the same week (last Friday)
with the same recipe but this time just two colours Chocolate & Butter (yellow) or its famously known as 'Marble Cake'...

Again, she did the swirling.  Nice...Very Nice! Ada la sedikit kekreatifan di jiwa Ms. Lolla ni.  Ha!..me?Out...tak berani nak cuba.   
**Do Not Over Swirl the batter if you wan't the marbling effect.**

Tadaaa.....

"worth the 40mins wait...."

 

Ni lah dia Tea picnic menu yg dibawa ke Sepang Gold Coast..

we baked it the night before...

moist n buttery!

Plan seterusnya dunno when yet depends on my 'baking mood',  I'm gonna use the same recipe to bake Orange Cake by replacing the cocoa powder & colours with orange zest & juice;-)  Errmmm...boleh ke sesedap Orange Cake @Delicious Cafe Bangsar, KL???!  Belum cuba belum tau kan...at least ala2 pun dah okay coz I really luv Orange Cake..Yum!Yum! 

So glad to have found this Rainbow Butter Cake Recipe or Kek Butter Pelangi from one of the blogs I bumped into. Okie dokie...if you wanna try it just click here for the full recipe. 



p.s: still on "KiWiLand Pause mode"...nanti ye sedang malas nak buat pemilihan gambar. 

Posh Bread N' Butter Pudding...

How do you like your Tea? Sugar, Milk, Honey? I like it light with Sugar or Honey & a Slice of Lemon.
How about  Bread N' Butter Pudding...? Serve with with home-made yogurt, ice cream, custard or cream? That! would be just perfect with Vanilla Ice Cream & a cup of  Twinnings Earl Grey Tea.

So, I decided to make my own homemade B&B pudding for TEA instead of indulging myself with some sweet 'wicked' dessert at Alexis Bistro, Bangsar *Alexis B&B pudding is simply Gorgeous*.   With the help from  'Google'... of coz.  Here's The Traditional British Bread N' Butter Pudding Easy Recipe that gives you THIS as a result:-)

*grin from ear to ear*.... for the 1st try ^:^

I'm lovin' it 

Ingredients:

Serves: 4 persons

• 8 slices of brown or white bread (traditionally white bread is used)
• 3 cups of milk
• 3 beaten eggs
• 113g / 4 oz brown sugar *if you use caster sugar reduce it*
• 85g / 3oz sultanas *I used Ligo raisins*
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon *I omit this coz I prefer the 'non-cinnamon' taste*
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Butter (enough to butter the bread and to grease the baking dish)

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 170C / 325F
2. Grease a 5cm / 2inches deep oven proof baking dish.
3. Thinly butter each of the slices of bread on both sides, covering the whole slice right to the corners and cut into 4 triangles.
4. Place a layer the buttered bread on the bottom of the dish, slightly overlapping each triangle.
5. Sprinkle with sultanas and sugar and make another layer. Continue in this way until the bread is finished. Sprinkle fewer sultanas on the top, but do give a generous sprinkling of sugar.
6. Beat together the milk, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla and salt and pour the mixture over bread.
7. Allow to stand for 30 minutes so that the bread can absorb the liquid.
8. Place in the oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. * 40-45 mins for my oven*
9. The top should be golden brown.  If you reduced the baking time, the bread and butter pudding stays a little moist, which some people prefer.

Its quite a detailed method given there but "Visual Cooking" is definitely a plus...Yes! Learn To Cook with "You Tube" that can teach you to cook anything. "Now Everyone Can Cook"... huh;-)

Before you watch the video, please note that I still follow the above Recipe,  in other words this POSH NOSH BBC TV Series just for me to see the 'step by step preparation'...it helps!

Don't curse me if you hate them both "Simon & Minty" hahaha. A long -winded explanation on the history of  this n that but its quite funny though.  I always luv the Brits accent. The way Minty says "fluff  (the eggs) diplomatically..!^;^  Oh one more thing...No Cognac (brandy) used in my Bread N' Butter Pudding ahaks;-)

You might wanna have B&B pudding for Brekkie or Tea this weekend. Just give it a shot;-)

XoXo

CHOCOLAT'

Everybody Luvs Chocolate!! Chocolate Gifts lagi la suka kan...sabar ye Valentine lama lagi.  Eh tapi ada ke orang yang tak suka Coklat??? Hmmm rugi..memang sangat rugi one of World's Best Inventions tu! Bila suka makan Coklat, bila duka pun makan Coklat no wonder ramai Chocoholics;-)

Some of the many Chocolate quotes & sayings...

Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment.
-- Catherine Aitken
 

Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.
-- Anonymous

Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies.
-- John Q. Tullius

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE.
-- Linda Grayson

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.
-- Forrest Gump in the movie "Forrest Gump"

WHAT IF you get a bar of  PEPPERMINT chocolate???? Will you like it? Firstly, do you like MINT?  Coz I don't? I hate the MINTY taste...it tastes like toothpaste to me. *Sorry no offence to all chocolate mint lovers out there* I'm a chocolate lover but when it comes to this flavor, No Thank You...I'll pass.

Ha, ingat lagi dulu kalau chocolate gift dari London je mesti orang bawak 'After Eight' Chocolate mints...popular betul! Hmm...dapat kat I memang jadi 'Display Item' dalam fridge...senasib la dengan Cadbury Peppermint ni dah 'survive' seminggu dalam fridge...kalau Patchi, Ferrero Rocher, Toblerone, Snickers, Mars, Kit Kat, Cadbury dah  al-selamat  tak sampai sehari but not this ONE...

Look at the slimy green peppermint...

arrrrr... please don't remind me of the taste blueekkkkk!

Ni yang rasa macam nak buat coklat sendiri ni...eh eh tetiba je.  Bukan apa sekarang ni macam semua orang boleh buat sendiri macam senang plak tu.  Tak taulah tengok gambar-gambar dalam FB one of my X-coursemates, Ayu Haslinda, ada macam-macam bentuk coklat berwarna-warni ala2 luxury chocolate gifts gitew!  Chantique..menarik!  Good job...Keep it up Ayu!   Kalau  you  all   nak   tengok   click   Ayu Honey Chocs.   I pun belum pernah order lagi...ish ish apa la punya kawan ni kan tapi  bukan tak nak order tau cuma belum ada ocassion ape2 lagi.

Best jugak kalau tau buat coklat sendiri, just imagine how lovely it is time Valentine's Day bagi a box of  your homemade chocolates to your dearest girlfriends, MiL, SiL...eh eh Hubby lupa plak, tapi slalu lelaki bagi perempuan tak kesahlah;-)  Nak! nak blajar jugak!  Sesiapa yang tau tempat-tempat Chocolate Making Class yang best within Klang Valley sudi-sudikanlah share kat sini.  Kalau anyone of you pernah pegi sendiri kelas tu lagi bagus at least I tau what to expect kan. 

Excited ni....*malam ni misti mimpi CHOCOLAT'*

Choco...err I mean XoXo;-)

Shepherd's Pie...

Oh dear..! I dunno what's happening to me! I'm just too lazy to blog lately and yet I'm thinking of ways to increase the number of  followers which indirectly increase the numbers of readers traffic here..huhu;-) I guess that's my resolution for year 2011  *AHAH! at last,  I do have one * 

Nways, of coz it would be nice to share your stories with many but what matter is, all the stories published here are for me to read back one day and also to be remembered by the people I love most, my family, friends & everyone who knows me.  These will soon become the 'old pictures & a  bunch of memories' <^;^>

Alrighty!! Better stick to the title now....Like I said in my previous entry, we had the same dinner MENU for 3 days in a row last week.  It's the homemade Shepherd's Pie...Ooh! The recipe from Alang aka the Best Man.  If I didn't tell you earlier, he's a Chef, not quite sure what's his exact title or ranking, but all I know he's good!

The 1st attempt! Not bad huh?! but I prefer the potato topping to be a lil bit brownish...

 Walla..got it right! a nice golden brown! 

used to order the 'petite' shepherd's pie at Secret Recipe..
BUT now I can have it anytime i feel like it!!! A much bigger portion indeed;-)
with lotsa CHEEZ...eeemmm mumma mia!!!!

So, this week looks like another 'pie fiesta' for the family...huhuhu till they say it out loud "NO MORE PIE PLEASE"...;-)

PiePie *bubbye*..Peeps!

All About Cheese!

Freshly baked CheezTartz, right out of the oven.... yabadabadooooo!~

*photo courtesy of Cik Maria, she tagged me  on FB last nite.  

Relax...! Of coz not from my oven, I ordered 30pcs of blueberry cheeztartz from my old friend Maria as mentioned in my earlier post.  So today is the pick up day!

This Mouth-watering SNICKERS CHEESE CAKE...

 I took it out from the box just to take a shot of it ...imagine how tempting it is!

...is a Gift from Maria,  a 'Belated Birthday Cake'  specially for Gramps.  Thanks A Zillion darl!  Seriously, I'm so impressed with her Baking skills I mean I know she's good in cooking for years but her Baking is really great!!  Keep up the good work *2Thumbs Up*

Can't wait to cut it and have a slice..*drooling..* Keep on counting how many hours left before we 'Balik Kampung' to AS tomorrow morning WITH the cake & cheeztartz.   Oopsie daisy,  for the cheeztartz only 10pcs left, the rest 'gone baby gone'... hihihi

"Boys & Girls"...!!  Get ready....a super duper busy day from tomorrow onwards *wink*

Doei!

CheezTartz...

Ho!Ho!Ho! A basket?... A gift?....from Santa...??!! No lah! This yummy homemade CheezTartz were from my dear fren, MARIA.....

cute mute je...I luv the cheezy taste SEDAPPP!! Believe me!

1 is never enough, 2 simply gorgeous, 3.. you want it moreeeeeee!

in a mini container, just store it in the fridge....Yes, Neat!

We managed to save some for MHubs & Boboy (eheem..one each kay)... the rest "zasss selamat dalam keita lagi tak sempat sampai rumah..ish ish" Oh come on...! How can we say NO to such a lovely dessert! Nevermind, already place our order for 30pcs to be collected next week, nak bawak balik AS for Gramps he will surely luv it.  Hopefully tak TERmakan la otw back tu *5hrs journey some more* fuhhhh sangat mengancam;-)

"MERRY XMAS to everyone who celebrates it & have a blessed XMAS.."

Ta...

Oh before that, a note to D'Frenz:

Babes, I've collected the 'get together' cuppies from Han..finally, I gotta eat my own 'face' *suweeeet*  But I didn't expect to have lots of 'me' on the cuppies.  Anyways, thanks once again ladies for the gorgeous idea *ting* tho the 'chosen' pix kinda ...wuaaargghhhh

Bubye..