31.12.2013

I have a habit that I must surf one round net before I start my day with all the numbers, and it got to do together with my breakfast in front of the computer. (Not healthy right?.. LOL) So today I opened up my twin friends' blogs, while enjoying reading their blogs, I realised my name has been mentioned, guess what it is very shameful as she did surf my blogs but always webs and dust are kept there and i think many more creatures are building their nests in there too.... LOL

 

So and it is the last day of 2013, I should blog some to recap what I have done in the final quarter of 2013.

 

Start up with my gang's birthday, I made them a Bavarian coconut cake and Ombre Yam Cake. I don't know how should the original cake taste like, it just the inspiration for me to challenge some new receipes.

 

 

 

Move on with another gang's birthday, I wanted to try to make a watermelon strawberry cake, sounds very frutti and juicy right? This is inspired by my sister who tasted in Sydney. However, quite a disappoiting experience as I can't find strawberry in the town, now rose water too sold here.. Sigh, so it ends up my own version of watermelon without the strawberry cake.

 

 

 

 

I go with a very simple cake for my dad's birthday. He loves fruit cake, thus I make one with thin layers of lemon curde which brings out sweet and sour taste and freshy lemon aroma in all.

 

 



 That's all about my cake baking for year 2013.

Talking about my passion on crafts, I did a wedding photo album for my sister which is challenging and a satisfied experience to me.

 



Proceed on with another challenge, I transform the normal scrapbooking layout into a photo frame as a gift for a couple.

 

 

 

Mango cheese cake

This actually is an old post, just no time to blog it. On parent's day and mom's birthday celebration, which we combine all in one, save time, save money, and grand celebration it can be, I decided to create this for them, Mango cheese cake. My mom loves my cotton cheese cake, while my dad loves mango so to my bro in law. Thus, I blend them into one cake. It is a long process and holding my breath to finish it, a must to finish no matter how. Luckily it stays fine all the way and tastes heavenly good.

Mangomisu

Ya we have used to taste Tiramisu, so just apply the same method instead of deeping in coffee drink, spreading coffee powder, we use mango. Now is the good time to make this receipe because it is mango season. I got them free from my mom in law backyard, I name them Phillipine mango since young not too sure if it is the correct name,  it smells so well and the fragrant is so strong, and sweet too. I do this big batch for my sister gang of colleagues who are having steamboat at my home.

 

 

Poppy poppy

Hey, a colleague of mine ordered this from me, lemon poppy. In fact, this is the 2nd time she did it, it was blue cream, now is pink. And ribbon is requested to tie on the cupcake. Sweet right?

Long lost

Dear all, I have been missing from blogging for few months, wonder where was I huh? Nah.. I didnt miss in somewhere else, but just too busy over these 4 months with lots of events going on.Come and see what I was doing...Pics speak faster.. LOL..



I started busy in December, a collegue ordered 7 lamb pies from me, what a mass production I need to commit at, it is cool!!! roll and roll my pastry on a tiny space, tuck in all the filling, looking at them to turn golden brown and flaky look I know I have made it....

A friend of mine asking to make a fondant cake with the theme with BABY TV characters. This is challenging, I google and find wow it is not easy to make. We choose 2 characters Draco and Tulli. Guess what it turns into a disaster the next day, because the Draco is tooo big and heavy. It pressed down the cake and almost collapse the whole cake. I feel deeply sorry for a friend for not being able to celebrate perfectly. Here the pics with perfect look of the cake. I am into love with this Tulli.

Parties not yet end here. I made mince meat pie as promised to my colleague. This is first time I get to know what is mince meat pie. I thought it is really a 'meat' pie but after some research it is kind of common dessert people is having for Xmas celebration. I bought an instant mince filling {worried I can't make my own}but I still make some filling on my own and surprisingly it turns out so well. And I can accept this sweety pie dessert.

Lemon poppyseed cupcake

Earlier I planned to bake this for one of my colleague's wedding. However, it couldn't be realized. Today I am off from work and going to have a birthday celebration tonite for my friend. Thus, dream comes true to make this for her. Can't remember since when I fall in love with yellow color, lemon is the fruit I like, yellow flower is the plant i dream to have in my garden. So I combine all in my photo. It is light, refreshing, sunny feel when you have it with a cup of 'kopi'. Hope it shines well tonight with the candles on... 

I {heart} cherry choc

Hey dear... wonder where have I been; missing almost for about a month? I have been to nowhere just didn't have a right time to do my leisure projects. Here I am back and bake a simple chocolate cake with cherry in the middle. The cherry jam is wonderful to work on with, it is chunky and easily to scoop to place it in the middle and stays still. Further, I cut out a heart shape on a hardboard and powder icing sugar on top of it cos it is just too blank. Lovely or not?

Cheese n choc cake

I found this receipe from web. I can't resist not doing it when I see it relates to cheese. I did 8 cupcakes, 6 intentionally for my sis 's birthday, yes, other than a card, she got my cupcakes. Another 2 have gone into my princess's stomach. For the remaining, I have no patient to do all of them in cupcake style, indeed I layer them with cheese in the middle and bake them in whole loaf.

Talking more on the cupcake, I pump butter icing cream on top of it and garnish with strawberry. With my attitude, I don't fond of doing cream because nobody would eat that. This time, I can't choose not to do it, I need to make it look like really birthday cake to a person.

Marble cake

I was given last minute notice to go for an outstation job. This is my 1st journey for this year, thus I appreciate it very much though is not a holiday hehehhee. Somehow, can board on a plane is a happy thing to me. So I receive an order to make my colleague cakes, she loves choc cake and butter cake. To combine her taste, I bake this marble cake. Good in the texture but quite dry.

'nana cake

OZ people like to call banana as Nana. So I use this cute short term to name my title. I remember I like to buy banana cake in pasar malam when I was in college. I wont miss that whenever I went there. I like the fragrance and the soft texture of it. Always I want to try it out, but just lazy. Today, by chance I stopped by a shop and saw banana was being sold. Thus, I grab 1 bunch and come out with cupcake style. It is too wet, I think I put too much banana, too greedy, and I chunk it instead mash it, too lazy. Thus greedy + lazy = below.

Choc n coconut cupcake

I spent my day in a bookshop today and flipped through the books at the cooking and baking corner. Then  I saw this receipe - chocolate and coconut cupcake. Why don't give it a try as I have all the ingredients at home. Another reason why I wanted to try is because it doesn't need soda in the ingredient which I don't like the texture after all.

However, I still need to modify the ingredient, from dark choc to milk choc, from cake flour to self raising flour, because I found I don't have dark choc in my shelf, I lazy to snip a new pack of cake flour just for this cake, thus I just use self raising and ignore the baking powder. I don't think this will make the cake turned into hay wired. But, I made a big mistake *sneak out my tongue*.. LOL.. I forgot to measure my melted butter, I just poured in whatever amount I melted without realising it actually I need 3 tablespoon.

Oh no, I was only wake up when I scooped the batter to the cup. Ya yeee.... would it succeed or not in my mind. Arrgh,... don't care. I just throw the whole batch into the oven. Hmmmpphhh... ya this is the result. It is a bit dry (not much butter I guess) and not sweet enough. ( I need to add a little bit more sugar than the instruction). I have thought a remedy for finishing this - eat with ice cream. Cool idea? LOL.........

Chiffon cake

Initially I didn't plan to bake chiffon cake. Due to my sister who failed hers and asked for my opinion, thus I gave a try to bake one from a receipe I got from the web. It turned out a good look, but the texture still not chiffon-y enough. I wanted a feather light type, however my 2 old elderly they prefer this way, that it has something to munch.



Merry merry ho ho ho.....

This year my bunch of buddies decide to have food and beverage as the theme of gift exchange. N we need to be creative. I started with the idea to make cookies, pop cake, chocolate log..... etc.. but due to my time constraints, I finally decided to make shortbread and lamingtons as the gift.

Merry Christmas to my family and friends. Wishing the world is in peace.

Genki-desu-ka? Japanese cotton cheesecake

I failed 7 times for this cake back in 10 years ago when I first learnt to bake cheesecake. I remember my dad was the victim who was forced to finish all the fail pcs. Though it didnt look like a cake at all, but he still said 'It can be eaten, don't waste'. Then, when I successfully made it, he said ' this really looks like a cake now.' LOL....

I love the cotton-ish texture of this cake, it tastes almost like sponge cake, however it is heavy not like sponge cake which is almost weighless.

I caught this butterfly this morning on my plant. We hardly see butterfly here, so it is my honourable guest. Lovely da?

Fragrance of orange

Over this weekend, I made orange butter cake for 2nd time. The texture is very fine and soft, but a bit dry and it is sour .. hahah due to I always reduce the sugar volumne. I still prefer my 1st one..

Layered cheesecake

Actually its real name is not called layered cheesecake, I just lazy to flip my receipe book to check it out. Since it is made in layers, simply name it layered cheesecake. I tried out this new receipe, in fact if I look at the ingredients, they are almost the same I use in other cheesecake, rather I should call it new design..hahahah. As usual, I love to add in my own idea, like Chinese idiom says 'add the foot to the snake'..I use almond instead of ground peanut, I skipp the cream because I don't think is necessary and it is fattening... hahahahah further I add more gelatin.. this time it is not melting..LOL

Dedicated to someone

I was inspired by a friend who likes to drink coffee and I can't, thus I use it in my cake. This is too soft and spongy. It sinks when it is cool down which disappoints me a bit. Still can't figure out why  but it is definitely a nice texture bite in your mouth.

Rabbit's favourite

Over the weekend, I bake this carrot muffin. Side track a bit, what is the difference between muffin and cupcake? Anyway, they are all the same for me, still fall back to 'cake' family. This round I reduce a bit of the oil, ya after my cousin's advice it was a bit oily from the last batch I did. And I add in walnuts.. yummy..

Aroma from pandan leaves

We are so fortunate that we can easily get this plant in our baking in Malaysia. This nature gift from God creates extreme fragrant smell to our cooking. This morning, I cut few from the backyard and grind it to squeeze the citrus out, and I want to make a swiss roll. Partly also because I still have some kaya left in the fridge which I am so lazy to get a bread to go with it. Thus I would use it as the filling for my swiss roll.

Further, I still have lot of the pandan citrus left aside. So I decided to make some pandan cupcakes. Sadly the result is not what I expected. It is too sweet, too moisture til I got to hold it so gently in order not to break it. I don't think that receipe is suitable for cupcakes... Sure I will do more pandan cupcakes using other receipes one day.

Cocoa cupcake

It is black!!! But it is nice... I always want to make this because my choc chips have been staring at me everytime I open my cabinet. Thus, I surfed to look for a simpler receipe and make up my mind to do it last night. I didn't know it turns up so soft and not that sweet (because I have reduced the sugar.. ahahahahaha).