Birthday tarts?

I wanted to bake a cake for my hubby's birthday, tapi bila tengok dalam peti sejuk, fresh milk dah habis. Sebab tengah dalam pantang, takdela nak gi kedai nak beli fresh milk. Since bahan2 untuk buat cheesetart ada kat rumah, I ended up buat cheesetart for his birthday.

Happy birthday darling, I love you :)

Our little one

It's been just over a month since our little girl was born. Amirul & Faiz dah jadi abang, yay!! tapi sampai sekarang still ramai yang panggil Faiz "adik", kena tukar nih, takleh panggil Faiz adik dah. Dia suruh panggil dia Faiz dan bukan Abang Faiz.

Here's our little one, Nuha. Isn't she adorable :)

Perfect pound cake

I bought The Cake Bible, written by Rose Levy Beranbaum about a year ago but had never tried any of the cake recipe from the book. I have tried her ganache recipe though.

I re-visited the book again recently and decided to try out her recipe for pound cake. From the instructions given, it sounded pretty easy. Since I have all the ingredients available in my fridge, I have decided to give it a go.

It turns out to be really easy to make and it tasted great too. Will definitely make this cake again.

Here's the recipe from the book:

Ingredients:
3 tablespoon milk
3 large eggs
1.5 teaspoon vanilla
150 g cake flour
150 g sugar
0.75 teaspoon baking powder
0.25 teaspoon salt
184 g softened unsalted butter

In a bowl, lightly combine the milk, eggs and vanilla.


In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients and mix on low speed for 30 seconds to blend. Add in the butter and half the egg mixture. Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened. Increase the speed and beat for another 1 minute.


Gradually add in the remaining egg mixture in 2 batches.


Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 175 degree Celsius.

Flan

I found this flan recipe from the whimsical bakehouse and since I'm still searching for the best creme caramel recipe, I have decided to try it.

Here's the results:

Personally, I found that the almond flavour (and the smell of the almond essence) was way too strong. Besides, I don't like the texture of the flan.

So, my search for the perfect creme caramel recipe is still on. Wish me luck :)

Kuih raya 2010 - biskut cornflakes

I's a bit too late to post this entry... but anyway.....



Mula-mula memang takde niat pun nak buat kuih raya tahun nih. Tapi sebab dah lama tak buat cookie ngan anak2, sian pulak kalau tak buat kuih raya tahun nih.

So, a couple of days before raya, Shas cari resipi kuih raya yang simple untuk buat ngan Amirul dan Faiz. Diorang tolong susun baking cup dalam dulang, then tolong masukkan cookie dough dalam baking cup tu. 

Lepas siap bakar, tak sabar-sabar diorang nak rasa cookie yang diorang buat tu.

Overall, cookie nih senang je nak buat, rangup dan sedap. 

Resipi untuk biskut cornflakes nih Shas dapat dari myresipi.com, tapi Shas ganti ceri ngan mix fruits.


Biskut cornflakes:


250 g butter
1/2 cawan gula
2 1/2 cawan tepung naik sendiri
2 cawan cornflakes, diramas sedikit
mix fruits


Pukul butter dan gula sehingga kembang. Masukkan tepung, cornflakes dan mix fruits. Sudukan dalam baking cup dan bakar sehingga masak (suhu lebih kurang 160 darjah celcius).

Blueberry cheese tart

Waktu birthday party Amirul the other day, among other recipe yang Shas buat ialah blueberry cheese tart. Boleh tahan ramai jugak peminat cheese tart nih.

My sister-in-law minta resipi nih and I've promised her to post it in this blog. So sorry Awin, it took me quite some time to post this recipe here.

Resipi nih sebenarnya Shas jumpa kat internet, dari blog norlilovescake dan sumber asal dari rinnchan.

Here's the recipe:

Bahan-bahan (untuk doh pastri):

250g butter

80g icing sugar

2 biji telur

440g tepung gandum

1 sudu kecil esen vanila

1. Satukan semua bahan dan uli sehingga menjadi doh.
2. Ambil sebahagian kecil doh dan tekankan dalam acuan tat.
3. Cucuk-cucuk pastri menggunakan garpu dan bakar doh pastri selama 8-10 minit atau sehingga separuh masak pada suhu 175 darjah cel. (Shas tukar this part, Shas bakar untuk 15 minit pada suhu 160 degree celcius)
4. Sementara itu sediakan bahan isian cheese.

Bahan-bahan (untuk isian cheese):

250gm cream cheese

3/4 cawan gula icing

1 biji telur

1/2 cawan whipping cream

1 camca teh esen vanila

Blueberry filling secukupnya

1. Pukul cheese dan gula aising hingga sebati.
2. Masukkan esen vanila, telur dan whipping cream. Teruskan memukul adunan sehingga kelihatan berkrim.
3. Tuangkan adunan secukupnya ke dalam pastri separuh masak tadi dan sudukan blueberry filling di tengah-tengahnya.
4. Masukkan kembali ke dalam oven dan bakar selama 15-20 minit pada suhu 175 darj cel. (Shas tukar this part, Shas bakar pada suhu 160 darjah celcius untuk 5 minit).
5. Sejukkan sebelum dialih dari acuan dan diletak dalam papercup. 

Hasilnya:

Cheese tart tu tak cantik, tapi sedap. Still kena improvise lagi and hopefully boleh buat corak yang cantik the next time buat cheese tart nih.