Nuha's chocolate birthday cake

Can't believe how fast time flies, and Nuha is now 1.


I made my signature chocolate cake for Nuha's birthday party, upon request from Amirul and Faiz. Filling made from whipped cream and crushed oreos, and topped with chocolate ganache.  


Used hundreds and thousands to decorate the cake.

Here are some pictures from the birthday party:

Nuha suka sangat everytime orang nyanyi birthday song.. sure tersenyum lebar...Love you so much dear :)

Lagi gambar kek:

Nuha's 1st birthday, pre-celebration

Made strawberry bakewell cake for the pre-celebration of Nuha's 1st birthday. Recipe as per my previous post here, but I substituted the raspberries with strawberries this time around.


Love this cake, still one of the easiest to make. I prefer raspberries to strawberries though, as it hold its shape better.


Amirul and Faiz didn't like the almonds, and requested for a chocolate cake instead. Will be posting the chocolate cake that I made for Nuha's birthday party soon..

Agar-agar pelangi

Last Sunday, buat lagi sekali agar-agar pelangi ni, best.. suka sangat :) 


Recipe from my previous post here.

Apple pie

I baked apple pie for iftar last month, tapi belum sempat post gambar apple pie tu lagi. When my sister in law stayed at my place on the eve of raya, she had asked for the recipe.

So, to Awin, this recipe is for you, enjoy!

Recipe adapted from pete bakes! with some slight  changes to the original recipe (and I also skipped the part on caramel sauce and cinnamon ice cream).

For the crust:

110 g butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg yolk

a pinch of salt

1 14 cup flour

Beat the butter, add in other ingredients (except for the flour) and beat until blended. Add in the flour and beat just until the dough begins to clump together. Flatten and press into a 9 inch tart pan. Pierce crust all over with fork and freeze for 30 minutes. Bake for about 30  minutes in a preheated oven (160 degree Celsius) until golden brown.

For the filling:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp cornstarch

50 g butter

About 4 granny smith apples, mix with 1 red delicious apple and 1 yellow delicious apple

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Mix both brown sugar and cornstarch in a bowl. Melt butter, add in apple pieces and saute for about 10 minutes. Add the brown sugar/cornstarch mixture, stir until dissolves and add in vanilla essence and cinnamon. Simmer for about 5 minutes until juices are bubbling and slightly thickened.

For the crumb topping:

6 tbsp flour

6 tbsp brown sugar

a pinch of salt

3 tbsp chilled butter

Mix all in a food processor until small moist clumps form.

To assemble the tart, spoon the apple filling into the tart crust and top with the crumb topping. Bake for about 25 minutes in a preheated oven (170 degree Celsius) until topping is crisp and golden.

Rainbow jelly - a recipe

I watched masterchef last weekend and was suddenly inspired to make agar-agar. So, I made this rainbow jelly last Sunday.


I don't normally cook with colors. Seriously. If you look through my previous entries, you will be able to see that the colors that I used to decorate my cakes were limited.

I had fun playing with these colors so lets just hope that I will continue not to be afraid to use colors in the future.

Rainbow jelly - ingredients:
10 g agar-agar powder
800 ml plain water
200 ml coconut milk
200 g sugar
A pinch of salt
food colorings

Cook 5g of agar-agar powder with 500 ml of water &100 g of sugar. Once cooked, put aside.

Cook the balance (5g) of agar-agar powder with 300 ml of water and 100 g of sugar. Once all the sugar had dissolved, mix in the coconut milk and a pinch of salt. Once boiled, put aside.

Now, the fun part. 

Pour 150 ml of the 1st mixture into a bowl and mix with a color of choice. Then pour into the jelly mould (or any container big enough to hold about 1200 ml of liquid). Wait for about 5 to 10 minutes until the jelly hardened. 

Using a fork, make some light lines on the jelly, this step is crucial our else the jellies won't stick to one another. Then pour 150 ml of the 2nd mixture.

Repeat with the 1st mixture (and a different color every time) and the 2nd mixture (without adding any color). Let cool in the fridge and enjoy.

Coconut milk and agar-agar powder (but I used clear version  and not the one with coloring) 

Biskut raya 2011 - part 2 (chocolate chips cookies)

Made these cookies last Thursday, after work. Resipi dapat dari myresipi.com

I used small ice-cream scoop untuk dapat biskut yang lebih kurang sama saiznya. Tapi, kena penyekkan cookie dough tu sebelum dibakar untuk dapat biskut yang agak leper, or else, dia akan jadi gemuk-gemuk.

Sekali bakar dapat 12 biji biskut je sebab saiz biskut ni yang agak besar. Me and my hubby loves these cookies, but the kids don't like it because it contains almonds.