Cake please...

Baked this cake again as Faiz had requested for one. Faiz x kesah kek apa sebenarnya, dan memandangkan jam dah pukul 9 mlm, buat pound cake jer la, bagi Faiz puas hati. It took about 10 minutes of my time to mix all the ingredients and pop it into the oven. It's the simplest cake ever :)

Recipe for this cake can be found here.

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).