One more cake please....

This time around, Faiz requested for a chocolate cake instead.

I baked the "perfect all-American chocolate butter cake" for him, recipe from The Cake Bible. Made it into cupcakes, reduced the sugar by 10% and added in some chocolate chips, mmmmm yummy. 

 

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 :)