Cupcakes for aqiqah

Made about approximately 1300 mini cupcakes for the ceremony, and packed it (8 mini cupcakes - 4 choc and 4 vanilla) in each individual pack. 


The most cupcakes I've ever baked so far, thanks to my mum, my hubby and my 2 boys for helping.


I didn't snap any picture though. Tak teringat pun nak snap any picture of the gift packs.

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Since the first 2 rounds of cupcakes making doesn't yield perfect result, I tried cupcakes recipe from 'The Whimsical Bakehouse' cookbook. I made both the chocolate and vanilla cupcakes based from the book. Too much efforts required though, as the recipe requires the chocolate to be melted, or the milk to be warmed and things like that. As such, a lot of time required to prepare the batter, and since time is something that I don't really have much, I can't afford to continue doing so. 


After the initial stage of baking the two recipes above, I looked through my cookbooks again and decided on a simpler recipe. I prepared the cake batter based from Dede Wilson's book. I love her recipes as there are all easy to prepare, and doesn't require much preparation. 


I made the 'essential yellow cake' and 'essential chocolate cake' from her book, and the process of making the cupcakes had become much faster and easier from thereon.

Cupcakes - practice #2

Since the last cupcakes were made using a cake recipe and not a cupcake recipe, I tried these using a cupcake recipe.

Made the Chocolate Butter Cupcakes - recipe from Rose Levy Beranbaum's book, Rose's Heavenly Cakes.

Same thing happened. The cupcakes doesn't stick that well to the cupcake liners. But the cupcakes tasted good though.

My quest for a perfect cupcakes, that will stick perfectly to its liner is still on.

Cupcakes - practice #1

Remember this chocolate cupcakes? Tried the recipe again, but this time, I made mini cupcakes instead.

I'm actually preparing myself to baking more than 1 thousand cupcakes for my kids' aqiqah ceremony, to be given as door gift.

I found the cupcake pan (hold 24 mini cupcakes) for only RM12.50 at Bake With Yen. It's a real bargain, and the quality of the pan is also really good.

The recipe was originally a cake recipe, and not a cupcake recipe. It tasted so good and (another plus point) really easy to prepare.

However, since this is a cake recipe, the cupcake doesn't stick that well to the cupcake liner. It's good to be eaten the day that it is baked, however, not the next day as most of the cupcakes will most probably detached from its liner the following day.

This is in contrary to the popular belief (or is it just my own belief?) that all cake recipe will work for cupcakes (or is it just this recipe?). Will practice with a cupcake recipe next and see whether it yields the same result.

Amirul's birthday

Made this 10" cake for Amirul's birthday last month, yellow vanilla cake with choc ganache frosting:

Cake recipe from Dede Wilson's book - Wedding Cakes You Can Make, and choc ganache recipe from Rose Levy's book - The Cake Bible.


Cake from a different angle:

Gambar Amirul tiup lilin:

Nuha pun nak tiup jugak, Cik Nah yang buat cupcake ni:

Bahagian dalam kek:

The simplest pancakes

Pancakes are really easy to make. Whenever my kids wanted to eat some, chances are, most of the ingredients are readily available in the fridge.


Pancakes recipe:
1 mug of self raising flour
1 mug of fresh milk
a pinch of salt
1 whole egg


Mix all the ingredients together and cook using a non-stick pan. (use a drop of butter if you want your pancakes to be slightly buttery, or skip the butter for pancakes that looks like the one you eat at McDonald for breakfast). - The above pancakes, as per the picture were without any butter.


Note: 

1. Use self raising flour if you want your pancakes to look plummer than the ordinary 'lempeng'. 
2. It doesn't really matter what size your mug is, so long as the amount of flour equal to the amount of milk. You can also measure using a bowl instead.

Enjoy!

Mini chicken pies

Made these scrumptious mini chicken pies yesterday for lunch.

First time buat chicken pie, resipi filling buat ikut logik sendiri. Resipi pie crust dapat dari en. google, tapi ada tukar-tukar sikit based from a few combined recipes. Tasted sooo good, with flaky pie crust n delectable filling, next time boleh buat lagi.

Letak gambar je dulu, resipi next time saya post k :).