Kek Lapis Sarawak - Masam Manis

My very first kek lapis Sarawak turns out well yeyyy!!!! BUT (mine the big cap hehe) it took me a good 6 hours in the kitchen just to finish up layering the whole cakes. My oh my, i keep on telling myself, why am i deciding to do this cake in the first place??? Sakit pinggang, sakit kaki, siap bersandar tepi dinding dan tido, sempat mandikan Ammar, feed him, had few rounds of breastfeeding...huhhh memacam lagilah. I started as early as 7.30am, and only managed to have these specialty cakes around 2.30pm..just imagine u ols, kalau tido dah boleh termimpi-mimpi dahhhh!!

Anyway, the recipe was given by mak (i.e. my MIL). I weigh each layer around 80g to get that equal size. Since i still hv few leftover for the batter, decided to alter the recipe a bit and made a cocoa mocha layer cake....hehehe taste good as well, at least to my liking lahh :)

Oklah, enjoy the pics...takdela cun sgt, for a beginner kan! If i can recalled this evening i vowed that this will be my first n the last kek lapis! Next yr beli sajela..but after i had that first bite after iftar, hmmmm probably i'm willing to give it another go next time...penat yg memang berbaloi-baloi!!!

kek lapis Masam Manis..i use 3 packs of Hawflakes. Also bright red & green coloring for the layers

make 13 layers and later I decided to use the remaining batter for another diff cake!

done packing for umi and MIL

Tadaaaaa...my very own Cocoa Mocha Layer Cake :) A combination of mocha emulco, chocolate emulco n cocoa powder, with lil bit of yellow and brown coloring for the layers

slice the cakes into two, and layer it with peanut butter & grape...hehe sukahati wat kek lapis version sendiri :p

from the looks, i know there're lots more to improve betul tak? :p

Ok dokie peeps, signing off now. But bef that, i would like to wish to everyone Salam Hari Raya!!! To whoever going back to ur kampung halaman, drive safely...hv a fun and bless raya peeps. Maaf Zahir Batin from us :)

of shoes management :p

Operasi mengemas rumah hari ni. Tergerak hati nak bukak rak kasut, dan keluarkan mana2 yg tak patut sbb rak dah semput dan penuh sesgt...En Hb pun dah bising2 tuuuhhh. Bila disusun, uh uhhhh tak sangka i have soooo many shoes!!! There're more not in the pic actually ngeeeeee :p

Not so warna-warni..majority is black and brown..biasalah senang nk match2 gitu :)

This is my all-time favourite amongst all..hadiah dari En Hb tapi of course saya yg pilih la :)

and this kononnya my kasut raya..tapi hb cakap, tingginyerrrr takkan nak berjln raya pakai 3 inch kotssss???

ahhh mama dah buang tebiat kot gatal beli kasut tinggi sgt ..pastu nak dukung si Ammar lagi ke hulu ke hilir...haaa sah la mama dah miung :p

Okla nak sambung mengemas ngeeeeeee sempat lagi tu update blog hihi

brownies...the 5th and 6th of the week!

yg ni utk jiran depan rumah lagi...ptg semlm dia sms, mlm tadi terus buat. TQ Misah!!

and the 6th one for Tini..my ex-colleague/ofismate, cum loyal customer of myHotStove..tq babes!

I am running out of banana and sugar already. My jiran depan rumah requested for a 2nd order last night, but i tell her i will only able to make another round for her this evening, provided kedai runcit tu still has stocks for pisang berangan :p

Ramai dah cuti, i know i know. Badan masih di ofis, tapi mind and soul jauh melayang fikir Raya :p Tomorrow shall be a very busy day for us, spring cleaning the whole house, packing, baking, sweeping and mooping, everything lahhhh!

To all my fellow friends and lovely readers out there, Salam Lebaran kepada semua. Berhati-hati yer pulang ke kampung halaman tu. Makan puas2, tapi jgn over sangat. Rebutlah peluang ni utk bermaaf-maafan, dan berjalan ke rumah sanak saudara. Moga anda semua bahagia dan happy di Hari Raya nanti yer.

Maaf Zahir Batin dari yatipruzz & clanz!!

brownies again!

Secara tak rasmi myHotStove kembali beroperasi..tak sangka plak secepat ini hihi. I thought mood rajin akan menjelma bila Ammar dah besar sket...probably after 1 year. Tapi minat & satisfaction punyer pasal...layanzz sajerlah :)

the 3rd brownies of the week..for a colleague in office..

and the one with yellow ribbon, for the kids' teachers at taska. Dulu2 slalu blanjer depa buka puasa with pizza or kfc..taun ni kasik home-made brownies, harap derang suke :)

Anyway, bila mood baking menjelma, mood memasak dah merudum. Kelmarin dah dua hari berturut-turut tapau luar. Mula2 order Dominos, then kelmarin hb tapau nasi arab Saba' dua bungkus..satu ayam, satu lamb...kenyang giler alhamdulillah, siap simpan utk sahur :)

Cream puff

Antara dessert wajib time bulan puasa..selain kek batik & cream caramel.

Sape nak resepi email yer...malas nak type sebab panjang sgt :p

p/s: kelmarin buat pertama kali seumur hidup kupas buah nenas. Tu pun sbb jiran kasi, duss pening pk nak masak ape. Last2 buat nasi tomato, bubuh nenas dlm ayam masak merah..sedap!! Lenkali tobat takmo beli nenas...susah nk kupas!!!

back to baking??

Hah, tak ingat dah berapa lama oven myHotStove bercuti...rasanya sudah berbulan-bulan...ke dah setahun eh..ntahla..blog tu pun dah lama sunyi sepi :p Biasala, sejak kehadiran si Ammar Fitri dlm keluarga kami, mama macam tak menang tangan nak spend masa lama2 di dapur. Cuma bulan Ramadhan ni je mama terover rajin sket...nk kejar pahala memasak utk family kots hihi

So ni adalah hasil terbaru dari myHotStove sempena cuti Nuzul Quran hari tuh. Resipi baru, inspired by my dear friend, but of course me being me, suka alter the recipe lil bit here n there utk menepati citarasa sendiri. Dan hasilnya wah wahhhhh cedappppp acik suke. Dan ini testimoni dr jiran depan rumah...kembang semangkuk bila acik baca post dia :p
"Beb..kek so ko sedap giler.. I like!!nti ko bole jual kat aku sebijik..ko charge aku mahal pun aku sanggup..btw thank u so much bg aku rase..sebelum ko balik raye ko buat kan aku yer..."

here to go the Chocolate Coffee Banana Bottom Square Brownies..sprinkle the twin choc chips on top, mmg marbeles hasilnya :)

Umi saya pun suke alhamdulillah!! Sape nak rasa meh dtg umah raya nnt, konfem jadi kek rasmi umah yatipruzz time raya nanti hihi

Dan ini kek batik for a dear friend (u know who u are hihi) yg mane saya berhutang dgn dia sejak Ramadhan tahun lepas rasanya. Tapi biasala, last yr sarat dgn si kecik tuh..jd malas nak buat utk kengkawan :p

Tinggal beberapa hari je lagi dah nk habis Ramadhan hukhuk.

Semalam Ustaz Nizam dari TV9 ada kasik ceramah dekat ofis, kata dia kalau nak cari malam Lailatulqadar, jgnla timing mlm2 ganjil like hari ke 21, 23, 25, 27...byk para ulama' target malam 27 Ramadhan. Tapi kalau kita sibuk nk timing dan target, mungkin sampai ke sudah kita tak dpt nak ketemu dgn malam yg sebenar. Jadi pesan ustaz sebaiknya kita buat amal ibadat setiap mlm...bukan malam yg tertentu sahaja. Paling penting, ikhlas kerana Allah......:)

17 Ramadhan...

Which also equivalent to Nuzul Quran. So how was ur Ramadhan so far? Some of my tracking progress goes below:
- reading Quran : am not doing any better than last yr. Baru juzuk 6...far away from the target. Normally i'll read right after subuh, and during lunch hr at the office.
-terawikh : just like the prevoius yr, i'll do the terawkh at home. This yr, most of the time i perform the solat before sahur, simply becos i sleep early...tidurkan ammar n myself pon terus tertidur huhu!
- iftar : am a good girl since i cook almost everyday. Missed out cooking for 3 days but the rest is all home- cooked. Taste-wise pon ok alhamdulillah. Yesterday's mee kuah sedappp, kari ayam also sedap bak kata hb n idlan..lelain pon all menjadi hihi. I guess it's purely due to the keberkatan in the ramadhan itself that makes me super rajin. But i bet after raya the kitchen will be put on rest...probably till the ramadhan next yr! Haha
- i miss baking so much!!! No home- made raya cookies this year cos all kuih tunjuk2 saje definitely. But i promise to myself to try out this new-found recipe which i bet must be very delish! Here to go the choc banana bottom square brownies n hawflakes layer cake!! Will review when am done with that ya :))
- my EBM output is not as much as during the normal days, but alhamdulillah the frozen stocks are more than enough to cater for ammar's daily needs. The 1st two day of ramadhan was terrible since i was sooo dehydrated, but days after that everything is back to normal. I guess the body can adjust already :) pumping session done only twice a day at the office. Will go back to the regime 3x pumping after raya nnt :)

That's it for now. I'm on leave today since the school n taska is closed today. Got two big piles of clothes to fold up, and yesss it's gonna be the banana choc brownies as dessert for today's iftar...x sabarnyer!!!!

PEROMPAK!!

Ok this is one hel* real life experience, take a deep breath before u scroll down further ya!

















It was yesterday that we decided to break our fast outside, simply because my dear amir firas who has been down for fever for 4 days requested to have ‘spaghetti kuah putih’ for dinner. Kesian kat anak yg makin mengurus sbb hilang selera makan, plus mama is just too lazy to cook anything for iftar, we headed to Jusco Cheras Selatan then. Went to Pizza to do the booking, FULL. Second option is Kenny Rogers, also FULL. Adesss finally we went to SR. It’s only 6pm during that time and most of the eateries are already full..perghh ramai yg berbuka kat luar ni rupanya!

So we were ushered to the allocated table, browse thru the menu, when Ammar started to crying (kes sudah ngantuk tahap gaban). After told mr hubby what I want, I took the kids outside, with ammar inside the stroller. Me and the kids were about to walk to Auntie’s Annes kiosk when suddenly few people running right in front of us and shouted ‘perompak perompak!!’. More and more people running and heading to the main door and there you go, 3 tall and thin men (very young I bet) wearing a black mask running in front of us (just a few meters apart), carrying a rectangular shape ATM machine. Followed by a pak guard (only has a baton in hand, no gun whatsoever) who keeps on shouting ‘woiii woiiii!!’ to stop the robbers but hey setakat suara pak guard tu apelah yg perompak tu nak takut kan!

Me and idlan was stunned, myself initially think ‘ehh ni real ke shooting drama ni’. Simply because some of the running women tu ade yg menjerit muka takut, ade yg gelak2 macam berlakon hehe. Idlan stood still, unmoved. I was infact ‘bertentang mata’ dgn one of the guy sbb kebetulan dia pandang to my face. Dusss the incident happened too fast that I pun macam blur2 jadiknya hehe. Lucky there was no gun shots whatsoever, if not me and the kids probably might get shooted because we were standing just few metres dr perompak tuh!

So that’s it guys, story utk hari ini dari seorang saksi yg tak bertauliah hehe. I told hubby, senang rupanya nak rompak atm machine inside the shopping mall, because all the pak guards are not equipped with guns …setakat kayu baton utk pukul org tu je. After the incident, the spot was swarmed by so many pak guards, but I believe they just cant do anything. And that 3 perompak mmg sgt daring, because they did it time org sgt ramai..but that gives them an advantage to run escape betul tak??

So ade berani mau buka puasa kat luar lagi tak? Haha

Hari yg mencabar for me for the past few days.

Started from Monday-Tuesday, I was away the whole day for the Maybank charity sales carnival. Tiring, dan sangat lembik satu badan, but Alhamdulillah the crowds turned out to be awesome, and we managed to collect quite a lot! Syukur!! A whole new experience meeting up with new people, know their ragam and all, cumanya sampai sekarang macam tak percaya, waahhhh penat giler rupanya berdiri jaga booth!! Balik rumah mmg flat tak larat masak huhu.

The very same Tuesday morning, while I was on the way to the booth, I got a phone call from somebody from the company, asking me to become a witness for a case which the session scheduled to be held today. Nervous makcik, coz I am representing my division, and if I slip out something which I shouldn’t, the whole team may get the consequences. I pray that today I can talk and act likes a pro, and that the truth prevails….and the convict get penalized for his wrongdoings. May Allah helps me throughout the session…amin.

And oh, the birthday boy was down for a fever n flu since yesterday. Still demam today, but we need to send him to taska since hubby got class, and me got to attend the session. Anyway hubby already prepared some goody bags for him to share with his friends, hope that at least can cheer him up :)

Hope your days are not as tough as me...have a bless Ramadhan peeps!!

Biskut Raya datang lagi!!!

STICKY POST!!

Salam frens,

Ni saya nak tolong promote kan biskut raya maksu Pruzz, made in Kulim hehe..maksu mmg ade bakery kat sana, so rasa biskut ni insya Allah sedap!!

Order dibuka sekarang, hingga 8 Ogos 2011. Delivery by third week of puasa.
Nanti agent maksu akan pass kat saya.
COD/pick up points – area Menara TM, Kajang, MMU Cyberjaya

So ni rege biskutnyer…kuantiti dlm satu balang around 48-50pcs:

Jejari Oats (rasa macam Snow Almond, coated with white breadcrumbs) – RM26
Strawberry coconut roll – RM26
Cornflakes sweet crunch – RM26
Golden Nugget cookies – RM25
Almond Chocolate Delight – RM26
Almond & Nut Cookies – RM25
Fancy Ice Cream – RM26
Marble Shortbread – RM27
Samprit - RM25
Almond Rola Cookies – RM25
Hazelnut Chocolate Drop – RM26
Crystal Ball – RM25
Chocolate Sprinkle – RM25
Blueberry Tart – RM26
Tart Nenas – RM26
Biskut Gajus – RM25
Cappuccino Zebra Cookies – RM25
London Almond – RM26

Dannnnn yg ni TOP 6 biskut yg mmg saya order every yr :p
Jejari Oats (rasa macam Snow Almond) – RM26
Marble Shortbread – RM27
Blueberry Tart – RM26
Tart Nenas – RM26
Almond Chocolate Delight – RM26
Hazelnut Chocolate Drop – RM26 – yg ni feveret pruzz

Sape nak rasa sample leh dtg ofis ok jgn malu2 :)

air tangan mama?

It's the 6th day of Ramadhan already. Alhamdulillah so far we're doing good (read: me, hubby, idlan). Despite me having migrain everyday, i still managed to complete the puasa. And cook for the family! :)

Yesterday we decided not to eat nasi, so i resorted to mee goreng only and hubby went to bazar ramadhan for some kuih. Hubby said my fried mee sangat sedap, Firas tambah 2x, Idlan hmm tak payah ckp mee goreng has always become his all-time favourite.

Sejuk mata memandang...bila mereka makan dgn penuh selera, tambah, pinggan licin!
Hilang penat lelah keletang keletung di dapur walaupun migrain di kepala masih belum hilang :p

Moga air tangan mama dan amalan makan bersama di meja ni dpt menambah keberkatan di bulan yg mulia ini insya Allah.

Menu hari ini - udang lemak cili api, sayur campur, ayam goreng berempah, cream caramel, sirap bandung. waaaa baru kol 7.33am dah pk menu berbuka :p

Me and Ramadhan

This yer Ramadhan was the worst for me so far.

1st day got migraine, my body ached all over, felt so dehydrated that i felt like collapse whenever i stand for few minutes. Hence an EL for me then. But still i cooked for the family, ayam black pepper & a simple sup sayur, also kek batik as dessert :)

2nd day way much better, i felt energetic the whole day, probably bcoz i drank a lot during the iftar and sahur. Our menu - cencaru sumbat cili, telur dadar & sayur masak lemak.

3rd day was the worst. If not because of carpool with two other colleagues, i would have gone back way earlier. Migraine giler, rasa nak muntah, loya..everything! After iftar zaaassss pengsan sampai ke 430am, baru bgn solat isyak n prepare for sahur. Terus miss terawikh for that night huhu.

4th day - i am taking EL today!! Hubby's bike was sent to a workshop, TNB is doing power maintenance at the kids' taska hence no power for 4 hours, and i just need to have a break. So here i am jotting down some notes after managed to put the kids into sleep hihi. Will be cooking either paprik or tomyam and cream caramel for today's iftar insya Allah....

I never thought puasa while bf is as tough as this. Some people are doing just fine, unlike myself yg asyikla migraine huhu. In fact i was wayyyy much better last year, fasting the whole month while carrying ammar from 33-37 weeks. No EL, no migraine, and i cooked almost everyday without fail.

So i take it as dugaan for this year...and will try my best to puasa in full despite sakit yg datang tu insya Allah.

Hope you guys are doing great with your puasa!!!

The upcoming trip

Alhamdulillah, after days of doing extensive review on the hotels (taking into consideration the costs, location, facilities, n of course our budget!) and some quick snap on the MTR map, i am done wth the booking! Lega sgt..it's like half of the burden uplifted fr my shoulder hehe! Next is to prepare my own kitab, n plan for the itinerary :) and probably doing some tix booking from here!

Ok nite nite peeps..selamat bersahur!



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