8th Anniversary

It’s our 8th anniversary today.

Hubby stayed at home for half day, looking after our eldest who had just undergone his ‘khatan’ and unfortunately got complications barely 1 hour after the klamp procedure. Idlan is recuperating now, at my mom’s.

Me off to work as usual after a straight four-day leave. It’s moving towards the year-end and the works are just too taxing and everything is becoming super urgent right now. The system is not stable and keep on going intermittent, went down every now n then..bagus la tuh!!

We were supposed to be on leave today, our initial plan was to watch Ombak Rindu or any movie, have a proper lunch together and probably do some window shopping before picking up the kids at 630pm. I have planned to make a special cake for him over the weekend.

But Allah has a better plan for us.

Marriage is not only about love, but tolerating and understanding each other roles and responsibilities, prioritizing certain things and not to think about one self only. We’ve been together in this journey for 8 good years, went through the sweat and tears, joy and laugh, everything, together.

I miss my hb, miss my eldest who for the first time separating with us (until this coming weekend), miss my cheeky n naughty firas, and my lovely ammar. But still I need to be in the office.

Happy 8th Anniversary Yang…thank you for everything.
Love you now n forever.
May Allah bless our marriage, and that we’ll always be guided with iman and akal in whatever we’re doing.

berkhatan

Hubby texted me yesterday confirming that he has fixed for Idlan to undergo 'berkhatan' this coming Friday at 3pm. He requested me to take half day, to accompany our eldest and sort of giving moral support throughout the procedure.

Idlan was all ok with the news. For the past few weeks we kept on asking whether he is ready for khatan or not this year. Initially he said 'no', what more with Firas shouting and telling 'firas takmo sunat firas takootttt' everytime we brought up the khatan issue. But recently upon listening to his friends' stories that has went thru the khatan, he came to us and said 'ok'.

Just now i had lunch with my usual colleagues at our pantry and tell them about the khatan story. They (the men) said khatan is one of the biggest event in any men's life apart from akad nikah. Probably we can equate this with women and labour, isnt it?

Ok so now i got the point why hubby wanted me to take half day leave :)

Btw, it's 9th Dec on Friday, and 10th is his born day. Celebrate besday dgn bersunat la nih!

Sored nipples

I'm now on Bepanthen cream every now n then. Both my nip*les cracked n sored quite badly. I guess it's due to ammar's style of latching yg ganaz n suke memain. I'm now nursing my 3rd child and this was actually my first time experiencing sored nip*les...before this cuma dgr keluhan org lain huhu

Kind of fobia when it comes to nursing time these days. Few times i shouted to him n he cried. Sori sayang but mama just couldnt help it. Sakit sesangat!!



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Double birthday celebration

A fruitful, and lovely weekend indeed.

We (i.e. me and SIL) threw out an ad-hoc plan to have a join birthday celebration for the kids. It was a pre-celebration for Idlan since his birthdate is actually on the 10 of Dec, while for my niece Hana, it was a post-birthday celebration (29 Nov). Had the celebration at my bro's place in Ampang. A close-knit gathering among the family members only, but we truly had a good time chit-chatting and sharing stories. Most importantly, i'd say the kids had a blast time throughout the evening. Gegak-gempita rumah abang...my mom said "ni lah rupanya kalo ade anak ramai..kecoh satu rumah :p

I planned to make a DFCC on Friday night, but a migraine attack since evening made me go to bed very early. Woke up at 4.30am with a heavy head still, and straight away went to kitchen to start baking. This cake was quite 'leceh' since it involves few steps and i knew i'm gonna take a long time to finish up the whole cake (what with ammar being around...arghh byk dugaan!).

here goes the large DFCC (1.7kg) with maltesers! Sanggup stop by at Shell just to buy those maltesers :p Made the cake at 4.30am, and only finish up at 11am (lama kan!).

This is a large buttercake made by my SIL, frosted with non-dairy whipped cream. I like the color combination, very beautiful! i can see hana really loved her cake, when we arrived at her house she kept on telling us "kite ade kek angry bird!!!". Then Firas uttered back "kite ade kek coklat bulat-bulat!!" Hahaha kids being kids, they must've been very excited when it comes to birthday thingy.

Those are calleabout dark choc button. mahal giler okes, no joke :p

the line-ups

my SIL made fried spiral pasta and mee rebus. Me brought over nothing except the cake isk isk blame it to the migrain! The mee rebus was so delish that hubby gave me a hint 'awak kena buat jugak nih'. So i asked my SIL for the recipe and guess what, she used the instant mee rebus paste rupanye...brand Adami. Sila cari ok..serius sedap, umi pun puji sedap :)

cake-cutting time!! My SIL's cake is very tall while mine is very short haha malu malu!

Front: My SIL, Hana, Idlan, Firas

Back: Huzaifah, my bro, me and Ammar

See the white cupboard behind us, that stores my bro's collection for robots, jets, etc. Hobi mahal btul mamat sorang ni :p

mamat boboiboy tu plak yg over macam la besday dia :p

super hyper after dosage of sugar :p

sorang wat aksi abuginnn, sorang wat aksi boboiboy, yg depan tu control macho hehe

ammar still blur blur

sian sofa my SIL, habis dilanyak oleh bebudak nih...sori ye sis!

my two-layer cakes..frosted with cream cheese & ganache

tadaaaaaaaaa!!! now tell me who is rajin enough to make this beautiful n striking 6-layer cakes none other than my SIL! serius tabik springgggg toingg toingggg ok. Each layer ade strawberry jam tauuu. So inilah rahsia ketinggian kek itu hehe.

For both cakes, you may refer to Rima of bisousatoi.com for the recipes...cuba jgn tak cuba :)

what is your favourite food?

Jawapan saya..sudah pastilah kek, kek dan kek lagi!!!

Minggu lepas buat Devil's food choc cake yg ketiga...dlm masa sehari sudah licin! Kalau ditanya siapa yg tukang makan paling byk...jawapan dia mestilah saya!! Bukan anak2..bukan my hb..hehe.

Lepas tu saya order kek lapis India dari sahabat saya yg mmg anak jati Sarawak...dia belikan 2 ketul utk saya nyum nyummm...tq my dear fren!!!!

Dan hari ini, sampailah kek bika ambon yg saya kirim dari ofismate yg baru pulang dari Medan. Wahhh hepinyer saya!!!

Esok insya Allah kami akan pulang ke Kelantan...so dlm kereta boleh pulun mkn kek nyummieeee :)))

Kek Lapis India/Cadbury - img googled

my third Devil's Food Choc Cake..nnt resepi saya post kemudian, tak sempat type lagi :)

arghhh sgt lazat itu cream cheese!!

Last but not least, inilah kek Bika Ambon buat tatapan mereka yg tak pernah tgk rupa dia. So far hanya boleh didapati di Medan..tak sure kat KL ade jual tak. Tapi kalo saya pegi bandung ke jakarta ke, serius tak jumpe kek ni!

favourite en hb ni...sebab tu saya bersungguh-sungguh kirim dekat ofismate...hope u like it Yang!!! Opss sori dah potong sket..kasik staff rasa sket..sian dia taknah tgk rupa kek ni :p

it's the final day of school...

and Idlan has just gotten his final xm results today.

Overall score - 92%
Kedudukan dlm kelas - 9/35
Full result:
Al-Quran 80
B. Arab 100
Pendidikan Teras Islam 93
Jawi 98
BM 93
BI 95
Maths 93
Sains 80
P. Seni A

Agak merosot berbanding keputusan penggal pertama dulu tapi takpelah, janji semua A :)
Dulu Sains dpt 100, now 80 sajer erkkkk...
Al Quran tu byk slack dekat surah Al-Kafirun...bila suruh baca kat rumah, boleh je dia baca...tp dlm kertas, sumer ditulisnya salah!

Keputusan UPSR baru keluar kelmarin.
Dan tadi aku sempat berbual dgn colleague yg duduk di sebelahku, yg mana anak sulung dia dpt 5A dlm UPSR dan no 2 terbaik bagi PSRA di negeri Selangor (mumtaz, markah 98.6%).

Hebat benar anak kakak ni.
Kata dia, sejak darjah 1 anak dia dapat no 1 dan markah selalu dpt 100% dlm setiap ujian atau peperiksaan di sekolah. On top of that, anak dia mesti bolot hadiah utk mata pelajaran terbaik.
Selain drpd potensi anak dia, peranan ibu bapa tu sgt penting. Byk benda yg ku pelajari hasil drpd perbualan singkat dgn kakak ni.

Anak kita mungkin pandai, mungkin cemerlang....
tapi tanpa doa dan restu ibu bapa, mungkin dia tidak akan cemerlang selamanya.

Anak kita mungkin tidak berapa cemerlang dan pandai...
tapi berkat doa dari si ibu dan bapa, mungkin dia akan lebih cemerlang dan excel dlm setiap perkara yg diharungi.

Masa UPSR, kakak ni ambil cuti seminggu dan berpuasa sunat setiap hari. Semasa anak dia exam, kakak ni buat solat sunat, mengaji dan tidak putus2 berdoa pada Allah sehinggalah paper anak dia selesai.

Bila ku lihat dan bandingkan dgn diri sendiri...

- hmm apa anak belajar di sekolah pun tak berapa pasti...
- 2-3 hari nak exam, baru kelam-kabut buka buku sekolah anak, dan tanya dia dah belajar sampai mana.
- last minute baru duduk dgn anak utk ulangkaji pelajaran bersama-sama dan buat latihan

Dan bila direnung dan diingat kembali, rasanya masa exam final baru ni aku terlupa nak buat solat hajat utk Idlan...unlike masa periksa penggal pertama dulu, ku rajin buat solat hajat utk dia (anyway time tu dia dpt no 2).

Sangat jelas, peranan ku sebagai ibu dekat sini sangatlah kurang.
Macam mana la anak nak cemerlang kalau mama dan papa sibuk dan kurang ambil tahu hal pelajaran mereka betul tak?

Mama janji, bermula tahun depan mama akan jadi lebih rajin dan komited lagi perihal pelajaran anak2 mama. Moga kamu akan jadi lebih cemerlang dari mama dan abah, lebih cemerlang dari mereka semua.

Dan kamu kena ingat, solat itu sangat penting. Jangan nak buat muka masam kalau mama dan abah bising menegur perihal solat kamu yg kadang2 tu laju yg amat...mama tahu kamu sibuk nak kejar tengok kartun kan???

Doa qunut - hmm alhamdulillah kamu dah hafal! Selama ni solat Subuh tak baca qunut. Salah mama dan abah tak suruh kamu hafal...tapi baru2 ni bila mama suruh hafal, hmm kejap je dlm masa beberapa jam kamu dah berjaya hafal. Yer insya Allah anak mama ni terang hati...moga Allah terus menerangkan hatimu utk mudah menangkap ilmu2 yg baik buat bekalan di hari esok.

Apa2 pun, we lurve you loads son. Kamu memang anak yg baik, taat, obedient, abang yg penyayang dan boleh diharap. Apa mama suruh, mesti kamu buat..walaupun kadang2 kamu akan membebel balik dan ckp "asyik-asyik idlan, asyik-asyik idlan...suruhlah firas!". Ahh mama tahu kamu belum cukup matured lagi, sebab tu suka bandingkan sesuatu perkara tu dgn firas.

Dan mama tahu kamu masih belum masuk 7 tahun lagi. Sebab itu perangai masih macam budak-budak...siap nak bawa mainan pergi sekolah..ape kes tu???

Devil's Food Chocolate Cake

Bila dah buat kek utk orang..mesti teringin buat kek utk diri sendiri sama...especially bila aroma kek yg tgh dibakar dlm oven harum semerbak menerjah ke hidung :p

The Baked Brownie for Hauza

Taddaaaaaaa...my first time trying out this recipe and hey it didnt disappoint me at all! Sgt sedap, rich, sinful, lazat, lemak berkrim disukai ramai :p It's a chocolate moist cake that has been frosted with cream cheese, cool for a while and later poured with cool ganache, and last but not least sprinkled with choc curls on top. Bunyi pun dah lazat kan :) Tapi nak buat dia aduhaiii berjiwa jugaklah. Mula2 buat kek dulu, pastu kena sejukkan..then belah dua kek tu. Then buat cheese frosting, sapu atas kek dan sejukkan balik dlm fridge. Then buat ganache, sejukkan ganache then baru boleh tuang atas kek. last skali nak sagat choc tu pulak...huishh jenuh jugakla nak menyiapkan seketul kek tuh :p Oh by the way nama kek ni Devil's Food Chocolate Cake...resepi bley gugel sajer ok.

tu dia si kecik ni dah standby nk potong. Di belah pagi tu kami attend konvo tadika si Firas di Jade Hills...tapi Firas cuma buat persembahan je (for kids 3yr) bukan konvo yer.

close-up sketttt

my lil bambino who nows drink a lot and when i say a lot i really meant it. Stock EBM depletes quite fast these days, from my rough estimation probably it could only last for another a month of two huhu. Daily output around 15oz, while this boy drinks around 24-28oz so just imagine how much frozen EBM been used in a day? grrrrr

Eid Adha

This supposed to be a last week's entry but i keep on procrastinating to publish it till today. But what the heck i still wanna post it since i've spent so much of my time to write-save-write-save-write-save-for-how-many-times that i lose count already :p

Last weekend was indeed a fruitful one, filled with fun, laughter, ‘penghayatan’, and of course the usual and non-stop ‘makan-makan’ time. Thursday night, I was busy baking 5 brownies for ammar’s teachers, my staffs and not forgetting one to be brought back to hb’s hometown in Kedah. Friday morning as planned, we started our journey heading up to North and safely arrived at Junjung Kedah roughly around 4pm. Our car almost had an accident and hit the divider in the middle of the road after the Jelapang tunnel (betul ke jelapang eh nama terowong tu b?) but Alhamdulillah dgn izinNya hb managed to pull an emergency break and our car stopped just in time, just few inches apart from the divider phewwww! There were 4-5 cars in front of us, and the farthest one, which is white in color was the one to be blamed bec it suddenly stopped (we’re not sure whether it hits something or hv other problems) and cause the cars following behind to pull an abrupt stop as well.

2 the baked brownies and 3 chocolate bottom banana square brownies for myself, staffs and ammar's teacher at taska

nyum nyummsss

This year Raya Haji was quite special since for the first time in life I got the chance to witness the ‘sembelih lembu’ event. Sedih dan kesian pun ada but insya Allah all of them will be placed in heaven. I overhear some of the makcik2 said in Mekah the cows will not ‘meronta-ronta’ and people do not have to tie them up bec they will willingly lie down and ‘menyerah diri’ when their time come…as easy as that huh. The villagers definitely need some skill to tame the cows down, there was few occurrence where they failed to tie up the legs, the cows got angry and move forwards to the people surrounds..we in fact took few steps backwards to save our lives haha kelakar pun ade rasanya. Oh did I ever mention that for the first time in life I got bitten by a ‘lintah’. It almost reached up to my knee when I found it hoho dia sudah kenyang gilos!

As usual, bila buat korban, we will be over flooded with daging korban. So guess what we did with all the daging???
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It was a homemade daging burger ok!!!!

Very delish, contains no fat whatsoever but 100% meat only. Sangat sedap yer tuan puan, plus we had put some onions, daun saderi, daun bawang, pepper and salt, so it tastes sooo good and truly different from the one bought on the shelf. Sila cuba buat yer!! Both idlan and firas walloped 3pcs at a time, myself also couldn’t stop eating one after another…ishh kesimpulannye mmg sedap gilers lah! Still hv some frozen daging back at home, so I thought of giving another rounds of homemade burger this weekend as brekkie…sounds perfect :)

Oh ayah also bought few kilos of sweet potato for us, so I need to be extra rajin this weekend and prepare loads of homemade kuih keria especially for Idlan. He loves kuih keria very much and can eat up to 10pcs at one time!! That’s my big boy, he now eats a lot and always up to something even early in the morning right after waking up from sleep he will come to me and ask..pagi ni kita makan apa mama??? Haha this boy now resembles me a lot. He loves to eat, so does his mama..mmg anak mama lah tuh!

Last but not least, here goes pic of the cousins yg membuatkan mak pak dan atok nenek dia kecoh sokmo dekat kampung. Penat nak ligan mereka ni...actually ada 2 boys lagi not in the pic, bila berkumpul sudah cukup membuatkan kami pot pet pot pet non stop :p

Tiramisu i luv u!

It's Wednesday already and in just 2 days time we will be leaving KL heading up to North to celebrate our Raya Haji. Can't wait to gather with my hb's family, have the usual makan2 time together, and thought of going for a picnic probably at Feringghi if the weather permits. Ahh talking about the weather, looks like the rainy season has come again. Some places even get flooded already huhu pity to those who gets affected and needs to be moved to a safer place! As for us working in KL, by the time the clock ticks 5pm, we immediately rush down to the car park to get our car, start the engine and off we go back home, praying hard that we will arrive safely and not caught in any massive traffic 'dek kerana banjir' :(

Okie dokie back to the subject title, we also had this for dessert on last weekend....on top of the delish and fudgy 'Baked Brownie'. Remember i have a 1kg of cream cheese in fridge, and i was contemplating in between tiramisu/cheese tarts/marble cheese brownies but finally i chose Tiramisu hehe!

selingan kejapsss. This was part of hb's regular 'work out' regime before indulging himself with all those sweety treats i made for him :p

This is the LadyFingers biscuit that was shown in my earlier post. It tastes sweet bec there’re some sugars on it. It soften easily when soaked in water, hence to get a nice tiramisu layer you mustn’t celup biskut tu lama2..celup kejap jer ok! I made a blunder since it was my first time using ladyfingers, as such my biscuits rasa sgt lembut/lembik…kureng sedap gitu! Actually I didn’t soak it that long, perhaps next time I just need to sprinkle the Nescafe on top of it instead of soak it.

Here we go the second step. After celup the biskut inside coffee/Nescafe, spread the cream cheese layer on top of the biscuits. Dust a lil bit of cocoa powder on it. Then you need to arrange the biscuits again, and cover with another layer of cream + cocoa powder. You may repeat the steps and have more layers of tiramisu if ur casserole is high, in my case I just repeat with 2 layers of biscuits and cream.

This is the final result. You may garnish the top with cocoa powder and chocolate curls. Nak lagi sedap, go and get some fresh strawberries/kiwi/dark berries from the shelf :) Easy peasy huh???

nyums nyumss. Serve it cold, mmg cam mkn eskrem :p

Anyway, since I still have some leftover cream cheese, I took out few muffin liners, celup and arranged my biskut Marie and repeat the above steps to have another version of smaller Tiramisu in cups! Hb said he prefers the biskut Marie version since biskut marie ni tak lembik and lembut as compared to the LadyFingers. Idlan didn’t seem to enjoy Tiramisu that much, simply bec of the coffee flavor (now I know my son detest coffee!) while Firas hits the cream only…biskut dia reject and kasik abah!! Myself? Ahhh no need my review since i am a sweet tooth person and definitely never reject anything so long as they’re sweet and soothing :)

So here goes the recipe, given by my friend Hany Fariza. Not sure the original source tho...enjoys!

TIRAMISU
Bahan cream cheese:

1 kotak kecil whipping cream

1 ketul cream cheese phildephia

1/2 cawan gula halus (sesedap rasa)

campur semua, putar sampai gebu sebati.

Bahan lapisan:

biskut marie (tiger) = boleh guna kek span or ape2 kek

4 sudu kecil nescafe

4 sudu kecil gula

air panas= bancuh nescafe-

celup biskut marie dlm nescafe & susun dlm bekas.

masukkan cream cheese satu lapis.

celup biskut marie dlm necafe susun lagi

masukkan cream cheese satu lapis lagi.
ulang proses lapisan sampai habis bahan.

*lapisan atas adalah lapisan cream cheese.

-masukkan dlm peti ais = 4 jam

taburkan serbuk koko.. potong n hidangkan.

*serbuk koko bleh campur ngan milo lagi sedap & setiap lapisan cream cheese bleh tabur serbuk koko+milo.

Note:

I didnt follow the measurement exactly..tak sukat pon measurement nescafe tuh. Some English recipe calls for a combination of cream cheese and Mascarpone cheese.

The Baked Brownie

It was a weekend, full of sweet and calories! haha

Hubby called it as "hari mama memasak".

Being a morning person, as usual i started off the day by doing some laundry and cleaning. Then i took out the usual ingredients and start mixing the batter for pancake, and here we go 8-9 pcs of beautiful pancakes ready for brekkie. Thought of giving a try to any of the crepes recipes that i've collected from the internet (remember my failed crepes story, ahaaa i still determine to improvise my crepe skills!), but suddenly ideas popped out! why not using the marvellous Nigella's pancake batter to make crepes eh??after all they're using basically the same ingredients. So without further ado i added some milk to make the batter more fluid, and drop a ladle of the batter onto the same pan. See whether i got it right this time or not????

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tadaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Appearance-wise still not as beautiful as the one selling at the kiosk, but finally i managed to make a thin and slim crepe!! haha. You can actually vary the fillings - chocolate, ground peanuts, banana, whipped cream, slices of fresh fruit like kiwi, peach, strawberry, anything! Eat it hot from the stove, ahh ur kids surely will fall in love with this piece :)

This is hb's all-time favourite for brekkie! I had the pancake with blueberry pie filling, while hb ate it with maple syrup..ala2 Mc D big B gitewww!

I cooked Hawaiian macaroni bolognese for lunch (the term Hawaiian since i put pineapple slices in the bolognese sauce) and now let's see what we had for our dessert..........

The Baked Brownie by Matt Lewis!!!!! As posted in fb, this version of dark chocolate brownie is simply divide and sinful. It's very chocolaty, rich, fudgy, sweet, a crowd-pleaser, a must-try, definitely a keeper! Kesimpulannya, you must try this out, it surely never fail you :) I must say that this is the best brownie i've ever tasted before. It cracked on the top, but no worry as that was actually what made it to be different and outstanding from any other brownies!
I've altered the recipe here n there to suit my taste, and everybody just loves it. Hb likes it, my kids love it, my colleague said sedappppppnyerrrrr, my neighbour also said the same, and myself??? haha makan tak bley stop beb, kol 11.30pm ngapp 4 ketul sekaligus time panas2 tuh :p heaven!

gambar fresh from the oven

So now let's take a peep at the recipe..jgn lupa try ok!!!

The Baked Brownie – Matt Lewis (Oprah’s favourite!)- taken from Baked: New Frontiers In Baking
makes 24 brownies – use 8x8’
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp dark unsweetened cocoa
11 oz. dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1″ pieces - i use salted butter, and omit the salt
1 tsp instant espresso powder - i use nescafe rich
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar - i reduce to 1 1/4 cups
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar - i reduce to 1/4 cups
5 eggs at room temp
2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter the sides and bottom of a 9×13″ glass or light-colored metal baking pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and cocoa.
Melt the chocolate, butter, instant espresso powder, stirring occasionally, until completely melted and smooth. Turn off the heat. Whisk in the sugars. Mixture should be room temperature.

Add 3 eggs to the mixture and whisk until just combined. Add the remaining eggs and whisk until just combined.

Stir in the vanilla. Do not over beat the batter at this stage or your brownies will be cakey.
Sprinkle in the flour mixture, and fold the flour mixture into the chocolate until combined. Using a spatula (DO NOT USE A WHISK) fold the dry into the wet until there is just a trace amount of the flour/cocoa mix visible.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.

Bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through the baking time, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs.
When cool, cut the brownies into squares. These keep tightly wrapped for up to three days.

Ok then, hepi baking everyone!!

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Me and baking

I guess i’ve got back my baking momentum that recently I don’t mind sitting in front of lappy for hours googling and searching for good recipes.
As usual, I’ll pick up only the ones with rave reviews, copy and paste the recipes in words file, and hoping that I have ample time to try out all of them! Ample means I got the ‘me’ time to spend hours in kitchen without any interference (read: si abang mau poo poo, si adik mau breastfeed, si abang besar mintak susu, and yadaa yadaa :p)

So peeps, here goes the line ups in my wishlist in case any other bakers out there feels like trying too :)
- the baked brownie by Matt Lewis
- chocolate cheese muffin
- nutella mug cake
- oreo cup cakes
- tiramisu (hv made this few times before and i wish to make this again n again!)
- one-bowl chocolate cakes b y Martha Stewart
- apam balik thin crepes (remember my failed crepes that i posted yesterday? haahhh i seriously determine to learn and learn till i become a so-called 'crepe expert' haha)

the failed crepes of mine. Does not look appealing at all but taste wise was good actually :)

Anyway today right after office hour i zoomed off to Yummie situated in Bangi, the usual bakery supply shop that i go to whenever i am in needs of topping up my baking supply. A visit to Yummie never fails to broke me at least RM100 and i truly hate this (people says benci tapi suka haha). Let's see what i've just got myself today.....

tadaaaaaaaa!! It's Beryl's dark chocolate compound. Purposely bought this to make that famous 'baked brownie' by Matt Lewis :) Anyway i always believe using a good high quality chocolate always produce good cakes, but to spend on something like Couverture is a big no-no for now. It's triple the Beryl's price u see!!! ahh harus kopak poket sekali beli :p

Off-topic kejap. These are not from Yummie, but a gift from my SIL. She bought them in UK, cant remember whether this is Mastrad or what..but anyway i just took the spatula out tonight to fold my brownie batter and voila, it works like magic since it scraped almost every single inch of the batter and remains none in the bowl..perfect!! First time pakai ni tau Unda...tq dear!! See the green sciscor and cutting board? those were not from UK ok...haha secara tak sengaja i notice there are in green as well, macam adik-beradik pulaks :)

Back to my evening shopping story, i also got this from Yummie....

Bonomi LadyFingers nama dia. I told hubby, kite beli lady fingers tadi kat yummie and he gave me that weird-look. before further ado i said..tu biskut utk buat tiramisu, bukan bendi! Can you imagine a ladyfingers cake? haha surely none of you are dare enough to try it out :p

Ok tu je gambar yg i nak tunjuk hehe. Actually on top of that i also bought a 1kg Anchor cream cheese, blueberry pie filling, chocolate jam (nyum nyummm) and few other things that altogether costs me nearly RM150.

This is actually my xxth visit for the month, so imagine how much i've spent just for baking?

Me going to the bakery supply shop is like kids spending their fun time looking up for toys at the Toys R Us :p

Ok peeps, my 'Baked Brownie' is done!!!

Wanna hv a bite while its still hot hehe nite nite sweet dreams!!

My failed crispy crepes!

Well yeah, my very first version and supposed-to-be-crispy crepes failed miserably. Yesterday I reached home around 6pm, and since the downpour was tad heavy I decided to cook something for dinner (and let hubby to go and pick up the kids later). It was either pancakes or crepes, but since I badly wanting to try out the crepe recipes, so it was crepes then! Took out the printed English recipe, lined up all the ingredients, have them measured right as stated in the recipe, heat up my non-stick pan and there we go my crepe batter in the pan.

First crepe, failed as it didn’t turn out as thin as I want. Second try, fail again..still thick. Oh I forgot to tell you that I’ve actually spread some peanut butter+chocolate jam on one side of the crepe while waiting the sides to turn brown, and also drizzled it with Hershey's chocolate syrup before slides it off the pan once cooked. Well my oh my, after so many attempts still my crepes didn’t went as thin as the one that we ate at Mines (mode: SEDEY).

When my kids are back, Ammar demanded for direct feeding, so I left the remaining batter to Hb and let him settled the rest. Hb said probably it was something wrong with my batter. I argued back saying I followed exactly as what was written on the recipe, in fact I’ve done few research and made few comparisons on the different version of ‘crispy’ crepes available on the net. Hb asked me to find crepe recipe that resembles apam balik. I told him probably I am lacking that soft skills required to make a good thin crispy crepe, or probably bec I don’t have that one tool used by this one lady at the kiosk where the tool is used to thin up and spread the batter evenly on the pan (must do this quickly else the batter will cook and becomes unspreadable anymore!). Anyway that tool is L-shape and made from steel just in case u guys are curious how does it looks like :p

Ah back to my crepes story, the taste was surprisingly good actually (haha perasan kejap) despite the looks that was not appealing at all. Idlan ate 3pcs and firas had 2 for himself. I asked idlan, which one do you prefer crepes or pancakes…and he immediately answered crepes! Me? Hehe while making the crepes I’ve had actually ate few of them sampai tak sedar brape ketul dah ngap!! Mr Hb? Hmm dia makan sajer…and he said it was like eating lempeng. Tapi I personally think my crepes taste even better than lempeng :p

Pictures later yer coz I forgot to bring my SD card. But in case any of you want to try out the recipe, here go I pasted one for you :) It's good to have this for brekkie, serves it with jam, whipped cream, chocolate sauce or anything...mmg sedaplah!

Ingredients – source: ALLRECIPES.COM
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and the eggs. Gradually add in the milk and water, stirring to combine. Add the salt and butter; beat until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each crepe. Tilt the pan with a circular motion so that the batter coats the surface evenly.
3. Cook the crepe for about 2 minutes, until the bottom is light brown. Loosen with a spatula, turn and cook the other side. Serve hot.

p/s: i think next time i must add more milk/water to make the batter becomes more fluid so as to get the right batter consistency.

Crepes

The very first time I had the taste of a crepe, me (and hb) immediately fell in love with its taste. Crunchy and addictive when serves hot, soft and not too heavy once cooled. We bought that crepe at Mines, somewhere 2 weeks ago. It was a chocolate banana peanuts crepe, sgt delish ok!! Back at home that same night, I googled few crepe recipes, and heck it is quite simple actually, but requires some soft skill, especially if you wanna have a very nice thin crepe layer :p

img : google

Anyway I am yet to try out any of the recipes, but I was thinking to have my crepe to be filled with peanut butter and chocolate jam, hv it drizzled with chocolate syrup, and garnish with almond nibs and chocolate chips. Haha salivating already??? Nak lagi best take out your mixer and beat up some cream…ahh totally divine! Tak cukup lagi.. hv some scoops of ice-cream dollop onto it and the result…PERFECTO!!

cuba jgn tak cuba yer!!!

Pancakes/Hotcakes

Kalau dekat Mc D panggil hotcakes.
Tapi slalunye orang refer as pancakes.
Kalo mak pak zaman dulu, panggil lempeng je kots.
Whatever the name is, kami anak beranak mmg suka makan pancake.
Normally we eat pancakes with Hershey's chocolate syrup, tapi tadi terjumpa pancake syrup ni dekat Pasaraya Hero kat rumah mak di Ampang...zasss terus beli! RM17.50 per bottle, mahal sehh, tapi untuk mencapai kenikmatan pancake yg sejati punye pasal...tutup mata sajalah :p
Dah invest beli pancake syrup ni, harapan saya lepas ni kuranglah sikit aktiviti brekkie di Mc D hihi.

Pillsbury Pancake Syrup. Saya tak pasti sama ke tidak dgn maple syrup...tapi belasah saje la! Lagipun ada gambar pancake kat botol tuh..so konfem sesuai mkn dgn pancake!

Tu version pancake yg saya selalu buat. Either mkn dgn choc syrup, or blueberry jam, or both. Rasanya kalau sapu peanut butter, then drizzle dgn choc syrup tuh, vogedevas jugak kots!! Atau pun, sapu je dgn butter + drizzled choc syrup...wahhh sedap bangat!!

Ok now meh kita jengah resepi pancake yg saya slalu guna. Tak ingat dah source dr mana, its either Nigella's or joyofbaking punyer version :p Insya Allah sedap, walaupun tak se'fluffy' pancake yg kami pernah mkn di Aussie dulu.

1 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbp sugar

1 egg - lightly beaten

1 cup milk

2 tbs unsalted butter- melted

1. Whisk together all the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk egg, milk & butter.

2. Combine both mixture, whisk until just combine.

3. Do not overmix the batter!

4. Cook in a greased non-stick pan until the surface turns slightly brown and small bubbles appear on the top, flip over and continue to cook sampai lah masak :)

Dah buat nanti jgn lupa kasik review yer :)

Happy pancaking peeps!

Mode : caca marba entry

The kids are not well these past few days. It started with Ammar last week where he was down with fever for 3-4 days + lil bit of coughing + runny nose. Then the viral spread to Firas, and today i got my fair share of fever + flu. Hopefully all of us will recover before Deepavali, well it just doesnt feel good to stay at home doing nothing during weekends or public hols :p

Idlan had finished his exam. So far he got 98% for Jawi and 80% for Al Quran. Sgt teruk result Al Quran tuh. He got almost all wrong for Surah Al-Kafirun. It's not that he doesnt remember the surah, in fact he can recites the surah well in front of us back at home. Ni mesti kes silap baca soklan, or kes nak jwb cepat jer huhu.

Last but not least, these are what i baked during the weekend. Mood baking datang balik, but we'll see sampai bila mood rajin ni bertahan hehe

the infamous choc banana bottom square brownies for Oleen. I said 'infamous' bec almost all local bakers have tried out this recipe (tak caye sila google!). But being the normal me, i had amended the original recipe here n there to my liking until i satisfied with the final result :)

a 1.7kg birthday cake for Yati koko's second princess Hani :) She wanted a princess theme, and since am not sure whether the local bakery shop has a ready-stock princess edible image, i recommended her to place a customized order from edibleprint.com.my and pass the image to me :) If i were not mistaken the price is RM18, you may choose your own image and template.

She ordered a 7.5" edible image + 8pcs of 1.6" image. So these small edibles were placed on top of cup cakes.



these xtra cuppies were meant for my kids. I don't like buttercream, so i used ganache instead..mkn dgn eskrem uhhh konfem sedap!!! pastu sakit tekak haha padan muke!

So what's your Deepavali plan peeps?

What we bought in HK

These are the things that we bought in HK..bukan edisi menunjuk ok. But purely for my personal notes, also for my friends who have upcoming trips to HK so that they at least have ideas what are the things that can be found over there :)

Disney key chains (10 for $100) & fridge magnet (6 for $100, can actually bargain 10 for $100 but we were just too tired to scout arounds at other shops) bought at Ladies Market, fridge magnet (a.k.a can opener $10) and the large magnet ($15) were bought at The Peak.

These were our catch of the day @ Disneyland. Lanyard ($75), Disney keychain ($60), Buzz sword ($120), spinning Buzz ($60), Buzz watch ($100), Disney mug ($45 - not in the pic), fridge magnet ($40). The red Disney hp was bought at the airport ($85).

My favourite!! Our pictures taken in front of the Sleeping Beauty castle ($120)

We bought these at Ocean Park. Fridge magnet sea lion ($45), fan ($19), 2 fridge magnet with panda ($118).

our pictures transformed into FM :)

our catch at The Peak. Tissue cover ($18 each), bag telekung ($50 each), table cloth ($59 each)

Buzz rocket tumbler bought at Disneyland ($45). Satu kaki dah patah...firas jatuhkan kat taska! huhu

perfume bought at Sasa in Nathan Road ($328)

purple this time huh? tukar angin plakss :) Got this for less than $2500.

HK t-shirts bought at Ladies Market ($110 for 5)

last but not least, got the kids a blue/red crocs sandal @ the Citygate outlet ($530.40)

Tu saje kot yg kami beli.

All in all, we spent close to 6k for our whole trip (excluding the air tix & expenses by my mom).

Our overall comment about the trip:

- Transportation-wise very efficient. The MTR arrives on time, its map and route is very easy to understand. But pls pls mind the long pathway that you need to take from one interchange station to another, sgt penat jln ok! Getting around with taxi is cost effective if u travel in 5-6 person. Don’t forget to try out its double-decker tram bus, tak dapat naik kat London tp naik kat sini pun jadiklah! Hehe. You may use the Octopus card to pay for the bus fare and MTR.

- HK people are not friendly at all. They are the type ‘who minds your own business’ and doesn’t care about other people. Even the hotel staffs are not friendly and lack of courtesy. However my SIL said these are their natural behavior and they were just like that. Despite the above, we did meet 2 nice people during our five-day stay in HK. A middle-aged lady who offered a seat in the MTR when she saw me about to squatting down on the train floor to bf Ammar, and also a taxi man that took us back to hotel from the Central station. He chit-chatted with hubby and shared few things about HK and didn’t even mind when we asked him to change our route from Masjid Ammar to The Wesley.

- HK is an expensive city. Everything about HK is expensive, be it the hotel price, food, anything, except for branded items where you can get it at pretty good bargain compared to KL.

- If you’re asking me whether I would want to go again next time, my answer will be no. I guess HK has nothing to shout about, except the Disneyland (and of course the Citygate outlet, a heaven for women! Hehe :p) I rated 7/10 for our HK trip while 9/10 for Gold Coast, taking into account factors like transportation, places of attractions, the people, food, hotel, etc.

Hope the above info helps if not much at least a bit for u to plan ahead for ur HK trip!