Red velvet for his 14-mo birthday

The strawberries are originally intended for a victoria sandwich cake, but majority wins. So red velvet it is then!

Hepi 14 months old Irfan sayang!!! Mama, abah dan abang2 sayangggg sgt kat Irfan.

Anyway we're going to a clinic this morning. It seems that his lip is a lil bit swollen from the previous operation procedure though he doesnt seems to be irritated by it. Harap x serius la huhu

Me and my baking mojo

To find a me-time in the kitchen just to bake a cake is not that easy nowadays. But the nawaitu to bake, and the never-ending wish list of cakes have always become my motivation to stay up and do some baking...at least maybe twice a month.

The aftermath, is of course so worth it.

Imagine a warm dark chocolate walnut brownies served with salted caramel sauce, and paired with our favourite Crunch ice-cream, priceless!!

I recently made a half container of salted caramel sauce, hoping that it can lasts for a month. Sedap sgtttt mkn begitu saja pon layan!

So here goes some of my recent bakes, everything revolves around brownies. I of course prefer a red velvet over anything else, but my sweety Ammar has always wanted for dark choc brownies. "Brownies mama yang paling tersedap, indulgence pon tak boleh lawan". He always said that to me. Consistently. So how can you not making a brownie even tho your heart is screaming for a rv? Haha x sampai hati ok!

Back to baking!

Kids' booster for the final xm week. Unfortunately the school is still closed due to the bad haze, and based on todays weather they predict that the closure will continue.

Kids dah stress penat belajar. They miss their Ipad, because we made the rules way earlier. No ipad until xm is finished. Makanya lambat lagilah bole main ipad haha

This is my usual dark choc brownie, with choc peanut butter+dark choc ganache toppings. I bet the whole tray will finish before xm is over!

Banana walnut cake

Got the recipe from k.Elin. Cake is very moist n soft in texture. Addition of walnut into the cake batter gives an extra boost to its overall taste :)

Original recipe taken from Exclusively Food website.

Cream puff and salted caramel cheesecake

...of satisfying the endless sweet cravings hence i baked these beauties over the weekend.
Lepas makan gigih naik scale just to ensure the kilos do not go overboard teheee. Takut kena diabetic wooo therefore i would try to balance up by drinking lots of plain water. Also to refrain myself from eating that delicious nasi lemak Man everyday on weekdays and instead just taking roti peanut butter and grapes. P.a.t.h.e.t.i.c.

Anyway the back pain that im having is getting worsen as days goes by. Bangun pagi sakit, bangun dr solat sakit, berdiri lama masa ironing sakit...adoilah there's still 4 mths+ to go not sure how to overcome the pain. If i can remember correctly i did not have much pain during my last 3 pregnancies except towards nearing the full term. This time around could it be due to aging factor perhaps? hurmmmm

Have a nice weekend peeps. Im done with cooking sup tulang (my 1st time ever msk tulang!) and ayam msk merah for lunch. Later to continue reading 'Mudahnya Menjemput Rezeki' suggested by hub. Been trying to avoid watching k-drama n switch to reading instead!

 

1 adunan yields around 12pcs only. kejap je masuk perut :p

 

 

 plain cheesecake with salted caramel sauce + dark choc ganache + strawberries...mmg heaven :)

 

 

 

dah baca halfway..mmg recommended! easy to comprehend, real life examples given...sgt dekat di hati. Antara caption yg paling terkesan di hati...'milik kita bukan semua rezeki kita'. Contoh: pendapatan sebulan kita, ada portion yg kita beri pada org lain..maka menjadi rezeki orang itu dan bukan hak kita.  Antara cara yg paling mudah 'menjemput rezeki'...utamakan solat di awal waktu, buat solat tahajjud dan dhuha, dan bykkan berzikir. 

Recipe: Chocolate banana bottom square brownies

Bought seikat pisang at the office yesterday with the intention of making cekodok pisang for today's brekkie. But the cekodok plan changed into brownies eventually, we plan this and that yet we may end up with something else hiksss. Couldn't remember the source of recipe, but will definitely share the full recipe later (ok dah share!). Good things are best shared aint u think so? :) This beauty is so delish and simple, even the kids loved it as much as i do!

Ingredients:

113g butter

1 cup sugar (I used less than a cup, I’ve always reduce my sugar amount for any recipe taken from internet)

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1.5 cup banana – mashed (I used 3 medium-size or 5 small-size banana)

1.5 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda bika

0.5 tsp salt – I omitted

¼ cup cocoa powder

Enough chocolate chips, and nuts to your liking

* I use 7x7 square mould.

1. Cream butter & sugar. Add egg, vanilla and mashed banana.

2. Combine flour, baking powder, soda bika & salt. Sift all together (I omitted sbb malas). Add to the cream mixture.

3. Divide batter into half. Add ¼ cup of the cocoa powder to one portion of the batter.

4. Grease your mould. Add to the cocoa mixture followed by the banana mixture.

5. Sprinkle with choc chips and nuts as much as u want.

6. Bake at 180 degree for 3-40 min or so until cooked.  Cut into 25 squares.

 

rindu awak 200%

Dah lama x bake. Today lepas gian with a whole red velvet cake :)
Nothing fancy, but looks doesn't really matter ain't u think so?
(but actually tak boleh deco byk2 sebab cream cheese tak cukup wahaha)

Red Velvet for him. Carrot Cake for her.

Done baking these two birthday cakes today. Melepek acik..especially time deko kek si bujang tu. Playing with the colors was not sooo cool!! haishhh

He wanted for a cake with Ultraman edible image. unfortunately almost all images were sold out. Only few.pcs left...the one with dora...n barbie the princess. konfem kena reject bulat2 kalo beli tu haha. So i resorted with ready made sugardoll with animal.characters...kiut la jugak...bolehla utk budak 5 tahun :)

si abg ckp cantiknyerrr mama!! i told him...ala takkan jeles kot...ni kan kek budak kecik...takkan idlan nk kartun2 camni jugak kot? hihi

baking for Eid

it's good to be back after a month of hibernating! harum semerbak bau nya...moga kuat nafsu nak menahan diri sampai ke pagi raya ahaksss

i'm on EL today. initially i thought of taking my raya leave starting tomorrow. but hey it's not cool being in the office while ur body mind n soul were left at home. kalau antar email pon asyik dpt out of office reply from the recipient...ohhh sgt mentensikan diri jika anda masih bekerja dont u think so? :)

i've got lot of things to settle today. done baking 2 cakes, packing some clothes, basuh baju raya n few matching shawls (omg its sooo cloudy today tlg lah kering plisss), hubby washed our sofa cover, langsir malas basuh halal jelah....n the list goes on. now tgh men strectch kan otot2 badan before i resume with cake decorating job...the part that i like most..which happen to be the most tiring task hoho

ohhh mendungnya cuaca di luar..must keep on praying! kang anak sumer glam di pg raya..mama kena pakai baju ofis jer huwarghhhh

Devils food chocolate cake

Last week i've announced in FB that i will stop taking cake orders due to my current workloads in office, plus it is not really easy to juggle in between house chores and baking. What more with the frequent migraine attacks that i had, i guess the body needs to have enough rest. Kalau asyik bekerja je fizikal dan mental mesti letih kan.

But the response that i received from my dear friends membuatkan diri ni rasa betul2 terharu. Some of them asked for my recipes (which i shared this blog for their future reference), some said 'jgnlaa stop baking nnt mesti rindu dgn kek rv awak', some even said 'ala yati tolongla bake utk akak..anggapla awak bake utk family sendiri jugak.' Yang ni lagi comel...'ala yati anggapla aku family ko jugak...family sestf!'

Dilema rasa...at the same time terharu sbb kengkawan suka mkn kek hasil air tangan ku yg tak seberapa ini. isk isk kalaulah kudrat ni mengizinkan, mesti order dari kengkawan akan ku fulfill selagi terdaya!

 

Anyway, this is exception that i give to my self. Order dari jiran cum colleague secompany ku yg juga merupakan antara pelanggan terawalku sedari dulu. Dari kek anniversary, ke kek birthday anak sulung, anak no 2, ke tiga dan kek utk mkn saje2...semua dia penah order dariku. Jadi kali ni bila kak nor ckp teringin sgt dgn kek devils yg ku buat utk family ku...rasa serba salah pula nak ditolak huhu. Bila ku ckp, saya dah stop accept orders...kak nor kata jgnla macam tu..kali ni jer...anggaplah bake utk family awak jugak. Bila ku kata sabtu ku agak bz, dia ckp...kalau gitu awak bake la bila2 pun akak ok jer. Jadi aku seperti sudah kehabisan alasan nak kasik pd kak nor :p

 

Maka dgn itu terjadilah devils food choc cake utk kak nor...dia whatsapp pepagi ahad, ahad ptg jugak kak nor terus dpt...sbb as i said, weekend depan aku agak bz dgn sports day firas dan kek utk pot luck ofis.

 

 

kali ni buat 3 layers yg diselang seli antara choc ganache and cream cheese. Hmm  my kids mmg suker...harap2 family kak nor pon suke jugaklah!

 

almost 99% done! Kak nor pesan tak payah susah2 nak deco..janji serupa dgn kek yg awak buat utk family awak tuh :)

 

 

ni kek yg ku buat utk family ku pada hari sabtu...

 

kek yg sama buat kak nor yg siap pada hari ahad...kiranya 2 hari berturut-turut dapur bau devils cake :p

To kak nor, dan juga kepada kengkawan yg pernah order kek dari saya, terima kasih byk2 yer atas sokongan korang semua. Kalau korang happy mkn kek air tangan saya, saya lagiklah terlebih2 happy bila dpt menggembirakan anda semua :)

Lepas ni saya akan slow down dari baking...tapi tak tahulah kot2 tahun depan semangat datang balik kan....i mean let's just go with the flow dan tak boleh nak push diri sangat beyond our limit...takmo stress2, takmo migrain2 dah! hihi nak kerja bersungguh2 dan kumpul duit pegi holiday je...yes that's the aim right now :))

Salam menyambut Ramadhan kpd semua..moga Allah beri kekuatan kpd kita semua utk optimize masa yg ada sepanjang bulan Ramadhan ni utk beribadat dan melakukan kerja2 terpuji yg dituntut olehNya. Yang belum habis ganti puasa tu, haaa sila cepat2 bertindak tauuu :)

school holiday is coming!

School holiday is coming! I am now left with 2 working days before taking a long 1 week break for the family's holiday i.e. hubby's cousin wedding back at his hometown in Kulim, then we're heading down wards to Pangkor, then a one night stay in Genting Highlands before going back to our home sweet home :)

Last Sunday Ammar had an infection at his larinks, him body temp spiked to 39.5 celcius, he lost his normal voice to a donald duck kind of voice (serak2 n halus comel bunyinya). He's getting better today, and we highly hope he will recover completely before our journey this friday.

A colorful red velvet cake for Roziana's son birthday celebration at his taska. Few hours after the celebration she emailed me saying this...

Kak… kawan2 ammar kata:

“Cantiknya kek ammar!!”

“sedapppnya kek merah niii… nak lagi teacher!”

Cikgunya pun makan bertambah..

Alhamdulillah n tqvm ziana...glad that Ammar n his friends enjoyed the cake :) 

Red velvet for Tini, one of my loyal supporter since years ago. This was ordered for her office pot luck event.

 

the rv was paired with devils food choc cake. Tini komen sedapppppp....so bakers dgn merendah diri ckp...kalo sedap boleh la order lagi! hihi

This devils food choc cake was ordered by kak Fathimah via kak ija. Tqvm to both of you....enjoy ur cake!

utk baby Safiyya who turns 1 already! Her mama apparently is one of my loyal rv fans, but this time around she settled for a chocolate cake for Safiyya's birthday celebration at taska.

tqvm dear Fizah! Hope Safiyya enjoys the cake :)

Backdated orders

It's Thursday already, and we only left with 1 day before the weekend..how time flies!

First of all, Happy Teacher's Day to all the wonderful teachers in this world.
May Allah bless you with His rahmat, and grant you the endless strength and patience in educating your students.
I admit that i am not a good teacher to my children. It is not easy to keep up with your emotion and patience while teaching the kids, tak kena gaya we may tend to raise our voice and lose control during that period.
Hence, i salute all the teachers who manage to conduct their jobs well in raising and educating our kids, shaping their future and made them to become a better person. Terima kasih cikgu2, semoga Allah membalas segala jasa dan pengorbanan cikgu! Oh my wish also goes to hubby, who apparently is also a 'teacher' only that his students are of different level and age :)

Ok this is pecan butterscotch cake made for Baiti, which she ordered to be brought back to her kampung in Johor for a mother's day celebration. Baiti said the cake was a bit dense and heavy, and she prefers for a lighter texture in future. tq for the comment dik, we the bakers at times find it quite hard to suit everyone's taste. So far those who ordered this cake before said the texture was just nice to their likings. Now i have a person that says the cake is a bit dense...hurmm so i guess it's time to continue the searching for the ultimate pecan cake recipe! hehe

But baiti also said the cream and butterscotch sauce are yummie!...so i'll just stick to my current recipe then for these 2 parts! :p

walnut dcb, which also survived the journey to Johor on the same day. Sorry dik my handwriting goes haywire on this cracked-top brownie :p

Red velvet ordered by my colleague Yatie for her SIL.

As to date she sticks to rv all the time for her order...tak pernah bertukar :)

Devils food cake for mama buyung Nida who happened to have a bau-bau bacang with my hubby. tq dear for the self pick-up n cravings over my cake hehe..moga sentiasa sihat sepanjang tempoh pregnancy ni ok!

Red velvet ganache for my ex-neighbour Sherry who now moved to Seri Kembangan and settled there for good. Tqvm beb, moga ko bahagia selalu di sana! hehe

 

last but not least, walnut dcb for hubby's colleagues n peers in mmu.

I think now i've a new-found hobby which i shall share later in this space. Kind of excited and determine to work towards a healthy lifestyle....tapi baru 3 hari je pun start, so cannot tell much whether it'll remain as a hobby and passion, just like what i have with baking :p 

My umi just gotten back from her Europe trip. She finally had her first snow experience, which i envy the most. Mount Titlis Switzerland, i sure will come after you in the few years ahead insya Allah!