» Blog Archives

Jul
10

Mushroom and potato pie

mushrmpie 008wm

The mushrooms in my fridge are getting old, need to find a recipe to cook them.   I remembered there was one recipe I wanted to try, by Nigel Slater.  Its basically a mashed potato with mushroom filling.  Not very difficult to make, but I was outside watering the plants during the last 10 minutes of …

Read the Rest »

Jul
5

Sticky chocolate pudding

chocpuddingbigwm

Its chocolate craving time.  Since I’m free today, plus I’ve just bought some Dark chocolate couverture, the ideal thing to bake is a Sticky Chocolate Pudding ! ( Harap-harap takde siapa la yang tengah ganti puasa time ni.. so sorry for tempting you..). The process of making the pudding is very simple actually.  Just like …

Read the Rest »

Jun
22

Decorating a Number One Cake

cakenumber1 008

Today I decorated a Number 1 Fondant cake and I thought I’d share the step by step pictures with you.  First things first, is baking a Number cake.. nowadays, it should be a simple process.   You can get Number cake pans sold in baking supply shop.  However, in my case, I have to bake a …

Read the Rest »

Jun
15

Free book – “Cara mudah membuat coklat”

bukucoklat1

Updated : 21/6/2012 And the winner for the book is :  Commentator no. 3 -  Rozfizal.  Please email me your full name and address for me to post the book.. thank you for your comment dik,  appreciate your kind words. My sincere thanks also to all who left their comments, better luck next time __________________________________________________ …

Read the Rest »

Jun
13

Cabaran Daisy Sehebat Chef 2012

Print

On 31st June, 2012 I was invited by En. Nizam from Kosmo newspaper to attend the press conference of Cabaran Daisy Sehebat Chef 2012.  Daisy is a brand, famous for its Corn oil which I often use in my cakes and cookies requiring any vegetable oil.  The main objective of the contest is to discover …

Read the Rest »

May
30

Flatbread

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

Talking about flatbread,  I sometimes get confused because there are so many types of flat breads.  For example pitta and our Roti Arab which uses yeast.  And then there are flatbreads made without yeast such as capati or tortillas.   There are literally hundreds of different kinds of flatbread, see here. For today’s dinner, I …

Read the Rest »

May
24

Pear and almond cake

pearcake 004

I always end up having too many apples or pears in the fridge.  Bought them with the intention of trying to eat more fruits everyday.  But finally, not eating them.  I really love tropical fruits, apples and pears, not so much.  So the only option left is to use the fruits in cakes.  For this …

Read the Rest »

May
17

Cake with fruit (blueberries)

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

This is a recipe by Marian Burros published in her book below. The original recipe uses plum and was called the “Plum torte”.    This is a classic dish, very versatile and I have seen many websites featuring this cake.   The recipe makes one thin layer of  a 8 or 9 inch cake.  Double the …

Read the Rest »

May
12

Sugar flowers at 20% discount !

cccoll

  If you are looking for a place to shop for gumpaste and royal icing flowers, look no further.. Cake Connection in Petaling Jaya offers so many types of flowers.  You will surely find one that will suit your cake.  Just look at the beautiful  and unique flowers here.  And they are also Halal, you …

Read the Rest »

May
11

Happy Mother’s Day !

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

Happy Mother’s Day, Selamat Hari Ibu to all my friends and readers, who are mothers, mummy, ibu, mama, Umi.. hopefully this 13 th May our hubbies and children will be kind enough to let us rest throughout the day Let this be a day also for us to cherish and give our Mom a phone …

Read the Rest »