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May
17

Cake with fruit (blueberries)

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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 …

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May
11

Happy Mother’s Day !

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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 …

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May
2

Lemon chiffon cake

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I have not baked Chiffon cakes very often.   One thing is because I do not have the proper pan.  I’ve always wanted to buy something like this.   All the features needed to bake a perfect Angel or Chiffon cake : ( From http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/aluminum-angle-food-cake-pan/) Baking light, fluffy angel food cake is easy with this well-designed …

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Apr
26

Pecan caramel brownies

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The original recipe is called Turtle brownies.  Well, unless you are living in the United States, first thing that came to mind is a picture of that big turtle laying eggs on our coastline.   Apparently, after some reading, I think the name Turtle brownies came from the invention of Turtle candies in 1918, where they …

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Mar
21

Creamy chicken pie

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‘Who ate my pie?’.. Well, this morning I woke up and found out that during the nite, while I was sleeping, my hubby brought a friend and donated a slice of our chicken pie..   Hope the friend likes it   Anyway, this is a Chicken pie, I made the filling using left-overs from our roast …

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