Cottage Pudding Upside Down Cake

I wanted to continue writing the entry semalam tu, but I was dead tired by the time balik from Jusco. Ramai giler orang semalam, bersesak2 nak tolak troli. Tu pun aku tak pegi kat clothing department. Memang aku just plan nak beli groceries je. Baju raya for the girls aku dah beli online and some aku kirim kat Suzana in US. Hopefully baju2 dia orang sampai before raya coz shipment will be in June.

Oleh kerana sale punya pasal, pagi2 buta lagi aku dah bangun semalam. At 6am tu mata dah terbukak, and the girls dah dikejutkan untuk siap2 to school. Normally, pukul 6.30am baru dia orang bangun and siap2. But semalam, oleh kerana mak dia org nak pegi sale, pagi2 lagi dah kena bangun. hahahahha.. sian the girls. By 7am, aku dan hubby dah hit the gym to do our 20 minutes cardio. Balik rumah je, aku mandi, siapkan hubby's food then terus ke Jusco. Kononnya, nak pegi awal la. But I didnt know that Jusco opened at 9am semalam. By the time sampai Jusco, parking dah penuh.

Argh!! rasa macam nak nangis je. Berpusing jugak la aku cari parking. Last sekali, aku parked kat roof top. Jenuh nak menunggu elevator turun ke bawah. Sampai je Jusco, aku terus ke supermarket. Orang dah penuh kat supermarket tu especially peruncit2 yang nak borong tiger beer. Ada sorang tokey ni, borong aku rasa more than 10 troli of tiger beer. I was like... what the... Patut la troli habis! I went to Jusco semalam ditemani adik aku, Ayu. She's doing her practical now, next week keje. This week dia keje part time, jadi supir untuk aku.. hahahha..

This was our breakfast yesterday kat dalam Jusco.

I was so hungry, tak sempat nak breakfast sebab sale punya pasal. I cheated yesterday. Instead of minum air kosong, aku minum teh o limau kurang manis. I think my sugar level is so low nowadays, that I always feel a bit giddy. Takpe la, sekali sekala minum air manis.

Lepas shopping groceries, we went to look for a compact digital camera for the girls. For every RM100 spent, Jusco bagi RM10 voucher. Kira worth it la kalau nak beli camera time ni.

Samsung ES65

I bought it for RM399, pastu tambah RM20, I got 8G SD card instead of 4G. Then dapat another RM40 Jusco voucher. For the girls, kira ok la. Anyway, the life span for a compact digital camera, paling lama pun 2 tahun je. Takyah spend too much on a compact digital camera. Iman and Iffah were very happy dapat the camera. It's for the Bat Camp in June.

Cottage Pudding Upside Down Cake

Semalam tak habis lagi tulis about the cake that I baked kelmarin. This recipe was shared by Leene yang duduk kat Cairo. I doubled the brown sugar and butter but I think it's too sweet for my taste. I'll stick to the original recipe next time cuma the white sugar kena reduce. My mistake was that I used canned sliced pineapple. I should have used fresh pineapple so that the sour taste of the pineapple will kill the sweetness of the brown sugar. But this recipe is definitely a keeper. Will be making this again soon.

Cottage Pudding Upside Down Cake
Adapted from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 apples - peeled, cored and sliced (I used pineapples)

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Pour melted butter into the bottom of an 8 inch square pan. Tilt the pan so that it is evenly coated. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter. Arrange the apple slices to cover the brown sugar, set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt, stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Pour into the baking pan so that the fruit is completely covered.

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted, comes out clean. Immediately invert onto a serving plate. Serve warm with ice cream or sauce.