My Coffee Journey

Tak tau la bila aku started to love kopi. Dulu2 kalau minum kopi, mesti sakit kepala or cirit yg teruk. Perut aku tak tahan kalau minum kopi. Latte was a no no before. Latte kan ada susu. Aku dan susu bercerai talak tiga. Hahahah... I hate susu. But kalau letak dalam kopi, aku boleh minum. Sometimes bila ordered cafe latte, dunno why, the susu ada overwhelming smell, which mmg aku takleh nak telan. Penah la pegi Starbucks mintak dia org buatkan latte yg baru sebab aku takleh telan the latte, bau susu yg menyesakkan tekak. 

Anyway, hubby bought me a coffee machine. Mula2 delonghi icona. Then we sold off that machine, and bought semi auto coffee machine yg siap ada grinder. Sejak beli coffee machine, aku dah jarang cafe hopping for a cup of coffee. Buat sendiri je kat rumah. And since ada mesin tu, rasanya aku dah beli more than 6 carton of milk! I blamed it on my obsession on making latte art.

 My latte this morning. Boleh la for a wanna be Barista like me. 😅

Cempedak Butter Cake

Cempedak butter cake. Masya Allah! Sedapnya... Jazakillahu Khair kak Ina Harlina Mohd Ali  for the recipe. Memang superb! The best cempedak butter cake. Selama ni buat kek cempedak, tak penah jadi. Frust betul.

Cempedak Butter Cake

Sumber - inahar's cooking time

Bahan 

250 gm mentega (guna salted pure butter)

250 gm tepung naik sendiri (selfraising flour)

180 gm gula castor (ganti gula perang) - i reduced to 160gram sebab cempedak extra manis and tebal

4 biji telur gred A

2 sudubesar susu pekat manis (guna 1 tbs je susu pekat)

esen vanilla

250 gm isi cempedak - kisar jadikan puree

50 gm isi cempedak di hiris kecil

Cara

Pukul mentega bersama gula kastor hingga gebu. Tambahkan telur satu persatu dan pukul hingga kembang. Masukkan susu pekat juga esen vanilla. Pukul lagi. Masukan puree cempedak dan kacau rata. Kemudian masukkan tepung yang sudah diayak bersama garam secara kaupbalik bagi sebati (hati2 jangan pukul lama). Akhir sekali masukkan hirisan isi cempedak tadi dan kacau rata. Bakar di dalam oven yg telah dipanaskan terlebih dahulu pada 180c selama 50-55 minit mengikut oven memasing ye.

Fluffy Pancake yg sedap!

The fluffiest pancake ever! Gebu yg amat. Lembut, cair dalam mulut😁😁

Ingredients 

2 cups of plain flour

1/4 cup sugar

4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 3/4 cup milk (I used 1 cup of full cream milk + 3/4 cup of almond milk)

1/4 cup of melted butter (I used 60ml of oil)

1 large egg

Mix all the dry ingredients, add wet ingredients, whisk until smooth. 

Kena guna non stick pan. I didn't grease the pan with oil, tak suka the oily taste on pancake. Bila bakar pancake dalam kuali, kena sabar. Api kecik sangat and tutup the kuali with a lid. Dah garing one side, baru flip the pancake.

Nak encourage mok to minum susu almond. Tu yg ganti susu full cream with almond milk. 

Baked Japanese Sweet Potatoes

Sapa suka baked sweet potatoes kat Jusco? Kita orang suka sangat. Everytime pegi, wajib beli. Tapi mahalnya, adoiii... Dah few times cuba buat sendiri, tapi tak jadi. 

Orang cakap rebus dulu, pastu baru bakar, tak jadik jugak. Ada orang kata, bakar je, but tak masak pulak kat dalam. 

Semalam tried another recipe found on the internet. Senang giler. Just bakar 220 degree Celsius for 1 hour. But I covered the sweet potatoes with aluminium foil. Suspen jugak mula2 nak bakar at 220 degree Celsius for 1 hour, aku imagine rentung sweet potatoes tu, rupanya tak. Rasa dia, masya Allah, manis yg amat. Tapi jangan cucuk tau sweet potatoes tu sebelum bakar. Kalau cucuk, all the sugar from the sweet potatoes akan leak and sweet potatoes will be tasteless, rasa stale. 

Ok mak mak, go go go. Pegi borong Japanese sweet potatoes kat Aeon Big or mana2 supermarket. Jimat duit.

Depression Cake

Wacky cake or depression chocolate cake. Kenapa depression cake? Sebab lepas makan, guarantee bertambah lemak2. Just kidding! 😜😂😂

Kononnya originated zaman great depression. Masa tu kan zaman susah, maka, cake ni takde butter, milk or eggs. Tapi still sedap!! Serious sedap. 

https://thesouthernladycooks.com/wacky-cake/

Kurang kan gula ye. 

Cake Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar (tambah 1/4 granulated sugar kalau suka manis)

1/4 cup 100% pure cocoa

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon cold brewed coffee

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar

Frosting Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup 100% pure cocoa

2 tablespoons butter softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 to 4 tablespoons water

Cake Instructions:

Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the coffee, water, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and white vinegar and stir well with a spoon.

Spray a 9 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray and spread batter in dish. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes until the center tests done. Let cool and add frosting below. Makes about 9 large servings.

Frosting Instructions:

Beat ingredients with a mixer until of spreading consistency. Spread over cooled cake.

Mind-blowing Belgian Waffle

Mind-blowing taste! Love the combination of French butter and maple flavoured syrup on the waffle. If you love waffles, this recipe is a must try. 

I didn't tweak anything. Just follow the recipe to the T. 

https://thesaltymarshmallow.com/homemade-belgian-waffle-recipe/

Belgian Waffle

Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
• 2 ¼ Cups All Purpose Flour
  
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• ½ Teaspoon Salt
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 2 Large Eggs Separated
• ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
• 2 Cups Milk
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

• Preheat your waffle iron, spray with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a medium bowl beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• In a separate medium bowl mix together the egg yolks, vegetable oil, milk, and vanilla extract.
• Add the egg yolk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Fold in the egg whites.
• Pour the batter onto your hot waffle iron and cook according to manufacturer's directions**
• Serve immediately with butter, syrup, powdered sugar or any other favorite toppings.

Extra rich and creamy cheesecake

Hari ni rasa macam nak makan cheese cake. Dah keluarkan cream cheese since pagi, tapi malasnya nak bake. 1.2kg of cream cheese is a lot to simpan balik dalam peti. Maka, terpaksa la paksa diri untuk bake. I make some alteration to the original recipe sebab gula yg dia bubuh tu banyak!😫😫. Sah sah manis giler. 

Ingredients

For the Crust:

2 1/2 cups lotus biscuits + graham cracker crumbs 

2 tbs of sugar

5 tablespoons  butter, melted

For the Creamy Cheesecake:

5 blocks of full-fat cream cheese (1.2kg), softened to room temperature 

1/2 cups granulated sugar

200gram biscoff spread

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

5 large eggs plus 3 egg yolks, at room temperature

1/2 cup (113 grams) heavy cream

https://bakerbynature.com/extra-rich-and-creamy-cheesecake/

Chicken Pie

Chicken pie for dinner.

For pastry,  boleh guna paratha Tisha, or any frozen puff pastry sheet or buat pastry from scratch like what i did. 

Chicken pie filing

Part A 

1 ekor ayam

1 batang carrot (potong 4)

2 batang celery (potong 4)

2 biji bawang holland (potong 4)

1 tangkai parsley (kalau takde boleh omit)

1 sudu besar thyme (boleh omit jugak kalau takde)

3-4 helai daun bay

1 tbs salt

Rebus ayam dan semua bahan2 diatas selama 2 jam, always add water kalau air kurang. Sejukkan ayam. Shred ayam tu, tulang simpan dan masukkan kembali ke dalam periuk rebusan ayam tadi. Rebus tulang for 1/2 hour, tapis bahan2 di dalam periuk, simpan air rebusan tulang tadi, about 1 cup. 

Part B

4 sudu  butter

1 sudu minyak

1 biji bawang holland (potong dadu)

1 cawan tepung gandum

1 tin susu cair (RMO susah nak cari cream)

2 cups mixed vege

1 sudu besar lada hitam

Salt

Melt butter and add minyak. Masukkan bawang yg dah didadu. Bila bawang dah kekuningan, masukkan tepung, goreng sehingga  tepung kuning. Kemudian, masukkan susu cair dan air rebusan ayam. Kacau sehingga  mendidih. Masukkan shredded  chicken, mixed vege, lada hitam  dan salt. Kacau sehingga filing pekat. Tutup api dan sejukkan. 

Untuk yang nak buat pastry sendiri. 

French Pastry (cukup untuk buat sebijik 9" pie)

3 cawan tepung

1 1/2 sudu teh garam

3 sudu besar gula

1 cup shortening

1 biji telur (size B/C)

1 sudu teh cuka

5 sudu besar air

Cara2

Campurkan bahan kering termasuk shortening. Mix shortening sampai jadi macam serbuk roti. Make a well, tuangkan campuran telur, cuka dan air. Jadikan dough. Rehatkan selama 45 min sebelum dicanaikan.

Sebelum masuk pie ke dalam oven, sapukan permukaan pie dengan egg wash (1 biji telur + 3-4 sudu besar fresh milk)

Fluffy Pancake

Pagi2 lagi hubby requested breakfast sebab he needs to take his medications. He can't take his medications on empty stomach. Adoi! bercintanya nak buat breakfast so early in the morning. I decided on something quick and easy. Pancake! 

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups all purpose | plain flour, (290 g | 10 oz)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar or sweetener, (60g | 2 oz)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups milk, (440ml)
• 1/4 cup butter (melted)
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg

Method

1. Just mix all the dry ingredients, then make a well, and pour the wet ingredients. If the batter is too thick, add 1/4 cup of milk. Voila!

Cinnamon Apple Cake

The girls, dah besar ni, susah betul la nak paksa makan fruits. They only like tembikai. Buah apple yg aku beli hari tu, sampai 2 weeks tak bersentuh. So aku decided to bake it. Of course, the first thing that came to mind was apple pie. Tapi malas nya nak buat the pastry. 

Lepas berminit2 cari recipe, I decided on this apple cake recipe. It turned out really good. I love it! 

INGREDIENTS

Apple cake

1  1/2 cups plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 cup red apple, peeled and roughly chopped

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

Cinnamon topping (too lazy to make this)

50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Sugar glaze (I omitted this)

30 grams (1/4 cup) icing or powdered sugar

1–2 tablespoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Grease and line an 8 or 9 inch round cake tin with baking or parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Add chopped apple and stir briefly to combine.

In a separate bowl, add eggs, vanilla, oil and yoghurt. Whisk briefly just to break up the egg yolks.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and gently mix with a wooden spoon until combined – but be careful not to over mix. Spoon batter into prepared tin.

To make cinnamon topping, combine cinnamon, sugar and butter. Mix together until lumpy and wet. Sprinkle over cake batter.

Bake cake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer cake to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the glaze, mix together sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk. Stir until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add an extra tablespoon of milk. Drizzle glaze all over the cake.

Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Bun

Korean cream cheese garlic buns. 

Verdict : I love it!! Boleh buat lagi, lagi dan lagi. Encik suami dan anak2 pun suka sangat. Not too muak and less sweet. 

Recipe

Bahan2 for the buns

500gram high protein flour

220ml cold milk

2 eggs

8gram yeast

1 tsp salt

60gram sugar

60 gram soft salted butter

Cara2

1. Mix milk, sugar and yeast in a mixing bowl. Add salt, eggs and flour. Stir until there is no moisture visible. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes. 

2. Attached the dough hook to mixer. Add butter to the dough. Knead using mixer for 15minutes or so until the dough passes the window pane test. 

3. Cover the dough with a  cling wrap. Let it proof until double in size. 

4. Divide the dough into 12 pieces of 80gram. Round it, let it double in size. 

5. Bake for 15-25 minutes at 170 degree Celsius. 

6. Cool the buns.

The butter dip

150gram  salted butter

2 tbs parsley

1tsp mixed herbs

60gram condensed milk

1/2  tsp salt

2 eggs

20-25 pieces well minced garlic cloves

Melt the butter, mix other ingredients until combined.  Set aside.

The cream cheese

500 gram of cream cheese at room temperature

2 tbs of icing sugar

6 tbs of cream

Mix everything until smooth. Put it in a piping bag. 

Once the buns are cooled, sliced the top to 6/8 sections. Pipe the cream cheese mixture 

Into each section. Dip the bun into the butter dip, make sure that it's well coated. Sprinkled more herbs. Baked for another 10-15 minutes at 170degree celcius until the top is crisp and done to your liking. Voila!

Weaved Cinnamon Buns

Aku memang sangat suka cinnamon rolls, cinnamon buns, cinnamon whatever. To me, cinnamon sangat sedap in anything termasuk la dalam air teh. 

Few days ago, in my newsfeed , keluar this beautiful buns. Excited sungguh nak buat. Tapi malas nya, ya Allah, takleh bawak berbincang. Last night, rajin Kan jugak buat the dough. But I decided to let it rise slowly in the fridge. Pagi tadi baru aku worked on it after letting it sit at the kitchen counter for close to 2 hours. 

Recipe for the dough, sama dengan the Korean cream cheese garlic bread yg aku buat. 

Korean cream cheese garlic buns. 

Verdict : I love it!! Boleh buat lagi, lagi dan lagi. Encik suami dan anak2 pun suka sangat. Not too muak and less sweet. 

Recipe

Bahan2 for the buns

500gram high protein flour

220ml cold milk

2 eggs

8gram yeast

1 tsp salt

60gram sugar

60 gram soft salted butter

For The Filling; (mix using mixer)

150g Unsalted Butter - soften

150g Soft Brown Sugar

2 Tsp Cinnamon

For The Egg wash;

1 Egg

2 Tbsp Full Fat Milk

Cara2

1. Mix milk, sugar and yeast in a mixing bowl. Add salt, eggs and flour. Stir until there is no moisture visible. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes. 

2. Attached the dough hook to mixer. Add butter to the dough. Knead using mixer for 15minutes or so until the dough passes the window pane test. 

3. Cover the dough with a  cling wrap. Let it proof until double in size. 

4. Punch the air, roll the dough sampai nipis, then spread the cinnamon sugar mixture. Follow the youtube video on how to weaved it. 

5. Bake for 15-25 minutes at 170 degree Celsius. 

6. Cool the buns. Voila! Siap! Sedap ok. 

https://youtu.be/wNiyp89pTi0

pinjam jari gebu my sister, mas. 

Banana Cake version 21

Hahaha.. suka hati je bagi nama. Dah tak tau nak bagi nama apa. Gambar kek pisang ni aku ambik from gambar  kak CK Feisal. 

This is one of the yummiest kek pisang. Iffah, hubby and my cousin love this to bits.

Ingredients

250gram french butter

3/4 cup of caster sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cup of mashed banana (I used dole)

2 tbs ground almond

1 tbs vanilla essence

2 cups self raising flour

1/2 cup of chopped walnut

1/4 cup yoghurt

1. Beat butter and sugar til fluffy

2. Add egg and beat until well mixed.

3. Add vanilla, milk and mashed banana. Mix well

4. Add flour and ground almond. Mix well. Add walnut and fold.

5. Pour in a 9" pan, bake at 180 degree celcius for 50~60 minutes.

Mixed Berries Condensed Milk Muffins

I am so craving for something sweet but less fattening (if only such thing exist!).  Dok browse FB,  tiba2 ternampak la muffin yg gorgeous ni.  Terus berkobar2 semangat nak membakar.  Bila tengok  the recipe,  wah!  senang giler!  Maka,  terus aku capai pot and whisk and mangkuk besar.  Bahan2 semua dah ada kat rumah.

Maka,  jadilah my berries muffins yg sedap serta lazat ni.  Hahaha..  Perasan  pulak. 

Ingredients
125g salted butter
340g can sweetened condensed milk 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups self-raising flour
2 eggs, lightly whisked
125g punnet fresh raspberries
125g punnet fresh blueberries
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Line muffin pans with paper cases.
Step 2
Combine the butter and condensed milk in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium-low heat for 3 minutes or until the butter has melted and the mixture is smooth. Set aside to cool slightly. Stir in the vanilla.
Step 3
Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the condensed milk mixture and eggs. Fold until until just combined. Add berries,  mix well. 
Step 4
Spoon the mixture evenly among the paper cases and gently press a raspberry and a blueberry into the top of each. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until muffins are golden and the tops spring back when lightly touched. Set aside to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust lightly with icing sugar to serve

Fresh Strawberry Cake

Rupa paras memang tak lawa, but rasa sangat sedap. 

Tapi kalau guna recipe ni, confirmed lepas makan kek, boleh kena kencing manis. Double the butter in the recipe and  reduced the sugar to only 1 cup. Use only 2 1/4 cup of flour for 1 cup of butter. Takyah double the flour. Nanti sangat dry.

INGREDIENTS

CAKE

2 1/4 cup cake flour

2 1/4 tsp teaspoons baking powder

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup fresh crushed strawberry, unsweetened

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• FOR CAKE: Sift together: flour, salt, and baking powder.
• In a separate bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
• Beat for a total of 3 minutes, scrapping the sides of the bowl.
• Then add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with strawberries.
• Beat for two minutes.
• Pour batter into two 8-inch round greased and floured cake pans.
• Bake in pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Turn out on to wire cooling racks to cool.
• When cool, top with Strawberry Glaze

http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/fresh-strawberry-cake-36970