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Kenapa tajuk entry today kongsiresepi.com? Aku nak share this page with readers. Masa mula2 blogging dulu, aku nak share recipes yang aku dah tried and tested in my kitchen, but takde outlet. Masa tu yang famous nya myresepi.com tapi leceh sikit nak share kat situ sebab nak kena retype recipes. Then bila kongsiresepi.com launched their page, aku antara orang yg terawal join. Aku was very excited sebab tak payah nak rewrite recipe, cuma post link je and readers will be directed to our blog. Senang keje!

After that, aku memang akan share whatever recipes yang dah aku try, kat kongsiresepi.com. And bila pegi sana, boleh menjamu mata jugak, tengok gambar2 from other blogs. Memang best! So, kalau korang nak share recipes yang best2, aku suggest register with kongsiresepi.com and share kat sana. 

ps : make sure korang try new recipes so that other mommies will be able to add variety to their menus. 

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Easy Peasy Lemon and Almond Cake

For the past few days, I have been cooking and baking. Abah passed away on 9th of March 2014. Alhamdulillah we were prepared. Alhamdulillah for the opportunity given by Allah to take care of abah for almost 3 weeks. I am blessed.

Aku ditugaskan untuk masak for the whole house. So, everyday, aku masak kat rumah and send to rumah mok. I baked too. At least tetamu yang datang ada something to eat. Jazakallahu khairan to friends and relatives yang datang visit. Thank you for your love and support.

Today I baked this lemon cake. Dah tak tau nak bake apa, aku google for best cake recipes and I found this. Hubby cakap sedap sangat. Dia siap request for this cake and the blueberry creamcheese coffee cake yg aku baked semalam. Berpeluh ketiak... Dah ler Sunday ni Melawati takde air.

I used quartet bundt pan. So dapat 4 small cakes :)

Easy Peasy Lemon and Almond Cake
Adapted from Food.co.uk
250g salted butter
200g caster sugar
4 large eggs
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
200g self raising flour, sieved
50g ground almonds

 Method
1. Heat the oven to 180°C or Gas Mark 4. Put the 10 paper loaf tins onto a metal tray.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, zest and juice of 1 lemon.
3. Fold in the flour and almonds until evenly combined.
4. Spoon the mixture into the paper loaf cases. Bake for 20 minutes until well risen and golden brown.
5. Mix together the juice of 1 lemon and 100g fondant icing sugar.
6. Put the cakes onto a cooling rack.

Day 18

I have lost count..

Abah, get well soon.
Abah, I miss you so much..
It hurts seeing you lying there almost lifeless...

Wordless Wednesday

Day 8 - HKL

Abah... I love you.. Get well soon..

Deep Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake

This cake, is the ultimate chocolate pound cake. I did mention earlier that I am not a pound cake person. Tapikan bila dah rasa this cake, I had to admit, pound cake, memang sedap. Tapikan, as Rima mentioned, use the best of the best ingredients. Maknanya, if possible, use pure french butter, valhorna cocoa powder for your cake.

Mula2 aku buat this cake, terkejut tengok betapa gelapnya cake aku ni. Terlupa that valhorna cocoa powder memang very dark. hehe.. ingatkan kek aku dah jadi kunta kinte. Do you guys still remember that name? Masa kecik2 dulu cerita tu sangat famous. Aku memang follow that story. Cerita pasal a slave boy from Africa. Ishk! macam mana cerita kek boleh jadi cerita slave boy pulak.

Ok, back to the cake. For this recipe, aku guna Paul's light sour cream sebab kononnya nak kurangkan fat. Rasanya takde kurang lemak pun sebab the butter that I used very rich and creamy and banyak! Sigh... macam mana la nak kurus ni..

Rupa kek tu sebenarnya lagi gelap. These past few days, matahari terlalu garang, thus the overexposed photo.

Deep Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake
from Tish Boyle’s The Cake Book
Thank you Rima!

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cake flour
1 cup  Dutch-processed cocoa powder (preferably valhorna or calibut)
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 salted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
250gram light sour cream

Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease the inside of a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Sift the flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside. In a bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the butter at medium speed until very creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the sugar. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until the mixture is well-blended and light, about 4 minutes.

At medium speed, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. In a small bowl, stir the vanilla extract into the sour cream. If your mixer has a splatter shield attachment, attach it now.

At the low speed, add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the sour cream mixture in 2 additions and mixing just until blended. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake the cake for 65 to 75 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Then invert the cake onto the rack and let it cool completely.

Little Red Riding Hood

Macam comel je.. hehe. Saya di buli oleh kakak2. Kesian Thor, nama macho, tapi kena pakai getah ikat rambut kat kepala. Dah nampak macam little red riding hood. Thor dah 4 months plus.

Day 3 @ HKL

Day 3 @ HKL... Aku jadi jaga from morning til noon. Since there are 9 of us, we take turn to jaga abah. Ya Allah, berilah abah kesihatan yang baik.

Delicious Butter Cake

I love butter cake! Maybe sebab butter cake tu lemak berkrim, maka aku sangat suka makan butter cake. By the way, mok cakap, sudah2 la bake cake. Huhuhuhu.. sedihnya dengar. Dia suruh buat kuih melayu pulak. Aisey! malasnya nak buat kuih melayu. Mok requested for Dador. This weekend kena gi beli daging and bawang yang sangat banyak.

Hari ni appointment abah kat HKL. Aku sepatutnya bawak abah to hospital tapi batuk and selsema aku tak ok lagi. Hubby cakap tak payah pegi, nanti lagi lambat sembuh sebab terdedah dengan macam2 virus kat hospital. Kesian pulak kat adik ipar aku, Ida, sebab dia la yang kena bawak abah with her husband. Tak tau kenapa, this time batuk aku teruk sangat. Dah seminggu lebih takde suara. Malam je, tak boleh tido sebab tekak rasa gatal yang amat. Nak je aku garu anak tekak ni. I guess compare dgn abah, sakit aku tu sangat sikit. Abah lagi sakit sebab dahla kena stroke, tangan patah pulak tu. Semoga Allah bagi abah kesihatan yang baik.

This is using heritage pan. 

Happy tengok cake yg lawa! Berlubang2 sikit sebab lupa nak ketuk pan few times before masuk oven.

Butter Cake

Adapted from Taste

Ingredients
250g butter, softened
1 cup caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
2/3 cup milk
icing sugar mixture, to serve

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease and line an 8cm-deep, 19cm (base) square cake pan with baking paper.

2. Using an electric mixer, cream butter, caster sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating to combine. Add half the flour. Stir to combine. Add half the milk. Stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.

4. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar. Serve.

Meal Plan for Stroke Patient

Since abah kena stroke almost 6 months ago, I did lots of reading on this. One of the task that aku kena buat is to educate mok on what abah can eat and what he cannot eat. Today aku nak buat meal plan for abah, tapi tak berkesempatan lagi. I googled, and found this website, Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Abah is always angry now. Yang jadi mangsa, Ayu and Mok. With stroke, it comes depression. I guess bila kita dah biasa boleh bergerak sendiri, and do everything on our own, tiba2 kena depend pada orang, of course it is so heart wrenching pada orang yang experience it and orang yg menjaga. Aku harap that Abah will cepat sembuh and Allah bagi kekuatan mental and physical pada adik2 aku, Mas and Ayu and also Mok. I couldnt help much walaupun rumah dalam 5 minit je to rumah my parents.

Esok ada appointment kat HKL lagi. Nak set a date untuk surgery to masukkan besi dalam tangan abah yang patah. Well! it's not besi, but titanium. The cost of the titanium will be around RM3k, which is just a fraction of kat private hospital. I am blessed to have an ortho friend kat HKL, so abah takyah tunggu lama for his appointment.

Suddenly teringat kucing ni yg aku jumpa kat bawah bridge at Chabang tiga, Trg

Croissant Bread Pudding

Seperti biasa, a cheapskate mom like me can never resist offers. Masa pegi grocery shopping kat giant baru2 ni, ternampak kat their reduced corner, croissant selling for RM2 for 5 pieces. Tiba2 jadi tamak la pulak. Instead of buying one, I bought 3!! Adoi! sapa la nak menghabiskan croissant banyak2 tu makcik wey!

Maka, nak taknak, terpaksa la aku google recipe for bread pudding. Bila tengok recipe ina garten, macam menarik je. But as usual, lepas dah baca the reviews from other users, I tweaked the recipe to suit my not so sweet taste. Mok loves the bread pudding. First time dia suka makan bread pudding. Oleh kerana the bread pudding is creamy enough, aku tak buat the vanilla sauce. Actually, tu alasan orang yg malas. Hehe.. mintak maaf la ye, aku memang kurang gemar spending time in the kitchen more than necessary. 

What I love about this pudding is the crusty top. 

Tempting tak? hehe.. mok makan 1/4 of this 

Croissant Bread Pudding

Ingredients 
3 large whole eggs
8 large egg yolks
1 1/2  cups cream
2 cups milk
1  cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 tbs cinnamon powder
6-7 croissants, preferably stale
1 cup raisins

Directions 
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg yolks, cream, milk, sugar, cinnamon powder and vanilla. Set the custard mixture aside. Slice the croissants in half horizontally.

3. In a 9 x 9 square baking dish, distribute the bottoms of the sliced croissants, then add the raisins in between the sliced croissant, being sure the raisins are between the layers of croissants or they will burn while baking.

4. Pour the custard over the croissants and allow to soak for 10 minutes, pressing down gently. Place the pan in a larger one filled with 1-inch of hot water.

5. Cover the larger pan with aluminum foil, tenting the foil so it doesn't touch the pudding. Cut a few holes in the foil to allow steam to escape.

6. Bake for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for 30 to 45 more minutes or until the pudding puffs up and the custard is set. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Makan-makan at home

Abah is not well. He is extremely fragile. Sometimes, we can see air mata menitik2 kat pipi dia. I guess orang yang kena stroke ni memang a bit sensitive. So, kita orang decided to buat makan2 kat rumah. Bila ramai adik beradik berkumpul, that somehow makes abah happier. It so happen that February, birthday mok and niece aku, Zulaikha. Ni kira makan2 to celebrate that too, not that I celebrate birthdays. Oleh kerana, I am trying my best to follow sunnah, apa yang rasulullah tak buat, aku tinggalkan, termasukla celebrating birthdays. Cuma this makan2, aku tak boleh nak elakkan coz my house is the closest to rumah mok, 5 minutes drive. And aku jadi chief cook. Sigh...

 My chocolate ganache is melting under this scorching weather

Devil food chocolate cake, fondant aku buat using marshmallows but design Monster High tu by ciksu

Aku masak nasik minyak hujan panas. Peh! memang sesuai dengan cuaca yang amat panas now. Actually hari ni, aku bangun without a voice. Sob sob... suara ku lari meninggalkan ku. Bila bercakap, I sounded like itik serati. Habis suara seksiku. And somehow, rumah rasa a bit sunyi, sebab mama tak boleh membebel. I guess the girls are extremely happy now. Ye la, takde orang nak membebel kat dia orang. 

Marshmallow Fondant 
Adapted from Food.com
Ingredients
500gram white mini marshmallows ( use a good quality brand)
2 -5 tablespoons water
900gram icing sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening ( you will be digging into it so place in a very easily accessed bowl)

Directions

1. Melt marshmallows and 3 1/2 tablespoons of water using double boiler.

2. Place 3/4 of the powdered sugar on the top of the melted marshmallow mix.

3. Now grease your hands GENEROUSLY - palms, backs and in between fingers, then heavily grease the counter you will be using and dump the bowl of marshmallow/sugar mixture in the middle.

4. Start kneading like you would bread dough. You will immediately see why you have greased your hands. Keep kneading, this stuff is sticky at this stage! Add the rest of the powdered sugar and knead some more. Re-grease your hands and counter when the fondant is sticking.

5. If the mix is tearing easily, it is to dry, so add water (about ½ tablespoon at a time then knead it in). It usually takes me about 8 minutes to get a firm smooth elastic ball so that it will stretch without tearing when you apply it to the cake. Its best if you can let it sit, double wrapped, overnight (but you can use it right away if there are no tiny bits of dry powdered sugar). If you do see them, you will need to knead and maybe add a few more drops of water.

6. Prepare the fondant for storing by coating it with a good layer of Crisco shortening, wrap in a plastic- type wrap product and then put it in a re-sealable or Ziploc bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible.

Classic Pound Cake

I was supposed to meet Rima kat KLCC, pastu tak jadi sebab Rima was at K.Nur's place in Setiawangsa. K.Nur extended the invitation for sessi bergossip kat rumah dia. Hubby was kind enough to drop me at her place, Alhamdulillah. Tak payah la susah payah aku nak kena menapak.

These past few days, memang sangat panas. Kalau kena berjalan to rumah K.Nur, memang boleh nangis. Alhamdulillah semalam, finally, hujan turun. Walaupun tak lebat mana, but it's a blessing. Rasa sangat bersyukur for the rain. Tak boleh imagine macam mana life kat Africa yang sentiasa panas dan kemarau. Subhanallah... how blessed we are.. 

The truth is, I dont like pound cake recipes. That's why aku jarang sangat bake pound cake. To me, pound cake is very heavy. Bila makan, boleh rasa the dense texture. I am more of a butter cake person. But bila K.Nur kata pound cake recipe yg dia ada tu sedap, aku terus excited nak try. True enough, it was delicious. Suprisingly, not as heavy as pound cake biasa. But, I still dont like pound cake.. hehe

 Perfect!

Memang boleh nangis bila tengok kek keluar cantik mcm ni.. emo me

Lookback Video Again

FB has allow us to edit our lookback video. Boleh la kita buang mana2 gambar yg tak menutup aurat, tabaruj etc. This is my edited one. The one before ada gambar kawan2 yang tak menutup aurat.

Tired..

How I wish I can eat this now...