LEMON SPONGE CAKE

A mini sponge cake with lemon filling. Recipe heavily adapted from Anna Olson TV Program SUGAR. Two tips I learnt how to produce soft fluffy sponge cakes  from Anna were :

1. Before you whisk eggs, warm the eggs first. Anna soaked the eggs in warm water tap  for 1-2 minutes.

2. Scoop 2-3 ladle of batter into the melted butter, then pour the mixture into the batter

This sponge cake is soft and fluffy. A perfect sweet ending. The lemon curb fillings really made this sponge cake special.

Lemon Sponge Cake

Adapted from Anna Olson

 3 unit egg

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lemon zest

2 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease and sugar 6 6-oz ramekins, and place a disc of parchment paper at the bottom of each ramekin.
3. Warm eggs in their own shell. Whip eggs and sugar in a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until very pale and airy, about 10-15 minutes.
4. Sift together dry ingredients.
5. Combine butter, vanilla, zest and juice and set aside.
6. Reduce speed on mixer to low and add dry ingredients quickly but not all at once, until almost blended. Add butter mixture, and mix just until blended.
7. Spoon cake mixture evenly between ramekins, leaving 1/2 inch at the top for expansion. Spoon a generous dollop of lemon curd into the centre of each cake. There is no need to press it in as it will sink a little during baking.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes until cake is golden brown and springs back when you touch it.

For Lemon Curb Recipe  - Click Here

To Assemble

1. Warm from the oven, turn cake out onto a plate (you can serve it right side up or upside down). Dust top with icing sugar and serve with a piped bit of chilled lemon curd beside it. Blueberries and blackberries make a great garnish.

Baking Tip - Conversion from Cups to Grams

Biasanya sponge cake kita gunakan dulang pembakar...tetapi sponge cake ini dibakar dalam acuan kecil. Menariknya sponge kek ini ia di isi dengan lemon curd. Sila lihat N3 saya terdahulu mengenai lemon curd. Lembut dan gebu, sesuai sebagai hidangan pencuci mulut. Resipi ini saya ambil dari program Anna Olson - Sugar. Dua tips yang dikongsikan oleh Anna Olson dalam membuat kek yang gebu ialah telur sebelum dipukul direndam sebentar dalam air panas dari paip...bukan air panas mengelegak, Kemudian pukul telur sehingga gebu. 

Tips yang kedua semasa hendak memasukkan mentega cair kedalam adunan yang telah dipukul naik..jangan curahkan terus sebaliknya ambil 2-3 senduk adunan yang dipukul itu kedalam mentega cair, kacau sekata baru dicurahkan dalam adunan yang dipukul tadi. Ini memberi ruang udara pada kek dan kek akan menjadi cantik...saya ikut caranya tetapi untuk kali ini kek sponge saya kurang menjadi..agak bentat sedikit tak tahu kenapa...kek ini boleh dihidang dalam acuan seperti di atas ataupun dibalikkan dan hidang dalam pinggan. Sesuai buat sajian pencuci mulut.

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CLASSIC FRIED CHICKEN

Southern popular as KFC here in Malaysia always give great results. Once you have made perfect fried chicken, you will want to make it a lot more. Fried chicken recipes tend to be very easy and are always appreciated by family and friends. This recipe includes Crisco, which is a brand of shortening, as well as flour and seasonings. As usual to meet the eastern taste bud I added 2 tsp of papprika and 1 tsp of cajun. It improves the colour and the flavour of the chicken

The chicken is dusted in a mixture of flour, salt and pepper and fried in a cast iron skillet. This is similar to many other southern fried chicken recipes and this is crispy and delicious. Serve with chili sauce

Classic Friied Chicken

Adapted from Allrecipe.com

1 whole chicken cut into 12

⅓ cup Crisco

1 teaspoon salt

1 ¾ cups flour

¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 tsp papprika
1 tsp cajun

Preparation:

Cut the chicken into pieces.

Mix the flour, salt and pepper, papprika and cajun  in a bag, then add the chicken, a few pieces at a time, shaking it well to coat evenly.

Add the Crisco to a skillet and bring it to 360 degrees F over a medium high heat.

Fry the chicken pieces for about 35 minutes without covering the skillet.

Turn them several times during cooking so they brown evenly.

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Siapa yang boleh menolak ayam goreng terutama kanak-kanak....kalau tidak KFC tidak akan tumbuh bagaikan cendawan. Di mana-mana ada KFC cukup popular malah tidak pernah.  Terdapat berbagai resipi ayam goreng ini nak paling mudah pergi aje KFC...kalau tak beli aje tepung KFC dan kalau hendak buat sendiri...terdapat beberapa variasi tetapi variasi ini paling simple adukkan semua bahan kering dengan ayam lalu goreng. Resipi asal tidak menggunakkan paprika..tetapi saya takut mual saya masukkan sedikit papprika dan cajun biar kena dengan anak tekak kita ni. Yang ini unik sedikit digoreng pakai shortening Crisco..memang ranggup la...tetapi kalau tak hendak pakai crisco pun tak apa goreng cara biasa. Sos nya apa lagi untuk dewasa cili sos dan untuk kanak-kanak tomnato sos

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY WITH NASI LEMAK TUMIS, SAMABAL TUMIS BILIS TELUR AND SOTHERN FRIED CHICKEN

Salam and Good Morning All, today 29th February 2012....yeah...it's a leap day and a leap year...ha..ha..it only happen every four years. Let's check out some fact on Leap Year that I excerpted from Google "

Leap Year is also known as intercalary or bissextile year. Not only does February get 1 day extra on leap year, but the year also get’s one extra day. Normally February only has 28 days but in a leap year, February has 29 days. A year usually has 365 days but in a leap year the year have 366 days. Leap Year are always every fourth year. The 29th February is known as Leap Day. Over the years many traditions have developed because of a Leap Year being an occurrence happening every fourth year.

And to those celebrating birthday today HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Today is just a revisited of Nasi Lemak Tumis, Sambal Bilis Telur and some Southern Fried Chicken. Both my girls have to stay back till 6 pm today...one for her cheer leading training one for her class presentation assignments. So I made a heavy breakfast for them to packed to school. For recipes

Nasi Lemak Tumis -Click Here

Sambal Tumis Ikan Bilis - Click Here

Southern Fried Chicken - In my Next Entry

Make this 29th February 2012 a memorial day for you who knows what's gonna happen in the next four year. Have a Nice Day and Have Fun

Hari ini 29hb February 2012 adalah hari terakhir bulan February dan menariknya hari ini adalah hari lompat dan tahun lompat yang hanya akan dirai dan dicatit dalam calendar tahunan empat tahun sekali. Kepada yang menyambut hari ini pasti istimewakan...orang celebrate birthday tiap2 tahun tetapi yang lahir pada 29 February sambut birthday 4 tahun sekali...kalau saya...saya buat kek empat tingkat untuk diri saya, qadar yang lepas-lepas sekali....ha.....ha gurau aje. Ok menu pagi ini menu ulangan...anak-anak kena stay back untuk latuhan cheer leading dan assignment sekolah so breakfast kena berat...saya bekalkan mereka dengan Nasi Lemak Tumis, Sambal Bilis Telur dan Southern Fried Chicken,. Resipinya bolehlah amnil dilink di atas.

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CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY

Every times we went up to Cameron Highland I ended up buying lots ...lots ...of strawberries and making these strawberries chocolate covered. I don't know why but I just loved making these.This is the simplest version of chocolate covered strawberries I know. Turn the strawberries upside down and insert by the toothpicks into a piece of styrofoam for easy cooling, or simply place them on a sheet of wax paper. White chocolate may be drizzled over the milk chocolate and embellish your chocolate-covered strawberries with sprinkles, chopped nuts, and other toppings. Perfect for "hantaran"

Chocolate Covered Strawberry

Adapted from Sweet Pea's Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 ounces white chocolate, chopped
• 1 pound strawberries with stems, washed and dried very well

Directions:

1. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
2. Melt semi sweet chocolate in a metal bowl over a pan of lightly simmering water. Stir occasionally until smooth, and remove from heat.
3. Holding the strawberry by the stem, dip into the chocolate, lift and tap slightly, letting any excess chocolate fall back into the bowl. Place strawberries on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the strawberries. Chill in refrigerator until chocolate is set, about 10 minutes.
4. Melt white chocolate in a metal bowl over a pan of lightly simmering water. Stir occasionally until smooth, and remove from heat. Transfer into a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off and drizzle strawberries with white chocolate. Chill in refrigerator until set, about 10 minutes. Serve immediately.

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Ini lah dia tak ada kerja cari kerja...setiap kali naik ke puncak saya akan angkut strawberry banyak-banyak...bukan apa geram tenguk. Bila dah beli tu macam-macamlah direka..buat pudding, buat kek dan yang ini chocolate strawberry. Terus terang saya cakap bila sudah buatnya. Resipi di atas adalah yang paling mudah dan senang. Pada yang mempunyai tangan yang halus dan kreatif pasti corak yang cantik dapat dihasilkan.

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BATIK CAKE /KEK BATIK

Scrumptious chocolatey dessert, and this one is not just any chocolatey dessert, but Chocolate Biscuit Cake that reminiscent Prince William Chocolate Biscuits Cake. Although this is a no-bake cake with biscuits mixed with condensed milk and malt- MILO, you'll need to prepare it at least 4 or 5 hours ahead of time.  It stores nicely in the refrigerator for several days once made. It's incredibly rich so serve very thin slices. Divine. And easy, too!

 Click Here  to see a well illustrated step by step process by Wendy from Table For Two.

Kek Batik

Adapted from wendyinkk.blogspot.com

Ingredients

1 pack 250gm Marie biscuits (I got mini maries, u can use regular maries)

1 pack 200gm Milo , or u can use any malted chocolate drink like Ovaltine or Vico

1 can 397gm Sweetended Condensed Milk

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

150gm butter, about 2/3 cup

1. Prepare one 7 inch square pan. Fully lined with non stick baking paper. Make sure the paper is much higher than the pan.

2. Lightly beat eggs. Put in Milo, and condensed milk and whisk until well combined.

3. Pour egg mixture into a non stick 

pot/pan , put in butter. On medium low heat, cook while stirring all the while until mixture starts to thickens. Reduce to low heat.

4. When the egg custard is cooked, it looks grainy and thick. Remove from heat.

5. Spread one layer of custard into the pan. Arrange marie biscuits onto custard.

6. Repeat step 5 until all biscuits or custard are used up. A thin layer of custard is enough for the interlayers.

7. When the layering is all done, fold in the high collars of the paper. Press down and compact the cake with ur hands.

8. Chill in fridge overnight before cutting.The condensed milk u see here, is Full Cream Condensed Milk, bought by Lydia’s nanny from Singapore.

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Kalau ada yang mengikuti perkembangan perkahwinan di Raja Britain pasti akan perasan bahawa Kek Batik ini menyerupai Chocolate Biscuits Cake Prince William...persis cuma kek Prince William menggunakan Chocolate masakan yang dicairkan manakala kek batik ini menggunakan susu pekat dan MILO.Cukup mudah membuatnya dan bagi yang berminat untuk mencuba kek ini saya sarankan anda kunjungi blog Wendy yang menunjukkan step by step proses membuatnya. Kek ini tidak perlu dibakar cuma sejukkan dalam fridge dan potong.

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TENGGIRI MASAK KICAP / SOY SAUCE MACKEREL

This is my childhood favourite dish and still remains as my favourite dish even though have not been cooking this dish for quite some times. Very tasty and satisfying and perfect dish for kiddos. Fish in Soy Sauce...you can use any fish and thickness of gravy depending on how you want it. I used some spice for this dish, it's an optional you can omit that if you don't like it. Serve best with hot steamed rice.

TENGGIRI MASAK KICAP / MACKEREL IN SOY SAUCE

Source :- PATYSKITCHEN

Ingredients

3-4 slice of any white fish / 3-4 potong ikan

1 onion slice into ring / 1 labu bawang besar dipotong bulat

2 green chilies halved / 2 cili hijau dibelah dua

2 tomatoes quartered / 2 biji tomato dibelah 4

5 tbsp cooking oil / 5 sdb minyak masak

1/2 tsp turmeric powder / 1/2 sudu teh serbuk kunyit

For The Paste

1 tbsp Mak Siti Masak Kicap Powder / 1 sdb Rempah Ikan Masak Kicap Mak Siti

1 tbsp chili paste / 1 sdb pes cili

1" ginger / 1 " halia*

5 clove garlic / 5 ulas bawang putih*

7 shallots / 7 biji bawang merah*

Blend or pound all ingredients marked *to form wet paste and mix with ingredients 1 & 2 with 1/2 cup water / Blend atau tumbuk semua bahan bertanda *untuk menjadi pes basah. Kemudian satukan dengan pes cili dan rempah masak kicap.

For The Seasoning

1 tbsp thick soy sauce / 1 sudu besar kicap pekat

2 tbsp kicap manis / 2 sudu besar kicap manis

1 tbsp tomato sauce / 1 sudu besar sos tomato

1 tbsp oyster sauce / 1 sudu besar sos tiram

Directions

1. Rub fish with turmeric powder and salts. Deep fry till golden brown. Remove and drain oil / Lumurkan ikan dengan garam kunyit dan goreng hingga kekuningan. Angkat dan tos minyak
2. In another wok heat up oil and sautee the paste till fragrant / Dalam kuali yang lain tumis bahan-bahan kisar hingga wangi dan naik minyaknya
3. Add the seasoning. Add water roughly 1 - 1 1/2 cup depending how you want it to be /Masukkan kicap pekat, sos tiram, kicap manis dan sos tomato. Kacau hingga sebati. Masukkan air secukupnya.
4. Simmer until for 7-8 minutes and add in fried mackerel, onion, green cili and fresh tomatoes Simmer for another minute and remove from heat /Setelah mendidih, masukkan ikan goreng, bawang besar cili hijau dan tomato.Gaul rata dan masak lagi 1 minit, angkat dan hidang.

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Lauk kesukaan saya semasa kecil dan sejak tidak ada anak kecil di rumah jarang masak lauk ini. Tiba-tiba tekak terasa teringin pula nak makan masak kicap ikan. Masak kicap ayam kerap juga buat tapi yang ikan ini agak kureng sedikit. Baru-baru ini buat dan cuba test rempah masak kicap ikan Mak Siti, saya cuma masukkan rempah tu 1 sdb aje...kerana tidak mahu yang terlalu berempah.

Masak kicap ini kalau hendak buat kena pandai adjust air...jika suka yang pekat kurangkan air jika suka yang berkuah sedikit tambahkan air. Bahan-bahan lain macam biasa aje..kicap, pekat, kicap manis dan sos tiram. Bahan perisa ini penting bagi menambahkan kesedapan pada masak kicap ini.

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CAKE MIX WAFFLES

These Cake Mix Waffles would make a delicious breakfast treat – or they would be great for an easy dessert!. With ice cream or cream or fresh strawberries and fruits. make you drooling for  more.

This recipe was from Rachel Ray TV Program and  would be great as shortcake substitution. Simple, Easy and Fast.

Cake Mix Waffles

Adapted from Rachel Ray 

1 box pound cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box

2 cups strawberries, sliced

1 tablespoon sugar

whipped cream (sweetened with a touch of powdered sugar, if desired)

Directions:

1. Heat a waffle iron to medium.
2. Place the strawberries in a bowl and sprinkle with sugar.  Let sit until time to serve.
3. Mix the pound cake according to the box instructions.  Brush melted butter on the waffle iron, or spray with non stick spray, then pour the pound cake mix onto the waffle iron.  Do not overfill.  Cook for 4-5 minutes, or until the the waffle is cooked through.
4. Serve the cake waffles with the strawberries and whipped cream.

Rasanya cara yang paling mudah membuat waffles..tak payah nak fikir ia menjadi atau tidak, dengan menggunakan tepung bancuhan kek yang sedia ada dan bakar dengan pembakar waffles. Resipi ini saya ambil dari program Rachel Ray. Rasanya tentulah seperti rasa kek. Sesuai didapu dengan krim berserta dengan buah-buahan segar.

Sajian enak buat sarapan atau pencuci mulut.

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MONDAY BLUES WITH SARDINE SANDWICH AND CAKE MIX WAFFLES

Salam and Good Morning All, ....Monday Blues and the last Monday of the month, I made Sardine Sandwich and Cake Mix Waffles. Good pair ....to start of your Monday Blues. This sardine sandwich always brings me a trip down memory lane. It's a must party dish if you are celebrating birthday party or any simple functions, very popular in the 70's and 80's and started disappearing in the 90"s....the place of sardine has been taken by tuna and these days we have more tuna sandwich then sardine.

One thing interesting about this sandwich.....it's been called as Malaysian Style Sardine Sandwich....it could be this sandwich is popular among the Malaysia. Simple ingredients, simple preparations and very satisfying.

Sardine Sandwich

 

Ingredients:

1 loaf white sandwich bread

1 can sardines in tomato sauce

1 onion, thinly sliced

1 red chili thinly sliced

1 cucumber, finely shredded

A squeeze of lemon juice

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Mash the sardine with a fork, mix in onion and red chili. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
2. Top assemble: Spread butter on a slice of bread, top a tbsp of sardine mixture on the bread and spread it evenly. Add shredded cucumbers. Cover with another slice of bread.

Salam dan Selamat pagi semua, dah 27 hb Februari 2012, Isnin terakhir untuk bulan Februari.....dan untuk menu sarapan pagi ini saya sediakan sandwich sardin dan cake mix waffles. Lama tak makan sandwich sardin ini...baru-baru ini ternampak dalam "foodgawker" keinginan tu datang, ialah sandwich sardin ni semakin dilupakan, kalau dulu sekitar tahun 70 an dan 80 an cukup popular sandwich ini..mana-mana majlis hari jadi atau majlis apa sajelah sandwich tetap akan menjadi sajian..tetapi kini orang lebih menggemari tuna. Saya suka sandwich ini tetapi pastikan anda masukkan perahan liamu supaya tidak terasa hanyir sardin. Disamping itu saya buat cake mix waffles...saje hendak cuba resipi yang menggunakan tepung bancuhan kek yang siap. Gandingan pedas dan manis untuk sajian breakfast Monday Blues.

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