This is what I call love at a first sight.....I saw this in beantownbaker.com. It was so lovely. Four layers of cakes with purple shade and topped with violet roses frosting. I couldn't help myself and baked one. I made a slight tweak by using my own recipe that is my sponge cake recipe and as for the frosting instead of using Wilton 1, I made a rose with different shades of colour. I am really happy with the outcome and in fact this was my best touch.
Cinta pandang pertama saya tak kala pertama kali saya terpandang resipi di beantownbaker.com cukup cantik dan menarik..dan sesuai sebagai hantaran. Saya tidak menggunakan resipi asal tetapi sebaliknya saya olahkan menggunakan resipi sendiri iaiatu rfesipi kek sponge. Cuma ilham cara menyusun dan menghias kek ini saya ambil dari beantownbaker. Saya cukup puas hati dengan hasil kerja ini. Jika anda berminat anda boleh juga bermain dengan warna atau pun menggunakan method Beantown Baker.
Can I say that this is a popular steak in Malaysia, the unique about this steak is that it is best grilled under charcoal. You can have it well done, half done or even slightly raw. In Malaysia this grilled beef is best serve with Beef Rice" in even Nasi Kerabu. The dish compliment best with tamarind sauce. Try this is fantastic
Grilled Beef With Tamarind Sauce
For The Beef
1 kg beef
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin ground
1/2 tsp fennel ground
salts
Combined and marinade all ingredients and set aside for at least and how.
For The Tamarind Sambal
2 onions - chopped
15 bird eyes chili
5 red chili
2 tomato chopped
2 tbsp kerisik
3 tbsp tomato sauce
1 ping-pong size tamarind - extract the juice
1 tbsp fish sauce
Wash and
make several slits on the beef. Rub beef evenly with coarse salt, turmeric powder, cumin and fennel
Place beef
on grill or wire mesh lined with banana leaf.
Grill for 30
minutes over a charcoal heat until beef is cooked.
Remove from
grill and slice as desired.
Preparation of Tamarind Dip (Air Asam) Combine
all the ingredients in a bowl and mix wekk
Daging Bakar ini paling sesuai makan dengan nasi arab atau pun dengan Nasi Kerabu. Paling sinonim ialah dengan air asam. Paling best bakar dengan dapur arang..tetapi zaman sekarang banyak short cut...saya bakar atas dapur aje.
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The other day while my children were having their breakfast with these cocoa krunch cereal, suddenly I gotthe ideal of using the cereal as my cupcakes decoration. I baked one batch of cocoa cupcake, got some nutella spread over the cupcakes and form it into petal of roses....OMG it looks awesome... For the coco cupcake recipe click Click here
Ini ada adalah resipi cocoa cupcakes biasa yang pernah saya buat N3 pada bulan depan. Kebetulan anak-anak makan cereal ini untuk breakfast...tak semena-mena ilham datang untuk menggunakan cereal ini untuk membuat kelopak bunga mawar. Jadi saya bakar 1 adunan coco cupcakes, sapukan dengan nutella dan susun cocoa krunch membentuk kelopak bunga mawar. Menarik juga Cucpcake jadi ranggup dan bertambah ras chocolate dengan tambahan nutella.
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This is interesting...I received a call from daughter asking me to make Penang Laksa and take a beautiful shot for the LILAC - which is the Tourism Laksa competition. Without looking at the terms and conditions of the competition I made the laksa...and took a few pictures. Then she gave me the link to the competition which I have to submit online. After reading through I found that I need to send a photo of myself with the laksa and a demonstration video. My goodness who's going to help me with all that ...who's gonna do video filming.....I've no problem cooking the laksa and sending the recipe, I've no problem to make a photo shoot on the laksa...but do have problem with the video filming. As such I made the decision to not participate in the competition.
So here goes my unfinished project. I name the laksa - Sri Tanjung Laksa which is actually asam Laksa. Those school days...we always refer to the mainland Penang as Tanjung. These days I hardly heard the word Tanjung...so...for old memories sake I decided to use the name Tanjung in this Laksa.
Sri Tanjung Asam Laksa /Laksa Asam Sri Tanjung
1 kg ikan kembung
1/2 kg Mackerel fish
1.5 litre water- (depending on thick you want your gravy to be)
5 pieces assam keping (peeled tamarind)
1 pack dried laksa noodles- soaked and cooked
1 bunch polygonum leaves/Vietnamese mint leaves (daun kesom/daun laksa)
1 bungan kantan (cut into small pieces)
Spice Paste:
25 dried red chilies (seeded)
2 onion
2 teaspoons belacan
Seasonings:
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1/2 tsp MSG
Garnishing:
1 cucumber (julienned)
1 bunch mint leaves (use only the leaves)
1 bunch polygonum leaves/Vietnamese mint leaves (daun kesom/daun
laksa)
1 bungan kantan (cut into small pieces)
1 red onion (sliced thinly)
1 lettuce (thinly cut)
1 red chili/3-4 bird’s eye chilies (cut into small slices)
1 small pineapple (cut into short strips)
Condiment:
Heh Ko/Prawn Paste
Clean the fish, remove scales and guts. In a pot, bring 1.5 liter of
water to boil. Add in the fish and boil for about 10 minutes. Transfer the
cooked fish out into a bowl and let cool. Strain the fish stock, then add in
the peeled tamarind, and the polygonum leaves and continue to boil in low heat.
Wet your hands constantly with a bowl of water, pick the flesh out of all
the fish and discard the bones. Break the fish meat into tiny pieces and put
the fish back into the stock, cover the lid, and lower the heat.
Using a mini food processor, grind the spice paste until fine.Transfer the chilie paste into the boiling stock.
Add the peeled tamarind. Continue
to taste your Assam Laksa stock to make sure it’s sour and to your liking. For
seasoning, add sugar, salt, and fish sauce.
Prepare the laksa noodles by following the packaging instructions. In
a serving bowl, add in the laksa noodles and garnish all vegetables on top.
Pour the Assam Laksa soup into the bowl and serve immediately with a spoonful
of Heh Ko/prawn paste.
Ini memang menarik...saya dapat panggilan dari anak saya...disuruhnya saya masak Laksa Penang dan buat beberapa photo shoot....katanya nak masuk pertandingan Laksa sempena dengan Langkawi Tourism...LILAC yang dihostkan oleh Chef Wan. Saya pun berhempas pulas la menyiapkanya..kemudian dia talipon saya balik dan suruh saya buka link LILAC dan hantar submission on line. Bila saya buka link alamak....banyak cerita...nya...rupanya bukanya gambar laksa...gambar tukang masaknya sekali...lepas tu hendak pula video clip kita membuat laksa...alahai...saya ni dahlah camera shy...terus terbantut dan tak jadi masuk. Kalau setakat masak dan ambil gambar tu ok ...lagi ini nak jadi "duta laksa".....tak naklah benda-benda glamour ni...Langsung tak jadi buat...terus upload kat blog aje. Sri Tanjung Asam Laksa ini sebenarnya adalah Laksa Asam Penang. Masa kecil-kecil dulu kita orang tak panggil Pinang...biasa kalau hendak kesebrang tanah besar...kita panggil Tanjung. Cuma akhir-akhir ini nama Tanjung sudah semakan tidak digunakan. So sebagai kenang zaman sekolah saya namakan laksa ini sebagai Laksa Sri Tanjung. Siapa tak kenalkan dengan laksa ini. Masam....dan sedap.
If I went shopping or outing and happened to have coffee this cake will always be my first choice. Secret Recipe has carrot cake that I love so much...moist and rich. In Ipoh there's another outlet that serve fantastic carrot cake- it's Beacon Point Cafe...OMG....really awesome. During my school days I used to bake this carrot cake...the recipe was great..however I lost the recipe and started searching from the net...I've book marked a few that I put under "things to do" list. I will try a few until I find the right one that meet my taste.
This recipe I'm sharing with you today is from our first Malaysia Master. When Ezany was declared the winner she introduced her blog, I browsed through and found this recipe. Suppose to be moist, but unfortunately mine didn't come out that way..could be that I over baked my cake....it happened to me often...when I bake. So let's check this out.
1 cup crushed pineapple (canned pineapple whizzed up in the food processor/blender slightly)
1 cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped
1. Preheat oven to 165°c.
2. Prepare your baking tin (this recipe makes a 10x10 inch or 13x8 in cake, or you can split it into two smaller tins, or make it into cupcakes! But just reduce the baking time for the smaller cakes). Grease the sides and base with oil/butter and cover the base with baking paper.
3. Add the sifted flour mixture into the egg mixture and stir until combined.
4. Fold in the rest of the ingredients.
5. Pour into your baking tin and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer/cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. (Note: for cupcakes check your cake after about 20 minutes)
6. When done, leave cake to cool in tin, then invert cake onto your serving platter, ready to be frosted.
Cream cheese frosting
200g cream cheese, softened at room temperature
50g butter, softened at room temperature
2 ½ cups icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla essence
1. With an electric mixer, whisk all the ingredients until you get a fluffy frosting.
2. Spread the frosting on the cake.
Saya memang peminat Carrot Cake....kalau pergi shopping atau outing...dan berkesempatan singgah dan makan-makan saya pasti singgah Secret Recipe untuk mendapat cake kegemaran saya ini. Sedap sambil menghirup secawan kopi. Masa zaman sekolah dulu rajin juga buat carrot cake ini....memang cantik resipinya tetapi oleh kerana asyik mengejar career dan tak masuk dapur saya hilang resipi tu. Baru-baru ini bawa anak-anak ke Cameron Highland...kita orang borong banyak carrot yang segar...sehingga tak tahu hendak buat apa...jadi saya carilah resipi carrot cake ini.
Terjumpa resipi ini dalam blog Ezany - Master Chef Malaysia. Kata Ezany dalam blognya carrot cake ini sedap...jadi saya cuba. memang sedap tetapi rasanya yang saya buat ini tidaklah selembap seperti mana yang saya harapkan mungkin saya terlebih bakar. Saya ini memang rajin terlebih bakar. Apa pun saya akan cuba sekali dan akan cuba beberapa resipi carrot cake yang lain sehingga saya dapat resipi yang menepati citarasa saya
