Ka-Chow!

Our very favorite race car turns 2 today!


Special carrot-walnut muffin cupcakes for our little man.
Happy birthday dearest Ammar Yusuf!

Recipe from Nigella Lawson's How to Be A Domestic Goddess.

Kuih Cara

Siti used to make these a lot. And my boys love it. (So do I!)
And it's a little piece of home.

Special thanks to Ely for buying the acuan, and Nado' for lugging it halfway round the world!

Ingredients:
1 cup tepung gandum
1 biji telur
100 ml santan pekat
2 daun pandan di-blend & tapis
(or 1/2 tsp essence pandan)
Gula, garam & air secukupnya

Cara-cara:

1. Belnd daun pana=dan, tapis & ambil airnya.
2. Campur bersama tepung gandum, telur, santan, garam & air secukupnya.
3. Blend campuran tadi dan siap untuk dibakar!
4. Tuang campuran kuih ke dalam acuan, dan masukkan gula sebagai inti.

Tip:
1. Tutup acuan kuih cara sehingga masak!

Kek Batik

This one goes out to my dear sis.. Angah Elle! Here's the kek batik recipe you've been asking for:

1 peket biskut Marie
1/2 tin susu pekat manis
1/2 cawan milo
1-1/2 sudu koko
1 tin air suam
3 biji telur
1/2 buku buttercup

1. Pukul telur sampai kembang
2. Masukkan bahan2 & kacau atas api
3. Once masak, padam api.. then masukkan biskut yg dah dipatah2kan & kacau!
4. Padatkan in tupperware and then masuk fridge!

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1 Oct 2011 - Last night we had dinner at K.Mie's. Here's her variation on Puding Batik (I like!)

Puding Batik K.Mie

250g butter
250g milo
200ml air
~250ml pekat manis (just use 30 keping biskut marie (slightly more than one bungkus)

Cream Puffs

This was the day our cheapo mixer broke. Am now waiting for my Cusinart stand-mixer. Yippiee..!!

Puff Ingredients:
Unsalted butter 145g (10 tbsp)
Water 250ml
Salt 2g (1/4 tsp)
High protein flour 200g
Egg 285g (7 large sized)

Puff Method:
1. Pour water, salt & butter into a bowl and heat.
2. When liquid starts boiling, add flour and stir.
3. Transfer mixture into a mixing bowl and mix.
4. Add egg, GRADUALLY, to prevent curdling.
5. Mix until get a smooth texture.
6. Scoop out into piping bag and pipe out atas tray.
7. Make sure ada gerase proof (teflon) paper atas tray or sapu sikit butter.
8. Bake at 200C for 20-25 min.

Cream Ingredients:
Instant custard 100g
Water 250ml
Whiping cream 75g

Cream Method:
1. Kacau instant custard & water. Mix!
2. Pukul whipping cream until reach soft peak consistency.
3. Then mix together!

Tips:
1. Jgn buka oven selalu! Leave it for 20 min at least.

Sponge Cheesecake

My auntie's signature cake. Fluffy ever so soft sponge cheescake. Now that she's half a world away, we'll have to fend for ourselves.

Ingredients:
Susu UHT (Fresh milk) 60g (1/3 cup)
Cream cheese (philadelphia) 160g
Butter (Buttercup) 35g (2.5 tbsp)
Super fine flour 25g (1/4 cup)
Corn flour 25g (1/4 cup)
Egg yolk 80g (3 large eggs)
Egg white 160g (5 large eggs)
Castor sugar 90-100g
Garam 2g (1/3 tsp)

Method:
1. Double boil butter, cream cheese and milk until no lumps.
2. Dah smooth, keluarkan & masuk egg yolk dan kacau perlahan2.
3. Then mix in flour (SF & CF). Sieve dulu!
4. Make meringue: Whip egg white, salt and sugar until soft peak consistency.
5. Add cream cheese mixture into meringue and fold with spatula.
6. Prepare 7"x7" baking tray. Bawah sekali letak 2 lapis grease proof paper. Side of tray sapu butter sikit.
7. Tuangkan mixture. Hentak 2-3 kali to get rid of bubbles.
8. Pre-heat oven to 150C (300F) for 10 minutes.
9. Steambake for 50-60 minutes until golden brown.
10. Once keluar, terus terbalikkan and remove grease proof paper. Terbalikkan balik and terus letak dlm kotak.

Tips:
1. Must not open oven in first 30 minutes, at least!
2. Must not let cake cool down drastically (box it!).