Assalamualaikum,

My sister and I made this cake about more than a month ago but I forgot to share the recipe. I did promise someone (soo sorry K.Dila) to post up an entry on the cake recipe.

The original recipe is perfect for 5 inch cake pans - you could afford for 6 colours with this size of pan. We used 6.5 inch cake pan. Thus it explained the 4-colour layers. Well.. Here it goes.



Ingredients;

2 1/4 cups of cake flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt (ignore if you use salted butter)
1 1/4 cups buttermilk (we used yogurt)
4 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups of sugar
2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
125 gm unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon of pure lemon extract
Food colouring (colours of your choice)
2 teaspoon vanilla essence
Vanilla cream cheese frosting

How it's done

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line your cake pans - use more than 1 cake pan to save time.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
3. In another bowl, whisk egg whites with buttermilk.
4. By using electric mixer with medium speed, beat the butter and sugar in a separate bowl until light and fluffy. Add the lemon extract and lemon zest.
5. Beat in half of the egg-buttermilk mixture and half of the flour mixture into electric mixer bowl. Then, beat in another half of the egg-buttermilk and flour mixture. Beat the entire batter on medium high speed for 2 minutes until it completely smooth.
6. Divide the batter evenly into 4 bowl ( or 6 if you're using 5 inch cake pans). Dye each batter with different colours.
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cake layer do not stick when it tested with toothpick.
8. Cool the cake layers on the wirerack. Top them with cream cheese frosting once they're completely cool.




Tips n tricks;

1. If you skip the lemon extract and lemon zest, your cake would still be perfect.
2. You may want to cut down the sugar. I only put 1 cup of sugar.
3. Wrap the cake immediately once it cools down and keep them chill to ensure moistness.
4. Decorate your cake creatively :)

FJ : you can find the vanilla cream cheese frosting at the red velvet cupcakes entry. Happy baking! Click here for the cream cheese recipe.

Assalamualaikum,

Seharian duk survey harga barang2 goodie bags dan cadar. Letih weii.. ok, entry kali ni xnak cite psl persiapan kawin. Nak cite pasal.. jeng jeng jeng...



Haaa.. mesti korang nampak sedap kan? Boleh tahan laa.. so, this is actually called Snow Ice. Penat ke sane sini, akhirnya kitorg ambek keputusan to have something sweet at Tong Pak Fu - a restaurant selling Hong Kong desserts . Manis xde lah sgt, cukup rasa manisnya utk 1 dessert recipe. Macam2 perisa ada kat Tong Pak Fu. Menu lain selain snow ice pon ade. Selamat mencuba!

Sebelum masuk, kitorg ada tanya sorg pekerja melayu kt situ.. halal ke x.. dia ckp halal..

FJ : We love each other. We also love foodssss

Assalamualaikum,

Dah 14 ramadhan. Baru berkempatan buka puasa dengan students. Tengah fikir2 bahan apa lg nak beli. Semalam dah pergi pasar, beli ingredients. Bila check balik, rupanya ada lagi yg x beli. Dan ade student request nk mkn koktail buah. Layankan je lah. Kesian pulak..



Haa... cuba teka menu-menu buka puasa kami hari ni..

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Now, add the second layer of your cake. Place the remaining frosting on the cake. Repeat the same steps. I chose to frost the top of the cake first, then moving to the sides. Be careful with the crumbs! 

You're done! Add some decorations to your cake. Something simple would make a big difference! 

FJ : If your frosting turns out to be too light, chill them in the freezer for a few minutes. For more recipes, click here. 

Semalam, adik I buat kek - Oreo cake. Teringin sangat katanya lepas tengok iklan ice cream cake dari Baskin Robin tu. Cuma, versi yang adik I buat ni, bukan ice cream cake. 

Jom tengok apa bahan-bahan yang adik I guna untuk buat kek ni;

1 cawan butter

1 cawan fresh milk

2 sudu teh esen vanila

2 cawan tepung serba guna

2 biji telur putih

1 sudu teh baking powder

1 cawan gula

8 keping Oreo cookies

secubit garam

(untuk fresh milk tu, adik I guna Dutchlady saja)

Bahan-bahan:

Bahan kisar;

2 batang serai

6 ulas bawang putih

cili burung (ikut selera pedas masing2)

1 sudu kecil lada hitam 

4 hiris lengkuas

Assalamualaikum,

The first time ever tried to bake my brownies, I'd like to say, the outcome wasn't pleasant. *sigh* Maybe because I used margarine instead of butter - as I was so lazy to go out for shopping, my brownies were a bit oily.  

So folks, here are the ingredients;

275g plain chocolate

275g butter

85g milk chocolate

85g dark chocolate

175g plain flour, sieve

1tsp baking powder

4 large eggs, lightly beaten

85g nuts (pecans, hazels, cashews), broken into pieces

1 tsp vanilla essence

325g caster sugar

How-To:

Dah pon siap ikan stim kome. Oke, kalo kome perasan, kt bahan2 tu, ade bahan yg aku highlight dgn kaler ijo. Bahan2 tu jenis acidic @ masam. Tomato dgn limau nipis dah masam, kenapa nak tambah nenas lg, kan? Xnak letak nenas pon, suke hati kome la. Bagi aku, nenas tu, rasa masam dia lain macam sket sedapnya. Haha. Kalo terus letak nenas tu awal2, nnti by 15 minutes, nenas tu lembik sgt. X berapa sedap tekak aku nak makan. Kehkeh. 

Kalo suke kuah lebih, pon boleh. Kome kne la tambah air dgn bahan perasa lebih sket (kicap cair atau garam). Ikut suke kome la nak buat macam mane pon. Kome jugak yg nak makan nanti, kan? Itu saje lah dari aku. Kome cuba nanti, share la dgn aku, macam mane rasenye. Hehe. 

Selamat maju jaya dalam bidang memasak. ^_^

Assalamualaikum,

I baked a carrot cake two days ago. First time I buat carrot cake. Before ni pernah. Pernah makan je :P Well, obviously I xde my own recipe. So, I intai-intai la kt google utk cari recipe yg suit my taste. It turned out, banyak teramat recipe carrot cake yg ada. I pilih recipe yg I rase seswai je. I mean, nama carrot cake, tapi kenapa nak kena letak nenas and pisang? Dah mcm mixed fruit cake pulak kan. I meant no harm. Kalo you guys suka carrot cake yg mcm tu, be my guest. 

Now, jom check out the ingredients and methods;

Assalamualaikum,

Pertamanya, I nk ucapkan selamat menyambut awal muharam kepada semua umat Islam 1Dunia. Semoga, dgn izin Allah, kita semua akan dikurniakan rezeki yg halal dan lebih dari tahun-tahun sebelumnya :)

Dah lame rasenye I x share recipe dgn u-ols, kan? Maklumlah.. I segan tahu. Bukan pandai masak or baking sgt pon. Tiba2 nk feeling share recipe bagai, kan? I ni, amatur cook je. Masak bagi kenyang perut mak ayah boleh la. 

Berminggu-minggu jugak la I ngidam nk makan cheese cake. Cheese cake buatan sendiri oke, bukan secret recipe ke, bakery ke. Tp asek tertunda2 je sbb susah nk dpt bahan. Ye lah u-ols, I ni duk kt kampung hokay. Xkan nk toreh cheese kat pokok getah pulak. So, terpaksa la I bersabar sket utk collect bahan2 tu. Bila dah dpt semuanya, I decide nak buat Blueberry Cheese Cake. Ouh, kalo ade vanilla sket, name dia jadi Vanilla Blueberry Cheese Cake? Eh, kalo bake, jadi Vanilla Blueberry Baked Cheese Cake? X kesa la nama ape2 pon u-ols. Yg penting, ade main ingredients, ade blueberry.

I haven't write here like ages, right! Hukhuk. Sorry for that -.- Few days ago, I was so determined to baking and decided to make red velvet cake - instead of red velvet cupcakes, with cream cheese frosting. I am so not great with baking but I really really wanted to try this cake on my own, for like weeks but didn't manage to find the suitable time due to the busy world of school placement. Dear my lovely readers, I'll share the recipe here and hopefully you guys will try it someday! :)

250g cake flour (or plain flour)

pinch of salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cocoa powder

2tablespoons red colouring

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

240ml buttermilk

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

113g unsalted butter

300g granulated sugar

1-8 ounce (227g) cream cheese

1-8 ounce (227g) tub Mascarpone cheese

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

115g icing sugar

240ml double cream

1. Preheat oven to 350 F (160 C). Grease and four the baking pan(s). Remove excess flour. (You can use 2 baking pans if you prefer to make 2 layers cake, but I only use 1 pan).

2. Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. 

3. Put buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract and eggs into separate bowl. Whisk them together.

4. In a small bowl, whisk the cocoa powder and red colouring. 

5. In the electric mixer bowl, put butter and sugar together. Mix them with medium speed until the mixture becomes fluffy.

6. Take 1/3 of the flour mixture and 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and add them into the electric mixer bowl. Whisk the mixture together.

7. While mixing, slowly add the remaining buttermilk mixture and flour mixture in the bowl in medium high speed.

8. Add colouring mixture and mix for 30 seconds or until well-mixed.

9. Pour into pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. (May need more time - do not forget to check your cake after 25 minutes)

10. Let the cake cool before starting to put on the cream cheese frosting. 

Next thing, how to make the cream cheese frosting? It was my very first time trying to make the frosting, and I could say it was not a great success. I mistakenly bought cottage cheese instead of cream cheese. Well, blame me for not knowing what cream cheese a.k.a soft cheese, were even I have used them before. To not let the same thing happen again, I'll definitely buy Philadelphia cheese for my next attempt! :D

Frosting;

1. Beat cream cheese and mascarpone cheese until smooth.

2. Add vanilla extract and icing sugar. Beat until smooth.

3. Add double cream and mix the mixture until it looked 'heavy'.

4. Add more icing sugar or cream as needed.

Then, you can spread the frosting on the cake or in between the 2 layers, if you want. Again, I am totally not an experienced baking chef, so my frosting was not good looking at all. 

FJ : My cake was hangus sket kt bawah tu, sbb x reti nk control gas-oven. Hukhuk. Selamat mencuba!

Assalamualaikum,

Ye, dah seminggu blog ni terbiar, tak di-atastarikh (update). Kalau diikutkan byk keje, terbiar lagi utk another one week agaknya. Jadi, sementara tengah cari idea nak plan lesson dan tugasan lain, baik update dulu, ape yg ada. Hari isnin baru-baru ni, lepas meeting dgn KPM, aku dan beberapa rakan sekelas kuwa makan. Plan asalnya nak makan kt restoran Awana di South Kensington. Oleh sbb harga makanannya mahal cekik tengkuk (ada ke patut nasi goreng kampung, sepinggan harga £16?), kami divert ke restoran lain yg jauh lagi murah dgn menu yang menggiurkan (term x bleh blah). Restoran mana? Kami putuskan utk pegi Satay House di Paddington. 

Dlu, dah pernah pegi skali, masa Satay House buat open house. Makan free, sape nk tolak, kan? Walaupon nama restoran ni Satay House, x lah bermakna dia jual satay je. Ade banyak lagi menu lain. Kami berlima order banyak gila. Nasi putih (for 5), char kuewtiaw, satay (for 2), sotong goreng, rendang daging, ayam percik, kangkung goreng belacan, dan ikan asam pedas. Char kuewtiaw dia sgt mengancam. Sedap dan pedas. Satay pon x mengecewakan - tak mcm satay kat restoran Jom Makan. Kuah kacangnya sedap, dan lemak2. Ayam percik rasa kelakar sket. Bukan apa, rasa manis. Terlebih gula kot. Ikan asam pedas kurang rs asamnya, dan tawar sket. Lalu je pon nk makan sedap ade rendang daging yg ngetop. Hehe. 

So, berapa kitorg abes? Termasuk air, semua skali dlm £93. Sorg byr dlm £14 lebih. Haaa.. byk beza dgn restoran yg lg 1 tu kan? :) Mcm2 boleh makan dgn £14 kt cni (dgn syarat, korg makan A-la-cart). So, yg tggl area london dan kwsn sekitar, ape tggu lg? 

Lunch hour hari kamis lepas, akmi duk bercerita pasal keenakan hidangan yg kitorg makan kt Satay House kt classmates lain. Dorg ajak pegi lagi skali. Adoi~ kopak la macam ni. Asek nk makan sedap kat luwa jek. -.-

p/s: dlu pernah try mee kari dr restoran yg same (dlm menu dia tulis laksa kari).. sodaaaappp jugak! 

FJ : aish.. cite psl makanan lg.. x_x

Assalamualaikum,

Have you ever heard of Hlovate? She's (I think Hlovate is female) a novel writer and a great story teller. I've been reading her works since few years back, and love it so much. I haven't heard of (and don't even have a clue) peach cobbler, until I found it in her novel. So, I searched for the recipe and how it looks like. Out of all recipes I found, I think, this is the simple one. This is my first time trying peach cobbler recipe. Totally no idea how it tastes like. Anyway, I'll share the ingredients and 4 easy steps for you! Here it goes.

1/2 cup of unsalted butter

1 cup all-purpose flour (I used plain flour)

2 cups sugar, divided

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1 cup milk (whole or semi-skimmed, doesn't matter)

4 cups fresh peach slices

1 tsp lemon juice

ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg (optional)

water (if needed)

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in 13x9-inc baking dish. (I used 6.5x10-inch baking dish and small cup)

2. Mix 1 cup of sugar, peaches and lemon juice in the saucepan. Boil over with high heat and keep stirring them. Look at the peaches texture. You might want to add 1/4 cup of water if it's too dry. Pour batter over batter in the baking dish. Do not stir. 

3. Combine flour, the remaining 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add milk and stir until the dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter over batter on top of the peach mixture. Do not stir.

4. Bake for 40-45 minutes until it become golden brown. 

Simple, isn't it? It best serves hot with cold vanilla ice cream. Yeah, yeah, vanilla ice cream is always the best to go with your dessert. 

You can always alternatively;

- use the canned peaches

- sprinkle the ground cinnamon on top of the flour mixture if you didn't add it in the mixture

- use larger baking dish with large cup (so the measurement suit the size of the dish)

So, what are you waiting for? Try it on your own for the taste! While I writing this, the peach cobbler is still in the oven. Sorry to disappoint you for the outcome. I'll post the photos for the next entry, ok? Here's a video from ScooterSMcGee. You might want to skip the intro until 1:00. Note that, the recipe might be slightly different. 

FJ : Peach cobbler now at de ef-jay yaw! Do not forget to try it! I think my peach cobbler is about to ready. Can't wait to try it! Yum yum!

Salam,

The new Tinseltown Steak House branch has finally open at Bayswater! Yuhoo! I can't really remember how many times I've been to Tinseltown - which is quite a lot. But the one that I've been before was quite a distance from the main attractions. It's in Farringdon. Luckily Tinseltown has set up another branch at Bayswater. My house mates and I happily decided to have our dinner there last night. We took nearly an hour to reach the steak house (of course by riding the public transports).

We had lootts of steak and grill meat that night, with delicious milk shakes and other drinks too! As we went there with empty stomach, I could say, everyone really focus on the meal while eating.

cookies and cream (VIP shake)

Apa kabar semua? Chef harap para penonton semua sehat *wink sket kt camera man* Oke, hari ni chef nk ajar penonton semua mcm mane nk buat tiramisu. Resipi ni simple je taw. Kalo ibu2 duk sibuk masak main course kat dapur tu, anak2 boleh tolong buat dessert, kan? Resipi yg chef nk bagi ni, mmg simple je. Anak2 pon boleh buat. So, ape bahan2 nya?

soft cheese - chef guna tesco brand je

double cream - tesco brand jugak

esen vanila

sponge fingers

serbuk nescafe/coffee

gula

air panas

serbuk koko - chef guna maltesers sbb xde serbuk koko

chocolate bar - kalau nak

Mcm mana pulak nak sediakan? Senang je.

1. Bancuh air nescafe/coffee ikut selera penonton semua. Kalau x suka rasa nescafe yg berlebihan, letak sket je la serbuk nescafe tu. 

2. Masukkan soft cheese, esen vanila dgn double cream dlm mixing bowl. Pukul hingga kembang.

5. Ulang langkah 3 dan 4. Jika bekas yang penonton guna tebal/tinggi, boleh ulang lg sekali. Tgk keperluan. Kalau perlu, boleh buat. Biasanya, chef buat 2 layers je.

6. Parutkan chocolate bar td di atas top layer tiramisu anda. Boleh jugak guna dark/white chocolate. Ikut selera masing2. Chef guna Milka choc bar je. Heee.. 

Dah siap pon. Ni lah dia tiramisu yg chef dah buat! Belum sempat rasa lagi, sbb baru lepas buka puasa. Masih kenyang. Lagipon, biar dia sejuk sket. Ouh ya. Lupa pulak. Lepas dah siapkan, boleh masukkan dalam fridge selama lebih kurang 2 jam utk disejukkan - dlm masa yg ms utk pastikan sponge fingers td serap lebihan air. Senang x, nak buat? X perlu baking2 pon kan? Chef blajar buat tiramisu ni, dari kawan. Dah lame dah. Ada beberapa resipi lain lagi utk buat tiramisu. Cume yg ni version yg chef blajar dari kwn + video. 

Jenis2 soft chesee yg penonton boleh guna;

1. philadephia cheese 

2. mascarpone cheese

Antara version lain cara penyediaan tiramisu mcm dalam video kat bawah ni. So, penonton boleh tgk, dan compare dgn cara yg chef buat. Chef x ambek hati pon kalo penonton x ikut cara chef. Selamat mencuba! ^____^

Salam, 

I've been craving for sushi since 1 month ago. After hearing some news about a halal sushi diner from friends, I couldn't stop myself thinking about the sushi. So, why is it important to find the halal one? Even though sushi are mostly made from sea foods, light vegetables and eggs, some of them still contain alcohol. Even in Malaysia, few types of sushi at Sushi King's contain small portion of alcohol. You can ask the Sushi King's staffs about it. They usually put up some notes at the entrance, te about these kind of things ahead. 

It was sunday. The weather was really nice and wasn't that cold even it's still winter. But, derrkhh... There's major engineering rail track works on sunday and the buses are not that frequent too. I hate these facts about sundays in UK, but I still had to bear it to fulfil my sushi desires. We took about nearly 2 hours to reach the sushi restaurant. I didn't even have my breakfast to make sure I had prepared my tummy empty to be filled with those yummy sushi. :) Due to long hours of journey, we (my housemates and I) couldn't really hold our hungers. My tummy started to produce weird sounds - singing unrecognized song unhappily. Once we reached Liverpool Street Station, it was cold and windy. But it wasn't a right time to give up. Just few steps ahead, and we're there!

 They were having discounted hours price! According to the owner, the price for the menu depends on the colour of the plate. The range of prices were from £1.95 to £3.95 per plate. But, they had this buffet price, where each individuals can eat up until any 7 plates with the price of £10 each! *-* There were no other customers there and loads and loads of sushi before our eyes! Kikikiii.. 

I ate lots of sushi and tempura's. But I wasn't sure the name of the sushi and didn't take any pictures of them too. Hey, come on! Who's going to care about the pictures and stuffs anymore when you're that hungry and need to fill up your stomach? As a result of being too full, we couldn't walk fast. T.T I thought my tummy was about to burst, really! Apart from that, I was totally satisfied and definitely would come again some day! 

FJ : I know the fact that not everyone can stand the raw fish of sushi. I'm glad that I can! :)