Birthday

Ibu 58th Birthday.  Wow! 58 oleidie and she has not been given the purple EZlink card.  What this?! They should start giving the senior citizen at the age of 50 ok.  They SHOULD! They MUST!  Anyway ... It was a success.  I attempted to cook 4 dishes and out of the 4 dishes, 3 were 1st time.  

Alhamdulillah it when well.  Tiring but it's a good tired.

This year we have 6 adults in our family. And in a few months time a new addition to the family.  Everyone is very excited.  Ibu cannot decide what the baby should call her Nenek? Nyayi? Oma? My brother also Papa, Ayah or Daddy-O but whatever it is we are very excited on the arrival of the newborn.

She is so mental.  She wanted a photo of her "action-action" cut cake.  I took soooo many photos of this cos she had to close her eyes when I snapped. Beside her is Nek Asmah her BFF I guess.

My ibu loves messy and berdechet chocolate cake.  You can't go wrong with chocolate origin's cakes.  There's only 2 option Original or Dark chocolate. This is sooooo a good choice.

Feasting.  Breaking fast together.  When I told her, she do not need to cook.  Guess where I get my stubborn-ness from ... She still cook lor.  Lucky only 1 dish if not we will have problem finishing the dishes.

Nasi Jagung | Corn Rice

Squid Masala | Sotong Masala Curry 

Ayam masak Merah | Red Chicken?

Daging masak Hitam | Black Beef?

Hahahahh ok I'm being annoying. I enjoy cooking for my love ones and I really hope they enjoyed my food.  I may not cook like my ibu but I put in a lot of thought and love when I'm cooking.

DON'T YOU DARE DOUBT MY SINCERITY!

If I'm not sincere, I don't even bother. #justsaying #takmarahannoyedje

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

My baking mood is back!

QUICK CHOCOLATE CAKE


9" square tin greased and lined
Preheat oven to 175C

Ingredients
450g  castor sugar
224g  all purpose flour
96g    cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 large eggs - slightly beaten
240ml milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Method:
In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients with a whisk ensuring that they are properly mixed. Make a well in the center and add in eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract. Whisk this well to ensure that there are no lumps for approximately 2mins. You may use an electric mixer at low speed. Lastly add the boiling water to the batter and continue to whisk carefully. Mix well.

Pour batter (may look alittle runny) in prepared tin and bake for about 30-35mins, or till skewer comes out clean when checked at the center of cake.
Source: Sheen Mars

Ingredients:
160ml heavy cream
283.5g chocolate baking discs / chopped chocolate


Method:
Quick Ganache

• Place chocolate in stainless steel bowl, set aside.  Heat cream in a small saucepan over high heat until just boil
• Pour hot cream over chocolate, stirring until smooth

Source: Sarah

Cool the cake on the cooling rack, once cool, pour the ganache on the cake.

Rich Oreo Chocolate Brownie

It looks rather burn ... hahahha yup its burned orite ... so I have to call S.O.S for another birthday cake.  I'm not to sure what went wrong cos my cake dowan to set after 45mins its still runny... and I put it in longer can crank up the heat, left if for a while and it got burned hahaha haiz ... it tasted ok thou ... =D


*Photos removed

Source: Kak Rima


Ingredients
225g Butter
240g Cooking Chocolate (I used valrhona) [I used hershey]
3 grade A eggs
1 tsp Coffee Powder
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
250g Castor Sugar (I used 200g but will definately stick to 250g next time)
60g Flour*
40g Cocoa Powder*
1/2 tbsp Baking Powder*
1 tsp Salt* (* mixed together)
1 1/2 packs Oreos Cookies - break & mix with 15g Flour (I used 1 pack)


Method
1. Melt chocolate using double boiler.. add in butter and Stir till smooth... let it cool

2. Whisk eggs, coffee powder, vanilla essence and sugar till smooth. Add in chocolate mixture and stir till well combine. Fold in flour mixture and mix it slowly. Finally fold in Oreos..

3. Bake on a preheated oven of 170C for 45 min using 31x29x4cm brownie pan.

4. Once cool.. cut your brownie according to ur preference

Ibu's 53rd Birthday!

Ibu turns 53 last saturday.  Had fun at home (pfffft... the plan was to go Manhattan Fish Market).  Anyway I bake my 3rd tiramisu.  It's much much better then the first and second ones ... I'm getting better at it alhamdulillah.

To Ibu: Selamat Ulang Tahun yg ke 53 Moga panjang umur dan murah rezeki.  Moga Allah beri kekuatan dan kesihatan untuk menjalani ibadah dan kerja harian... amin ...