The good days to die hard! (Chocolate Cake recipe inside!)

Last week I have returned home because my sister who studies in New Zealand was come back home. Alhamdulillah, I manage to go home safely.

I was so happy all the days I was at home because a lot of fantastic things done and happened. The major factor I came home was I just want to see my sister. It has been about more than one year we do not see face to face. I was so glad to see my sisters, nephews, nieces and specially my mum. During that time, the school break was not over yet so my sister, nephews and niece were at home.

I was so lucky because I could see them and they have paid a lot of things for me. What a generous sisters? As a typical human, I always want more and more. I love to shop even though I have a lot of clothes already. Thanks to my sweetie sisters who paid for me. I got hijabs, shoes, FIFA World Cup jerseys and some personal stuff like facial powder, face scrub, mask, etc.

i paid myself for this. i'm not Brazil's fan. i just bought this because if the material, but i do love to watch Neymar's skills.

even though Spain was out from FIFA 2014, but i still and will its fan

i'm David Villa's fan, so i have printed his jersey number on my jersey

Holland- away. i'm a fan of RvP

the new shoes!

I was born in food lover’s family. Even we have a lot of food in our house, but we love to eat outside. It is also because of the craving of my ‘Kiwi’ sister. She wanted to eat Char Kuew Tiaw, Domino’s Pizza, Fettucini Carbonara (usually pizza and pastas offered in New Zealand have ham), Chim Chum (just like Seoul Garden), etc. we also went to our ‘favourite’ restaurant, Noodles Station. We are sort of frequent customers there, not because of the food, service or price, but it is because of the environment, the concept and the atmosphere. It is kind of casual dining, the customers will feel relax and cozy to have some chit chat with family and friends.

we are the singles!

can you see her face? it is the sign of the food was not so good.

Not to forget, I also got some souvenirs from my sisters. From New Zealand I got Whitakers, Belgian and Lindt Chocolates, some fridge magnets, Victoria University t-shirt and printed Kiwi apron with kitchen towel. While from Turkey (my sister and her husband done Umrah in Mecca and Medina, they also visited Turkey), I got Istanbul printed t-shirt, keychain and fridge magnet. Thanks a lot, I do appreciate them.

seriously i wonder how it taste. really hot like the real chilli?

these are some of the chocolates

As i was home, a lot of treasures i have found. Lets see.

this is my nephew and i almost forgot that he was this cute. as he was "rapidly" grows up!

days become years and the cute little boy turns to "giant" nephew (the right site).

this is me, when i was 4 or 5.

It is meaningless if I do not cook if I go home. I love to make pastries products even I am the one who eat it. I bake some cakes, Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache, Butter Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Brownies with Chocolate Ganache, also a type of cookies, Chocolate Chips Cookies. I will share the recipe soon.

Before I end the entry, I would like to wish best of luck to all UiTM students, final examination is just around the corner. Do not forget to study smart, all the best!

·         Here I am going to share you Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate Cake

225g butter

300g sugar

5no eggs

½ tsp vanilla essence

200g flour

100g cocoa powder

1tsp baking soda

125ml milk (fresh/ low fat/ chocolate or even plain water)

    1) Beat butter and sugar until fluffy

    2) Pour eggs (one at one time, beat slowly until it dissolve      properly before you pour the others) with vanilla essence

    3) Add sieved flours, cocoa powder and baking soda carefully. Do not spill

    4) Pour in the liquid

    5) Bake/ steam for about 45 minutes at 180◦c

Chocolate Ganache

400g cooking chocolate

200ml heavy cream

   1) Bring the cream to simmer, off the flame

   2) Add chopped chocolate

this is it! it was my nephew's birthday

these are some of the photos taken with instax

Custard Bread Butter Pudding?

Or what should I call it? Its okay, never mind. I was created this recipe, inspired by a Bread Butter Pudding with Custard Sauce recipe which I found on the internet. However, I want to make Bread Butter Pudding but in different way.  

Let’s begin!

Ingredients A

• 16 slices of white bread
•  4 cups fresh milk

Tear the breads and soak in the milk.

Ingredients B

• 8 tbsp sweetened milk
• 4 tbsp butter
• 5 no eggs
• 2 tsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp custard powder
• Vanilla essence

Whisk the milk, eggs until well mix. Add the other ingredients.

Mix the mixture A and B. bake for about 45 minutes or until fully cooked and brown.

it would be nice if you give this to your future mother-in-law.

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes

I got it from the internet as well, but I was adjusted it. Unfortunately the unintended thing happen to me where the chocolate chips that I have bought was melted and the cookies turns darker hence, better. I guess? Since I already share the Double Chocolate Chip Cookies on previous, so I’m not going to put the step by step photos. So here is the recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

·           2 1/4 cups flour

·         1/2 teaspoon baking soda

·         1 cup butter, room temperature

·         1/2 cup granulated sugar

·         ¾ cup light-brown sugar

·         2 teaspoons vanilla extract

·         2 largeeggs

·        2 cups chocolate chips (the original recipe, but it was melted so I add some more 50g chocolate chips from other brand)

     DIRECTIONS:

      1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees. In the bowl, combine the butter with both sugars. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low, add the vanilla and eggs. Beat until well mixed. Add flour and baking soda mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

      2) Because this is a drop cookies, so I use piping bag to pipe the batter. Pipe heaping balls of batter about 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper because the batter will expend in size.

     3) Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 10 to 13 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

Well, both of the cookies I made were finished by my nephews and nieces also the siblings in just one day. Can you imagine how good is the taste for the both of the cookies?

so here it is. the darker chocolate chips cookies. but if you really follow the original recipes, your result is different.

Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

As I have promised you and you have my words, I’m going to share a cookies recipe. I got it from the internet, but I was adjusted it. Enjoy!Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups butter
1 ½ cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips


Directions:

1. Cream together the butter, sugar till fluffy.

2. Then add the eggs and vanilla.

3. Put the flour, cocoa and add baking soda. Blend well.

4. Fold in the chocolate chips. Bake at 180° for 10-13 minutes.

so this is it. Flat and crunchy!

It’ HARI GAWAI holiday! (che mek recipe inside!)

Wait a minute! It’s Hari Gawai and I am on holiday? But why? Okay people, I don’t even get it. It’s okay because I love HOLIDAY! Dear fellow friends from other universities, please do not jealous.

Here some information, just for your general knowledge. Gawai Dayak is a festival celebrated by Dayaks in Sarawak and West Kalimantan which is officially public holidays on 31 May and 1 June every year in Sarawak. It is both a religious and social occasion. However, not many of us know about it because Hari Gawai is celebrated by the minorities in Malaysia.

I wrote this entry because I just want to share what I have done during the break!

 I am very fortunate because I just have 3 days classes so I can start my break earlier than others. After I finished my class, I went to Kamunting, Taiping, Perak, my sister’s house. Just to see my beloved cute nephew, Afham.

so ladies and gentlemen, this is Afham, my nephew.

and we were having the new Pizza Hut Italian Pizza.

I spent 3 days there and I went back to my hometown, Kota Bharu, Kelantan on Saturday. I was so happy, finally its home. I miss everything about my hometown. The people, places and foods. Whenever I’m away from Kelantan, I will try to find ways to come back home.

I was so happy to be at home, but unluckily I don’t feel good, I was kind of sick. I got fever, headache, flu, sore throat and everything. However, all the illness never put me away from my kitchen. Just to let you know, even now, I’m writing this entry, I still holding a tissue paper. I don’t fully recover. It’s too bad when a super girly girl have a matured man voice.

So here I just want to share some of my favourite food which I always want to eat whenever I’m home.

First, it’s Nasi Kerabu with Roasted Chicken. It’s a Malay Traditional food, but what I really like about this unbeatable Nasi Kerabu is they put some Thai touch where you can smell the aroma of the kaffir lime leaf and taste of a little bit lemon grass. The price is just RM2.50 and you can get it at Jalan Pengkalan Chepa just near to SMK (A) Maahad Muhammadi Lelaki.

Second, Laksa Penang, I live in Penang but when I come back to Kelantan, I will eat Laksa Penang. Weird. But I really love this Laksa Penang. It just because the gravy is thick and spicy, plus the portion also is big, I guarantee you will full with satisfy. I hope you don’t shock, it just cost you RM2. I bought it at Pasar Siti Khadijah. By the way, if you go to Pasar Siti Khadijah, I am pretty sure you spoil by the choices and the price of food is very cheap. Other than food like Malay traditional desserts, you can shop your souvenirs, clothes, dried and raw food items and many more.

its just RM2 and i got a whole hard boiled egg and they don't even peel it!

Third, homemade food! Whatever it is, I must eat something made from my own kitchen. For that time, I really want to eat Chemek or some people may call it Chemek Molek or very seldom people call it Mek Comel. Whatever they call that Malay traditional dessert, the appearance and taste are just the same. It is made from sweet potatoes and the filling is just the sugar. Let me tell you how. It is so simple and easy. Even the sick people like me can do it.

First of all, boil the sweet potatoes; let it cold because you don’t want to hurt yourselves. Second, peel off the skin and mash them, I used pestle and mortar as the authentic way. Third, add a number of egg, actually it is depends on how many the sweet potatoes you have. I used 1 kg, so one number of egg is enough. Then put some flour, mix them. The dough is ready when it is not really stick to your hands.

Next, take a small piece of the dough, make it into a ball shape and press it into thin slice. Put some sugar on top and fold it, make it like a barrel shape. Repeat the same steps until you finish all the dough.

However, you cannot let the folded Chemek unfry because the sugar may absorb the moisture and penetrate the dough, as the result your final product is not as good as you wish. You must fry them as soon as they are fold.

Finally fry them until golden brown. Caution, do not eat while hot, you can but just be careful because hot sugar syrup inside.

so i present you, chemek

            Other than food, I was so happy since I can spend time with my family, it is sort of bonding time. Well it also the school holiday, so my sisters are home, nieces and nephews. Really love them. And I have bought a new jersey, its Spain. Go Spanish! Go David Villa! Is he going to play on next FIFA World Cup?

these are part of my nephew. the red names Amir and the blue is Muaz

            And i would love to have some time with the loved one eating our favourite dessert at Pizza Hut.

So, I think that’s all for this entry, see you on my next entries. I’m going to share some lovely recipes since Ramadhan just around the corner, who knows if you want to try new recopies for your Hari Raya festive soon. 

can't wait to see her.