Xinyi 2 years old birthday

Her actual day is 26th April and we celebrate it for her on 24th April so everybody can enjoy the nite till late since is Saturday.

I challenged myself to make this strawberry mousse jelly cake. Overall, the cake is not so tough to do it but the step of pouring the jelly is bit panic to do it. The cake is very tasty and refreshing, the outlook not too bad but the jelly a bit too soft. Not sure why cos I've been followed the same steps on the instruction label.

Hmm..im bit lazy to type out the recipe, however you can easily find it in http://www.jellorecipes.net/.

Sorry, i forgot to take picture after slicing the cake :-(

Im too busy on that nite as i also serving, spaghetti, salad, eggroll , mashed potatoes and some grilled sausage. ..

Dry Mee Pok Fishball Noodle -S'pore Style

20.03.2010 - Saturday

After exploring in the net and finally i found my favarite mee pok recipe and I'm so urge to prepare it since i can't find any in KL. The recipe is showing the DIY sauce which Im really lazy to do it . Luckily, I found another blogger who recommend to use the Dried Shrimp Chili Paste (Tean's Gourmet) which can be easily find it at any local hypermarket. So, obviously I choose the option of the ready made sauce .

I was very happy with the taste and i found out that the most important secret recipe for this noodle is the 'black vinegar'. After putting the black vinegar, the noodle taste is totally different and is so tasty. I love it so much.

Here's the simple ingredients:-

Note: Below is only my estimated measurement, subject to change based on individual tastebud.

Fish balls (estimated 4pcs a bowl)

minced pork (about RM3)

green onion (a stalk)

Cintan dry flat noodle (1pc)

Sauce :

Soy sauce x 3 tsp

Fried lard oil or garlic oil x 1tbsp

black vinegar x 1tbsp

dried shrimp chili oil x 2tsp

white pepper (a bit)

Method:

1) Fried some lard oil or garlic oil & put aside. Cut the green onion and put aside.

2) Boil water and out some 'ikan bilis' to cook some soup. Use small fire to brew the taste of the ikan bilis soup.

3) Sieve the ikan bilis out and put in the fish ball and let it boil till the fish ball is floating to surface. That means the fish ball are cooked.

4) Use a sieve, cook the minced pork in the soup using the sieving method. This will not make the minced pork all over the soup. Once the pork is cooked, put aside.

5) In a separate wok/pot, boil some water and ready to cook the noodle.

6) While waiting for the noodle to cook, prepare the sauce in a bowl.

7) Once the noodle is cooked, toss the noodle and mix it in bowl with the sauce.

8) Serve the noodle with the green onion and some minced pork. A separate bowl of fishball soup.

Here's the picture of my mee pok noodle...hmmmm yummy yummy.

2nd cakes for my nephew birthday

13.03.2010 .

I have another chance to challenge myself baking a chocolate banana layered cake with chocolate ganache for my nephew's birhday. Since, im very new in decorating big cake and is really not easy for me to frost the cake nicely. I always have problem frosting the side of the cake. Well, as usual will think of a way to hide the ugly part of the cakes. Here's are the 2 cakes i made.

Why 2 cakes? Ya, last minute my sis told me to make one more in case is too nice and not enough for the party. Oh dear..she really hv confident on me. Anyway, luckily the taste of the cake is not so bad but a little bit dry. Probably, i nv cover it probably when i keep in the fridge.

Reason i kept in the fridge is easier to handle when frosting.

Again, the recipe is obtained from HHB blog (http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/).

06.03.2010-Birthday cake for my husband

Well..this is the 1st time im doing this peach cake for my husband and thank god the cake is really tasty although the look is ugly.

Sorry to say, im still not good on the decoration part and realised is really not easy to frost the cake smoothly..sigh.

Anyway, I will not give up as I found its really interesting and happy to be able to bake a cake for your love one.

I adapt the recipe from a blogger (HHB) and realised her recipe is really tasty and detailed information.

07.02.2010 - Cornflake Peanut Butter Cookies

After the failure on the pineapple tarts, i've no choice to make another type of cookies.

Gone through a few blogs and found this recipe which is quite easy and I can imagine its tasty too. So, i decided to do this.

In the recipe, require brown sugar & white sugar. 1've done 1st batch according to the recipe and its really tasty. Is crispy and smells good.

So, I continue for 2nd batch. This round , i omit the white sugar since i wish to cut down some sweetness in it. Guess what, the 2nd batch does not have the crispy testure like 1st batch and I think becos of the white sugar which I've omitted in my 2nd batch. Anyway, the texture is soft type which i think is not bad either.

This cookies is so much easier compared to pineapple tarts. Will definitely do the same cookies in next CNY since peanut butter also a good 'term' in chinese call 'fa sang' = 'fai sang'..hahaha.

06.02.2010 - Saturday / Pineapple tarts

Today, I'm very dissappointed on my pineapple tarts as I forgot to put vanilla and cos the the tarts have the heavy smell of flour which really disgusting. I was so upset with myself due to careless and made such a silly mistake. Anyway, im hoping the smell will go off after sometime.

I've balance pineapple jam, so i made 1/2 batch of the pastry and this time i make it in round shape. The jam is fully wrap by the pastry in round shape. Although, the outlook a abit ugly due to the cracks surface but the taste is much better compared to the failure batch.

I hope, next year i will have the same urge to do pineapple tarts as this time its really make me sick of it..

My conclusion is Pineapple tarts are not easy to make. ..lor

31.01.2010 Sunday- Friendship

Out of sudden, i received a call from my partner and got blame for not answering a call and not returning a missed call. She was rather harsh on the phone which i admit i made a mistake that i should not ignore the missed call as a cupcake seller. But , does she need to be so harsh on the phone? Why she never think she have to bear some responsibilities as well? She can divert the caller to call me, why can't she simply sms me & alert me on her divert call. Then i'll be alert and definitely will not ignore the missed call.

My mind is shut off over the weekend for cupcake supply as i was not feeling well and also my daughter is not feeling well too. Besides, i was thinking we can't accept any cupcake order since my partner is away. She know very well on this that any order must be done by both of us. She never give me chance to explain and never try to understand my situation.

Sometime, i realise she rather blunt to her friends and never try to understand other people's situation. She always think she is right, she always think she is the best, she sacrifice a lot for the biz..etc. Am i always sitting there to share the profit?? I am not, i worked hard too. Did i ever tell around how much i sacrifice. No doubt most deals are done by her that doesn't mean im useless. Why is she so mean to tell me..'i don't expect you to close the deal'! Is really hurt.

After this incident, i realise is not easy to work with her as she always think she is the best ..she always wants to be the winner and demanding.

I'm swear that i never say such a harsh statement to my closed friends becos i do concern how people feel.

Nevertheless, i learned my lesson and know more about this friend of mine. She always said Im her closest friend and yet she never bother my feeling and simply hurt me directly. Is this call closed friend. A closed friend should understand each other and not blaming without understanding..