Birthday Cake

Today is my brother's birthday and I bake a cake for him since my children wants to eat any cake that I bake. It's made from cream cheese and coated with chocolate ganache.

                                  Diva Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache


Ingredients:
330 gm butter
3 cups sugar (I use 2 cups because the chocolate ganache is sweet)
3 cups flour 
250gm cream cheese
1tsp vanilla essence
6 eggs


1. Beat butter and sugar til light and fluffy.
2. Add in cream cheese. Beat again til smooth and well blend.
3.Add in vanilla essence and eggs and continue to beat.
4. Put in flour and mix well.
5. Pour the batter into 8"x8" baking pan and bake at 350 degree fahrenheit for an hour or until cook. Be careful not too overcook.
6. After it's cook, cool it on a wire rack.


Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
500 gm baking chocolate
70 gm butter


1. Put the chocolate and butter together inside a bowl. 
2. Heat it in a microwave for two minute and whisk it til it's melt. You can also use double boil method if you don't have a microwave.
3. After it's melted, pour onto the cake and smear it all over the cake. Decorate it as you like. 

Renungkan

‎"Mengapa mendambakan isteri sehebat Khadijah

Andai diri tidak semulia Rasulullah s.a.w.

Tidak perlu isteri secantik Balqis

Andai diri tidak sehebat Sulaiman

Mengapa mengharapkan suami setampan Yusuf

Seandai kasih tak setulus Zulaikha

Tidak perlu mencari suami seteguh Ibrahim

Andai diri tidak sekuat Hajar dan Sarah..."

I got this quote from my Ustaz when I was in Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang Miri. I want to share this to all of you because nowadays, we tend to compare our spouse/couple to other people and wishing that how good if our spouse/couple is like this, like that, like him, like her. But, we never think about our selves, are we good enough to have the good ones? THINK! The main thing is always be thankful to Allah with whatever He gives and if not, try to upgrade yourself and find ways to mend things the way you want.

Easy Creme Brulee (pronounced bru-layh)

My hubby brought us to dine at Zest, Marriot Miri last 2 weeks and I really love the Creme Brulee ((French for "burned cream"). I googled the internet for the recipe and tried it this morning and it is nice and creamy and yummy! But, I make it simple without burning the sugar on top because I don't have a butane torch and to burn it with other way takes time and my baby is screaming inside his MacLaren's rocker.  So, here goes he recipe.

                                        Creme Brulee


Ingredients:
2 cups of heavy cream
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
4 egg yolks


1. Put in together sugar and cream inside a bowl. Whisk it just to blend the sugar with the cream.
2. Put inside the microwave for 2 minutes to dissolve the sugar.
3. While waiting for the cream and sugar, whisk the egg yolks just enough to break the yolks and smooth it up.
4. Mix in the cream-sugar and egg yolk. Don't over whisk. We do not want any bubble to come out.
5. Put the mixture into individuals ramekin or custard cup.
6. Put the ramekins on a tray and fill in water about half the ramekins. Bake inside the oven around 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
7. It will be quite jiggly. Wait for it to be cool and put inside the fridge.
8. For the finishing touch, sprinkle some sugar on the creme brulee and burn it with a butane torch or under a broiler. 
ENJOY!

Crispy Chicken Wing with sauce

My children really loves to eat fried chicken, especially the chicken wing part. I wouldn't allow them to always eat KFC's chicken so I will fry for them, chicken made from home. I've tried numerous recipes to achieve the crispiness but not the floury thing like KFC. I even tried numerous brand of Tepung KFC for frying chicken but it turn out to be too salty. So, today, I tried to fry the chicken using Tapioca Flour and it is great!!! My fussy hubby also loves the chicken (he is the first person whom I met with a really high standard of food and his critics can be such a pain in the ass, ouchy!). So here goes the recipe and I've include the recipe of the sauce too.

                        Diva Fried Chicken Wing


Ingredients:
15 pcs of chicken wings (break to 2 parts)
5 tablespoons of tapioca flour (can add more if it is not enough to coat all of the chicken)
2 tablespoons of turmeric powder
A dash of salt
A dash of pepper
Egg white from 2 eggs
Oil to fry


1. Clean the chicken wings and break to 2 parts. Drain the water. Put inside a big bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a wok.
3. Beat the egg white and pour onto the chicken wings. Mix well.
4. Add in the tapioca flour, turmeric powder, salt and pepper. Coat well.
5. Fry the chicken wings 4- 5 pieces at a time. Do not fry too many at a time or the chicken will not be crispy. 
6. Fry til finish.




                     Chili Sauce


Ingredients:
7-10 pcs of red chili (use whatever chili you want)
7-10 pcs of garlic
5 tablespoons of vinegar
2 tablespoons of sugar
A dash of salt


1. Blend all together and season to taste.

Salt Cheese Crackers Cream Cake

This cake has made a craze in Miri and even when my sister-in-law came from Kuching, she bought many of this cakes for her colleagues back in Kuching. So, here is the recipe and I hope many of you out there will have the effort to try this because it is really yummy BUT fattening. Hahaha... Why did I say that? Because its made from cream cheese, butter and cream. One more thing, it's very easy because no baking needed! Enjoy!

                            Salt Cheese Crackers Cream Cake


Ingredients:
250gm butter
250 cream cheese
1 cup icing sugar
170gm cream (smallest can of Nestle cream)
2 packets of Khong Guan salt cheese crackers
1 cup fresh milk or any milk you want to use


1. Beat sugar and butter til fluffy. Add in cream cheese and beat again til light and fluffy.
2. Add in cream. Beat again.
3. Pour in the milk inside a plate or container. 
4. Dip in the crackers one by one (not too long or it will break) and arrange it horizontally 5x3 crackers.
5. After finishing one layer, spread the cream cheese batter on top of the crackers. Arrange the second layer of the crackers and spread again.
6. Continue to do all of the layering and spreading til it's finished. You can stop at any amount of layer that you want and spread the batter as thick as you want.
7. Put inside the fridge til set.
8. When it's hard enough, cut and enjoy!

Spaghetti Pie

Last Monday, I tried a recipe which I get from the internet of course, but I gave it a little twist to suit my convenience. It was a hit among my children! So, here goes the recipe:







  Spaghetti Pie


Ingredients: 
1 packet of spaghetti (I use San Remo)
1 packet of Maggi Spaghetti Sauce
2 cups of water
1/2 bottle of Maggi tomato sauce or you can 1 medium can of tomato paste (any brand)
250gm minced beef / chicken
2 tomatoes (cubed)
Mushrooms of your choice (diced)
2 carrot (cubed and boiled til soft)

250gm shredded mozzarella cheese
4 pcs of garlic (diced)
Sugar and salt to taste


1. Boil spaghetti to cook. Strain then put inside a baking dish.
2. Sautee diced garlic til brown then add minced beef or chicken.
3. Add in water and spaghetti sauce. Mix well.
4. Add in carrot, mushrooms and tomato. Season to perfect taste.
5. Transfer into a baking dish. You may cut the spaghetti into shorter length before you add in the sauce.
6. Top mozzarella on the spaghetti til it cover all.
7. Bake in the oven, 200 degrees celsius till cheese cooked and well spread.
8. Enjoy while it's hot!

Kainon Dryer

Kainon Dryer

It's been raining almost everyday now in Miri. Before this, I'll be very worried with the weather because with 5 children plus my husband and I and my father, you can imagine how many clothes are there per day. But this is not a problem anymore because 2 weeks before Hari Raya, my hubby bought a dryer with Kainon brand. Never heard of it but it's from China. It's around RM8++ and it serves it purpose as a dryer so satisfyingly. I suggest to every mother and wife out there who can afford to buy a dryer, please do so because it does do wonder to your laundry chore by cutting the worries about where to hang your clothes when there's no sun everyday. With this dryer, I no longer worry about the weather as I used to, just worry about the electricity bill. Hehehehe... :) Just kidding.

P.S: If you read this hubby, I'm so grateful that you bought this dryer because it really helps me. Thank you so much and I love you so.....