Simply Roxanne

Quick baked chocolate cake

2012-03-18T22:59:00.000+08:00

The cake below was baked 4 days ago while I was very busy with my assignments and craving for cake. So to make it quick, I bake a small cake out of whatever ingredients I can get from the pantry, into the oven and poof! Looks ugly, so I sprinkled some cocoa on the top to cover its ugliness, and guess what, it taste great (except for the sprinkled cocoa, I forgot that it was bitter)!

Chocolate cake baked from microwave

After I posted this picture into my Facebook, a few friends started asking for the recipe and I told them that I didn't have a proper measurement for this as I roughly make it and just dumped and mixed everything together and into a bowl.

Today, I decided to make the same cake again, this time with a proper measurement, so that I can share this recipe with everyone.

The second time with proper measurement

St. Valentine's Day - Moonlight Dinner

2012-02-17T23:28:00.000+08:00

Hey there! How are you? Sorry for not updating my blog for months as I was too busy with my teaching, studies, Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year. Even though I was busy, but I really do enjoy it. The sad thing was not much pictures were taken during these occasions...

Anyway, let's talk about what the title says.

Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi

2011-10-15T17:54:00.001+08:00

Colmar Tropicale, Bukit Tinggi

After Cherating, Raymond and I left for Bukit Tinggi, which is at the south west of Pahang. It took us another 3 hours of long drive there.

This was actually the second time I'd been here. The first time was exactly one year ago with my family on my birthday too. We decided to come here because Raymond hadn't been here before and I promised myself that I would come here again.

Holiday Villa, Cherating

2011-10-11T16:30:00.002+08:00

Sea view after sunset

Few months back, Raymond had planned for a memorable trip for my birthday. After surveying and discussing, we decided to go Cherating and Colmar Tropical, Bukit Tinggi.

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Plain Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Grilled Tuna Cheese Sandwich

2011-09-23T19:01:00.001+08:00

Plain Grilled Cheese

Tuna Grilled Cheese

I had heard of grilled cheese sandwich quite sometime ago, and it's a common breakfast in the western country which is so simple and delicious. Just imagine how the cheese melts, it made me feel so tempted that I have to try this.

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Port Dickson

2011-09-02T22:25:00.002+08:00

Teluk Kemang, Port Dickson

This week is the 3rd semester break of the year. Hari Raya and Merdeka (Malaysia National Day) fall in this week too. So before everywhere starts to get busy, my family went for an early vacation nearby, Port Dickson.

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Sardine Bolognaise Vermicelli

2011-08-22T14:56:00.003+08:00

Vermicelli with Sardine Bolognaise

Today is my 3rd annual leave that I'm using for this year, and there are 4 more to go. Yesterday, I'd promised my family that I'll cook pasta since I'll be on leave. And so, here we go~
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Apple Stuffed Potato Pie

2011-08-15T02:00:00.001+08:00

Got up late this morning, but I did get a good rest after days and weeks of work. As usual in Malaysia, Sunday means sunny day, it's always hot and sunny on most Sundays.

Spent most of my time at home with Raymond, chit chat, talking about houses, the design of the dining room, living room, sleeping room, toilet... and the most important thing is the kitchen.

After he went back, and waiting for my parents return from KL, I felt quite bored. While watching food show, I had the idea of stuffing my favourite mashed potato into any fruit that I can get it in the fridge, and I guess you know what I found. =D

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Mashed Potato and Mushroom Gravy

2011-06-25T22:45:00.001+08:00

Top: Lagsana

Bottom: Mashed Potato and Mushroom Gravy

Today is my sister's convocation. It's sad that I can't attend because it was all in a sudden and I have classes going on at home.

Both of my parents attended her convocation and there's no one to cook for dinner, and since Raymond, my guy requested me to bake him something, I was thinking, "Why not? After all, I'm getting myself dinner too!"

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Spiral Pasta

2011-06-20T22:59:00.024+08:00

Spiral Pasta

I had applied leave for today not for any reason, but trying to use up my annual leaves, and so far this was my second leave for this year.

Got up late from bed, had my brunch, watched a lot of TV shows and rested a lot until my dad called and I promised him that I'll have dinner ready for the family.

Happy Father's Day - Red Chocolate Cake

2011-06-20T02:19:00.002+08:00

Happy Father's Day to all fathers in the world

My father is a very strict Chinese man. When we were little, he controlled and punished us a lot that sometimes we were quite afraid of him. But as we grew up and started to think back, he had done everything for us that no one can be compared to him.
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Fruit Tarts

2011-06-12T00:38:00.003+08:00

Kiwi and Mango Fruit Tart

I had been wanting to bake this for a very long time ever since I learned how to bake egg tarts, and since I didn't have any class this afternoon, I finally spent my time for this.

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Making A Simple Handbag

2011-06-06T01:44:00.009+08:00

Been watching television during school holiday, and I learnt something new from a Taiwanese show on how to make a handbag using unused skirt instead of throwing the skirt away.

Piai Cape and Kukup Island

2011-06-03T12:07:00.005+08:00

On Monday, after i made myself breakfast, my father asked me whether I have any plans for holiday. Knowing that I didn't have any, he suggested that maybe we should go for a trip to Kukup Island in Johor Bahru.

With a sudden plan, we left home quite late. We stopped at Aunt Luciana, my grandaunt's place at Seri Alam, Johor Bahru for that night because it was too late to travel, and we don't know where it was exactly.

Tanjung Piai Resort

Southernmost Tip Of The Mainland Asia Continent

Simple Bread Pie

2011-05-30T14:40:00.003+08:00

Roxanne's bread pie

Mid-year school term break had just started, and since I had time to make myself breakfast, I decided to make something different instead of French toast pizza. Almost the same method, but I want to make it look different this time.

Birthday Cheesecake

2011-05-26T17:59:00.206+08:00

Rekha's birthday is on this coming Sunday, but I won't be seeing her until 6th of June as we're having our holidays for one week.

Earlier on, she had requested for a cheesecake, the first time when I bake for my colleagues, she was not around, so I decided to make another one for her birthday.

Cheesecake covered with chocolate butter cream

So far I had already baked the cheesecake for a few times, my family really enjoyed, including my relatives in Selangor. This cheesecake was known as Japanese Cheesecake.
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Chocolate-Coffee Layer Gateau - Corrected

2011-05-17T23:56:00.004+08:00

Today is a public holiday of Wesak, and since my family too having their holidays, I decided to try what I'd failed earlier, Coffee Layer Gateau.

Chocolate-Coffee Layer Gateau - Corrected Version

Failed Coffee Layer Gateau

2011-05-15T23:59:00.002+08:00

Bored weekend, decided to bake something with Raymond from the baking book and I was quite interested with this cake called Coffee Layer Gateau, because I love coffee very much~

Coffee Layer Gateau, picture taken from the baking book by Hamlyn

Happy Mother's Day - Chocolate cake

2011-05-08T23:47:00.009+08:00

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers in the world

She's my doctor, and I'm her patient;

She's my teacher, and I'm her student;

She's my cook, and I'm her taster;

She's my tailor, and I'm her manikin;

She's my everything, and I'm nothing to compare;

She's my guardian, and I'm her angel (the rascal one =P);

And the most wonderful thing of all that God created,

She's my mother, and I'm her daughter~

Happy Mother's Day, mum~ I love you~

Yesterday after tuition class at home, Claire (a cousin who was also my student) wanted a suggestion from me about baking a chocolate cake for mother's day. Showing her the baking book, and browsing through videos in YouTube, we finally decided which cake to bake.
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Easter & Grandpa's 80th Birthday

2011-05-01T17:48:00.005+08:00

Last Sunday was Easter, the Holy Sunday, and it was my grandfather's 80th birthday as well. It was a happy day for all of us, where we can reunite not only on his birthday, but Easter, The holy Sunday as well.

My grandpa, a Portuguese-Eurasian

Born in Portuguese Settlement, Malacca

Easter basket with candies

Picture taken in year 2010 around Easter

My First Blog

2011-04-30T20:12:00.004+08:00

Used to blog since the year of 2003, even had a few blogs too~

Now it's time to 'settle down' to only one blog, and 'poof'~ Here I am~