The Cat, The Rabbit & The Hedgehog

2013-06-30T21:36:00.000+08:00

Forget botox, the new buzz word is "collagen", and this skin friendly protein that was being marketed in the form of supplements and as an important ingredient in creams and serums. The latest entrant in the anti aging arena, however, is the collagen drink that is apparently a huge hit already.

This drink brings about a dramatic reduction in lines and wrinkles in a matter of days, so much so that women are already queuing up for this magic potion. To order your pure collagen powder, whatsapp/sms 0182722880.

Lunch @ Manhattan Fish Wangsa Walk

2013-05-21T09:23:00.001+08:00

Aku bought few groupons for the deal kat Manhattan Fish. Semalam masa tengah belek groupon pages, tiba2 ternampak that the coupons that I bought will expire on 24th May!! Oh tidak!! Maka, dalam keadaan perut yang tak berapa sihat, terpaksa la jugak ku gagahkan diri pegi lunch kat situ dengan hubby and iffah. Iman tak ikut coz dia sekolah petang. Sian anak mama.. next ok sayang..

This time the food is way better than the last time we were there. Maybe masa aku pegi last time, ramai yg tengah redeem coupon, so the kithen was busy, thus, the not so sedap food. Iffah was very hungry. Dia sorang makan 3/4 of the rice dalam huge plate tu! ishk! pastu complaint kat mama that she cant run laju anymore.

Mini frittatas by Giada De Laurentiis

2013-05-20T21:34:00.004+08:00

Recipe ni dah lama peram. This is like telur dadar but mat salleh style.. It is really good especially makan time panas-panas.

Mini frittatas

Ingredients

8 large eggs
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 ounces thinly sliced ham, chopped (I used Chicken Ham slices)
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan (I used cheddar cheese mixed with mozzarella cheese)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Spray 2 mini muffin tins (each with 24 cups) with nonstick spray or use butter. Whisk the eggs, milk, pepper, and salt in a large bowl to blend well. Stir in the ham, cheese, and parsley. Fill prepared muffin cups almost to the top with the egg mixture. Bake until the egg mixture puffs and is just set in the center, about 8 to 10 minutes. Using a rubber spatula, loosen the frittatas from the muffin cups and slide the frittatas onto a platter. Serve immediately.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/mini-frittatas-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

Collagen dan Penuaan

2013-04-30T08:53:00.000+08:00

Penuaan dan kolagen

Apabila usia meningkat, pengeluaran kolagen akan berkurangan dan struktur sel menjadi lemah. Kulit menjadi nipis dan mudah rosak, rambut juga akan tidak bermaya. Kulit menjadi kendur dan kelihatan berkedut, tendon dan ligamen juga menjadi kurang elastik. Perubahan akan dirasai pada sendi dimana kadang-kadang sendi menjadi "stiff".

Bagaimana untuk melambatkan proses penuaan ini? Pengambilan 5-10gram (5000-10000mg) collagen setiap hari akan dapat membantu memulihkan kekurangan collagen dalam badan.

Pengambilan Puro Collagen boleh membantu menambah collagen yang diperlukan oleh kita. Untuk harga RM90, anda akan mendapat 5gram/5000mg collagen tulen.

Kenapa terlalu murah berbanding dengan collagen lain dipasaran yang telah dicampur dengan pelbagai extrak, gula, pengawet etc?

Ini adalah kerana

1. Pembelian secara pukal dan pembungkusan semula.
2. Collagen adalah makanan. Maknanya untuk mendapat kesan yang positif, kena amalkan secara berterusan. Harga yang rendah amat penting untuk tidak membebankan pengguna.
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Day out with the girls

2013-04-30T08:43:00.004+08:00

Normally, on weekends, I would stay home. Tapi last weekend, aku keluar dengan the girls. Zuleika came for sleepover. So Sunday tu we went out. As usual, tempat lepak favourite adalah Chili's. Tq Warque bagi kita orang makan free! It was a great bonding time with Layla, Matju and their broods.

After the session in Chili's Empire, we send Zuleika off to Lake Club for her aikido class and went to KLCC. I met Dila, a friend whom I havent met for more than 5 years. Kebetulan anak Dila yang sulung belajar language kat British Council. Kita orang lepak kat San Francisco Coffee KLCC. Now they are having promotion, buy 1 free 1 if you have cimb credit card or debit card.

I love their organic lollies! sedap!

No coffee for the girls! :D

Puro Collagen - Halal

2013-03-31T08:59:00.000+08:00

Ada 3 ciri perlu dipastikan dalam pengambilan kolagen - sumber, saiz dan jumlah pengambilan kolagen setiap hari.

Ciri pertama :Sumber Collagen

Sebenarnya terdapat lebih daripada 20 jenis kolagen kesemuanya di dalam badan manusia.

Jenis 1 dan 3 penting untuk kulit.
Jenis 2 untuk sendi dan tulang
Jenis 7 untuk organ dalaman.

Jika anda makan kolagen dari sumber lembu (bovine @ yak @ kambing dan yang sejenis dengannya), ia cuma membekalkan kolagen jenis 2, yang hanya bagus untuk sendi dan bukan untuk kecantikan. Oleh itu penting untuk dapatkan kolagen daripada sumber ikan yang dapat membekalkan badan dengan jenis kolagen 1, 2, 3 dan 7 yang sesuai untuk memelihara kecantikan kulit, keutuhan sendi dan kesihatan dalaman. (Sumber: Majalah Rapi 15 Februari 2013 ms 53)

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The Best Sambal Nasik Lemak

2013-03-26T15:39:00.001+08:00

Every weekend, nasik lemak has become a routine Sunday morning menu. Hubby and Iffah is crazy over this sambal nasik lemak. This sambal nasik lemak is super easy and super delicious. Maybe jugak because it is so simple, maka rasa dia amplified.

See, even the mug is smiling.. hehe

The Best Sambal Nasik Lemak

Original recipe

4 biji bawang besar

10 ulas bawang putih

1 1/2 cup of cili giling (kalau tak suka pedas, boleh kurangkan)

1 sudu besar belacan

1/2 cup gula merah

gula, garam

1 sudu besar asam jawa - ambik air

1 cup air

cara2

1. blend bawang besar dan bawang putih.

2. panaskan minyak dalam periuk, tumis bawang hingga garing, masukkan cili giling dan belacan.

3. tumis hingga garing, masukkan gula merah dan 1 cawan air. biarkan merenih for about 30-45 minit. kalau terlalu kering, tambah lagi air.

4. bila sambal pekat dan likat, masukkan air asam jawa, garam dan gula. boleh tambah air panas kalau sambal terlalu pekat.

My nasi lemak dihidangkan dengan telur rebus, dan ayam goreng. Recipe ayam goreng is very simple. Basically it is just 1 sudu besar rempah kari campur dengan garam dan daun kari, gaul with ayam. Then goreng but tak terlalu garing.

Lunch at KL Sentral

2013-03-21T07:59:00.003+08:00

I went for lunch with Roger semalam. Oleh kerana dah janji dengan hubby that he will pick me up kat KL Sentral, so, I didnt drive. Instead, I took LRT. Ok jugak naik LRT time tak busy sebab aku boleh guling2 lagi kat dalam LRT, hardly any people.

Bila sampai KL Sentral, aku pegi jumpa Cana dulu. Aku hantar cake and her collagen. She had a meeting at 2pm, so takleh join kita orang lunch. At 1pm, I went to Sooka. Roger ajak makan kat Kelantan Delight. It's sooo overpriced! Char Kuey Teow pun dah almost RM17. Kalau makan kat tepi jalan depan sekolah iman baru RM4, penuh pinggan.

This was supposed to be for Iman, tapi dia taknak. So mak dia pakai bag ni :D

Kita tengok gambar lampu je la ye.. totally forgotten to take photos of the food.

Puro Collagen Halal - Tanpa Was Was

2013-03-20T11:39:00.000+08:00

Sumber dari ikan/marine tidak menjamin kehalalan produk tersebut kerana ada kemungkinan collagen telah dicampur dengan sumber yang tidak halal atau kilang tersebut juga memproses collagen dari sumber lain yang tidak halal.

Adalah penting untuk kita pastikan collagen yang kita ambil itu ada HALAL certificate. Ini kerana, walaupun collagen yang kita ambil itu dari marine source, kemungkinan besar kilang yang memproses collagen marine itu juga memproses collagen dari bovine (lembu), porcine (babi), chicken (ayam) atau sheep (kambing biri-biri).

Ada juga marine collagen yang dicampur dengan collagen dari sumber binatang. Sebagai contoh : (diambil dari alibaba.com)

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1.Source: fish,chicken,pig,bovine
2.Protein; 98%
3.Used for health food,cosmetics,soft drinks

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Wordless Wednesday

2013-03-20T08:02:00.001+08:00

Lapis Surabaya

2013-03-19T12:41:00.001+08:00

Bila tengok this recipe requires 30 egg yolks, aku rasa macam nak pengsan. Betul ke?? Ishk! macam tak percaya je kena guna 30 bijik telur kuning. Tapi bila baca blog Rima and she said it's very delicious, aku paksa jugak diri buat. Lagi2 bila tengok anniversary cake parents dia yang dibuat dari kek lapis surabaya ni jugak, lagi la aku terpaksa memaksa diri. Curious jugak nak rasa mcm mana that kek taste like.

Proses memecahkan telur sungguh meletihkan. I threw away all the whites sebab taknak buat pavlova atau apa2 yang boleh menambahkan lagi lemak aku yg sedang membiak dgn jayanya ni.

The cake is beautiful. It tasted better the next day. It is almost like a custard, with a tinge of sourness because of the strawberry jam. And it is definitely heavenly. Now I know why Rima or Zarin bake it many many times.

Spiku/Lapis Surabaya
Adapted from here

Ingredients: Yellow Layers
(make 2 layers of yellow layers) :

20 egg yolks
175 g fine granulated sugar
1 tsp ovalette
100 g all-purpose flour
250 g melted butter

Chocolate Layer :
10 egg yolks
125 g fine granulated sugar
1tsp ovalette (If u dont want to use ovalette, u can omit it)
30 g plain flour
25 g cocoa powder
125 g melted butter
Strawberry jam or whatever jam to your liking. I used premium strawberry jam.

Method:

Grease and line the bottom of 3 , 8 inch baking pans.

Pre heat oven to 350f (fan forced) Prepare the yellow cake mix : Beat together sugar, egg yolks and ovalette until pale and thick.

The batter will expand to around three times the original volume. Put the melted butter in to the batter and turn on the speed to low. Add flour and fold in thoroughly. Pour the batter into the bottom lined cake pans and bake for about 10 – 15 minutes until springy to the touch.

Remove cake from the oven. If the cake is not level and has a dome, use a clean kitchen towel and put it on the hot surface of the cake and press lightly to remove some of the uneven air. Place cake tin on a wire rack and leave to cool for 10 minutes.

Carefully remove cake from tin and place on rack to cool completely. Prepare the chocolate layer in the same way as the yellow layer except fold the sifted cocoa powder together with the flour.

To assemble the cake place one yellow layer on a cake board and spread the top of the cake with thin layer of strawberry jam to stick the layers together. You can put as much or as little jam you like. Place the chocolate layer on top. Spread with jam Place yellow layer on top

Comfort food

2013-03-18T20:08:00.001+08:00

Honey Date Moist Cake

2013-03-17T23:03:00.001+08:00

Help!! I cant stop myself from baking. Sometimes I baked once a day sometimes twice. Everyday mesti nak bake cake. Oh tidak!! Something is wrong with me. The good part about baking nowadays is that aku boleh bagi iman bawak the cake to school. Kawan2 iman memang sangat2 happy bila dapat makan kek.

Tadi aku pegi Tesco, I restocked my butter. Oh no! It's gonna be hard to stop this baking madness for the time being.

This kek kurma recipe aku ambik from mok's recipe book. I love the texture and the taste.

Honey Date Moist Cake
Original recipe

400gram kurma - seeded and rendam satu malam dalam 1 cup air panas yang di campur 1 sudu teh soda bicarbonate.

200 gram butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 sudu besar madu
3 biji telur
1 1/2 cawan tepung naik sendiri

Cara2
1. Panaskan oven 170 degree celcius. Grease dan lapik 2 loaf pan 4 inches.

2. Blend kurma yang dah direndam semalaman. Put aside

3. Whisk butter, honey and sugar hingga kembang. Add telur satu demi satu hingga sebati.

4. Masukkan kurma dan pukul hingga sebati. Masukkan tepung sedikit demi.sedikit dan pukul for about 1 minute.

5. Tuang adunan ke dalam loaf pan dan bakar selama 45 mins - 1 hour.

Secret Cake

2013-03-16T11:47:00.000+08:00

Nama macam gempak je kan? Mula-mula aku tengok nama kek ni, peh! memang teruja giler. Sure kek ni sangat sedap. The verdict? Sangat sedap! Aku suka! Aku tak sure orang lain suka ke tak. Adik aku Mas sangat2 suka. Suruh buat few times dah but I am plain lazy. Hari ni aku buat kek kurma, Secret Cake just have to wait.

Gambar sangat buruk sebab ambik using my hp tengah malam.. hehe

Secret Cake
Adapted from Tasty Kitchen

Ingredients FOR THE CAKE:

½ cups Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 cups Self-Rising Flour
2 cups Sugar (I used 1 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup white sugar)
1 cup Water
½ cups Crisco - Solid Shortening
¼ cups Cocoa Powder
1 stick Butter
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla

FOR THE FROSTING:
⅓ cups Buttermilk
⅓ cups Cocoa Powder
1 stick Butter
16 ounces, weight Powdered Sugar (I cut the sugar to just 1 cup)
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Chopped Walnuts

Preparation Instructions Note: All ingredients need to be at room temperature.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Pour 1/2 cup buttermilk into a 1 cup measuring cup, add baking soda and stir. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl sift together flour and sugar and set aside. In a medium sauce pan over medium heat combine the following: water, Crisco, 1/4 cup cocoa and 1 stick butter. Stir until combined and butter and crisco are melted. Cook until this mixture comes to a slight boil.

Remove from heat and pour into the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Add buttermilk/soda mixture and scrape to get all of the mixture into the bowl. Mix at medium speed using an electric mixer and continue until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix well.

Pour into prepared pan and bake at 400 F for 20-22 minutes. With about 5 minutes left on the baking time make the frosting: In a medium saucepan combine 1/3 cup buttermilk, 1/3 cup cocoa and 1 stick of butter over medium low heat and stir as butter melts. Once melted and combined stir constantly while cooking for about 3 minutes longer. Remove pan from heat and add powdered sugar. Mix well using an electric mixer. Once combined add 1 teaspoon vanilla and chopped nuts, mix well. Pour over the hot cake. This can also be baked in a jelly roll pan, just reduce baking time to 15 minutes. Do not substitute margarine for butter. You may also use different nuts.

Banana Foster Bundt Cake

2013-03-15T09:28:00.000+08:00

I am in love with bundt cake, dunno why.. Maybe sebab bundt cake sangat senang nak buat. Today I am going to have lunch with K.Teh kat Dome Midvalley. K.Teh cakap, kalau on Friday boleh lepak lama2 sebab her lunch hour panjang sikit. Maka, langkah aku pun panjang la jugak .. hehe.. Hubby bengkek je sebab aku kena tinggalkan dia sorang2 kat rumah. He is on MC sebab tak sihat.

This is one of the best bundt cake ever. Aku suka softness of the cake, it's not dry at all, very moist and not sweet. Rasa manis tu just enough. Aku tak payah reduced the sugar. And the best part is the nutty caramalised banana. Peh!! it does make a LOT of difference :)

Banana Foster Bundt Cake
Adapted from Hungry Couple

Ingredients
2 Cups all purpose flour
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Stick unsalted butter, at room temperature (I used 150gram)
1/2 Stick unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 Cups light brown sugar, divided
2 Teaspoons vanilla 2 Eggs
1 Cup buttermilk
2 Banana, peeled and sliced
3 Bananas, mashed
1/4 Cup walnuts, chopped (I substituted with chopped almond)

Butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan. Pour the melted butter into the bottom, sprinkle on 1/2 cup of the sugar, layer on the sliced banana and top with the chopped nuts.

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the remaining sugar and room temperature butter. Add eggs and beat until well incorporated. Mix in the mashed bananas and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk in 2 addition. Mix for another 2 minutes until everything is fully incorporated.

Pour the batter over the walnuts in the bundt pan and bake in pre-heated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool thoroughly in the pan (allow a couple of hours) before turning the cake out onto a plate or stand.

Salami Rolls

2013-03-14T17:53:00.001+08:00

Once in a while, aku would prepare this for the girls. It is very simple and sangat sedap. You should try this too. The kids would love it.

All you need to do is, before tido, alihkan frozen roti canai and salami from freezer to chiller compartment dalam peti. Esok pagi, keluarkan dan boleh la prepare for breakfast anak2.

Recipe

1 pack (5) pieces of frozen roti canai or capati
I pack of salami or chicken slices
Shredded mozarella cheese

Direction
1. spread the roti canai dough, letak 1 keping salami and tabur shredded mozarella. Gulung.

2. Bakar for 20 minutes or until garing dalam oven 200 degree celcius.

posted from Bloggeroid

Jalan-jalan Cari Makan

2013-03-13T07:31:00.001+08:00

Whole day spent on jalan-jalan cari makan.

First stop, breakfast makan kueyteow at Ikea with Hazi and Dina

Second stop, lunch with hubby at Wong Solo Ampang. Sambal dia pedas giler sampai pening kepala aku

Last stop, another round of kueyteow goreng depan sekolah iman.

posted from Bloggeroid

Puro Collagen Halal - Minum Tanpa Was-Was

2013-03-12T17:44:00.003+08:00

Puro Collagen adalah hydrolised collagen dalam bentuk tepung. Boleh diminum tanpa was-was kerana Puro Collagen mempunyai sijil Halal dari Jakim approved Islamic Body (CICOT).

Browned Butter Banana Bundt Cake

2013-03-11T09:07:00.001+08:00

Akibat terlalu banyak pisang kat rumah, kepala sampai pening tak tau nak buat apa. Setelah puas google, maka aku cuba this recipe. Iman wanted to bring cake to school. Mama dia tengah mood malas nak bake sampai menyusahkan diri. So I settled for this recipe this time. Rupa memang la tak lawa but the taste is fabulous! Aku suka cake ni sebab moist and not heavy. Gonna bake this cake again.

The truth is, lately, I am quite busy. Puro Collagen business is kicking off good. Alhamdulillah. Aku sibuk ber whatsapp with customers. Sampai pukul 12 malam pun still busy.. hehe.. But I dont really mind coz hubby tak kesah. On Saturday I went to rumah Suzana in Sg. Buloh, ambik barang yang baru sampai from US. I bought mastrad sheets. Lepas ni boleh la aku cuba buat macaron. Err.. Maybe not.. Bercinta sungguh nak buat macaron tu. Takut addicted to it :)

This shipment, Suzana lost 11 handbag coach dia. Apprently custom officers kat sana ripped her boxes and ambik whatever they want. Innalillah.. kesian dia. Nak buat macam mana, dah takde rezeki.

Browned Butter Banana Bundt Cake

adapted from Cake Dutchess

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt (I omitted salt coz I used salted butter)

6 oz. butter (3/4 cup or 1 1/2 sticks)

1 1/2 cups light brown sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 large eggs, room temperature

2 cups banana puree

1 cup buttermilk (or sour cream)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour your bundt pan (regular 12 cup bundt pan). I personally prefer to use baking spray for bundt pans.

In large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.< Let’s brown some butter: In medium-low heat, melt the butter. Rise the heat to medium and cook until the butter gently boils. Cook until the butter starts to brown and it develops a dark color. Carefully pour the browned butter into a bowl to cool for ten minutes.

In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy using the paddle attachment (you could also beat it with a hand mixer). Beat in the eggs one by one, waiting until each has been incorporated to add the next. Beat in vanilla extract and mashed bananas. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mix and beat on low speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to incorporate. Add in the buttermilk and beat until incorporated followed by the remaining flour mixture; scrape the sides of the bowl to incorporate.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean and the top springs back when lightly pressed. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Puro Collagen Halal Certificate

2013-03-09T11:25:00.003+08:00

Adalah penting untuk kita pastikan collagen yang kita ambil itu ada HALAL certificate. Ini kerana, walaupun collagen yang kita ambil itu dari marine source, kemungkinan besar kilang yang memproses collagen marine itu juga memproses collagen dari bovine (lembu), porcine (babi), chicken (ayam) atau sheep (kambing biri-biri). Ada juga marine collagen yang dicampur dengan collagen dari sumber binatang.

So, kalau kita ambik collagen tu and orang kata it's from marine source, do check whether it is 100% pure marine source or dicampur dengan collagen from other sources. And it is also important that kita pastikan kilang tu hanya proses collagen dari marine sahaja bukan dari sumber lain untuk menjamin kebersihan dan halal produk.

Sebagai contoh : (diambil dari alibaba.com)
fish skin collagen powder:
1.Source:fish,chicken,pig,bovine
2.Protein: 98%
3.Used for health food,cosmetics,soft drinks

Ikea RM2 meatball today!

2013-03-08T11:59:00.001+08:00

The queue is soooo long. Aku sampai sini at 11.10am, lunch open at 11am and the queue dah panjang. Huwaaaa...

Luckily Piyee ada utk queue. He is going back to Japan today.

Puro Collagen

2013-03-07T16:17:00.000+08:00

Puro Collagen is of premium quality.
Premium? Like how?

1. 100% pure collagen - confirmed from the analysis report 100% protein content.

2. Effectively hydrolysed, thus no smell and taste, so no flavor or sweetener needed to mask off the fish smell or taste.

3. Halal certified by Centre for Islam Community of Thailand (Jakim approved halal certification body)

4. Effective - results can be seen/felt as early as 1 week (for some people)

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Banana and Cinnamon Muffin by Jamie

2013-03-07T08:23:00.001+08:00

Bila tengok gambar muffin jamie, punya la lawa. Muffin aku, selebet je. But the taste is fabulous. And amat la senang nak buat.

These are a great treat for breakfast or are lovely for tea time too.Makes 12 muffins

Banana And Cinnamon Muffin

Adapted from Jamie

Ingredients

100g unsalted butter
250g self-raising flour
50g porridge oats
1 level teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons runny honey
100g light muscovado sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
150g plain yoghurt
sea salt
2 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic
2 large, ripe bananas
1 orange
30g sultanas

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6

• Put 12 paper muffin cases in a 12-hole muffin tin • Melt the butter
• Finely grate in the zest of the orange and add the sultanas. Fold the mixture until just combine. Do not overmix

• In a mixing bowl, add flour, 40g oats, baking powder, cinnamon, honey, sugar, vanilla, yoghurt and a tiny pinch of salt. Add eggs

• Mashed the bananas with a fork then add to the bowl

• Bake the muffins in the hot oven for about 20 minutes, or until lovely and golden

Pavlova By Donna Hay

2013-03-05T18:33:00.001+08:00

I am in love with this pavlova. I cut the sugar and it tasted just right, not too sweet.

Pavlova
Adapted from Donna Hay

6 egg whites
1 1/2 cups caster (superfine) sugar
2 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch), sifted
2 teaspoons white vinegar

1 cup (250ml) single (pouring) cream ½ cup passionfruit pulp (approximately 4 passionfruit) 250g strawberries, hulled and halved

1. Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F). Place the eggwhite in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until stiff peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, whisking well, until the mixture is stiff and glossy.

2. Add the cornflour and vinegar and whisk until just combined, about 1 minute.

3. Shape the mixture into few small circular shaped pavlova on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Reduce oven to 130°C and bake for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and allow the pavlova to cool completely in the oven. Whisk the cream until soft peaks form. Spread over the pavlova, top with passionfruit and strawberries and serve immediately. Serves 8–10.

* You’ll know when the meringue is stiff and glossy because the mixture will have tripled in volume and stands up when the beaters are lifted. * The low heat puffs up the meringue while the long cooking time dries it out to give you a lovely crisp shell. * Store your pavlova, undressed, in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

I used non dairy cream brand Rich which you have to campur 1 cup of cold water to the base that you use. You will need to use 2 cups of base for that. It taste superb!!

Classic Victoria Sponge by Jamie

2013-02-26T08:44:00.001+08:00

I love this recipe. Sedap!! Aku suka the crusty trims and love the softness of the cake.

Victoria Sponge
By Jamie http://www.jamieshomecookingskills.com/recipe.php?title=classic-victoria-sponge-with-all-the-trimmings

Ingredients

for the sponge
225g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing• 225g self-raising flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting
225g caster sugar
4 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic
1 lemon

for the filling•
250g fresh strawberries
1 vanilla pod
150g good-quality strawberry jam• 150ml double cream
1 tablespoon caster sugar
icing sugar, for dusting

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
2. Beat the butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon, until very light and fluffy (i use mixer). Add the eggs one at a time, beating each one in well before you add the next.
3. Sift in the flour. Finely grate over the lemon zest then fold it into the mixture (halve the lemon and save it for later)
4. Divide the cake mix into the prepared tins and spread it out using a spatula. Bake in the hot oven for around 20 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and risen.

For the filing
1. Slice your strawberries . Carefully score the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out all of the seeds.Gently warm the jam in a pan over a low heat

2. Remove from the heat and stir in your sliced strawberries. Add the cream to a bowl with the sugar and vanilla seeds, and squeeze in the juice from your zested lemon. Whip until you have nice soft peak.

3. Smear over the jam and strawberries on the first cake, then spread the sweetened cream over the top. Place the second cake, with the pretty side facing up, on top and dust it with icing sugar

( instead of using jamie's recipe for filing, i whipped 100gm butter, 50gm icing sugar and spread it on top of strawberry jam that i have spread on the first cake)