RINA'S DELIGHTS

A new creation for Regina's 23rd Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:27:00 +0000

It' was Regina's birthday, her father Richard, a good friend of mine requested for this birthday cake. It is butter cake with rolled icing.

BARBIE PRINCESS CAKE

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:03:00 +0000

Time really passes so fast, my granddaughter Princess Judith loves Barbie Princess, so I made her a Barbie Princess for her 7th Birthday. Although, it was time consuming making the Barbie's skirt, it was really worth the effort cos' she was really happy when she saw the cake. She keep on asking a lot of question; whether I made the cake and does Barbie has a dress?etc

Javiers"s 5th birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:04:00 +0000

It was my youngest grandson's 5Th birthday on Tuesday the 23rd of March. He likes "Kirby" so I decided to make him a Kirby cake, using the chocolate mosaic technique. I have tried to get the design from the net, but it was not to my to my satisfaction, so with the help of my daughter Elena(Javier's Mum) we made the cake successfully. Every one were delighted including the birthday boy Javier. He ate his birthday cake but minus the pink chocolates, maybe it reminds him of his favourite character "KIRBY". When he was about to cut the cake, everybody were so sad the we have to cut the cute Kirby.

Jake's Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:20:00 +0000

Prawn Avocado and Mango Salad

Baked Pumpkins

Spaghetti Beef and Mushroom Sauce

Garlic bread

Roast Potatoes, Button Mushrooms and Carrots with Green onions

Roast Boneless Leg Of Lamb

It was my son-in-law, Jake's 27Th birthday. We have a small celebration within the family to celebrate his birthday. Everybody was happy and contented. I bake boneless leg of lamb as the main dish which is his favourite. He loves western food, so I cooked the food that he likes. There were Spaghetti, baked pumpkins, button mushrooms, potatoes, prawn Salad (Avocado and Mangoes) and Sparkling wine too to grace the occasion.

Xmas Extravaganza

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:39:00 +0000

Blessing of the food by Rev. Fr. Andrew

Chocolaty Brownies

Baked Pumpkins

Fruity Prawn Salad

Roast Leg Of Lamb

Garlic Bread

Roast Turkey

It's Xmas time! It's Xmas time, it's of time of caring, sharing and giving. It's the birth of Christ that we are waiting for after 4 weeks of Advent. It's a JOY to the world, that the LORD has come. On this joyful day, I will usually cook a storm for my family and close friend. This year family had the privileged to have Fr. Andrew, Br. Francis and Julie(who grew up in the Convent) to join us for Xmas dinner. They were so much joy in our hearts to commemorate this day with our brothers and sisters of CHRIST. My eldest daughter Elaine for Perth after dinner.

For dinner, I had roast turkey, leg of lamb, salads, fruity prawn salad, baked pumpkins,shepherd pie, lasagna, mushroom delights and Chocolaty brownies

My sweet sensations, My creation

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:16:00 +0000

Little Victor's First Birthday.

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Butter cake

My daughter Elaine and I were matchmakers for little Victors parents Annie and Patrick. Annie is Elaine's good friend and Patrick is my BEC member. Both are very compatible and little Victor is a miracle child, because when Annie was pregnant, she has hypertension, and for the safety of both mother and child, Annie has to go through the Cesarean when she was into her six and a half month, little Victor were brought into this world. A lot of prayers were said, it is indeed God's miracle, through his Almighty blessings and graces. He is now a bubbly, loving and healthy child which is God's gift to his parents. We celebrated Victors first birthday on the 1st of December. I made him a birthday cake.

My eldest daughter Elaine's birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:37:00 +0000

roasted meat

Deluxe brocoli with mushroms and Fresh abalone

Eight treasure Duck

Mint Cake

Chocolate cupcakes

Cupcakes specially packed in Butterfly gift boxes for her colleagues

Every year, during Elaine's birthday, the whole family will eat out, but this year, she requested for homecooked food. A day before her birthday, she asked me to made 105 cupcakes for her colleagues. On her birthday, it was Chinese food and she wanted a mint chocolate cake for her birthday. My brother and his friend came to join in the celebration and we have champagne to grace the occasion.

Doraemon Golden Syrup Fudge Chocolate Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:43:00 +0000

My second daughter , Elena's colleague requested a chocolate cake for her daughter, Tiffany. She loves chocolate cakes and Doraemon. So I made a Doraemon cake for her for her 4th birthday.

BEN 10 CUPCAKES

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:25:00 +0000

I made BEN 10 Sugee cupcakes for my grandson's 8th birthday, which was celebrated on the 8th November at Delifrance Leisure Mall. He loves and enjoys sugee cupcakes. Ben 10 is his favourite character.

Ed's birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000

This is the first birthday cake that I made for my son's 22nd birthday. It's Bailey's cream sugee cake and the recipe is really good and perfect, I got it from MyCakeDecor Club.

mooncakes craze(Mid-Autumn Festival or Zhong qiu jie)

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:14:00 +0000

tiramisu mooncakes

White Lotus with egg yolk

Chocolate mooncake

Four assorted mooncakes

Box with matching bag

cake for a 50year old birthday boy.

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:08:00 +0000

Another cake to my collections, a fondant top hat cake for my BEC eligible bachelor who is very hardworking, responsible and caring. I really admired him, he is such a wonderful person, I made this cake for his 50th birthday. When we sang the birthday song for him, you can see him beaming with joyand he was clapping his hands all through the birthday song.

Cake for dad's 73rd birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:25:00 +0000

Me and my cakes

#3Tier cakes#

HEART TO HEART

close up

heart to heart

Purity

pinky

pure heart

petite hearts

sugee cake

This is my dad(the birthday boy) blowing his cake and the lady beside him is my mom.

Dad's 73rd Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:14:00 +0000

Sambal Prawns with pineapples

My speciality marmite Meat

Dry chicken curry

A birthday cake

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:35:00 +0000

A sugee cake with blue fondant and butter cream for my BEC member. Everyone admired the decorations and enjoyed the sugee cake.

Nasi Lemak

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:10:00 +0000

This is my own special sambal for nasi lemak; plenty of onions, belacan, dry chilles, salt, sugar and asam jawa.. fry until aromatic.

fried ikan bilis (anchovies)

fried peanuts

fried kangkong

My rendang chicken

The Tuna sambal which is a delicacy in the traditional Terengganu nasi lemak.

This is 'Rina's Nasi Lemak Delight'

Cantonese Mooncake

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:48:00 +0000

This is the promise for my next change.... and there are more to come later!

This is my brand new digital weighting machine (Hanson brand) UK made. It's accurate and reliable.

My new Spar mixer (Taiwan made) which I dreamed of is a reality now ,thanks to my spouse who got it for me, but on condition, if I sell my mooncakes, I have to reimburse him. Will his dream comes true then???

The mixer is really wonderful, it can just blend all the water, syrup, rye water and flour with one go. It does not mix noisily and no noise pollution. It's really a good buy.

See the results of a well blended mooncake dough (skin)

Some like salted eggs some don't but I, myself I do. So I have to cater for everyone

These are a few of the completed mooncakes which Elena and I made.

There they go into the oven. They need to be baked for 10 to 15 mins.

Then, they're taken out from the oven to be cooled and brush with egg before it goes back into the oven to be baked for further 10-15 mins.

These are the real moooncakes which were bake and done.

I made it and am really glad that it works. I will wait for the next few days to taste it. Then I will know the outcome.

I like thicker skin so it is not too sweet for myself

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:34:00 +0000

This variation of the Prawn Mee is my own speciality, spare ribs, meat balls, kangkong, big prawns and hard boiled eggs.

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:21:00 +0000

This is my own curry mee (minus santan or coconut milk) The ingredients are lots of small onions, dry chillies, dry prawn and curry leaves. All are fish paste (Yong Tau Foo) and hard boiled eggs.

Autumn Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:10:00 +0000

Since Autumn festival is coming soon and the prices of mooncakes goes up tremendously every year and with the economy downturn, I decided to go for the mooncake making class under the expertise of Chef Alex Goh. I have quite a number of his recipe books but have not meet him. When I saw that there was a mooncake making class by him I quickly grasped the opportunity. He is jovial and not selfish. He answered all questions that were asked and was very generous with his tips. I enjoyed his class and really glad that I attended his class. We were taught how to make Cantonese, rainbow and snow skin(ping pei) mooncakes.

Today, I took the time to try out the snow skin (ping pei) mooncakes. Since this is my first attempt, I am quite satisfied with the results. I still have to master the moulding techniques then i will have a perfect and flawless mooncake. You can view my results of my first attempt.

The finished snow skin (ping Pei)

The Lotus paste need to be weighed equally in order to mould them into the same sizes

Forming the lotus paste into balls

shaping and moulding of the mooncake

this is my first mooncake that I moulded

and.........Subsequent ones following

Try to grade myself an expert with finished snow skin mooncakes pack in a box

My brother and my family were satisfied with the results, and my brother said that I can sell them but I think I need more attempts to improve. Anyway more will be on the way. My next experiment will be the Cantonese and the rainbow mooncakes. So wait for NEXT CHANGE.

My First Attempt at Home, Making Fondant

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:23:00 +0000

My first attempt on my own after the class with Chef Asma, will not so appealing, hope to go for further classes to improve my skill and more practices to make one perfect.

My First Try on Fondant & Gum Paste

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:22:00 +0000

About a month ago, I took a class on the 'Basics of Making Fondant and Gum Paste'. The class was held at Bake with Yen in Puchong under the expertise Chef Asma. It was really fun and satisfying when we decorated our own cupcakes. The outcome of the hands on training was really amazing, especially with the attractively decorated cupcakes that was too adorable to eat.

Food Galore

noreply@blogger.com (Rina de Ron) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

I love to entertain my friends with home cooked food. I will usually cook up a storm for my family and invited guest especially those single parents to join in the celebration as a family during Holy Easter, Reunion dinner, birthdays and Christmas. This the time for sharing our joy and fellowship together.

Chicken Pie

Eight Treasure Chicken

Lamb Lasangne

Guinness Meat

Roast Leg Of Lamb

Spinach with prawns

Pork Knuckle Minestrone Soup

Potato Salad

Mix Salad with Croutons

French Beans Salad

Easter Eggs by my 3 grandchildren