Red Velvets Cups & Collagen Face.

*supposed to post this yesterday but i'm posting this from home today cause the wi-fi from my office suxs...sorry!

hey there! i'm at work now but i need to update on my baking yesterday... red velvets cuppies that my friend asked cause she wants to bring back some tomorrow to her hometown segamat, johor.

usually i bake a whole cake but since she asked for cupcakes, i got 31 pieces from my usual batch! yummeh!

my red velvet cake recipe is from paula deen's and it is absolutely the best red velvet cake recipe EVER. honestly i have bought and tasted other people's RV cakes before and it's nothing close as how moist and rich and delectable as paula's. its that good!

but unfortunately i can't ice the cake the same way as paula's frosting used ingredients such as melted marshmallows, shredded coconut and chopped PECANS...and i think you know how expensive pecans are here in malaysia...tsk.tsk.. so i resulted in icing my cake with the usual plain cream cheese frosting...sigh.. but it's still perfect though..thanks for the cake itself ( ^ _ ^ )

i'll post the pictures of the ingredients and stuff down below 1st.. and maybe i'll update on the recipe soon too..(you can also searh for it at paula's website).

on another note; i'm pretty sure i haven't post anything regarding my try-out with collagen drinks before but, here it is.. i've been having nurbeautyline collagen drink for almost 4 months now and so far the most significant thing i notice is that i get sick less often..(i get runny nose and mouth ulcers quite often but since then i have been well and healthy!) and though i still get occasional small pimples (and i almost never get big bad red ones even before this), i notice slight brightening on my skin too..

i guess the "effects" on the skin takes time and different people, different outcome but i'm very happy that i'm alot more healthier on the inside too. i'm gonna keep drinking this until..i don't know..get the better one? cause i read the percentage of collagen on this one i'm taking is lower than another one i'm eyeing..but since i'm a cheapo and can't afford expensive stuff yet..i'll settle with this on for now.. ( ~_~ )

My Mom's SuperSimple Butter Cake Recipe

Here is the recipe for the weird looking sandwich-cookie chocolate cake that i made for my nephew's birthday today....it's fairly simple...and MIND YOU, I BAKE THIS NOT IN AN OVEN BUT ATOP A STOVE! HONEST, JUST LIKE MOST OF THE CAKES I BAKED AND POSTED HERE ON MY BLOG. (inside this "primitive" periuk that my mom bought decades ago.) *cause i'm poor....i don't have a decent oven for cake-baking..only a cheap one that do good on cookies.... tsk.tsk.

image from google, cause mine look waaaaaaayyy 

old and used than this...hahaha

usually i bake in this for about 45min to an hour (depends on density of cake) shorter time for cuppies ofcourse! and i use toothpick or satay stick to poke the cake to see if its bake through.

ok. back to topic....the cake recipe:

FOR BUTTER CAKE:
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
3 medium sized eggs (4 if small)
2 teaspoon vanilla essence

FOR CHOCOLATE BUTTER CAKE:
*add this to above recipe;
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk (krimer manis)

*start with preheating your oven if you're fancy-schmancy and using a convetional oven...UNLIKE ME....... T___T
1. sift flour with baking powder, (add cocoa powder for chocolate cake or leave it out for plain cake).
2. mix dry ingredients well and set aside.
3. cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
4. add eggs one by one, beat until incorporated well.
5. add vanilla.
6. add dry mixture to wet mixture.
7. if making chocolate cake, add sweetened condensed milk afterward. (doesn't matter to me when i put this in, really...)
8. mix well.
9. pour in 8 inch cake pan.
10. bake ( IN your conventional oven OR) on top of the stove like ME! check the cake after 40 mins and poke a toothpick through it and if it comes out clean then its done!

CHOCOLATE GANACHE (top)
1 bar of dark chocolate (cooking chocolate is okay too)/ i used van houten
1/2 bar of milk chocolate/ i used cadbury
1 cup of heavy cream

1. chop up chocolates and place in microwaveable container
2. microwave for about 1 min
3. carefully stir chocolate
4. add cream and stir well until chocolate and cream is together
5. if you're using double boiling method then that's ok too

FILLING (easy cream cheese filling or frosting for any kind of cake)
1 package cream cheese (12 oz)
1 block unsalted butter (250gm)
2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tablepoon vanilla extract

1. whip em all up!
2. there may be leftover (if used as filling like i did). it can be stored in air-tight container and in the fridge for as long as 1 month (from experience its still good). and when you need to use it again, just whip it up again..easy as that!

There you go! HAPPY BAKING!

Birthdays!

today we're celebrating my nephew's birthday.
plus his mom's birthday (26th) too. 

had KFC and my homemade "huge-sandwich-cookie-like-choco-cake"...hahaha 

(cake recipe will be posted later!)

look at this monstrosity!

 this is my nephew! Ahmad Hasbullah Sait! He's 8 today ( ^_^ )

with his sister, Princess Alya Hasinah ( >___< )

 my big-bro with his family; his lil' one-Ahmad Haslin Daniyal, 

his second-Alya, his 1st-Bday Boy and wifey.

Bday boy with prezzie from me(half with my dad) 

& ofcourse a lil prezzie for Alya too.......

 prezzie unwrapped; mini skateboard (thundercats themed!)

& "princess" crown and jewellery.

why i got him a skateboard? 

cause eversince he was in kindergarten (age 5) he had been saying he wanted a papan luncur (which literally means skateboard in Bahasa Melayu)

i think he's old enough to take risk and learn this so,...why not right? （○＾ε＾○）

happybirthday!

late update on my colleague's birthday (18th jan)! sorry ;p

celebrated on the date, in my office room...

blueberry cake from COLDSTORAGE which was really sweet, moist and cheap! (rm18++)

guess which of us is the birthday girl... (hint: the one holding the cake,...duhhh!)

more photos on facebook (>___<") sorry again..hehe

rm200 pakej komunikasi belia rebate & ice cream!

hi again! today i'm posting this from my new handphone that i bought using my rm200 rebate. i got myself a gorgeous samsung galaxy s advance (google the pics yourself please..hehe) and so far i'm really super duper happy with it! so...some store sell this awesome hp at a price of around rm1099 to 999. but with the rebate, i got the hp at a price of rm799..+plus 3 free gifts (soft case, plug and stylus). the store is inside pgrm tower 1, somewhere near jusco aeon maluri and maluri lrt station (around 20min walk).. bought this baby last saturday with my bf and afterwards we had some deliciouso berry waffle sundae (oreo & hokey pokey) at baskin robbins leisure mall..
(update: pics :p)

yummehhh!

 

 

my bf is camera-shy.... (-_____-)

.. anyway today i went there again (the hp store) cause my cousin wanted to use her rebate too to get the samsung galaxy y hello kitty...but it was already out of stock! same goes as the normal galaxy y... she was dissapointed ofcourse cause using the rebate would mean saving money and having the hp at half price! tsk..tsk.. but we cured our hearts with baskin robbins ice cream ofcourse (praline & and yet again hokey pokey for me..hehe)...
p/s: my dad got himself samsung galaxy y too (without rebate of course) from lowyat.
p/s again: the hp i got from the store MUST be bundled with a tune talk starter pack, complying the rebate terms.
p/s againlah...: sorry if this post look weird..hehe..i'm new with adroid apps...

Agrotek Garden Resort

Hi!
Its already January 2013! Really can't believe how long it has been since my last post. Honestly it wasn't because I was busy or anything, mostly because I was wayyyyy too lazy AND because my camera was "missing".

See, last month, 15th to be exact, I went to this place for "kursus" with my office; Unit Kewangan, KKM to this wonderful place, Agrotek Garden Resort, Hulu Langat.

Its a gorgeous place with a nice cool river, extensive garden dining halls and cute chalets. There are activities you can do there too, like karaoke, sports and other stuff.

But to cut things short, we went for only a day, so on our way back I sort of misplaced my camera (actually I put it in my unclosed bag and it fell out while the bag was at the back of the facilitator's jeep). So I got it back yesterday, thanks to my friend Atiqah (she was kind enough to rempit with me all the way to Kota Warisan in Sepang to get it back from the facilitator).

So in conjunction of this festive event (haha!) i feel the need to update on this!

So here's a few pictures of the kursus ヾ（*⌒ヮ⌒*）ゞ

 

from left: Atiqah, Wani, Ain & Liza

 

our favorite colleague, En Rahman who is always 

so kind with us and feeding us food :p  

 

from left: Farah & Me  (*≧▽≦)

 

one of the many dining hall

 

the super cold river!

 

the FOOD, 

bbq chicken with black pepper gravy, lamb chop, 

coleslaw, fries, hotdogs and watermelon  (bbq dinner) -wani's

 

the FOOD,

bbq chicken with black pepper gravy, coleslaw, 

bbq squid and fries (bbq dinner) -mine

 

after a day of on-land activities, its time for a dip in the cold water!

 

after dinner, picture time with the facilitators (●´∀｀●)

Agrotek was A+ for calming and relaxing and gorgeous view and the food was delicious too! And trust me, there are a lot more pictures but I'm not gonna bore this place (and you!) with them anymore. I'll post them on facebook maybe... Alrightey then, that's all for this post! Until next time! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ