Kiddies in the Kitchen

Salam & Hi!

Kids really love to help in the kitchen, dont they? ^^ But this two lil chefs dont just wanna help, they wanna conquer the kitchen! Their mission was to bake cupcakes with minimal help by their sisters. *Fineeee.....!*

Lastly they admitted that they actually need us (the sisters) to search for the recipe. And..... most importantly, to drive them to the supermarket to get all the ingredients! Ahaaa. =D

Being a Hummingbird Bakery super fan, this was what i suggested Hummingbird's Black Bottom Cupcakes recipe... They improvised by following the mixing steps from a youtube video. (the kids skipped the topping btw)

For the chocolate sponge base

1. 190g plain flour
2. 120g caster sugar
3. 40g cocoa powder, plus extra to decorate
4. ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
5. 40 ml sunflower oil
6. 1½ tsps white vinegar
7. ½ tsp vanilla extract

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Plain flour, Caster sugar, Cocoa powder and Bicarbonate soda mixed & whisked. 

Oil, Vinegar & Vanilla extract mixed with 125ml water 

poured into the previous mixture.

For the cheesecake filling

1. 140g cream cheese
2. 60g caster sugar
3. 1 egg
4. ½ tsp vanilla extract
5. A pinch of salt
6. 100g milk chocolate chips

Mixed all the ingredients

1. ....and lastly added the choc chips

Lil Chefs preparing both mixtures into the colourful silicone cupcakes molds. First the choc mixture then the cheese mixture.

Into the oven 17 degrees for around 30 mins. And Poooff!

                                   

 The happy lil Chefs. 

Not until they were asked to clean up! 

-D-

Chocolate Cake Craving

Salam & Hi!

Staying at home really makes you wanna eat...a looot! Today i craved for chocolate cake! *Mak Tok's chocolate cake particularly* 

Drooling at Nigella Lawson's chocolate cake !! I need to bake one for myself. But i didnt use Nigella's recipe tho, instead Kak Izan's recipe from My Resipi. *malaysian cakes are the best!* =P

Ingredients

(A)
1 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup evaporated milk

(B)
250g unsalted butter
2 cups caster sugar (i used 1 and a half)
4 medium eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (not in the recipe, but i added at my own risk.. *wink*)

Everything from (A) except for the evaporated milk, stirred under low heat until the mixture looked glossy (cant i say it glossy? huhu.)

Left to cool for a bit before adding the evaporated milk

 Butter & Sugar

Eggs added one by one

Vanilla essence added

1/4 of the (A) mixture 

1/4 of sieved flour, plus bicarbonate of soda & baking powder

Alternately the (A) mixture and sieved flour were added.

Done

Into the silicone cake pan 

(my fav! no burned bottoms or edges and easy to remove the cake out from the pan!)

Extra as cuppies

Into the oven

180 degrees

40 mins (more or less)

 The cuppies took less time to cook

It cracked on top, thats a good sign! =P

Tadaaa~

p/s: no rating cuz masak sendiri makan sendiri.

-D-

Red Velvet Craving

Salam & Hi!

I'm back in Dublin...! It feels soo good to be home. My own bed, my own kitchen.. everything i need is mine! But this one thing i really miss about London. The Hummingbird Bakery Red Velvet Cupcakes!

Told the engineer bout it (hoping to get it surprised on my doorstep), but i got this instead....

Red Velvet Cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery Recipe 

*craving still*

Apparently, the recipe was not that hard to follow. So i decided to drag myself to the nearby Tesco and get all the ingredients i need, and start baking!

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It all paid off! Got 12 full cupcakes for myself! Tadaaa~

Please excuse the unsymmetrical looking. 

Reason : My VERY 1st try

So here is the recipe i followed:

• 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 150g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 10g cocoa powder (i added more actually cuz i used the drinking choc!)
• 20ml red food colouring (do not feel scared, true thats a whole lot of food colouring! but to get the red looking, it is kinda necessary)
• ½tsp vanilla extract
• 120ml buttermilk
• 150g plain flour
• ½tsp salt
• ½tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1½tsp malt vinegar 

Butter & Caster Sugar 

(before adding the egg)

Cocoa Powder, Red Colouring & Vanilla Extract paste

Both of the above mixtures mixed.

Next is to add salt, bicarbonate of soda & vinegar 

Intooo the oven!

170 degrees for 25 mins.

As for the frosting...

• 300g icing sugar, sifted (i used lesser) 

• 50g unsalted butter, at room temperature

• 125g cream cheese, cold

Icing Sugar & Unsalted Butter

Cream cheese added

A bit for the decoration (to look more exact as the hummingbird's.. huhu.)

Yeah, need to sacrifice a cupcake for this! =P

You can get these served by an hour! I kid u not!

Good Luck Trying! 

p/s: for a beginner, these cupcakes have gotten an A- ! *not bad huh?*

-D-

Hummingbird Bakery

Salam & Hi!

A must go bakery in London ............. The Hummingbird Bakery

I was walking down Portobello Market, when i 'bumped' into this lovely bakery. AHAA! I know this bakery!!

Picture taken from the webpage itself.

*I totally forgot about taking picture of the bakery*

Went inside, looked around.... and spot the RED VELVET! So i bought red velvet & tiramisu cupcakes. 

They were both YUMMY! *teary..... worth every euro converted into pound, plus the bank withdrawing charge* The BEST red velvet i've tasted so far! 

Gonna hunt the bakery again... Hopefully, TODAY! ^^

p/s: i can get sooo giddy with delicious gateux!

p/s: Ninie, i berani kerat jari on tis one! ^^

p/s: Gonna have red valvet(s) again when you are in London!

-D-

LoNg TiME No SeE FrIenDS.....

SaLam N Hye.....


Lucky Me! For da last 2 weeks, i met KKB-ians friends, UNPLANNED .... =D Let's see, da first meeting was last wednesday... SYUE called n she's coming to sunway pyramid that evening wit KIREEN n APEK.... Kebetulan, mat su pun ajak to catch AVATAR that nite... WOoHooO! =)

SyuE n KirEEn... =)

ApeK doin da
SO U THINK U CAN "HAND-DANCE" thingy....

sYUe n KiReEn cauGht hUntINg
kOreaN bOy BaNd dVd (lupe name band tu..)

Second meeting.... Which was yesterday.... I was suppose to go skating wit ADIK.... Unfortunately, I MESSED wit da day n date! We set da date on 30th dec, but i thought 30th dec was Selasa.... So, on tuesday, i text Adik, "Awak kat mane skrang??" Then she replied, "Kite kat langkawi nie... Feri kul 1.30..." TERSALAH HARI! OMG! Sedeyh2... Xdapat kluar wit Adik.... sob* sob* Next time k dear???

However, naseb baek SARAH n UNA have no problem going although t'salah hari.... FUH! =D But then, sarah XNAK SKATING.... aloorr! So, i skated wit my cous, Bukhari.... ( n there was tis Pan Asian Skater too... I'm guessing he's da ice hockey player... ngee* )

Bukhari... =)

Me...

=)

peace.. >.<

hey2...

Around 2pm, we had lunch together at Secret Recipe, n here came da great news... ring* ring* "RACHEL'S COMING TO SUNWAY.....! wit PANDA, AUF n EFI" WOoooOHHooOOO!!!! =D Sementara waiting for them, thanks to Una, we had......

BasKiN RoBBiNS IcE CreAM FonDUe....
( Dream came TRUE !! )

Short while after, Rachel n da guys arrived.... =)

-dUR-