Cakes 101 (for me at least)

Dan, teringin jugak nak bake best macam The Kitchen Guardian. So I did these.

First up, the Victoria Sandwich cake.

Tak berapa jadi; hahah. Got confused over the french-butter (!) measurement. And then also got the meringue butter cream wrong (the meringue turned to scrambled egg whites..) And had to redo that. Dan terlupa pulak letak fresh strawberries on top.

Namun, anak2 kata sedap (they are my #1 fans after all). Dah pesan kat semua orang suruh bawak sorang sikit pergi ofis. But turned out there isnt enough to give away pun. Habis disapu dek my fan club.. What a bless.

And brownies. As taught, I bakes these in two separate pans. The first was what can I say? Sedap nye.. The second was undercooked and when I baked some more it turned out somewhat crispy!

Namun, we took it up a notch and served it with ice cream. Decadent of course. Tapi takut nanti jadi macam Americans makan dessert tak sedar alam.

I am thinking of making the devil's choc cake this weekend. InsyaaAllah. Must keep the inspiration rolling, people!

Have the greatest weekend.




~ xoxo

When In Ipoh : Interesting Stuff (2)

We were in Ipoh again the other day. And stayed at the other M Boutique Hotel. Sama cantik hotel2 ini. I let the picture tell the story.

Their tagline is come as strangers leave as friends. Makes you feel so at home.

Reception yang sangat memikat. And their employees are so friendly and helpful.

We stayed in a room yang sangat interesting. Modern. Appealing.

Breakfast comes with the room. Tapi rather a let down. Tak setaraf bilik2 hotel. Namun the cafe is quite charming.

Lift foyer upstairs.

The corridor. Cantik kan?




Mesti meraikan cucu2 walau dalam blog sekalipun..





We had dinner at a place called Thumb's Cafe. Makan biasa2 je namun tempat makan yang sangat adorable. It reminds me of an indie cafe on a beach somewhere in the Carribean maybe (haha.. bermimpi..) Sebenarnya cafe ini terletak di dalam sebuah rumah lama. Tapi nampak cantik di dalam gambar dengan lampu2 dan deko yang amat menarik.

We wanted to have lobster dinner somewhere di Sungai Siput maybe 45 mins drive dari Ipoh town center. Tapi jauh kata anak2 dan masing2 pun dah kepenatan.

We had lunch at nasi ganja the next day di Jalan Yang Kalthum. Namun anak2 tak berapa minat; lebih sedap di Nasi Kandar Suberi AU3 kata mereka!

So that was that.




~ xoxo

From CJ With Love

(saya tiada gambar lain jadi have to make do with this same photo)

I am in CJ again. Mom-sitting. Of course.

Tiada apa yang terjadi di CJ. Of course I would say that as I am home self-quarantined all the time. Abis takkan balik jaga mak tapi there I go frolicking around town / kampung kan. But I think the jerebu di Taiping agak buruk juga. It rained most heavily petang tadi. Alhamdulillah.

Sekali ni balik tak berapa tengok drama. Mungkin tiada drama dengan hero dan heroin yang segak!

One thing I learn this time staying with mum. Biar manja dengan anak2. Maksudnya kalau pening suruh budak2 picit kepala. Kalau sakit biar anak2 urut kaki tu. Biar anak2 biasa menjaga mak bapak. Make them comfortable nak tanya mama sakit ke? Bapak sihat ke? 

Mak asyik bertanya, umur mak dah berapa tahun. 91 jawab saya. 9 tahun lagi dah seratus? Ada ke orang hidup sampai seratus? Mesti lah ada. Kan ada perempuan tua di Jepun yang berumur 114 tahun? jawab saya. Eii, mak tak mau hidup lama sampai macam tu.  

Bila saya hulur baju warna cerah, kata mak, mak tak mau pakai baju yang ini. Macam nak raya. Orang tua2 pakai baju malap2 saja. Oh, ok.. Kain batik pun tak boleh bagi yang baru. Lebih kelabu lebih mak suka. Bukan macam orang muda, pantang ada baju baru..

Bila mak mengadu tak larat saya pun tak tahu nak kata apa. Namun saya harap saya belajar. Hari ni hari emak, esok lusa hari saya entah apa ketentuan Allah.

Dan. Saya terbaca (which is completely related) ~

Dan Tuhanmu telah perintahkan, supaya engkau tidak menyembah melainkan kepadaNya semata-mata, dan hendaklah engkau berbuat baik kepada ibu bapa. Jika salah seorang dari keduanya, atau kedua-duanya sekali, sampai kepada umur tua dalam jagaan dan peliharaanmu, maka janganlah engkau berkata kepada mereka (sebarang perkataan kasar) sekalipun perkataan "Ha", dan janganlah engkau menengking menyergah mereka, tetapi katakanlah kepada mereka perkataan yang mulia (yang bersopan santun).

Dan hendaklah engkau merendah diri kepada keduanya kerana belas kasihan dan kasih sayangmu, dan doakanlah (untuk mereka, dengan berkata): "Wahai Tuhanku! Cucurilah rahmat kepada mereka berdua sebagaimana mereka telah mencurahkan kasih sayangnya memelihara dan mendidikku semasa kecil."
(Al Israa : 23 - 24)

Selamat beramal dan mencari bekalan untuk hari2 yang abadi.

~ AllahuAkbar

So Sedaaapp

Let's talk about inspirations.

What inspires you? A book? Some smart person you met maybe. Or a new experience. Travelling. Or people who are really passionate about what they do?

Personally for me all the above, I think.

I was at The Kitchen Guardian class the other day. Sangat2 seronok (I was going to type teruja.. macam skema lah pulak). Thank you Yati for organizing. Maybe I should say thank you KTTM.

Kek dia punya lah sedap nye. We did devil's food cake and sandwich cake. Sedap. Brownies pun buat; tapi saya rasa brownies saya pun sedap.. haha. Boleh challenge la brownies cikgu!

And of course I have photos ~

Hobi cikgu adalah baking dan photography. Belajar dengan Saiful Nang lagi.. She is really good in what she does. That I must say (I posted this photo and Ilyas said, mama buat yang mana? haha. Tak tahu semua cikgu yang masak. Kami tengok dan tangkap gambar / ambil video je. Hopefully we learnt something!)

A slice each to take home.

Brownies. FYI brownies mesti ada layer yang shiny tu. Kalau tak it'll just be like a choc cake yang tak berapa jadi..

 The strawberry and blueberry sauce was seriously sedap. It reminds me of a similar sauce I did like 20 years ago..

Dan baking studio yang sangat comel.

Yummy! Love the caramel that trickles on the sides.

Cikgu berpeluh2. Students ambik video..


Let's get baking everybody! Get inspired.





~ xoxo