From my kitchen : Steamed Egg Cake

Yesterday night was a free night for me, we have an early dinner and I have "extra time" before watching the Spore Drama on AEC channel at 8.30pm.
My hand felt itchy and I started to find some cake recipe that I have in my recipe book.
Since I have all the ingredients needed for Steamed Egg Cake, I got myself busy in the kitchen for half an hour. It is a simple cake  that my family love it so much.

After beating the ingredients and steaming for half an hour (in high heat).....Here is the cake for our breakfast this morning...

We finished up this cake in  an hour time and I may consider to make one again later in the afternoon since I have extra Sprite(soft drink) in my fridge. Yes... Soft drink like 100 plus or Sprite or 7 Up is one of the ingredient to make this cake.

Urban Decay Naked Basic Giveaway

Looking pretty is every girls' dream and to make yourself look prettier, you may need to apply some light make-up. For me, I prefer to go for those simple make-up stuffs like foundation,eyeshadow,blusher and lipgloss.  I would say that it is a must have items in my make-up pouch.


And now the big news ....... I came across this blog "Million Dollar Beauty" is having a giveaway and the last day of submission till 21st April 2013. This giveaway is only open to Malaysia resident.
So what you can win is .... One (1) Urban Decay Naked Basics palette. Such a good prize,right?

Hope can win this great prize.....

...........,so don't miss this good chance. Let's blog about this giveaway and you may be one of the lucky winner.

Cheddar CheeseCake

Cheesecake is always my favourite cake. The other day when I was doing my grocery shopping, I grabbed a pack of cheddar cheese for Ryan. Ryan love to eat cheese and sometimes I will just make a simple cheese sandwich for his tea time at school.
I was wondering whether can I make a cheesecake using this Cheddar Cheese.....how does it taste like??

Then I started to find some recipe online on cheddar cheesecake.At last, I managed to find one good recipe from Nasi Lemak Lover's blog.

From my own experience, preparation of this cake is more time consuming because you need to beat the egg white and egg yolk separately. And it is my first experience baking a cake in "water bath" method.

And the result........

....... SomeThing that I love to ......

..it is nothing than receiving a prize from the contests that I have joined before. Although they are just a small prizes,but I felt happy that I won something from my own efforts. I received all the prizes before Chinese New Year. Due to my hectic schedule and interruption on my internet network, only today I managed to get this 'post' done.

Won from Yvonne's blog

Won from Ling's blog (method contest)

Won from Yakult Facebook contest

Ryan's 6th Birthday

This is a backdated post....

Today is the fifth day of Chinese New Year 2013. Nothing special, we just spent our days at home (really have a good rest) before Monday comes.School will start on Monday,but for me, tomorrow I have to start teaching again after off for a week.

Back to the topic....Ryan's birthday was fall on 1st Feb and we just have simple celebration at home. This year I never prepare meesuah for Ryan's birthday,instead, I cooked steamboat for his birthday celebration. It has been long time never have steamboat at home and that night, I invited my in-laws to come over for dinner.

We have a very full dinner ,so far for cake cutting we have to delay till 8+ pm and Ryan just could not wait cutting his birthday cake. After dinner, he has been asking me non-stop when he could have his birthday cake. Ryan loves to eat cakes (same like me...we both love to eat cakes).


Teng Teng Teng.....at last the clock stroke 8.30pm and we got ready for the cake cutting, at first we sang a birthday song....snap some pictures....then cut the cake....and of course, we ate the cake too. Since Ryan could not take any chocolate, so I just ordered a  pandan cake with kiwi filling and topped up with some fruits

   * Happy Birthday , Ryan *

From my Kitchen ... Peanut Butter Cookies

After I have done with the "German Cookies", I started to bake another batch of  "Peanut Butter Cookies". I got this recipe from my sister. And this year is my second time baking this cookies for Chinese New Year.

Let me share with everyone this simple recipe...

Ingredients :
250 gr peanut butter (I used LadyChoice brand)
200 gr icing sugar
400 gr plain flour
200 gr corn oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg yolk (for garnishing)

Method :
1. Mix all the ingredients: peanut butter, icing sugar,plain flour,salt and vanilla essence.
2. Add in corn oil and mixed well.
3. Make a round shape and apply egg yolk on top.
4. Pre-heat oven and bake for about 15 mins.

I am submitting this post to Chinese New Year Delights 2013 hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover.

** Happy Baking **

From my Kitchen .... German Cookies

Chinese New Year is coming soon... and since today is a Public Holiday, I make myself comfortable at home by baking CNY cookies. As usual , I always go for something simple and easy to make and today I am baking "German Cookies".

 












Let me share with you the recipe :

Ingredients :
A) 250 gr butter ( I used WestGold )
     80 gr   icing sugar
B) 250 gr potato flour
     100 gr plain flour ( I used BlueKey brand - superfine flour )

Methods :
1. Mix A together, stir in high speed till fluffy.
2. Add in B and mix well. It is advisable to keep the dough in the fridge for about 1-2 hours.
It will help to make the dough firm and easy to make the round shape.
3. Make into small round shape, press lightly with a fork.
4. Pre-heat the oven , bake the cookies for 170'c for about 15-20 mins.

Note : Never add flour to increase the hardness of the dough.

I am submitting this post to Chinese New Year Delights 2013 hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover.

** Happy Baking **

From my Kitchen..... Lime Cheesecake

Although I have been quite busy lately, I tried to squeeze some times to do baking in my kitchen. Of course, I will opt for something simple to make and it does not consume lot of my time in preparation.
My hubby passed me this "Non-baked Lime Cheesecake" recipe the other day...I started to get ready all the ingredients and get my kitchen project done within an hour.

Since it is a  non-baked cheesecake,  I have to wait for overnight to get the result.....the next morning, I quickly opened my fridge and looked at the cheesecake, bit soft on top...so I never touch and let it be inside the fridge for a few more hours.
Only when I came back home in the afternoon, I cut a slice and gave it a try, the lime flavour was not strong enough (next time I should more lime for flavouring). Overall, I should say this cake taste good.

Chinese New Year is coming soon and now I am starting to bake CNY cookies.As for the cake, I still considering what cake to bake. Anyone mind to share with me some simple recipe for CNY cake?...

Some gifts..

I have been pretty busy since I started to teach part-time at tuition centre. Weekdays I am busy with Ryan and weekends I am busy with my work. Saturday is never my "free-day" now. I have to work for the whole day and by the time I reached home,the clock has stroke 9.30pm.

Sorry for updating late.....this is another back dated post.

Last week I received 2 lovely gifts from two blogger friends, Agnes and Kathy.
Let's give your support to Agnes for her online store Kids Fashion Dot Com (in facebook).

Thanks  Agnes for this lovely gift

Thanks Kathy for this super cute Gangnam style t-shirt for RYAN

Dodol...a sweet food from Indonesia

This is another backdated post....

Have you ever heard about this food named DODOL. During my trip back to Medan last Nov, my mom passed me this sweet food Dodol to bring back to Sibu. Actually I don't really like dodol because I find it it too sweet for me. Since I have not been eating dodol for a very long time, I don't mind to have one with me.
For me, I fridged it overnight ,then only I ate it...at least it tasted better,not that sweet.
I let my hubby tested on it.....ehmmm, not bad. He loves the taste.

For those who want to know more about Dodol food, drop to this link for more info.

Thanks for the gifts

I supposed to make this post last week,but I just can't locate a free time to do it....

Here it goes...

Gift from one of my blogger friend.....Thanks lot, Arthur...




























Gift from Cynthia - I won from the Kleenex contest...Thanks Cynthia.

Welcome 2013........

First of all....I would like to wish all my friends " Happy Belated New Year".

This year is definitely a busy day for me as I started to teach tuition during weekends (fri,sat and sat) at one of the tuition centre.
After quitting from my last job more than 7 years ago,...now I am back to the working life again. Pretty tiring for me especially when I have to teach those small kids.Weekdays is my rest day and when come to weekends, I have to get myself ready for the "war" again.

As for Ryan, he is entering a new school for his K2, I am glad that he is enjoying his new school life and so far he is doing well there. But he needs to wake up earlier than last year and have to reach the school before 7.30am (lesson starts at 7.30am).

As for me, the most tiring day for me is Saturday because I have 3 classes on that day. By the time I finish my last class, the clock has stroke 9pm and by the time I reached home, it is about 9.30pm.
My students are mostly from Pri 1, Pri 2 and Pri 3. Some of them can read very well but some of them can't even read simple English words. I am putting my best effort to teach them and hope it will show an improvement in their English.

Stay tuned for my next post.......

Our Day after x'mas

X'mas is over and school is back soon. Next year, Ryan will be at his new school and  we need to go for orientation next week to buy books,uniform,etc.
Next week will be a busy week for me...have to wake up early and back to my normal routine again.

Today I have the mood to cook my own version of "nasi ayam". Since I don't have chicken rice paste to cook the rice, I dished up my own version  for the rice. I added some ginger(smashed) and fried garlic and seasoning to the rice, it tasted not bad.
As for the chicken, I boiled it for 20 mins,then soak in ice cold water,then boiled again for another 10 mins. Pour some sesame oil  over the chicken...that is what we have for dinner tonight.

Ryan has been asking me when is x'mas day....and he really hope to receive a gift from Mr.Santa. To make him happy, I asked him to put a x'mas sock in the living room and left it overnight. And the next day....he saw his favo toy next to his sock...A Happy smile burst our from his face. He is so happy...and we get it fix soon in our bedroom.

Our dinner for Tonight

After coming back from Medan, I start my daily routines..doing housechores, cooking, etc...I really miss my sweet moments in Medan (no housechores & cooking at all .....everyday just relax,eat...relax, eat).

Tonight, I dished up a simple meal for 3 of us. I bought some ready pastes (curry paste,sate padang paste, satay paste) from the wet market in Medan and I cooked " satay pork " for our dinner.
I also dished up "chap chai" and seaweed soup for Ryan.

Since it is a rainy day, we just stay at home after dinner. That 's how we spent our Saturday night.....

Our best time in Medan

Last month, we went back to Medan for almost a month (from 11Nov-9Dec 2012). Ryan was so happy and the first thing strike his mind after we reached Medan was going to TimeZone at Sun Plaza to play arcade games. I believe most kids like to play game in arcade and Ryan was hooked to car racing game.However, I restricted him only to play less than 3x per visit ... or else, I will have to spent lot of $$ on his arcade game.

Ryan was playing his car racing game @Chimmon (Cambridge)

Ryan was playing Lego @Cambridge with his cousin YiXin

X'mas decoration @Cambridge

Our usual hang out places in Medan are either Sun Plaza or Cambridge.For me, I prefer to go Sun Plaza, at least more shops around and have more things to see and eat. As for Cambridge, normally I will only go there for the Haagen - Dazs ice cream , have my family dinner at the Grand Duck King Restaurant or let Ryan play at the Chimmon (of course, Ryan will play with his car racing game again...).

Haagen-Dazs @Cambridge

The Grand Duck King Restaurant @ Cambridge