I definitely love JULIE'S

I joined Julie's Chinese New Year contest for fun and never think of winning a prize before there are lot of entries which look very creative and nice.
As usual, I am using my husband's name to join this contest as it needed a Malaysian IC to enter a contest. Somewhere mid of March, I received a phone call from a lady calling from Julie's Biscuit company to congratulate my husband for winning "the most creative award", I was so surprised as I did not expect can win a single prize from that contest. And I was told to wait for my prize to be shipped from Melaka and it takes time to reach me ( about 2-3 weeks).

So last Friday, I went to collect the prize ... 2 big bags of assorted Julie's biscuit.
Thanks lot Julie's Biscuit for this great prize.

My house in now loaded with lot of biscuits...Munchy's Chocolate biscuits (which I won last year from Munchy's contest),some biscuits from CNY's hamper, Julie's biscuit and lately I also won 1 month supply of Jacob's biscuit, but I am yet to receive my Jacob's prize. Really have to drink plenty of water to kill the heatiness of eating too much biscuits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From my kitchen : Traditional butter cake

Yesterday was another free day for me. I was having a term break for this weekend..meaning, I do not have any classes on this weekend.
My baking mood was on..so after lunch, I got ready all the ingredients needed and started baking "traditional butter cake." Actually it was my second time baking this cake. Few weeks ago, I did bake it and I found the cake is moist and although keep for 2-3 days, it still soft and moist.

After busy in the kitchen for an hour.....at last, my butter cake is ready. I topped up lot of mixed fruits on top the cake.I also added some raisins in between the batter,but it seem the raisins are all go to the bottom of the cake.

Ingredients:
250gr   butter
4          eggs (separate egg yolk and egg white)
50 gr + 150 gr   caster sugar
200 gr  self raising flour
60 ml    fresh milk
1 tsp     vanilla essence

Method:

1. Beat egg white until soft peaks, then add 50gr caster sugar, beat till stiff.
2. In another bowl, beat butter & 150gr caster sugar until pale. Add vanilla essence ,followed by egg yolk one at a time.
3. Pour in half of the flour,mix on low speed.
4. Pour in the milk ( in 2 additions ) and lastly mix the balance of the flour.
5. Put in 1/2 of egg white into the above batter,mix well.
6. Using a spatula, pour in the balance of egg white and mix them well.
7. Preheat the oven, bake the cake for about 45 mins.

What he Loves to do...

Since Ryan joins K2 this year, he has to miss out his colouring class due to my busy schedule during weekend. I really don't have a free time to send and pick him up from the school...so just give it a miss. Instead, during our free time, I will spend about an hour to guide Ryan how to mix colour and blend the colour to make the picture looks great. Frankly speaking, I am not good in art at all,but I managed to curi  some simple techniques on how to blend the colour,etc ....from Ryan's previous art teacher.

So these are what we have done during last month and this month....... I gave Ryan some guidances and let him do the colouring part.

Recipe : Steamed Egg Cake

At last...... I have the free time to update my blog and as promised, I will  post up the recipe of "steamed egg cake" to share with my bloggers' friend.

It is definitely a simple cake and it taste good.

Ingredients :
125 gr  cake flour ( I used BlueKey-Superfine flour)
150 gr caster sugar
3 eggs
1 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp 7up/sprite/100 plus (any soda drink)
1 tsp baking powder

Method :
1. Sieved the cake flour ,set aside.
2. Beat egg and sugar in high speed till fluffy (about 10-15mins).
3. Pour in orange juice + soda drink,then reduce the speed to low and continue to beat till mix well.
4. Pour in the cake flour + baking soda,mix well.
5. Steam at high heat for about 30 mins.

Let's give it a try.........

Note : For the picture of this cake, please refer to my previous post.

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.