Blueberry Cheese Cake

Macam pelik one night, one of my baking 'teacher' texted me; ' Kak Zu nak order blueberry cheese cake, boleh '. Dalam hati, boleh mmg boleh tapi kek Ainna x cantik. Huhu.

In terms of cheesecake recipes, I believe I have a lot and mastered quite a few. But d problem is in terms of d cake pan. Jenis yg springform at d moment mostly comes in big sizes. So if I were to bake in a smaller pan, I need to put d baking paper around it and when I remove d paper, terserlah lah kedutan2 di sekeliling. Pada sesape yg expert please advice or give suggestions on where to get smaller springform pan k.

As for my blueberry cheesecake, d base is made from a combination of flour, brown sugar, and almond powder. D rest is similar to d basic cheesecake plus d filling on top of it. But, I have to say d filling that I bought in Honey Ingredient is not as smooth as the one in Sayang SP. For this one in Honey, it looks more like a blueberry jam.

There's always room for improvement right?

Red Velvet Cupcake

A colleague of mine, Harni texted me ' Kak Ainna, can you bake me a RVC with d creamy cream cheese topping? Yg Starbucks x sedap'. Despite the fact that she keeps on stressing she's not pregnant and it's just a craving towards cheese, I am more than happy to bake it for her since i myself love eating it so much!

The first time I baked RVC, I googled d recipe and alhamdulillah menjadi. There are a few versions on the net; buttermilk, whip cream + lemon, yoghurt etc, but usually for cupcakes I will use whip cream n lemon, whereas for cakes I will use the original buttermilk.

What makes it so sedap? I believe the contrast taste of chocolate + lemon + whip cream + cream cheese topping. it sounds fattening yet I never felt guilty eating it ;) So to my dear Harni Farlina, hopefully my RVC has satisfy your cravings ok ;)

Cartoon Artwork Birthday Cake Class

This is the second time I attended a deco class with Kak Zu.. Few days before d class, Kak Zu texted me to ask which cartoon I would like to draw. Thinking of Aleesya & Umar's common interest, I decided to do RIO.

However, on the real day of the class, I find that the picture of Blu, the main character in RIO was a bit tiny and complicated. So I resorted to Dora, bearing in mind that Aleesya had d Dora's backpack, a gift from her Aunty Nelly & Tok Noor. Here's the real deal.

We need to make an outline from d cartoon that we want using chocolate. However, after doing d chocolate outline using Dora's picture, it became broken all over and it was my 3rd attempt. It was already 4pm so finally I resorted to Minnie Mouse; simple yet interesting to look at.

Like Kak Zu said, pengalaman tu penting & kalau sabar hasilnya puas hati. Mmg puas hati bila bawak balik kek Aleesya's first comment; 'wow! Mama buat Minnie Mouse. Terima kasih, mama' . Segala sakit belakang, penat hilang terus. Paling penting muka Encik Hubby yg konon2 x nak puji sebut ' Ok gak u buat kek ni '.

Thank u so much Kak Zu. Insya allah next time I will bug u again to learn on other cakes pulak. Jangan serik ye ada student mcm saya  ;b

                                                     strawberry filling for d cake

                                                      crumb coating d cake

                                                      minnie mouse cake

                                            d minnie mouse is mine n angry bird made by kak ani

                                                                   penat tp best

                                                          strawberry sponge cake

Carrot Cake

We had a pot luck at school somewhere last week. At first, I didn't know what to do.. Nak masak2 ni cm lambat skit ;b suddenly TING! Carrot Cake! Alhamdulillah the carrot cake licin in 20 minutes time. Thanks to d carrot cake, it somehow has given me d courage to be friendlier to other teachers in that school since I considered myself quite new there ( transferred in Jan 2012 ).

Why carrot cake? Because it has a unique taste, a combination of carrots and walnut and cream cheese topping ;) Yummy! And again, thanks to d video that Raihanna uploaded in her blog, I now know how to make d carrot icing ( although I have a looong way to go to make a perfect carrot shape ) So happy
carrot-ing everyone ;)

CARROT CAKE RECIPE

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

A pinch of salt

1 cup corn oil

2 1/2 carrots- grated

1 cup walnut- chopped

1 1/2 cups sugar

Vanilla essence

4 eggs

* Beat eggs & sugar. Add in corn oil. Beat the ingredients using a low speed. Add in flour, baking powder, soda, & salt. Mixed well. Using a spatula, put in the grated carrot & walnut. Pour into pan. Bake 180 C 30 mins.

CREAM CHEESE TOPPING

250g cream cheese

1/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Lemon zest

* Beat the butter. Add the cream cheese. Beat until smooth. Pour in the icing sugar. Beat using medium speed. Put in the lemon zest. Decorate your cake using this icing

Oreo Cheese Cake

This time let's talk about Oreo Cheese Cake. Yummy! The same basic like my post on Classic Cheese Cake, just replace the biscuits with Oreo Biscuits, omit the sour cream and use whipping cream instead, and put in the white cream from the Oreo biscuits plus a few Oreo biscuits inside the cream cheese ingredients.. So adalah rasa biscuit dlm cake tu.

Cuma d Oreo Cheesecake dekat SR if x silap chilled Oreo Cheesecake rasanya ( correct me if I'm wrong ) Mine is d baked version.. and my weakness is susah nak bake this cheese cake tanpa overbaked; d cake turns out a bit brownish.. so if bakers kat luar sana nak bagi pandangan or komen, silakan ye.. sama2 kita belajar ;)

Hopefully, in time I can make a perfecto Oreo Cheese Cake and become a better baker ;)

Fruit Tart

Making fruit tart is not so difficult, but to find the best custard filling is like a love-hate relationship for me.. Mmg I'm still searching for the best custard filling recipe up until now. Tapi biasanya I will mix the custard flour with fresh milk and sugar. So far, OK. As for the fruits, I've tried strawberry, kiwi, peaches, pineapple and grapes. One of my friends use the canned fruit cocktail. Cuma rasanya, grapes somehow akan cepat rosak and kiwi yg masam pulak will spoil the taste. But, hubby loves the fruit tart that I made ;) So, for now enjoy the pics and when I'm comfortable enough with the taste of my fruit tart, I will post the recipe in the future k ;)

                                            1st time buat dulu, buah pun potong besar2 ;b

Cheese Tart

Salah satu pencetus yang membuatkan saya nak start baking semula ialah somewhere in 2009 I discovered Raihanna's blog; http://raihannavanilla.blogspot.com/ blog ni share recipe yg sangat banyak! One of d recipes that I tried was Brownie Cheesecake Kukus. From her blog, I found another link to Blueberry Cheese Tart. Bila try both recipes menjadi, rasa happy and semangat nak membaking datang berkobar2 ;)

At that time, dekat kedai Parit Buntar & Bagan Serai ada dua kedai je yg jual bakery ingredients. And both of the kedai x jual filling lagi. Tapi semangat punya pasal, beli jugaklah blueberry jam and managed to try it out. Kawan2 plak ckp tart sedap so from there tanya orang2 dekat situ so barulah tau ada bakery shop in Nibong Tebal yg jual barang2 bakery yang banyak. Although it took me about 30 mins drive nak pergi situ, semangat punya pasal sanggup je. ALhamdulillah, Aleesya yg at that time umur setahun lebih x kacau sangat each time I wanna bake something. And paling penting, she appreciates eveything that I bake.

Daripada x reti buat pattern filling, then google tgk mcm mana org lukis pattern atas tart, sampailah sekarang I'm still in d process of learning to bake something good for hubby n my 2 kids. And to Raihanna, I hope one day you will read this and I hope u know that I'm glad I found your blog ;) Betullah kata orang2 tua, pengikat kasih sayang adalah melalui perut esp makanan yg kita sendiri masak ;)

                                                 1st time buat takde filling jem pun jadi ;)

                                               My fav combination, strawberry & blueberry