::y@ti's cLoset::

jiwa kacau

2012-03-13T22:25:00.002+08:00

kusut la sekarang.
sangat2 emotionally unstable.
moga diberi kekuatan mental dan fizikal amin!

i.am.suffocated

2012-03-09T01:32:00.000+08:00

Hidup sudah berubah.
Tabahlah hati.....

(16) dcb again!

2012-03-03T17:24:00.004+08:00

this time for my neighbour...

travelling down south to Muar. save journey bebeh tq!!

Basil Thai Nudle Bar, Bangsar Village - Geng Lunch's first official food review!!

2012-03-03T00:35:00.003+08:00

We finally completed our first food review over here. What an accomplishment! haha

Overall, i satisfied with everything it has to offer, except that they're running out of 'daun kaduk' adusss it is that difficult to keep up a reasonable stock of daun kaduk in your kitchen??? But anyway since the waiter is good enough to replace it with salads (kakak2 yg kepoh mintak foc ok, kesian adik waiter itew!) i have no further complaint full stop.

who geng lunch? now officially revealed :p

yg berkacamata

meng kam, a must-to-order and highly recommended! except that it's quite pricey, RM15 per serving yer kakak2 sekalian...balik rumah sila gugel recipe how to make 'meng kam'!
Me as first timer mmg jatuh cinta pandang pertama with its taste. Rasa sgt healthy mkn daun tuh :)

the best tomyam i've ever taste, it comes with coconut milk (or maybe fresh milk), rasa complete n perfect. cukup masam, pedas, manis, masin, everything well-blended n mixed.
Farra siap hirup kuah sampai habis..the whole bowl mind ya...needs no further description kan!

we asked for kerabu mangga, tapi it wasnt offered in the menu. so here we go mango salad instead. Sedap!

green chicken curry, as proposed by Semah. Sedap! Tapi tak reti nak buat. Next time kalau semah buat open house, dia boleh include this as her main dish...kan semah kan!!

meng kam's no. 1 fan, no other than Farra!!!!! ekspresi muka is more than enough to describe betapa best dan sedapnyer meng kam ituuuuuu

Anyway, visit here for details food review.
Thanx for reading!!

(15) Dark Choc Brownies - can never get enough of 'em!

2012-03-03T00:13:00.002+08:00

I just love the aroma coming out of the oven whenever i bake this brownie. It smells really good, as good as its taste. You know the brownie is done when few cracks started popping out on its top/surface. The cracks may look horrid, but hey do not ever justify this brownie by its outer looks yaaa. The cracks are actually what makes it to be super special, and differentiate it from any other brownie recipes i've tried before. This is one of Oprah's favourite, as featured in America's Test Kitchen.

the yellow birdie

my most favourite nozzle is 'rumput'!!! i just love the effect and output of the nozzle :)
but please disregard the flowers, me not good at drawing and design ok!

tema this time is 'rojak!!' I've told the customer that this brownie is best eaten plain, all by itself. It doesnt require any extra cream, garnishing or add-ons. But since it was meant for a birthday cake, i need to at least put up some deco onto it...to make it appearing lil bit attractive :p

Idlan says "Hepi Besday Aiman Nadzril!!"

Re-org

2012-02-29T21:59:00.003+08:00

Ptg tadi terima handover.
Minggu depan terus kena buat nego session with vendor.
Hujung pangkal cerita satu apa pun tidak tahu.
Tiba-tiba sudah sampai stage nego....

Mode pasrah dah nih.

teruja atau tertekan?

haha sila pilih.

(14) Oreo brownies - smacking sweet erkkkk!!!

2012-02-29T12:05:00.006+08:00

Though I am a sweet-tooth person, I still find this dessert to be super duper sweet that I can still feel the sweetness left in my tongue after few minutes of finish eating them. Haha too many sweet sometimes can kill you! Once in a lifetime should be ok, but too many sugary foods in a day won’t do any good to your health! So be sure to cut down the amount of sugar if you decide to try out this recipe ya. Anyway I still love this brownie to bits. The recipe is simple, the steps are pretty easy even for a beginner, it doesn’t requires you to take out your mixer, the oreo biscuits gave added bonus (also added sweetness!) to its overall taste, and yes, it’s truly yummylicious but again please please reduce the sugar yaa!!!

hitam itu menawan!!! sori the pic seriously doesnt do justice to its taste...ai takde DSLR lar!

i just love the cracks!! also the smell coming out from oven during the baking time...sgt lazat bau dia tauu :)

from my hot stove :)

Smoothing up with cream cheese to kill the sweetness. Now you can indulge in peace :)

Now let's check out the recipe!

OREO’S BROWNIES – source kitchen guardian and rima

Ingredients
225g butter
240g cooking chocolate
3 grade A eggs
1 tsp coffee powder (i used nescafe 3in1 rich)
1 tsp vanilla
250g caster sugar
60g flour
40g cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (i omit this)
1 1/2 packets Oreos biscuits ( I used 1 packet which I crushed with their cream)

Method
1.Melt butter and chocolate. Let them cool a bit.

2.Add sugar, vanilla, and coffee powder. Add eggs one by one, stir until well mixed.

3.Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt.

4.Stir in crushed Oreos biscuits! - i literally just crushed them with my fingers

5.Grease and line a 10 inch square cake tin (i used 9' pan) with baking paper... and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for about 25 mins. (i bake mine for 45 min, my oven really needs some servicing!! HAHA)

p/s:

I bake until they are just gooey and leave a slight mark on a toothpick that was inserted into the brownie. Hence, I got a chewy gooey brownie in texture…not a dry one. My hb likes it (and he also agreed to reduce the sugar next time) and enjoys munching them just like you munch the chewy gooey choc chips biscuits! Reduce the sugar, and enjoy them with a cuppa coffee. Just perfect!!

cuti panjang

2012-02-27T12:23:00.005+08:00

Hari ke-6 bercuti. Starting wth compassionate leave last week, and today utilizing my annual leave to care for my youngest. Lil Ammar looks better now, but still refuse taking anything except breastfeeding. kurus sudah anak mama! huhu. Now u'll know how important breastfeeding is mommies!!! my son didnt take anything for 2 consecutive days oredi but still running up n about, only consuming his mommy's milk...thanx Allah for your gift!! to all bf mommies out there, keep on bf your child the longest u can okie!!!

I expressed my worry and concern to the attending doctor today since Ammar refused to take any solid since Saturday evening, and he said this to me....no worry mama...your son is having all the nutrients he need by consuming your milk.

Now i have Bepanthen the magical cream to soothe my pain, i also have the precious gift running inside to protect my baby's health all the time, and it's free. Syukur.

Bepanthen ointment - a must-have for nursing moms!!

2012-02-25T17:40:00.003+08:00

This magical ointment truly works wonders on me.

Of late I keep on experiencing sore nipples, both sides, which every time when it comes to nursing I was like ‘ouchhh’ or ‘arghhhh’ or ‘adoiii sakitnyeeeerrrrr’…errr things like that. Those who never had this before, you may think I sound somewhat exaggerating. But wait till you have it (janganla doa kena) then you’ll understand why a nursing mom must have something to become their constant companion to cure the sore.

One of my friends who also bf her son introduced this cream to me. First time when I used it, it took me around 5-6 days to cure completely, that after several days of surviving medication-less. You may apply once, twice, or as frequent as you want, at your own convenient. I love it because you can still continue breastfeeding your child without having to clean the area prior nursing. Pretty effortless isn’t it?

Before I forgot, this magical ointment actually carries its main tagline as below:
NAPPY RASH – DUAL ACTION – Everyday protection and healing of nappy rash

Hah, teruja tak??

Here goes more explanation on the cream:

Bepanthen ointment protects and gently heals damaged by nappy rash. It is also suitable for caring and treatment of sore/cracked nipples, dry, chapped, and cracked skin and other minor skin injuries.

Menarik kan cream ni?

Anyway I am not representing any company, nor do I gain anything out of this entry.
Just feel that someone might benefits from this posting.

p/s: tq Hayati Jamil, this post is dedicated to you :)

Penambahan syer Bank Rakyat

2012-02-24T16:04:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillah we got it!! Though the offer amount might seem immaterial to some ppl but for us, this is gud enough already :)
It's diversification that matters, dun u think so?

Anyway those few lucky people out of hundreds or thousands of applicants will be receiving an offer letter fr the bank. You will be given a specific duration to do the additional top ups. Good news, the offer is still ongoing until the bank reaches its quota of 3billion worth of shares.

Keep checking out ur post box yaaa!

Hv a blast weekend peeps!!

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(13) Carrot Cake - now u won't feel guilty eating 2 slices at one go!!

2012-02-23T22:08:00.001+08:00

I've actually composed this entry since last week, but the connection wasn't stable at the time of posting, hence a delayed entry then!

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Me never been a fan of carrot cake, well at least not until I had the first slice recently given by my baker friend Farra. Her version of carrot cake tastes really good, when I say good I seriously meant it. Before this I had eaten the one from SR, also few other different version given by friends and colleagues, but none really taste pleasing to my taste bud. Hence explained why I never have the interest to bake one for my family (read: myself). But Farra’s version (I’d say sifu of carrot cakes since she has made loads of carrot cakes before, mmg hantu carrot lah!!) has finally change my perception towards this kind of cake, it made me can’t wait to go to Yummie to do my very first walnut shopping!

Now before you decide to bake this cake, let me warn you.

This wonderful cake takes a little bit of extra preparation. Few works of chopping and grating, which to some it may sound rather easy but it took me like forever ok! After done with half stick of the first carrot I was like ‘goshhh why am I doing this’ and ‘iskkk I wish I can just bunk this carrot inside the blender and let the machine do its works!’…err things like that…sambil grate sambil membebel non-stop :p While doing the grating thingy I keep on thinking ‘there must be some specific techniques required to grate your carrots very quickly’ but I just couldn’t figure.

Pity me huh?

So now you’re done with your carrots. Don’t be too happy coz you have few other things awaiting! Haha
Chop the walnuts (manually of course), also the raisin! I’d say I’m quite well at doing these, probably because I’ve done lots of practicing before. Not the walnuts n raisins ya, I mean something else :p

Sunmaid raisins

Now we have everything under one roof, notice how colorful the batter was? When stirring the batter I kept on thanking myself for making the decision to bake this cake…simply bec it looks so healthy!!! (with loads of carrots mind you ehem ehemm!).

Ok my cake is done. Baking time around 40-45min, depends on your oven temperature. Pretty dull and plain isn’t it? but don’t judge a cake by its outer look, belum cuba belum tahu ngeh ngeh :p

So here goes the final result, after smoothing the cake with the scrumptious cream cheese. Now it doesn’t look that plain isn’t it?

I always love rustic-looking cakes. But mine obviously needs more practice. It appears quite comot and doesn’t represent any theme huhu

different angle..still appearing comot tskkk

I asked hb ‘which one do you like brownie or this? he said this. then I said how about between devils choc and this? he said both taste good, of about the same par only that they came from different league..susah nak compare”. Haha that sounds good enough for me..saya sgt hepi!!

Oklah enough the rambling, let’s check out the recipe. Thanx a lot Farra for sharing this wonderful recipe…I lap u beb!!!

Ingredients:
210gm castor sugar ( i used 110gm castor + 100gm brown sugar)
225gm corn oil or (i used 1 cup of canola oil)
4 eggs

200gm carrot, grated – 2 cups
110gm pineapple, chopped and drained (i dont hv any, so i omitted this. farra says adding in pineapple will make the cake to be extra moist)
50gm walnuts, chopped roughly ( i used ¾ cup)
50 gm raisin, chopped roughly ( i used ½ cup)

250gm cups superfine flour or 2 cups wholemeal flour (i only hv soft flour at home, so didnt use wholemeal flour)
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon powder
(all sift together)

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1. Beat in a separate bowl the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla.
2. Chuck in all dry ingredients and carrot. Stir well until all combined.
3. Pour into round/square 9" pan, lined and greased, and bake in 180C oven for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. Cool. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream cheese frosting
100gm cream cheese
100gm unsalted butter ( guna butter biasa pon takpe)
100gm icing sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

My version of cream cheese frosting:
250g cream cheese, 125g butter, 1 cup icing sugar, 1tsp vanilla essence
--> Beat cream cheese n butter until smooth n creamy, add in icing sugar, lastly add vanilla essence.

Ok teruja tak??

Go bake one for your family!!!

Pemergian nenek

2012-02-23T12:55:00.003+08:00

Pagi Ahad sebaik selesai bersarapan, aku menerima panggilan drpd kakak ipar. Ayat pertamanya sudah membuatkan dadaku berdebar ....'dik nur dah dengar berita?' Dlm kotak fikiranku, terbayang wajah umi, dan nenekku. Dan selepas mendengar ayat seterusnya, aku terus beritahu hb, dan kami terus menguruskan anak2 - mandi, packing baju dan terus keluar dari rumah tepat jam 11am menuju pulang ke kelantan.

Nenekku meninggal. Pagi Ahad...sekitar jam 9am, 19 Februari 2012. Umi baru sahaja pulang ke kelantan pada minggu itu, dan ahad pagi tu Umi baru sahaja sampai di KL dari Kelantan. Sabtu petang, aku telefon umi dan kata Umi, nenek semakin sihat, makin ceria dan sudah lalu makan. Maka Umi decide utk pulang ke KL menaiki bas pada Sabtu mlm. Dan hari ahad keesokan hari, nenek sudah pergi menyambut Ilahi. Tanpa seorang di sisi. Makcik Yam yg selalu jaga nenek pun tiada waktu itu. Kata makcik Yam, pukul 8 lebih nenek masih ada...dia jenguk sebentar nenek sebelum keluar membeli sarapan dan ketika pulang ke rumah, dia tengok nenek sudah tiada. Urusan ajal dan maut, tidak cepat atau lewat barang sesaat.

Alhamdulillah, Umi pa dan adik dpt catch flight jam 1.30tgh hari. Hanya itu flight terawal yg sempat dikejar. Tatkala menerima perkhabaran dari kampung, umi sempat berpesan kpd tok imam, uruskan hal jenazah secepat mungkin tapi kalau boleh umi minta tunggu dia sampai sebelum jenazah dikebumikan. Syukur umi sempat melihat wajah arwah, memandikan arwah dan sebagainya. Kata umi, wajah arwah nenek tampak tenang, bersih dan cantik. Insya Allah, arwah pergi dengan senang. Jenazah selamat dikebumikan jam 5pm.

Family aku, abang dan sepupu kami sampai waktu Maghrib. Hb dah cuba drive selaju mungkin (tapi tetap cermat), tapi bukan rezeki kami utk menatap wajah arwah. Selepas Isyak, tahlil diadakan...juga buat 2 malam seterusnya. Kami anak beranak menguruskan hal tahlil, dgn bantuan jiran dan kawan arwah, syukur semua majlis selesai dan lancar. Insya allah, akhir bulan Mac kami akan pulang semula ke Kelantan utk kenduri tahlil hari ke 40. Kata imam, hari ke-40 roh akan datang ke rumah, dan pulang semula ke tempat asal buat selama-lamanya. Jadi seeloknya kita menghantar roh pulang dgn bacaan doa utk mendoakan kesejahteraannya di alam sana.

Kata Umi, dia bersyukur dan puas dapat menjaga nenek..walaupun di saat2 terakhir umi tiada di sisi. Kata Umi nenek pasti gembira kerana bukan setakat anak cucu tapi cicitnya turut mensedekahkan bacaan Yassin buat nenek. Pesanku kepada Idlan, jika mama dan abah tiada nanti jangan lupa sedekahkan bacaan Yassin dan doa kpd kami...kerana doa dari anak2 yg soleh sedikit sebyk dpt meringankan dosa dan azab yg ditanggung nanti, selain amalan si mati itu sendiri.

From Allah we came, to Him we return.
Tolong sedekah Al-Fatihah buat arwah nenek saya, Che Jah bt Awang Besar.
Moga arwah tenang di alam sana, dan ditempatkan di sisi para solihin olehNya.

tq semua.

Late night snacking!

2012-02-19T01:01:00.001+08:00

Dont be fool. It's no more 2 but 3 slices at one go! Blerghhh am really a sucker of sweet things!!! Sit up baru sekali...tp sugar intakes berkali-kali haha danggggg!

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(12) Devil's Food Chocolate Cake

2012-02-18T21:41:00.002+08:00

This was made for a neighbour, special for her hb's birthday. She initially wanted marble choc cheese brownie, but i suggested for this instead as the later one is rather too plain and simple. Alhamdulillah the comment was positive, glad she loves it! Tq my dear jiran!!!

I planned to do something different, but it turned out tad bit unappealing huhu. Maybe I should just maintain the usual deco next time :p

My all-time favourite, as well as hb's! Some devils cake doesn't call for cream cheese frosting, maybe it suits well for those who are not really into creamy and heavy cakes. But to us, chocolate and cheese truly makes a perfect combination...ibarat lagu dan irama!!

Anyway i can't really remember if i've posted the recipe before, but it doesn't cost me any penny to repost the recipe again right...so here we go!

DEVIL'S FOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE - source: Rima of bisousatoi.com

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar (i reduced to 1/4 cup)
1/2 cup brown sugar (i reduced to 1/4 cup)
65 gram butter
1 large egg - size A
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup buttermilk (i don't hv buttermilk in fridge, so i go for dutch lady full cream milk)
1/2 cup warm water

Methods
Preheat oven at 170C .. greased cake tin (i used 7", if u double the recipe, opt for 9" tin)
Sieve flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate soda, salt, and set aside.
Beat butter with sugars until light and fluffy, add egg.
Add dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder etc) alternately with liquid ingredients (buttermilk + warm water) in three portions
Add vanilla extract and continue to mix till well blended
Bake for about 30 minutes or until just cooked

Cream Cheese Frosting
250 g cream cheese (room temp)
125 g butter (room temp)
1 cup icing sugar - sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract
juice of a squeezed slice of lemon, to rid the cheese taste - i personally never add lemon juice to any of my cream cheese frosting

Beat cream cheese and butter, just until creamy, add the icing sugar, vanilla and lemon juice.

Chocolate Ganache
200 ml double cream with at least 30% fat content
250 g dark chocolate, chopped finely
a pinch of salt - i omit this, never add salt to my ganache all this while

In a double boiler, warm double cream until just at boiling point, add chopped chocolate and salt and stir, when all chocolate is melted, remove from the heat and continue stirring until all well mixed.

Cool cake completely, spread the cream cheese frosting and pour cool ganache on top.

p/s: The recipe is quite simple but requires few extra steps like cutting the cake into halves, sandwich with cream cheese, cool in fridge for a while, then cover with cream cheese on its top and last but not least pour some choc ganache as finishing. Oh wait, in my case i also hv some choc curls n choc chips as the final touch..(also fresh strawberry for special occasion haha)…very chocolaty, rich and undoubtedly sinful!

Believe me, this cake definitely makes your day :)

my wish-list! cakes of course :p

2012-02-17T13:47:00.003+08:00

It's Friday peeps! Tomorrow is Saturday, Saturday the weekend yeayyy!

I have few baking list (it got to ‘few’ after hours of scrutinizing n prioritizing hoho) to do over the weekend, all going to be new recipes taken from the net and friends. Can’t wait!!! Wanna have a look at my list?

- Carrot cake – thanx to my baker fren Farra for the recipe…tak sabar beb, I got fresh walnut in hands already!!! Alamak tapi carrot belum beli lagi iskkkk

- Victorian sandwich cakes – nyummy nyummy, belum buat dah terliur, bila dah buat apetah lagi!! Haha

- Oreos brownies – arghh this one also looks very tempting. Imagine a marriage between dark chocolate for the brownie layer and oreo biscuits with its vanilla cream crushed into the batter…adesss meleleh!

- Oreo truffles – damnn this one truly salivating it’s like love falls at first sight. Giler mengancam!

That’s it for this weekend. Surely I won’t have the time to try out all, but I vow to give them a try very soon :)

Wait for the outcome ya peeps! If you can’t wait, go figure now! The pics are all truly enticing arghh now u wanna blame people who posted the pics on the net plakksss?? :p

p/s: my lunch geng just now commented 'ari-ari makan nasi lemak eh'. So what's that supposed to mean? well let's put up this way... I will still be having my cakes as usual but promise NO nasi lemak at all for next week! janjiiii! If u can afford all the sweets, u sure can afford taking no extra cholesterol from the nasi lemak won't u :)

rotavirus

2012-02-16T12:13:00.002+08:00

Ammar is staying at home today. Was having diarrhea since Tuesday and just now he vomited.

He was ok early this morning when we went to clinic, still active n cheerful as usual. Doc said it was virus, but we prayed it is not something as severe as rota.

As of now he refuses ORS and smecta, still. Will try to push at least a bit so that he keeps hydrated.

Get well soon my little manja boy! Mama miss your radiant smile!

the little chef to be

2012-02-15T13:12:00.002+08:00

Of late, this little boy who shares the same birth date with his mama (ehem ehemm sila jgn lupa!!) keeps on saying “firas nak jadi chef”. First time when I heard that I was like’ wowwwww’ bagusnya!! Mama dia tak dapat jadi chef, kalau anak dpt jadi chef alangkah bahagianya !!! boleh mama makan kek puas2 everyday hihi.

Few months back I downloaded some baking video (specifically there’s about 4 different videos on how to make muffin) on the ipad. I notice he will play the video again and again, after few rounds of playing his favourite games on the machine. Sometimes I took a peek at the screen and when I saw he was actually watching the baking video instead of playing games, I felt contented.

Ada harapan cerah ni!

my sweet n cheeky amir firas, who's a wife to hubby's friend commented 'boleh tahan nakal yer your second son nih'.

his favourite pose --> sengih luas-luas, exactly like his pak long :p

But beware, there’ll be few risks coming along the way.

Dulu one of the ‘holder’ that cling to my mixer has broken down when he puts his hand behind the bowl while the mixer was still running (kalau ada org nak hadiahkan mixer utk hadiah besday tahun ni best giler!!)

When I decorate cakes for order, this boy will come into the kitchen, asking for some sprinkles, stars, chocolate chips n whatnots.

He often takes the chance to steal my M&Ms when opportunity arises.

Those to name a few…..

Well, of all my three boys, he always become my permanent companion whenever I do baking. Seronok juga bila ada peneman tapi teman yg mengacau??? Arghhh you wouldn’t want that in the first place :p

Here’s my little chef in the making….i support you son! Amin………..

(11) Marble Chocolate Cheese Brownies

2012-02-13T13:43:00.007+08:00

Before this I’ve made marble chocolate cheese brownies for quite a number of times, using the same old recipe that is safely kept in my drawer. I cant really remember the source for it was taken from the internet long time ago. But I notice there are few bloggers out there that have been using the same recipe, which I believe came from the same source.

Last Saturday I decided to give a try to a new recipe which the ingredients and methods are somehow totally different to the ones practiced before. So let’s take a peek at the recipe first shall we….

CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES – source: joyofbaking

1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

4 ounces (115 grams) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped

1 1/4 cups (250 grams) granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1/2 cup (65 grams) all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream Cheese Layer:

8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature

1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 large egg

In a stainless steel (heatproof) bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate. Remove from heat and stir in the sugar and vanilla extract. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well (with a wooden spoon) after each addition. Stir in the flour and salt and beat, with a wooden spoon, until the batter is smooth and glossy and comes away from the sides of the pan (about one minute). Remove 1/2 cup of the brownie batter and set it aside. Place the remainder of the brownie batter evenly onto the bottom of the prepared pan.

Then, in the bowl of your food processor (or with a hand mixer), process the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, vanilla, and egg and process just until creamy and smooth. Spread the cream cheese filling evenly over the brownie layer. Spoon small dollops of the reserved brownie batter evenly on top of the cream cheese filling. Then with a table knife or wooden skewer, swirl the two batters without mixing them.

My comment:

Somehow I don’t really like its brownies texture…too dense, solid, compact..in other words you wouldn’t want to go for a second slice after having the first bite. Unless if you’re the type who likes something very very fudgy and dense, then this recipe surely is the perfect one for you! Anyway I still prefer my previous version of marble cheese..cakey and light, both the brownies and cheese layer are not very strong and intense, the combination works very well n just nice to my tastebud :)

But looking at the recipe again, I think probably we can alter the method a bit and still have the same old brownies texture that I like. Bake the brownie layer first, and later pour the cheese layer on top of the baked brownie. Total baking time definitely goes longer, but the brownie layer wud have enough time to rise (and shine!!) and develop some pores, hence resulting it to be cakey and less fudgy.

Nevertheless if you want to have a look at the old recipe (I’d say my very trusted one thus far! Hihi) pls check out the label ‘resipi’ yer!!

Pusat Sains Negara 6 Feb 2012

2012-02-10T08:48:00.009+08:00

Pusat Sains Negara really rocks!!!
Rugi dulu tak pernah tahu (atau lebih tepat lagi...malas nak ambil tahu) kewujudan PSN nih.
Siapa yg belum pernah sampai, sila pergi ok. Sekarang tgh promo, free entrance until mid Feb (not sure the exact date tho). Tapi kalau nak tgk robot Android, kena bayar at a very minimal fee (kami tak tgk robot tu, dah flat-kepenatan-nak pengsan-mengantuk yg amats.. sumer ader!).

Oklah jom layan gambar. Mood bercerita agak kureng hari ini. Hope the pics and lil bit of explanation help :)

Oh sebelum tu, sila google dulu address PSN ni yer. My hb siap google map the night before, al maklum lah kami ni warga jati Kajang, jadi area Bukit Kiara, Bukit Damansara dan seangkatan dengannya agak kureng terer (tapi me KL-born girl, apekah???). Kalau setakat Ikea tu bolehlah ai terangkan dgn detail hihi. So nak dijadikan cerita, kami tersalah masuk simpang (now who's to be blamed google map ke diri sendiri yg tak arif nak baca google map haha), kena U-turn sikit, jalan straight sikit, dan akhirnya berjaya sampai ke PSN dengan jayanya! (sebelum tu sesat nak cari parking, mujur terserempak dgn kereta Sheeril).

Latest attraction at PSN, ade kids swimming pool u olsss hebat gitu! Some more it's free, triple hebat!! Jadi pengajaran buat Dayang dan Zue, lain kali silalah bawa baju spare utk mandi-manda bersama anak2 tercinta ahaksss

another view

My eldest suke sgt main lompat atas tayar hitam tuh. Mama dia pon over mahu try jugak, tapi utk beberapa minit yg pertama masih terpaku atas tayar yang sama. Hati dan semangat masih belum kuat utk cuba lompat ke tayar seterusnya tskkk (sebab lain takut jatuh dlm air dan tudung basah, sebab kes tak bawak tudung spare hihi)

Yang berbaju hitam tu bukan saya. Tapi saya sempatlah mencuba satu lagi alat exercise dekat sini. Hebat kan, ade pool, ade alat exercise! Anak2 pergi mandi, mommy dan daddy pergi menyenamankan diri dan cuba sedaya upaya utk menyahkan serba sedikit kolesterol yg tidak diingini di dalam badan!

Ada small playland utk budak2. Dan paling best, ada banyak bangku tempat duduk utk picniking dan lepaking di sini. Jadi mommy dan daddy boleh buat small gathering, borak sakan tak hingat ala2 knowledge sharing session (bukan gossip tawww) sambil makan-makan!! (the part which i like most, sape setuju sila LIKE).

Ammar as usual blur2 bila mula-mula masuk air, dahlah sesema teruk time tuh...tapi dah sampai, mesti wajib rendam jugak kan :)

Opsss dia kencing atas mama dan hampir kena bangku tempat duduk kami! Mujur tak kena tikar :) Tapi no worries mommy, sebelah bangku tu ada air paip. Some more najis muhoffafah jer, tak susah nak bersihkan :)

Participants of the day: Sheeril Dayang, Zue Bibik (eh mane Din yer hihi), Farra Dmn & Yati Pruzz. Ewah memasing posing ngan sorang anak jer (padahal dah berderet :p)

Ha anak sape tu yerrrrrr???

food of the day. A very short (kind of ad hoc actually) planning, tapi part makanan never fail. Pic not inclusive of Farra's food. Akibat dtg lambat, gambar food hang tak sempat nak snap :p

mama, cakkkk!

anak bujangku yg bongsu

Ok sumer sudah refresh dan bertukar uniform. Letih tauu main air, mengantuk pun ader. Tapi kanak2 nk sgt tgk robot Transformers...so layan. Jadi ayuh kita masuk PSN!!

bigger group pic. Sekali lagi Farra takder...bz salin baju :p

cantik kan?? i thot PSN sama dgn Planetarium..rupanya tidak sama sekali.

ada fish u olsss! Lepas ni tak payah pergi Aquaria (dan bayar mahal2) sebaliknya masuk sini sajer lah!

alaa dah lupa apa nama ikan yg paling besar dekat situ. Aruapaima ke ape Yang??

Ni lah robot Transformers yg digembar-gemburkan itu. Statik je. Idlan siap ckp...laaa ni je ke mama??

Peneroka Comel. Utk si cilik anda bermain2...mmg best dlm ni, macam2 ada sampai kami pon pening.

Foam Factory, utk budak2 besar. Jadi Ammar konfem tak lepas la. Bebudak dlm tu mmg sakan giler main tembak2 bola..mmg besh!

Awak kecik lagi, jadi main benda yg comel2 (dan tidak merbahaya) sajelah yer!

Abang ngah ni kurus sgt, nak tolak Thomas ni pun tak larat. Mujur ada kakak PSN yg membantu :) Cuma sorang je boleh naik at one time.

Abang long bwk Ammar naik sekali..sepatutnya tak boleh, mujur kakak manis tu kasik.

astronaut to be?? Definitely no...dia tak minat pun, in fact bila tanye what do u like about PSN? jawapan dia: ada pool!

mini canopy walk

mr grasshopper

tilam udara besar ni nampak best giler...teringin naik kan??? 4yrs n above je kots...

Kids World yg best...macam2 ade!

Sounds of Music. Benda ni paling ai suke...sgt comel. Bila pijak2 key board tu ade bunyi..macam main piano betul2 la...hebat kan! Jakun pun ader hihi

OKlah, sekian entri buat hari ini.
Silah pergi, confirm tak rugi!
PSN, we surely will come again!!!

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Tapi jangan dtg lambat tauuu, nanti tak masuk dlm gambar opsssss :p

(9) Cream Puff

2012-02-08T11:09:00.003+08:00

Sangat azab okay membuat cream puff during weekdays. Buatnya lama, tapi part makan tu kejap je lesap!! Berjiwa nak tunggu bakar, then potong tengah, then pipe kan cream dia, then nk deco sket2 atas tuh...the steps are actually pretty straight forward, but tedious...apekah????

60pcs cream puff for a neighbour..kata dia, mak dia tingin nk makan cream puff si yati...aduhai lemah bila dengar ..terharu pun ader!

the 4th batch of the night went into dustbin! sedey okay nak wat camner kan. Even tho i've made cream puff many times before, there are occasion where the batter just went wrong somewhere which it was difficult to explain but it happened!! tsskkk

On the following day i made my 5th and 6th batch of cream puff, this time it's for mom!! Umi mmg suke cream puff nih (actually anak dia yg suke sgt2! hehe)

I personally believe the strawberry and blueberry drizzle puts some dramatic effect to its overall finishing, which makes them look extra enticing! :p

Moral of the story, no more taking cream puff order on weekdays ok!!

WW

2012-02-08T09:40:00.002+08:00

(8) The Baked Brownie

2012-02-03T14:15:00.003+08:00

These are dark chocolate brownies, my top pick as well as Idlan's.
I'm using Beryl's all the time...sedap dan paling penting not too pricey :p

the cut-outs for kak Nurra, my officemate in return for laksa johor that she made for me :)

A complete set of the angry birds - cukup 5 kaler...but afterwards idlan mentioned that the green one is not in the group.

si kuning...

si hitam...the bom

the white one looks tad bit brutal lohh

bird's eye view - the complete version

Esok cuti panjang weiiiii syiok syiok!!!

Hari Wilayah...

2012-02-01T23:11:00.002+08:00

- begins with a simple brekkie that was cucur bilis Adabi.
- 1st pumping session done in 15min before 11am.
- Head off to TGV Cheras Selatan for Sumpahan Kum Kum (ok jgn gelak, ni je yg paling best buat hari ini rasanya!), hb settled for a couple seat for a show at 11.45am.
- Had a quick 15min lunch at Subway next to the TGV. Hb chose meatball marinara while myself had turkey breast n chicken slice. Sedap banget!! Cookies dia pon sedappp :)
- Watched Sumpahan Kum Kum till the show ends around 1.25pm. Okla, takdela takut sangat but still ai kejap-kejap tutup mata bila hantu keluar tsk tskk...
- Had a good 15min window shopping at Jusco. Bagus, nafsu masih terkawal hence no damage done.
- Sharp 2pm we both split in our own way, hb went for a meeting while myself shot to Yummie to top up my bakery supply. Diam tak diam i spent close to 1 hour dekat situ and the damage? biarlah rahsia arghhhh
- Reached home around 3.40pm, and did another round of pumping after solat. Actually pumping and FB run concurrently :)
- Lepas solat asar, nesting in the kitchen for 1hr++ baking brownie and prepare dinner. Siap buat 2 version of dinner lagi...macaroni goreng for the kids, mihun goreng with vege and extra chilli for us.
- Sapu living hall in 5-7min, clean the dishes and segala tok nenek dlm sink, fetch the kids from taska at 6.40pm (ouchhh dah lebih 6.30pm, terpaksa bayar OT nanti!).

When i recalled the activities, it's more like you are in an 'amazing race'. Buat itu, next ini, lari ke sana, pecut ke sini...all in one day.

But when you are back to work, practically you'll just be sitting in front of lappy for a 'good' 4 hour++ before lunch time, then lepas lunch duduk balik tgk lappy sampai ke petang. Probably do lil bit of exercise when a meeting is held next to your building. Or doing some mental therapy when there's a bazaar on the ground floor on certain occasion. And settle for something 'extraordinary' lunch at MV or KL Sentral on Friday that's near your pay day.

So now tell me, which one sounds better? Duduk senang lenang depan pc dlm air cond sehari suntuk, atau berlari ke sana ke mari macam org bz giler penat toksah ckp la but deep inside you know you've done something and enjoy doing loads of things to the fullest?

lagi best when seeing ur hb eating 2 full plates of ur home-cooked dinner complaining u're ruining his diet but at the same time he gave u big compliments like 'this is the best mihun goreng i've cooked for him so far" haha

Priceless kan??? :p

okla cut the crap. esok kena keje as usual hoho

(6) Devil's food choc cake

2012-02-01T22:41:00.003+08:00

Number [6] - Devil's Food Chocolate Cake.

My mom loves it, hb gives extra credit when i put another layer of blueberry on top of the cheese, firas of course loves anything that comes with cream, idlan so-so bec he's more into brownie, and meself? ahhh needs no further explanation if i can gobble 1/2 of the whole cake in a day!

It really takes effort to look effortless! konon nk wat style cam omputih, sapu cream comot-comot but still looks enticing. But mine still need lots of improvement!

The day where Ammar started on formula...

2012-01-31T16:49:00.003+08:00

Our youngest lil Ammar now turns 16 months old. Still a baby to the family, as what his brothers always refers him. The most dramatic and manja kid of ours, he can be so sweet at one point and later pulls tantrum in a blink. Silap gaya this budak can go guling2 on the floor, anyway that’s what apparently differentiates him from the elder brothers!

Of all the kids (cewah bunyi cam ramai benar anak :p), he is the one that attach most to me. Probably because I manage to bf him this far.

Well, this supposed to be a sad entry actually. Today marks the very first day I need to supplement ammar with formula. My frozen EBM has started to be depleting since the last Ramadhan, and yesterday the stock turns zero. Yes from beribu2 lemon, it finally reaches the zero level yesterday! Sedih toksah cakap, I may be happy and looks cool on the outside but the inner me was actually feeling the opposite. Well I know it is not the end of the world, nor did the end of my motherhood journey. I also knew that I still have loads of things to offer, and embrace through, in raising up the kids. Failure to exclusively breastfeed your baby up to 2 years doesn’t mean you are no good in this area. And despite all this, I am still continuing the pumping routine as usual, twice a day in the office. So from today onwards Ammar will be taking 3 bottles of fresh EBM plus 1-2 bottles of formula to supplement his daily needs.

So it seems I fail to meet my 2-year target of exclusive breastfeeding, now let’s revise the statement and turn it into 2-year direct breastfeeding :) The journey is still on bebeh...caiyo caiyo!!!

Faber deep freezer yg hanya tinggal kenangan...

once upon a time..masa stock tgh meriah dolu-dolu :p

sampaikan nak letak ice packs pun struggle hihi

Ammar 1 yr old during last Eid..still exclusive bf that time

si manja mama yg sgt dramatic isk isk

tapi bila senyum..cair dan luluh hati mama!

@ Disneyland HK last October 2011

see the cheeky face? that means he's up to something mischievous so jgn tertipu dgn senyuman dia!

Oh he now can speaks "ma-ma....aaa-bah"
Sweet bunyi dia!!!!

(7) Choc bottom banana square brownies

2012-01-31T08:32:00.002+08:00

A friend of mine who's currently pursuing her PHD in NZ is having a mission of completing ALL the recipes in the Hummingbird Cookbook, before she leaves the land of NZ and back to Malaysia for good.

To her, baking is a therapy, a way for her to escape from the terrific and chaotic life as a PHD student.

I kind of like the idea. Simply bec I also go into baking as one of the therapies after having to go thru the hectic days i.e juggling with kids, works and house chores.Only diff is that i am not doing a PHD haha!

Take this as one of my 2012 resolution, I am planning to keeping track how many cakes I’ve baked throughout the year. It kind of exciting when you know you have something to achieve by the year end, and when the moment of truth comes, you’ll be like “wowwww tak sangka I’ve baked sooooo many cakes!!!”. Haha too exaggerate ker? Tak kisah lah janji ai happy, hb happy, my kids happy…paling penting, perut and my mind are happy as well :p

So this is chocolate bottom banana square brownies, made for a neighbour next door for her office potluck. I’ve posted the recipe in my earlier entry…so can check it out ya. Have a nice Hari Wilayah holiday tomorrow peeps!! Lucky me, the kids will be schooling as usual as theirs fall under Selangor, so am gonna have a chance to go for ‘dating-dating’ with hb :p

my 7th cake of the year
I am determine to see what's the number will be like by the time i reach the year end.....:p