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4th Giveaway WINNER is...

Jeng Jeng Jengggggggg hehe.. Ok ok....let me see....first of all... thank you to all contestants!

Yes, macs are a pain in the behind, love 'em, hate 'em, love 'em again... but when you do bite into one.... its heavennnn :)

I'm especially proud of those who actually had the courage to bake macs just for the sake of this GA with a special shoutout to Epi who started a blog for this! If I could I would giveaway a mac sheet to each one of you who attempted baking macs over this weekend. But there can be only one winner!

But before I start talking about the winner, let me tell you a bit about Thailand.... kahkahkah.. am right now too excited to announce the winner but i have to... i just got to do what i hv to do ... Bismillilah...

Soooo here is our winner.. Congrats to Mek Siam! Get in touch to claim your prize wokey!

(Prizes not claimed within 48 hours will be put back into the basket for re-draw).

Okie i hv to go.. i will be a little busy this week.. i hv a few orders to prepare and hb is away again.. blueeekkk... will try to update if i hv the time to try out new recipes ok.. till then.. take care all and to Ijah... congrats dear!

Oh, and a final thing: End of this week I will be receiving from Mastrad a huge stock of Mac sheets - I have already updated my store with the new stock level so if any of you are keen on getting a mac sheet, you can do that now.

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Out and about...

I'm sorry guys.. i know i shud hv some kinda updates on my GA but am caught up with lots of stuff.. been out and abt .. basically we are Solenn's tourist guide.. English teacher ahem and parents to her till the 3rd week of this month.. yesterday morning we went to USS and guess what? my son came along.. yep.. i finally got to spend time with my boy tho half of the time he "was't there".. poor boy.. u deserve better... (long story)

I enjoyed myself of cos.. Hairi and I took all the crazy rides together.. just like old times ey Hairi.. both of us love crazy rides and I no longer hv to worry how he wud react to this kinda rides (he was 6yrs old when i first took him to Universal Studios Hollywood).. the best part is when he started to tell me that the rides were super scary the moment we're abt to board it.. geeeshhh anyway i think Sonia had the most fun day yesterday.. she was talking non stop.. she was singing and she even took her first junior roller coaster ride (Enchanted Airways) with us! well done dear! Solenn took almost all the rides in USS.. she even took Revenge of the Mummy ride err well except The Cyclon Galactica ride which i did.. thank you to my son! gulp.. so ok.. enjoy a few photos which i managed to take..

Been awhile since we last got to take pic as a family.. ty Solenn!

Work it out hb.. hehehe

Thats our lunch that spells - fattening! hehe

The many faces of my son... I feel for u son... insyallah.. u'll be fine..

Pssttt.. Focus on me.. yes me.. not the one on my right hahaha

Waterworld show... not as huge as the one in the US but its good enough...

Ok kiddoes... time to head home... looking at my kids photos makes me feel all sentimental.. am blessed to hv u guys in my life...

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39) http://fuzzymazing.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-that-macaron-or-sandwich-cookie.html

40) http://mearezmz.blogspot.com/2011/07/owhmacaron.html

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My 4th Giveaway!!!

Take a look at my pic below.. its all abt macs.. some are ok.. some look good and some err were cracked! i used to get frustrated.. i still do but it has never stopped me fm trying and wondering what went wrong.. did i screw it up during folding? did i not whip the egg whites properly? is my oven too hot? question question question.. to me.. its always a challenge when it comes to macs.. eventho i bake it almost every week..

Mac cracking day.. yikes!

Finally!!

But one thing is at least now a "constant".. the size and the shape. Am so glad that I now have a baking sheet that makes the shape perfect! The mastrad macaron sheet really does it well and gives me excellent results (but it is not a A-Z solution for good macs!)... anyway, with everybody wanting this and causing the "sold out" sign to come up in my store within 24h, I have decided to have my 4th GIVEAWAY!!

So the gift will be: A mastrad small ridge Macaron Sheet + a mastrad piping bag set to go along.

And the million dollar "question":

"Give me a link to a macaron post in your blog."

- So yes, you will need to have a blog! If you don't and you want to enter, create a blog and make a short post and add a pic! It will take you less time than folding macarons!

- If you haven't made macs yet - TRY!

- The macaron post does not need to show perfect macs. It is not a beauty contest. So Fat, Flat, Skinny, Ugly macs can all join!

- Simply 'copy & paste' the link to your post in my comment box

- Please reply ONLY through the comment box below.

- GA ends 7pm on Sunday 10th July 2011 Singapore time.

- Again winner will be chosen by random.org (so as you can see, I just need the link - the macs don't need to be perfect!)

Good luck dearies!

So ok bef i start my day with my two girls .. i wanna thank Waty for all the repeat orders.. muchas gracias babe! Ty KYati who is in S'pore fm Brunei.. it was nice to meet u and ur 3 sweet looking daughters!! Thank you Sophia for ur repeat orders .. i see u again next wk! and ty Cik Rukiah for the macs orders.. see u later!

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Lapis Cheesecake - Best of both worlds!

Soo my 15yrs old Solenn arrived safely.. i didnt go and fetch her in the end cos my little Sonia was still sleeping and i couldnt bare to wake her up.. Solenn flew here with a 23kg suitcase .. got upgraded to business class on the A380.. pooffftt! (as what the french ppl wud say!) hahaha and and guess what i got as prezzie?? heheh u guessed right my dearies!!!

Anyway after brekkie.. we let her rest.. hb went to work of cos.. i baked my macs and officially called yesterday.. the "mac cracking day"! grrrr.. finally after the 3rd tray i managed to get a no crack tray full of macs.. kept on baking till i didnt realise i had baked more than i shud have lol.. oh well... maybe i shud do a quick macs sale?? ahakss

Hb got home in the evening.. we had coffee and this awesome cake.. got ready and by 8pm we were already sitting down introducing Solenn to some of our local food... u said u like spicy food Solenn??.. heheh wait till u taste our kinda spicy kahkahkah - evil grin hehe (habis anak orang kita kerja kan hahaha)

So ok heres to this superb recipe... u girls hv got to try and bake this.. i know.. i know.. it may seem difficult.. it may crush ur diet.. but but.. this cake is a 'die die must bake" type of cake.. bake it wokey :o)

Ingredients
Layer Cake
(A)
300g of egg yolks - (+/-15 eggs)
150g caster sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla cream - i used vanilla paste and vanilla oil

(B)
10g low protein flour - cake flour
10g milk powder

(C)
250g Wisjman butter (or use golden churn butter now that it is officially halal as published in berita harian)
50g Butter Oil Substitute - i used 50g butter
2tbsp condensed milk

(D)
250g mixed fruits soaked in rum - I used orange juice

CHEESECAKE
(A)
500g Cream Cheese
150g icing sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla cream - i used vanilla paste
1tsp lemon paste or extract

(B)
300g eggs (+/- 6 eggs)

(C)
100g yogurt

Method
Layer Cake
- Whisk (A) till thick and fluffy
- Add in (B) and continue to whisk using low speed - set aside
- Whip butter till soft and add condensed milk to it.
- Add (C) to ur egg mixture and continue to stir till combined
- Bake like how u would usually will bake ur layer cake.. mine I weighed 78g per layer and i got 10 layers out of this batter... oh the pan I used is 8x8

CheeseCake
- Whisk (A) using medium speed till soft.
- Add in (B) and continue to whisk.
- Add in (C) and continue to whisk till well combined
- Pour cream cheese batter onto ur layer cake (dont forget to use aluminium to wrap around ur pan to stop water from seeping in ok)
- Steam bake it using 170C on top fire and 180C on bottom fire for 90mins.. (I baked mine using 160C overall for 90mins)
- Once baked.. let it cool and place it in ur fridge..

Best of both worlds.. perfecto! the taste... the texture... oh my.. oh my... we love it!! hb loves it.. Solenn loves it.. i love it... so so rich.. so so soft... no words can describe it... i am in HEAVEN... :op

Heheh these are not for my store.. they are mine.. mine.. mineeee hehe.. ty Vero for all the gifts.. the one in that plain paperbag is my fav! woot woot!

Source: Bakery Magazine - recipe fm Chendawaty (LPK Tata Boga Ny Liem)

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Brownie ... Brownies..

Good morning peeps! I woke up today thinking abt the same thing.. There are a couple of things bugging me lately.. am a worry ward and i cant help it.. am a mother to a 21yrs old boy who is planning to take up a diploma right after hes done with national service in sept.. am a mother of a 3yr old girl who is waiting for a place in kinder.. i just hope that both of them will get a place.. besides that.. there are some other things that are in my head and i am not gonna dwell over it.. not gonna sigh at this hr cos i shud be thankful that i am given the chance to see my kids grow.. alhamdullilah...

Anyway enough abt my worries.. am updating my blog at this wee hour simply bec in a moment we are heading to the airport to fetch Solenn.. shes lugging all my Cocoa Berry in her luggage! poor girl hehe

I hv to bake macs for a couple of orders right after that sooo.. heres the recipe for this banana brownie.. am not that happy with the outlook.. however i am very happy with the texture and the taste of this steamed brownie... light in the tummy.. perfect for brekkie! eh eh having said that.. i forgot to go and buy croissant for my french girl!! arghhhh

Ingredients
150g banana
4 eggs
125g caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
120g flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
25g butter
75g dark cooking chocolate
1/4 tsp chocolate paste

Method
- Lumatkan pisang dgn garpu - sisihkan
- Lelehkan butter dan dark cooking cokelat dgn cara direndam dalam air panas.. aduk sampai larut
- Masukkan cokelat pasta ke dalam cokelat cair
- Tuang campuran ini ke dalam pisang. Aduk rata. Sisihkan
- Kocok telur bersama gula pasir dan garam sampai mengembang
- Masukkan tepung terigu dan baking powder sambil diayak dan diaduk rata
- Tuang campuran pisang sedikit demi sedikit ke dalam kocokan telur sambil diaduk rata
- Tuang ke dalam loyang 24x12x4 cm yg sudah dialas kertas roti tanpa dioles margarin
- Kukus 25mins didalam pengukus yg sudah dipanaskan diatas api sedang sampai matang

Will translate method later ok! got to go :op

Source: Sedap magazine - 18 aneka bolu kukus

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Bolu Kukus Mekar Chocolate

For the next few days i will be a little busy.. Solenn is coming fm France and will be staying with us for 3wks.. well if u cant remember who Solenn is.. she is actually the youngest daughter of Franck.. the family that we visited while in France.. Sonia is pretty excited that her 'kakak So So' will be staying with us... she has it all planned lol.. first stop.. to The Zoo of cos! hehehe

So anyway... to some of u girls who have picked up their Mastrad sheets over the weekend.. enjoy ur mats.. pls follow the instructions carefully for first use and I hope you enjoy baking macs on the Mastrad silicone sheets as much as I do! to those that had emailed me to be notified of my next shipmet.. i will do so once its in yah.. ty all!

Ingredients
2 eggs
200g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp emulsifier
250g flour
25g cocoa powder - valrhona
1/2 tsp baking powder
225ml soda water
50g dark cooking chocolate - i used 53% cocoa berry
1/2 tsp rum - didnt add
Enough sesame seed

Method
- Sangrai (fry without oil) sesame seed till slightly brown
- Double boil ur dark cooking chocolate till melt... set aside
- Whisk eggs, sugar, salt and emulsifier till thick and fluffy
- Lower ur mixer speed and add in sifted flour mixture (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder) alternately with soda water - F-SW-F-SW-F
- Add in melted chocolate and rum and mix thoroughly
- Pipe in ur batter into each mould and sprinkle sesame seed on top
- Steam on high fire for 10mins

Oh bef i go.. u see the chocolate bolu abv?? hehe.. I love it especially when all my 14pcs of bolu opened up like flowers.. awesome simple recipe! soft bolu.. full on chocolate flavour.. delish bolu! One for the books!

Source: Sedap Khusus Pemula, 18 aneka bolu kukus

Kuih

Sacher Cake? - No, Chocolate Fruit Cake!

Rise and shine everyone.. its sunday.. its cleaning day.. well at least for us.. i thought bef i get started i better update my blog since i couldnt update it yesterday simply bec my router kaput..

This is the 3rd router so far eversince we moved into our place.. haishhh.. anyway, we had a full on saturday.. Lisa ( yep i finally got a helper to do my ironing twice a month :op) came by to do ironing in the morning.. If at any stage u girls need a helper.. let me know cos shes one bloody good ironer.. eh eh is there such word?? hahahha anyway long story short.. she makes all our clothing look like they came out of laundromat! :op

We later went out for late lunch and coffee.. bought ourselves a new router and now i am back in business lol.. Anyway.. I love any cake with mixed fruits in it and to bake a chocolate fruit cake is a dream come true.. so of cos when i first laid eyes on this rustic looking cake.. i knew i had to bake it.. was it super good? it was super good for hb but a little dense for my liking.. it has a texture of Sacher cake but a little moist due to the mixed fruits and caramalised sugar.. overall hb gave 4/5 for this cake.. will definately bake it again for Christmas cos thats how it feels like after i ate a slice hehehe

So ok.. without further ado.. heres the recipe that i wanna share with everyone... recipe is fm a book called Pedoman memasak terampil - Sensasi Chocolate by Albertin Hoesni..

Ingredients
(A)

200g raisins
100g red and green cheeries (diced into 4)
(I used 300g of mix fruits)
2 tbsp rum - I used 2 tbsp orange juice

(B)

100g sugar
2 tbsp water
3 tbsp honey

(D)
350g flour
40g cocoa powder - valrhona of cos!
2 tbsp milk powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla powder

(E)
6 egg whites
1 tbsp cream of tartar

Topping
200g Couverture chocolate - I used Marmer Couverture

Method
- Soak mixed fruits with rum and let it sit for abt 2hrs .. mix a tbsp of flour into mix fruits.
- In a saucepan, cook sugar till dissolved - caramelize .. off fire and add 2 tbsp of water into it.. stir and switch on ur fire once again. Add honey and continue to stir till dissolved - set aside
- In a stand mixer.. whisk butter with caster sugar till it turns white (abt 10mins)
- Add in ur egg yolks one at a time and continue to whisk till thick.
- Lower the speed of ur mixer and add in sifted dry ingredients.
- Using spatula, add in slowly ur caramel sugar and fold in ur mix fruits gently - set aside
- Whisk egg whites with cream of tartar till stiff peak
- Fold in egg white mixture into butter mixture slowly.
- Pour batter into a greased bundt pan or tube pan (26cm)
- Bake in preheated oven of 180C for 45 mins - i used 170C for 55mins
- Once baked and cooled.. pour melted chocolate couverture onto ur cake.. u can either pour it just like that or do a rustic look by doing a little swirl on the chocolate with ur metal spatula and top with whatever u want.. pistachio, strawberry etc etc

The actual recipe comes with a butter cream recipe.. i couldnt be bothered to ice my cake with buttercream first bef pouring chocolate couveture on it... however if u wanna do all three steps.. this is the buttercream recipe that is found in this recipe.

Ingredients

200g shortening

120g butter

175ml fructose

2 tbsp condense milk

2 tbsp rum

Method

Whisk both shortening and butter till soft.. add in fructose.. add in condensed milk and continue to whisk till well combined.. lastly add in rum.

I got to run.. i am so gonna cook lontong for brekkie! yahooooo

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Barbbara Cake

My bad.. i said stay tuned and i didnt even get the chance to update my blog :o(

So heres the recipe that i promised... its fm a baking book called "Variasi brownies gaya baru" by Ny Liem..

Ingredients
(A)
300g butter
1/4 tsp vanilla powder
1 tbsp rum - i didnt use
1 tbsp condense milk
100g icing sugar

(B)
250g egg yolk - abt 8-10 eggs

(C)
150g low protein flour - cake flour
25g corn flour
25g milk powder

(D)
200g egg white
100g caster sugar

(E)
1 tbsp chocolate paste
1/4 tsp coffee toffee - i used black cappuccino

(F)
20g almond flakes

Method

- Whipped (A) till white and fluffy.. add in (B) one at a time and continue to whip till well blended.
- Fold in sifted (C) a little at a time till well mixed - set aside
- Whisk (D) till stiff peak.. fold in (D) gently into butter mixture... once mixed.. take 1/4 batter and add in (E)
- Pour plain butter mixture into three greased brownie pans (30x10x4cm).. dollop chocolate mixture on top.. do not swirl it.. top it with almond flakes and bake it on a preheated oven of 170C for abt 30mins

Dont ask me why its called Barbbara cake.. what i do know .. this cake is moist and rich in flavour.. so much so sis Wati thought i had given her cheesecake! duhhhhh hahahah

So thats it.. am heading to bed now.. Hairi just told me that his friends are planning to hv a gathering cum bbq at our place .. got to book their bbq pit first thing tmrw... till then.. hv a good friday!

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Zebra oh zebra...

Ahhhhh what a wonderful day.... I woke up feeling fresh eventho its the time of the month again.. hmm no wonder yesterday i was having horrendous mood swings! urgghh and guess what.. best of all... i can upload my bakings pics and get to share new recipes... hmmm fm the look of my cake.. what do u think it looks like?? hehehe

Recipe is fm Sedap magazine edisi 61/XII/2011 which i had bought recently in Jkt and if u were to ask me how it tastes like?? err well i hv only one sentence to say.. that all egg white steamed cakes taste the same... not much to rave abt.. the taste actually comes fm all the paste that u add into ur batter... however it is much healthier as it only uses egg whites... minimal sugar and also it uses oil and not butter... am not a big fan of oil based cakes but my aunt is.. so this cake was made especially for her... hope u like it cik.. err did u even get the box of cake that i left infront of ur doorstep cos i didnt even get any call fm u.. gulp :o~

Ingredients
300g egg white
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp emulsifier
120g sugar
150g low protein flour - cake flour
20g milk powder
50ml thick coconut milk
30ml oil
1/2 tsp rhum - i used vanilla
1/2 tsp black forest paste or chocolate paste
1/2 tsp mocca paste

Method
Prepare steamer.. grease 8" round pan (I used oval pan)
Whisk egg white, salt and emulsifier
Using low speed.. add in sifted flour and milk powder
Fold in coconut milk and oil thoroughly
Divide batter into 3 equal parts.. add BF into one and mocca into another.. leave the 3rd one plain
Pour in a laddle of mocca.. followed by chocolate and lastly plain.. repeat the same action till finished
Steam ur cake for abt 25 mins on medium/high fire..

I will update another recipe which i managed to bake yesterday in a little while.. its one of Ny Liem's recipe.. so stay tuned! oh oh and also be quick to push ur supermarket trolley girls cos my BF paste is selling fast and my spekkeok are almost gone and i think the big pack condensed milk is gone when i woke up this morning hehe (stocking up for raya eh? :)