Spring is around!!!

My oh my..time goes by so fast..spring is already around!! done with the cold chilly season, here comes the sunnies..

blooming roses

Haven't got the time to capture the beautiful scenery of spring. Spring is always become my favorite season. During spring buds, blossoms, and other new growth bursts forth throughout the country and new born lambs frolic in the fields just before dusk. Can't wait to see the daffodils, roses, redbud, iris, lilac..gosh! I love it...not-to-forget lavender!

So welcome spring!!

It's wild plant

Marble cake! Marble Cake!

Saya suka kek ni. Ringkas dan tak rumit . Am not consider a good baker, just an amateur. A baker for my only family. I suka nak share this recipe so that mommies yang lain also can try it and serve it to the family.

baking ni bukanla I punya forte' , tapi I suka buat tatkala jiwa I tak begitu tenteram..pendekata bila stress. Bila baking ni, rasa ketenangan dan focus tu mendalam. Dalam cracked the eggs, putarkan doh, dan bau aroma cake tu..arghhh..hmmm..satu kepuasan. So, no mor rmbling, here it is.. one of my favourite recipe. Memang I selalu guna recipe ni and it's usually turns good.

BAHAN-BAHANNYA :-)
240 g  butter
10 g ovallate
4 biji telur gred A
100 g gula halus
240 g tepung naik sendiri (*digaul rata dan diayak)
60 ml susu segar
1 camca teh esen vanilla
20 g serbuk koko

CARA MEMBUATNYA :-)
1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 175C, lenser tin kek dengan sedikit mentega, alas dasar tin dengan kertas    minyak (jika guna bund pan, sapu mentega rata2 pada bahagian dalam tin kek dan tabur sedikit            tepung, ketuk keluar lebihan tepung). Ketepikan.
2. Putar mentega dan ovallate hingga rata, masukkan gula halus dan putar hingga putih, masukkan           telur satu persatu sambil terus memutar hingga kembang. Jarak masa untuk sebiji telur ialah 1             minit.
3. Perlahankan speed, masukkan tepung sedikit demi sedikit berselang seli dengan susu segar hingga       habis, masukkan esen vanilla, putar rata.
4. Bahagi adunan kepada 2 bahagian, satu dibiarkan kosong dan satu lagi dimasukkan serbuk koko        dan air suam, gaul rata.
5. Sudu kan adunan kosong berselang seli dengan adunan koko, buat hingga siap. Gunakan pisau atau     chopstick, buat beberapa pusingan. Bakar 50 - 60 minit atau hingga masak bergantung pada oven        masing2.

Have a nice day mate!

Classic Butter Cake!

Hai, 

Lately I suka makan cake butter. Just simple butter cake. Agak susah nak jumpa resepi yang boleh I betul-betul suka. So kali ni I jumpa resepi ni and really likes it. My kids also loves it. They more prefer this kind of cake compared to other fancy cake. I guess the simplicity of the cake itself makes us fall in love.

So I nak nak share resepi ni dengan y'all ..by the way I memang suka guna butter SCS ni. It more buttery and tastes so yumm.. Other brand I used either Tatura or Anchor.. tapi tu semua brgantung pada taste masing-masing.. Buttercup alone pun okay as long it suits your taste bud.

Resepi Oleh: SCS Dairy MY
Di kongsikan oleh : SCS Dairy MY
Rujukkan : SCS Dairy MY



Butter cake
Ingredients:
250g butter, softened
1 cups caster sugar (ORIGINAL RECIPE 1 1/4 CUP)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
270g/ 2 1/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted
94g/ 3/4 cup plain flour, sifted
185g/ 3/4 cup milk

For the Lemon frosting:
125g butter, softened
125g/ 1 cup icing sugar mixture, sifted
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease a 7cm-deep, 20cm (base) square cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang on all sides.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add half the flours. Stir to combine. Add half the milk. Stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.

Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Smooth top. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.Make lemon frosting Using an electric mixer beat butter, icing sugar, lemon rind and lemon juice together until pale and fluffy.Spread cake with lemon frosting. Serves 1.

Try it and have a nice day y'all!!

P/s : I cuba improve the picture quality ek... Dulu rajin nak berphotograph bagai, tapi lepas dah lama stop blogging, I jadik kurang kreatif. So now I think I need to sharp my blogging skill back..hihihi..Wish me luck!

Little sister engagement..Love is The Air..

 When two heart are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long and no other love can break them apart....

There it goes..can't believe it that my youngest sister already prepared to marriage life.

The day for the engagement ceremony finally came. With 5 dulangs from Alif's side, and 7 from our side, surrounded by close families and friends, my youngest sister officially became Alif's fiancee when his aunt slipped the ring onto my lil sister ring finger

 The Happiness Face from her

 It's Ayah's turn to slipped the ring onto his future son-in law

Picture worth thousand story

 The hantaran from her

The Hantaran from him

 Kelantan traditional dessert " Buah Tanjung and Jala Mas"

Mum with her last-born daughter

So can't wait for the big day soon. Have a nice day y'all !!

One fine day @Governor Bay, Lyttleton, Christchurch

So...another down to memory lane. disebabkan New Zealand sangat dekat di hati, maka sebolehnya I nak lakarkannya di sini. Pengalaman yang terindah yang pernah I dapat. Alhamdullilah, syukur.

I wrote this entry on January 21st, 2011. lamaaa kan? lama betul I peram.. Sekarang I bukak untuk refresh memory..

Ahaks...saja nk ceriakan suasana. Lepas cuti panjang tahun baru aritu, rasa macam baru meriah balik jalan raya kat sini. Kalau tak rasa sunyi jek kampung Lincoln ni. cuaca sekrang tak menentu, panas, hujan,panas, hujan. Earthquake aftershock pun masih terasa sekali sekala, paling kuat takat ni 5.2 mag.

Beberapa hujung mggu lps, kami saja2 jln ke Lyttleton,bandar pelabuhan yang terletak lebih kuang dlm 45km dari rumah. Saja ronda petang2, my suami kata he needs a break. Kami pegi ke satu jetty,Governor Bay, Lyttleton. Cantik!! kebetulan pulak masa tu ada org tgh capture wedding pictures, so lucky us la kan, boleh tgk pengantin..bukan kenal pun saja suka tgk org cantik.

Aku ni mulala berangan nk suruh incik suami tangkap gambar mcm tu jugak,then baru teringat, haishh takmola, rosak gambar..dengan kelebaran badan macam daun sireh skrg ni erkkk..tak sggp nk tgk.sudahnya anak2 la jadik model..bukan nak pun bdk2 ni.. apa2 pun hari tu mmg santai dan relax..seronok..

So enjoy the picture :) Yesssss...

Kuih Bakar Oh Kuih Bakar!

 Semalam I blog-walking and terpandang satu resepi, the very classic kuih. I suka sangat kuih ni. Kalau Kelantanese derang called it as 'Kuih Bekey".kalo tak silap la.. :) . Disebakan terliur sangat, jadi I rajinkan diri untuk buat kuih ni. Nak makan kan rajin kannnn? hihihihi

Because the result turn so good, me and families loves it, so I nak share resepi ni, Y'll should try this recipe. Worth it! Mana I dapat resepi ni? To be honest I lupa..masa jumpa tu, I terus jot down the recipe. Credit to the owner of this recipe. Who ever you are, thank you a zillion time. Well done mate!

KUIH BAKAR LEMAK MANIS


Bahan-bahan
1 1/2 cawan tepung gandum
1/2 cawan gula (kurangkan sikit)
3 biji telur
3 cawan santan - (200ml sntan KARA + air)
3 sb susu manis
garam secukup rasa
1 sk esen vanilla
sedikit pewarna kuning
bijan - utk tabur (opt)

Cara-cara:
1. Satukan kesemua bahan2 di dalam blender kecuali bijan dan kisar hingga sebati.
2. Masak adunan hingga pekat.
3. Nak masak terus pun blh cuma masa membakar lama sikit.
4. Tuang ke dalam loyang yang di sapu majerin,ratakan adunan dan tabur bijan jika suka dan bakar         selama 40 min atau sehingga kelihatan garing.

* makan ni bersama dengan secawan kopi atau tea..sedappppppppp.sedap..sedap

Canterbury A&P Show

Tadaaa.. down to memory lane. This of of our favorite event at Christchurch, A&P Show!

It usually held on September in order to celebrate the Spring. My kids really loves to go because they can experience and see New Zealand's largest Agricultural and Pastoral Event!. Usually it held at Canterbury Agricultural Park.

So if you're already in Christchurch, do visit this event. Full of excitement and joy.

* Picture  circa 2012. Long time ay ??:)

One of His Favorite..Puding Roti Karamel

He loves sweet dessert, so disebabkan bahan-bahannya cukup  maka I made him this. One of his favorit pudding. Easy peasy , y'all should try it!

3 kpg roti gardenia
1 tin susu cair
12 biji telur(kalo nk kurang pun xpa)
Sikit esen vanila(sy ltk butter vanila).
1/2 tin susu pekat( kalo nk lg manis letak lebih)
Sikit garam**

Caramel
6 sudu besar gula+air sikit dan sy letak daun pandan. Masak hingga jadi kuning2(jgn hangus)

1. Bahan atas tadi sy blend smp licin
2. Caramel tadi tuang dlm loyang.
3. Tuang puding blend tadi dalam loyang caramel pastu kukus hingga masak ( lebih kurang 45-60 minit). Make sure tutup loyang dengan aluminium foil, so that y'll can get very nice and smooth surface of pudding

** if takmo letak it's okay.

So happy cooking to all!! :)

Nasi Dagang 101

Nasi dagang for everyone :) This is very close to heart. Recipe I got from my late MIL. One very simple meal which made this bunch one very happy family

Bahan-bahan
1 cawan beras pulut
3 cawan beras basmathi
1 tin santan- bahagi dua, separuh pekat dan separuh cair
1 s/teh garam
5 s/teh gula
3 ulas bawang merah - hiris halus
1 cm halia- hiris halus
1 s/teh halba

Cara-cara :
1. Basuh beras seperti biasa dan rendamkan selama 4 jam ( lagi bagus kalau rendam satu malam)
2. Didihkan air dalam pengukus
3. Alaskan bekas pengukus dengan daun pandan
4. Toskan beras dan letak dalam bekas yg berisi daun pandan tadi
5. Kukus sehingga naik wap ( lebih kurang 20 minit)
6. Angkat dan tuang dalam bekas bersih, kemudian ambik separuh santan( santan cair) tadi letak gula dan garam dan sira ke atas beras tadi.Gaul rata, masuk balik dalam pengukus dan kukus semula.
7. Kukus lebih kurang 25 minit lagi, angkat dan siramkan dengan baki santan tadi

Happy Sunday y'all, and here wishing all of you a great weekend!

Review memories..

Gosh! I'm shocked!. I was just reading my old bog entries and realized  just how much I'm blogged but didn't publish it!! Tengok, tengok, penunjuk aras betapa lamaanyaaaaaaa blog tak di usik. To discovered rupanya I ada almost 20 drat yang belum publish and it's all about my extra,extra Sunday. All the stories about my kids and our life back before.

Reading my draft postings on each of them chronologically brings me through the best journey of them growing up, and memories of what I had blogged would come back so fresh and vivid to mind- as if they just happened yesterday.

I will keep postings my old draft slowly and I admit that blogging is very rewarding in its own special way. Just love it<3 .="" p="">
And I realized that I should start writing about my Extra Sunday on a regular basis again. So that years down the road, I could recall every single thought that I have of all.

So I start it with my post, wrote it on Wednesday, 21 April 2010. Back in Christchurch. It was our little Bubba Aqeef Ilman.

Talk..Ummi. Talk..

Dia dh start cakap..tapi sepatah pun aku tak paham. Dia tegur, aku jawab, aku tegur, dia senyum..alahaii tembam umi..sejak dh umur 48 hari ni makin galak pulak dia ckp..haritu macam ada lesung pipit, tapi skrg dh hilang..mana pegi ek?

Dia demand nak suruh umi cakap hari2..maka bercakaplah umi walaupun tak paham apa yg ditanya. Apa yang umi cakap? semua bendalah. Daripada benda kecik sampailah benda besar..hari ni nak masak apa? hari nak buat apa?lagi umi bercakap lagi dia senyum..bila umi diam, maka dia akan tegur macam dia cakap" talk umi..talk".mengarutlah umi seharian..

dengan ayah takmo duduk..kata ayah..huh! ayah tak ada dunlop..umi banyak dunlop..iyolah tu..@ ayah mmg cari alasan mengelat takmo pangku..aqil lagi terror dr umi..

My cooking weekend...Oooo Yeahhhh...

Untuk mengubat hati yang lara...UBATNYA : Baking uolls!!!

So today, I 'm not in the good mood, to ubat my lara hati..I bake. I just bake a simple brownies, very simple and 'campak-campak'. Not so Holloywood Brownies. This what me and my kids call "Brownies , baked from heart". 

Kids loves it so much and I would love to share it with uolls. 

Ingredients :

100g Self Raising Flour

150g biter-sweet chocolate

120 g butter (I used Anchor)

1tbsp coffee

180g castor sugar( if more sweet add to 200g)

1 tspn vanilla essence

3 large eggs( I used A size)

1/4 cup fresh milk @ creamer

Method

1. Sift the flour

2. Melt the chocolate, butter, sugar, coffee, milk in medium heat. Mix it well

3. Once the chocolate melt, remove from the heat and put in the vanilla essence. Mix well. Cool it for a while

4. When it comes to suam-suam kuku, add the eggs at a time, mix well.

5. Fold in the flour

6. Pour the batter into a square tray pe-pined with baking paper. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180c  for about 25-30 minutes. 

I'm really looking forward to bake and cook again. Best, best, best!!

It has been a while since I last blogged about Seri and SLE....

I was just reading my old blog entries and I realized lately just how much almost everything was about Seri and SLE. And I'm so glad that I actually blogged A LOT about her.

Reading my postings on her chronologically brings me through the journey of we friendship, and memories of what I had blogged would come back so fresh and vivid to mind - as if they just happened yesterday.

Whenever I come across stories posted by friends of lost families or friends which remind me so much of the similarities with my experience losing great friends or should I called her my "sister", I would quickly browse through this blog to recall the similar experiences I had with her, and I must again say that blogging is very rewarding in its own special way, especially to my extra Sunday :)

You see, my not-so-little "sister" lost her battle against SLE just before 5:20 am on the morning of 11th May 2015 - exactly 3 months ago. The reason I start writing about her is because I could recall every single thought that I have of her. I did not expect her to leave us on that day even though I knew that her conditions is not so good as before. The day before, I've been asked by her father to whispering to her about Syahadah and I did whisper to her, wished her a salaam and planting a slight kiss on her forehead.

The next day, I received a phone call from her beloved sister , Kak Ana or I usually address her as Intan at 5:50 telling that her only little sister passed away peacefully just before 5:40 pm, surrounded by her. She is the only person that held her and whisper to her the kalimah of syahadah and watching her loves one rest peacefully for the rest of her life. Her pengkebumian was done on that day after solat Zohor and she was buried at her home-birth land in Gaal, Pasir Puteh. I was there for while but couldn't wait for the burial process because need to fetch my son at school. I saw her for the last time, such a beautiful person she is, give kiss on her forehead and there it goes....I need to let her go.. Let her go and rest to The Maha Pencipta.

Semoga Allah ampunkan segala dosa-dosa Seri, dan kumpulkan roh Seri bersama golongan yang berimaan dan dikasihiNya. Semoga dilapangkan serta diterangkan kubur Seri, dan dijauhi dari seksaan kubur dan api neraka, dan semoga Allah tempatkan roh Seri di taman syurga firdausyNya. Aamiin.

Al-Fatihah untuk Allahyarhamah Wan Seri Idanie bt Wan Hamzah.