My ankle

I sprained my ankle!! T________T
I sprained my ankle while playing badminton yesterday.
This is exactly what happen. I'll illustrate it with pictures for easier understanding..
No, forget it...its way too hard to draw on paint without using any mouse..
but here's a picture of my ankle.

The bengkak is three times the size wey!!
This is the first time i sprain my ankle..huhu..so im excited..in a way..
When it happened, i could hear my ankle go kreeeek! like in the movies....like you cracking you knuckles, only you crack 20 of your knuckles at the same time!
I planned to bake something today..too bad i got a sprained ankle..i have to hop around the house.. T__T

Jailhouse Rock

On 13 February 2009, I organized an event for college assignment, well, not me alone of course but together with my classmates. It was fun and stressful but not worth going. Thanks adleezan, fatin, raeesa, ali, kyrue and yas for coming. I know its not worth your RM50 but thanks for supporting me and because of you guys and of course my hard work, I managed to get full marks for this subject.


I know I'm surpose to post about recipes so here goes.

TIRAMISU

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream ( if you can't get any just sub 1cup whipped cream with 1tbsp butter)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 455g mascarpone cheese ( I know they're expensive, use cream cheese for cheaper alternative)
• 1/4 cup strong brewed coffee
• 2 packages of ladyfinger cookies
• cocoa powder

Method

1. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a stainless steel mixing bowl. Place it over a bain marie and continuosly whisk while adding milk. Make sure to whisk non stop as you do not want to cook the egg. Whisk until the mixture creates a ribbon trail when you lift the whisk up. Chill the mixture.
2. In another bowl, beat the cream with vanilla until stiff peaks form.
3. Whisk mascarpone cheese into yolk mixture.Mix in the cream mixture.
   
4. Drizzle ladyfinger with the coffee.
5. Arrange coffee soaked ladyfingers in the cake pan. Layer tiramisu with ladyfinger cookies and cream. Chill overnight in fridge overnight. Sprinkle the top with cocoa powder and serve cold.

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Some say tiramisu is hard to make. Well this is a recipe for a beginner,like myself. It is simple, easy and most importantly, taste great. Let tiramisu sit overnight so that it sets. My family and friends love it and finished it in a day! Try it yourself today.

OH MY GOD!!

ok, im going to start blogging again! I have so many things to write now but first things first, I found the picture of the sudoku cake I made for Fatin.



Secondly, I went to Jason Mraz's concert. That's right and it was the awesomest concert ever..actually, this is my first concert. I'm such a concert virgin but not anymore. I had to stand the whole 3hours. Luckily his performance was awesome. His voice was great, even better than what you hear from his albums. Pendek cerita, AWESOME! Padan muka Fatin Johanna bt. Ahmad Shariffudin!! haha.

Thirdly, I have fishes! Actually, I had 3 fishes, all died. I just got new ones. Two new RM2 fishes.

Forthly, I'll be going to Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers for my industrial trainning starting this April. And planning to go to Koh Phangan after my trainning which will be in June but I haven't send in my proposal yet.

Fifthly, I made some cookies and brownies to sell during the Youth2009 and the responce was overwhelming. Sold out cookies and brownies in no time. I bought a new ELBA oven.43L. Now i can bake more in less time. Baked some tiramisu, more honeystar cookies, more pecan nut cookies, more blondie brownies, more macadamia cookies.

Im soooo lazy!

Happy Birthday fatin.(26/01/2009)

Shit....i lost the picture of the birthday cake i made for her.
Its a square chocolate cake decorated like a sudoku.

4 good news in a post?

Good News #1
we won! we won!
here's our hiv/aids advertisement



Do watch and leave your comments!
Here's our prize as winner beside getting full marks for the assignment!



That is me and Irene(indonesian girl menyibuk) at the steamboat restaurant celebrating our victory. Other group did very well but of course, not as good as ours! mwahahahahaha!!
you can check them out at www.youtube.com and search under " tcht.hiv/aids.adfest.08 "


Good News #2

For thinking skills class, we had to come up with a marketting plan to promote the good ol' GOOD MORNING TOWEL and we got first place as well!! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!


Good News #3

My term 2 examination just ended! so...i get the whole two weeks holiday.
I have already started a 1000 piece mona lisa puzzle and baked a chocolate cake today!

Doesn't look tempting here cause of the weird bump on the right side and the flash but!!
it sure does taste good! Its not soo sweet but is still a threat to your weight. T_T
I'll be learning knitting this holiday! Thanks to my grandmother, i have stacks of books on knitting and not to forget the hundreds of knitting needles! After this, ill be wearing scarf knitted by...yours,truly.

Good News #4

Now....jeng jeng jeng...Good news number 4....geez, i've forgotten...really.being so excited about good news above, i've actually forgotten good news 4...is it about mona lisa puzzle? no..no...
oh well, will get back once i've remember..as for now, only time will tell when i'll actually remember..

HIV AIDS

Please come and support!

Fruit Flan

Seriously, im going all fruity! I've one bad news and one good news. Which one first?
Bad news first, remember i said that apple pie is an alternate way to get nutrient and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time? Well, i just found out that cooked apples are dead apples. So, no nutrients will be absorbed. T.T
Guess that the only way is to eat fresh apples then..

The good news! This recipe REALLY is healthy! Fruits used are not cooked therefore, healthy cake!
Here goes..

Ingredients
Genoise Sponge
40g butter, melted
4 eggs
125g soft flour
125g sugar

Pastry Cream
250g milk
2 egg yolks
10g soft flour
60g sugar
15g custard powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

200g whiping cream
50g neutral glaze jelly
one mango
a few strawberries
2 kiwis

Method

1. Heat a pot of water to 80C (bain marie)
2. Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl over the bain marie until mixture reaches 40 C.
3. Remove bowl from bain marie and continue whisking until mixture doubles in volume.
4. Fold in the flour.
5. Gently incorporate the melted butter.
6. Fill into cake mold and bake at 200 C for 20minutes.
7. Unmold and allow sponge to cool.
   

Pastry Cream

1. Boil the milk.
2. Mix egg yolks, sugar, vanilla essence, soft flour and custard powder (cornstarch) in a mixing bowl.
3. Incorporate boiling milk slowly into the egg yolk mixture.
4. Pour mixture back into pan and stir continuously over medium heat until mixture thickens.
5. Transfer mixture into a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to cool.

Assembling the cake

1. Whip whipping cream till firm and light.
   
2. Fold into cooled pastry cream to obtain Crème Princesse. (mixture must be firm and not runny)
3. Slice genoise sponge into 2 equal discs.
4. Moisten the first disc with syrup and spread with crème princess.
   
5. Repeat with a second layer of disc.
   
6. Decorate the top with fresh fruits. Glaze fruits with apricot/ neutral glaze.

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You dont have to fold in the flour till well blended. Do not fold the flour for too long or the genoise may sink.
Make sure the the egg mixture does not cook! Water for bain marie shall not boil. Just simmering and make sure the bowl does not touch the water or it might cook the egg mixture.