Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Mari Memasak!


Zahra had a big moan the other day after school that she did not get into the cooking After school activity class( yes I am guilty I sent in the form too late!!). So I promised her we can do cooking at home and I even promised that she could crack the eggs and do the mixing etc!!( God I must have been delirious that day!)

So I decided to do chocolate muffins as they are so easy to do and does not require much mixing so it's ideal for the kids. They had a ball putting the mix into the trays as you can see from thier happy picctures! I think a lot of the mix ended up in their mouths too! So I left the house to pick up Fatin when the muffins went in the oven and by the time I got home all the muffins were gone! All claimed by Zahra and Iman! I had to literally beg her for the finished product as she claimed all rights to them and only she could decide who could have one! Iman took home or had distributed all her muffins. They obviously have no entrepreunerial spirit yet if not they would have sat outside the house selling these cakes to everybody( Fatin and Hazim had a habit of doing this before every holiday to get extra money!) Anyway the muffins were quite yummy and Zahra even took some to school the next day to show off her culinary skills!

Today Maria and I took the cooking thing a step further and we did small fairy cakes and chocolate cupcakes for Iman's bake sale at school tomorrow. This time it was a bit more complicated as the recipes required the mix to be beaten using a cake mixer. Of course everybody wanted a go holding the machine! Even Jack was involved! Still they all turned out great and we experimented using left over icing that I had in the fridge. My sister said Ka Wiz would only faint looking at the disastrous designs!! Never mind pokok nya we had a fun afternoon doing them and no doubt they will be hit at the bake off sale tomorrow. For photos go to Maria's blog as mine turned out blurry!

5 comments:

Sas Monroe said...

Hello! hehe was just wondering if you have a good recipe for 'frosting'. Made cupcakes (again) the other day just for the sake of getting the frosting right..tapi inda jadi. sakit atiku. brapa kali sudah cuba. is it normal for the texture to be 'landir' kah when u make it in Brunei? pasal its panas here? I've been following the Magnolia cupcake book punya recipe for butter frosting. salah kali recipe nya ani? ..or it could also be that IM JUST NOT A BAKER :( sigh.

Me said...

untyyyyyyy~~~~im having doubts.damnnnn...y now kan?i mean i was prepared wat to say to my parents but suddenly someone just have to ruin it.

i went out with da sister yesterday n found out tings that i dont even know bout him.weird rite?ive been with sham for 2years and banar plang that 1 year i was in perth da whole time.im torn!maybe inda ku jadi tell.wat do u tink?

Family of Cooks said...

Hi Sas,
The recipe for frosting that I use is from this site-www.ccokingismypassion.blogspot.com, jadi pulang. It's best to use unsalted butter and leave it out to soften skajap. Tee basic recipe is 150g softened butter, 300g icing sugar (ayak dulu), 3 tablespoon full cream milk or better still whipping cream.
Beat the butter dulu sampai pucat dalam 5 minit, then add icing sugar and cream or milk. Good Luck jadi tu mun nda taruh skajap dalam esbok! BTW nyaman ususl yr pizza boleh minta recipe nya kah?!!

Family of Cooks said...

Hi Wa!
I really feel for you. You know what if your heart does not feel right don't do it. Follow your gut feelings my dear. Don't rush into it, after all you are going to Miri to belajar dulu alum jua kan kawin or bertunang right. Let's get your priorities right first, get your qualifications then think about him.Sometimes it will all work out for the best, leave it to the almighty to show you the way ok!Don't get pressured unnecessarily- be strong, if you need to talk call me!
Love Anty Ann

Sas Monroe said...

buat sendiri kali nyaman filo pastry atu??? i found recipes for home made filo plang online tapi nda brani cuba..huhuhu..can i have your email? i sending2 the recipe there.