Foodelicious!

This is an all time favorite.... glutinous rice with mushroom and chicken all nicely seasoned with evergreen seasoning like soya sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and a dash of pepper and a pinch of salt.. simple but awesome! It's a great dish for breakfast or snacking.. hehehehehe.... nothing beats a good wholesome snack anytime of the day!

Anyway, I had this nagging craving for this for the longest time. The ones sold outside didnt do the trick, I should know.. hahahhaa.. but being lazy, I thought my craving can be satisfied by getting a serving from the "mills"... hahahaa.. So, when craving wasn't satisfied, I know I have to get my lazy ass up and start making a batch.....

Lazy as I am, I didnt bother to put them into cups or bowls.. I just put them in a tray and when it's ready, it smell so good... I love the taste of steamed glutinous rice.. it has that springy feel and a certain aroma that incite one to eat and eat and eat and eat.. ok! enough said. Hahahaha..

So, I kept some for my snack and the rest I brought to work and share.. it was indeed a joyous occasion where everyone enjoyed a good hearty breakfast! 

Butterflies are the first cupcakes I made yonks ago... when I first started baking. It was the IN thing then... hehehehe.. every bakery has this and every child get suckered into buying one.

Recently, a customer wanted cupcakes but not keen on the icing. She wanted something attractive and pretty for her grand child and with such criteria, I came up with my first ever cupcake design...

These were sold for RM6 each with a minimum 16 per order.

The cake was to feed 150 guests and since the grandchildren love cakes, the request was to make the cake BIG. As such, this cake was layered with buttecream to give it height and maintain the texture. The total weight of this cake is 6kg and I must say, it was heavy. hehehehe... 

This cake was sold for RM850 and yes, the iPad icons are handmade too.... hehehhee..

 It has been a very hectic week for me... for one, all these cuties for a full moon pack had to be rushed out in a few batches. I enjoy making these.. especially those owls. hahahahahahaha...The baby mama wanted the owl as the icon for her daughter's full moon and I thought a cute owl in different colors should do the trick! 

These packs consist of 2 of each angkoos, red eggs and cupcakes and they are sold for RM22 each complete with personalised tag, and ribbons.

Full moon packs are flexible and it's up to individual as to what they would like to have....

The other day I walked by a restaurant and saw everyone was having sui kows, (dumplings) and instantly wanted to have some. However, as I dont consume pork, sui kows sold outside are not for me.. hehehee.. so, arm with mince chicken, prawns and fish paste, some water chestnuts, chinese mushrooms, spring onions and shredded carrots, I set out to make my own sui kows.. It's a easy peasy process that can be quite therapeutic....hehehehe.. A little bit of everything could give me quite a few sui kows which I kept the balance in the fridge in an air tight container for consumption as and when I like.. hehehe..

I had my first round of sui kows with lots of choy sum from my garden in a simple ikan bilis soup. Other times, I had my sui kow with some mee suah soup with lots of vege, or simply steam and eat it just like that or deep fried them is yummy too!! Nothing beats a home made sui kow.. I love it! Hehehehe..

Girls will be girls! And like all young girls, they are bound to have this ballerina stage and Li Ming is no exception.Hahaha... and she specifically wanted a ballerina with many layers of tutu petticoats. Oh yes! and the color must be pink. Heheheheheh.. girls will be girls..

This vanilla butter cake weigh in at 2.2kg an was sold for RM220.

Flower Power cake for a young lady's birthday.... hehehehehe.. This is a vanilla butter cake sandwiched with lemon curd and buttercream. The feedback was that it's an excellent combination as adults and children was happily gobbling up the whole cake and ignore all the other desserts in the party. hehehehe..

This has been in fashion for the longest time but I was just too busy with work and baking to have time to try it out. So, during the recent Raya holidays, I finally had time to do some experiments and was very pleased with my artwork. Hehehehe... and yes, will be making more of such fun rolls.

For this first time experiment, I made simple hearts and dots pattern and slap on home made buttercream and strawberry compote as filling. The end result was pretty! Hehehehe.. I am now thinking of other designs I can make for this fun rolls. Oh yes, the sponge cake is superb.. old fashion sponge cake with no chemical enhancers added on but yet soft and moist. That's what I like.

Will there be more?? Hehehee.. oh yes!

So, when the many fruits started to ripe all at once, I had a challenging time as to how to use up the passionfruits and that's when I remembered eating this awesome marshmallow from dish restaurant. Thus, I set out on my quest to make that same awesome marshmallows.. Hehehehe...

What I never like about marshmallows is that it's simply SWEET! I could never stomach the sweetness, although I consider myself as someone who can take quite a bit of sugar.But I like is the cloud like texture and in the case of marshmallow from dish restaurant, I simply like the melt in the mouth and tangy taste. It was love... hahahaha.. so, the first two rounds of marshmallow making was not quite successful. Partly could be that I cut down on the sugar.. and partly could be that I am impatient. Hehehehe.. will go disturb and cut up the marshmallow before it's time. I was more or less successful on the 3rd round...

This time around, I added back on some of the sugar (decreasing the sugar by only 100gm instead of 200gm) and adjusting the liquid, I was very encouraged with the outcome. And this round, I was patient, letting it set and ready before I sink my knife into the spongy, cloudy marshmallow. The taste is simply simply awesome. I love the tanginess of the passionfruit making it not sickly sweet, although, yes, it was still too sweet for me. Texture wise, it was so good... hehehehee.. now I know why children loves such things.. it's like a dream...

I am so happy with myself.. I finally succeeded in my quest.. I dont think I will sell this as our weather is not cooperative and let's face it.. seriously, who actually will want to gobble up so much marshmallows??? Hehehehe...

Each cake was sold at RM145 with ribbons and box. Yes, the box is no big shake but with less than 3 weeks to go, one cannot expect miracles! But anyway, my friend's boss was very happy with the cake and so were their clients..

The bunny is 3D!!! I found this cake pan that could make 3D bunny and grab it and enticed my customer to order this since she wanted something special for her son's first birthday. To add on, I made the bunny in vanilla butter cake sandwiched with lemon curd and coconut buttercream. The taste was just simply out of this world! Hahahahahaha.. my customer called and told me that everyone wanted to know what flavor was the cake.... 

As for the garden piece, it was in chocolate buttercake and that was whalloped by the kids in a jiffy. 

This cake weigh in at 3kg and was sold for RM320.

This is my first attempt at Wonky cake and trust me when I say it's a sweaty work! Hahahahaha... It's not easy to construct the Wonky part.. gotta have some calculation done and architect experience to make sure the cake dont topple or break. Anyway, it was a very very good experience and I am glad I made it. Hahahahaha.. the cake didnt toppled or break or slant or fell off and the birthday girl was simply thrilled to bits when she saw her cake.

This chocolate butter cake weigh in at 3.8kg was to serve 120 guests and was sold for RM400. For the 7 hours of work, I must say it's cheap!