Sunday, July 26, 2009

Royal Icing Cupcakes

I have been trying to make the royal icing for those little cupcakes. You can either make it with meringue powder or fresh eggs white. I chose to use the pasteurized eggs white to avoid food poisoning. Pasteurized eggs are not so common in Malaysia, but you can get those eggs in Jusco or Cold storage.The Royal icing is really light & suitable for adults who do not like greasy butter cream icing. It has a glossy looks which is quite appealing....

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Special Chocolate Banana

I have this very versatile recipe "Special Chocolate Banana" which is suitable for cupcakes or cakes. I tried a few simple decoration style with the chocolate frosting & it turn out quite nice. Of course, the cakes is quite rustic since it is a homemade cake. My dotter favorite choice are .....of cuz those 2 cupcakes with the yellow & red flowers. She even told me she prefer the pink flowers. Yeah...now i recall all her girl friends in...

Monday, July 6, 2009

Black Bottom Cupcakes......... What a name?!

I have came acrossed this recipes with a strange title , it is called black bottom cupcakes. Since I have extra cream chesse. I decided to give it a try. It is a rich chocolate cupcakes with yummy cheese in the middle. The looks of this cupcake is not very impressive though, but the taste is amazing. The chocolate is rich + the cheese in the middle is gummy = moist & yummy .....Guess what? After I cut the cupcakes into half, then I realized that...

Fried pasta with SEKINCHAN seafood

Last month, we went to Sekinchan (near Kuala Selangor) & my friend who happen to be a local in Sekinchan persuaded me to buy some seafood.Initially, I never thought of buying anything especially seafood. But, I can tell you that I didn't regret it.The seafood is absolutely one of the best in Malaysia. By showing this simple fried spaghetti with just the sotong (of course from Sekinchan), it is sooooooo savory & delicious. I don't need to...

Mosquitoes Plant & Basil

I am quite proud of this mosquitoes plant because we successful plant it in our condominium though sunlight is not so sufficient. However, It grows like a bush.We got it during our trip to Cameron Highland last year. It is a nature mosquitoes repelling plant. It is quite effective to chase those mozzi away & of course environmental friendly. Besides that, it save us some $ .By the way, we are replanting the Thai basil. For certain culinary herbs,...