Barbie Cake

 

This is my very first Barbie Cake.. A friend ordered two for his girls, so I didn't charge him the Barbie Doll.

I used the money to buy Wilton pan which costs me RM49.90. I used buttercream using the recipe i got from the internet.

The buttercream is a bit too soft. When i deliver, I had to put both cakes in a box. I turned on the air con high so that it won't melt. I have a recipe using icing sugar.. it will not melt during journey but i just can't enjoy the cream...

this recipe uses 175gm creamwell, 25gm butter and 120gm golden syrup. I think i'll add a little bit of icing sugar so that it will set nicely..

Simple Icing for Writing - Step by Step

 

Ganache - Step by Step

 

10 Reasons why You should Cook Yourself

1. Cheaper
2. Cleaner
3. Tastes better
4. It's easy... all you have to do is try
5. Nothing is more satisfying that feeding your family yourself
6. You don't have to get dressed to cook
7. You can control your salt and forget about MSG altogether. (MSG makes you thirsty everytime you eat out)
8. You don't spend that much on drinks!
9. You get to choose the freshest ingredient!
10. You can sedeqah to your neighbours!

Melting Choc

Melting Chocolate


Basically there are two ways:

Double Boil

Simply put you chopped chocolate into a glass or stainless steel bowl which is bigger that a pot with boiling water. Switch off the stove so that it will not be too hot. This will ensure that there will be no water vapour or water getting into the chocolate. If that happens, the chocolate will split and will not set. (Set means it will not harden). Stir until melted.

Microwave

Simply put choc into a bowl. Set microwave to 340w, (medium kot) The time depends on how much choc u r melting. It takes 2.5 mins to melt 800gm. Don't worry if you see the choc remains the same. You have to stir once it's out of the microwave because it looks as though it's not melted.

Donut

Donut

Ingredients:

A
500 gm Tepung roti (high protein)
11 gm Instant yeast (1 paket mauripan)
40 gm Butter
70 gm Castor sugar
2 gm Garam

B
320 gm Susu (carnation)
1 Telur (A)


Method:

1. Gaul rata A, masukkan B, uli sampai lembut (tak payah elastic macam uli roti). Kalau pakai mixer, speed 2 10-15 minit.

Kalau uli tangan boleh uli, rehat sekejap, uli lagi, rehat lagi sampai cantik. Tak teruk uli kalau rehatkan sekejap.

3. Rehatkan 5-10 minit.

4. Letakkan sikit tepung untuk mencanai. Tekan doh dengan tangan, tekan dengan rolling pin (satu hala sahaja). Angkat-angkatkan doh (macam sidai kain, kalau tak buat macam tu, bila pakai acu donat, dia mengecut, donat tak cantik).

5. Rehatkan lagi, kalau tak rehat masa dah canai, donat keras sebab dia tak sempat nak naik dah goring. Goreng sekejap je.. Bubuh castor sugar.


*Nina selalu goreng dalam periuk non stick yang kecil, sekali goreng 5 biji (acuan kecil). Azly n co suma suka acuan kecil, sekali ngap je, tak comot rumah. He He..

Hiaskan donut… senang sahaja, cairkan coklat masakan dalam microwave 340w (medium)– 2 minit. Celup donat dalam coklat, bubuh sprinkle. Yum yum

My Big Little Kitchen Helper

These are the things that make my day... Total lost without them!

1. Digital scale - without it, i don't even want to bake
2. My beloved Butterfly Oven (RM900)and Berjaya Oven (RM850)
3. Phillip Handmixer (without stand)
4. Prochef Scraper (from Giant - small enough to clear the sticky mixing bowl)
5. Digital Timer (RM5 at carrefour, now the price is RM25.90) LUCKY ME
6. RM1 yellow plastic knife (to scrape the sides of my pan for easy cleaning)
7. IKEA plate brush (given by Linda) to clean my pans
8. My 2 stainless steel big mixing bowls (RM9.90 each at Carrefour Melaka - from China)
9. My cake tester. Really helpful because you can easily see it (not the ordinary lidi, mind you!)and it's long enough to slip into the oven!
10. My big wok for my ganache, really helpful when order is a lot!
11. GLO Liquid Dishwasher! Nothing beats Glo! Cleaning will be magical!