Craving for scones

I have been craving scones and made some for breakfast  this morning.  Easy, quick and tasty prune scones.  I like my scones less sweet so I can indulge with little guilt.
What do you usually have for breakfast?

How do you like your scones?  I love mine with strawberry jam or butter on top.

As an aside note, I recently gave myself a little treat and bought this beautiful teacup. Instead of using a mug, it would be nice to have a sip of hot cocoa  out of a teacup.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day. Till then...

Cheesy treat for cheese lovers

Just a quicky! I have a treat for you today. I made this super duper delicious dessert this morning. Simply irresistible. My kids absolutely love this cheesecake. A simple recipe given to me by a very good friend. I think this is one of the easiest cheesecake's recipe that I've ever made. I've received quite a number of recipes from my friends, they insisted me to try them, and of course for the love of cheese, I won't turn them down. So, for the next couple of weeks, let's get cheesy yall. One recipe each week, seriously? Hmmmmmm......???

Doesn't it look yumm-a-licious...?

Here's the recipe, just incase you're wondering what it tastes like. :-)

Ingredients:

250 gm cream cheese

150 gm butter

150 gm condense milk

I50 gm castor sugar

1 small can of nestle cream

1 pack of butter biscuits/choc finger biscuits

Fresh milk

Method: Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar until smooth and well-blended. Add condense milk,nestle cream . Stir until all ingredients have blended well. Place parchment paper onto a baking dish,grease with butter. Spread the cheese mixture into the baking dish evenly (depending on how thick you want the layer to be), dip the biscuit one by one and arrange them on top. Spread the cream cheese again and repeat the layering process until the mixture is finished. Fridge it for a few hours or until firm.

Walla!!!! Ready to be served.

Dessert anyone?

I was in the baking mood during the weekend. Not really baking, it is actually a quick and easy to make non-bake dessert. I got this lip-smacking recipe from a friend years ago and it's a keeper, for sure!.

Mouth watering dessert perfect for afternoon tea.

What's more romantic than to have an afternoon tea in the garden. Enjoy.....

What's for tea?

It's Wednesday, my favorite day of the week. Half of the week is over and I'm so looking forward to a wonderful weekend. I'm in the mood for baking. Well.. I don't actually bake every Wednesday as I'm not really into baking, it's something that I would be happy to do every once in a while and I think Wednesday is always the perfect day to do so.

What's for tea this afternoon? I was checking out some recipes from my blog list the other day and was so tempted to try this raspberries buckle. Quick, easy yet delicious.

Have a slice for your afternoon tea.

For those who are tempted to try this recipe, check this out...

Ingredients for the cake:

1/2 cup of butter (room temperature)

1/2 sugar

1 egg

I teaspoon vanilla essence

2 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups raspberries

Streusel topping

1/3 sugar

1/3 flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

3 tablespoons chilled butter

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the egg and vanilla essence. Beat until well incorporated.

Add the flour mixture, beat on low speed then add 1/3 of the milk, repeat, alternating flour and milk until everything has combined, pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle raspberries on top. Set aside.

For the streusel topping. In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon powder. Add butter using a fork until the mixture has a crumb-like texture. Sprinkle the mixture on top of the cake. Bake it for 30 minutes. Cool for at least 10 mins before serving.
Happy baking..

Welsh cakes

For today's activity, we decided on baking. Kids loved it, especially my little princess. She's a great help in the kitchen. Our recipe this time was Welsh cakes. Very simple yet delicious. It's a great way for the kids to have fun and at the same time learning how to cook. And most importantly they spend less time to passively watch tv. Sesuai for breakfast or afternoon tea. For those who want to try this recipe here is the link http://www.joyofbaking.com/ .



Fresh from the oven.

Nasi Dagang

After almost 13 years of being married to a ' Terengganu Kite meng' I finally cooked one of his homeland delicacies, nasi dagang. I quickly texted him that we are having nasi dagang for lunch today. My first attempt turned out to be good, sedak sokmo doh...Well.. for a first timer like me. It might not taste the same like his mom's cooking due to the lack of some ingredients. Anyhoo..the kids love it and the comment from the 'Terengganu kite meng' himself was that I need to improve on the gravy (like I said.. lack of some ingredients) but he still like it. Siap cakap next time we can have bubur lambuk or nasi kerabu. Maybe I should.. once in a while.
So our next cuti-cuti Malaysia, I'll definitely bring back few packs of rempah kuah nasi dagang.


Nasi Dagang Doha

Our lunch today

It's 12 noon and I've just finished cooking lunch. Since I still have time before the kids home from school.... presenting my very own recipe, the simple yet deliciouse tumeric fried rice and fried chicken. The campak-campak one. A bowl of salad to complete the meal would be nice too. Lebih menyelerakan with the chilly sauce. The kids totally love this.



Resepinye kalau nak cuba.

1 ekor ayam di potong
2 inchi halia
4 ulas bawang putih
garam secukup rasa
2 sudu kecil serbuk kari daging
1 sudu besar serbuk kunyit
*bawang putih & halia ditumbuk
Perap ayam dengan bahan tersebut dan biar selama 30 min.
Kemudian bolehlah digoreng.

Resepi nasi
3 ulas bawang besar
3 ulas bawang putih
1 inchi halia
*semua di potong halus
Rempah ratus
Tumis semua bahan tersebut menggunakan bekas minyak gorengan ayam tadi. Biar sampai kekuningan.
Masukkan nasi dan goreng hingga sebati. Garam secukup rasa.

Chilly sauce
4 biji cili merah
3 ulas bawang putih
*Dikisar halus
4 sudu chilly sauce maggi
air seckupnya
Semua bahan tadi dicampur sekali.

What's cooking in my kitchen

I've not fully recovered, still having pain on my neck and my back. No time to whine, there's a big pile of laundry waiting for me. Kids are back to school and the King is back to work. It left me alone with tons of things to do. Well... someone got to do the work, right?
While having my me-time, teringat pulak nak masak ape for lunch. I got out my recipe books and flipped through. I decided on something which was simple, easy and most important less time consuming. Eh bukan maggi mee la...


This was what I cooked for lunch today. I've tried this recipe a few times before. Simple je yang penting sedap. Let me share the recipe here..



Ayam Masak rempah




Bahan-bahan:
1 ekor ayam
2 sudu kecil serbuk lada hitam
1 sudu besar rempah daging
* 5sm halia
* 2 ulas bawang putih
3 labu bawang besar dimayang bulat
2 sudu makan kicap pekat
4 sudu makan sos tomato
3 sudu makan minyak sapi
sedikit kacang peas
*ditumbuk

Cara membuat:
Ayam dibersih,dipotong,basuh serta toskan airnya. Gaulkan dengan bahan yang telah ditumbuk.
Masukkan ayam dalam kuali bersam minyak sapi, serbuk lada hitam, serbuk rempah, tomato sos, kicap dan kacang peas. Jerangkan atas api.
Biarkan hinga kering sambil dibalik-balikkan. Sugah kering masukkan bawang besar. Biar hingga cukup kering dan sesuaika rasanya.

Calamari paprik anyone?

Lama gak tak masak paprik. Yesterday, I couldn't think of what to cook for lunch, hari-hari kena masak so buntu jugak fikiran. Then paprik came into my mind. Calamari paprik! and for the kids since Princess K's friends came over after school, I cooked Chinese fried rice with ham and sausages for them. I'm not a great cook but King M said the paprik was nice. Ye ke? Once in a while pekena paprik sedap juge. We both like Thai and Chinese food and the kids love it too.






Chinese fried rice with sausages.