HEAVENLY MILO AND OREO JELLY

INGREDIENTS:
1 packet / 10g Jelly Powder (Agar-Agar Powder)
750ml Water
160g Sugar
1 can (400g) Evaporated Milk 
3/4 cup Milo Powder
1 pack (137g) Oreo Cookies - break into small pieces but keep the sandwich together 

METHOD:

1. Place jelly powder and water in a pot & cook until jelly is dissolved.

Add in sugar & cook until sugar is dissolved. Add in milk, stir well & switch off fire once boiled.

2. Separate 2 cups of the mixture into another pot & add in Milo powder.

Stir well until milo is dissolved.

3. Pour 1 cup of the Milo mixture into a square container and let the remaining half warm up on smallest fire. Let it set slightly on surface before pouring another layer. Pour the plain mixture on top. Sprinkle oreo cookies & let is set on the surface. Pour the remaining milo mixture.

4. Let it set completely at room temperature before chiiling it in the fridge.

Serve cold.

TIPS FOR LAYERING:

a. Do not wait until the layer is completely set before pouring the next layer, or else it will not stick. If this happens, scratch surface with a fork before pouring the next layer.

b. Make sure the mixture is still hot when pouring on the earlier layer so that it will stick well.

Have a good sunday peeps.. am gonna cook Soto today.. been eating out for the past two days and i dont wish to do so today simply bec i wanna start baking cookies for mom..

receipe from http://www.bisousatoi.com/2012/07/heavenly-milo-and-oreo-jelly.html

Honey Comb Cake

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups Tapioca flour

4 oz (1/2 cup) Coconut Milk 

11gram Single Acting Baking Powder, 11grs 

6 large Eggs or 7 small Eggs

1 cup Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract 

2 teaspoons roasted sesame seeds, optional

Making Cake

1. Turn on the oven and preheat to 180c. Brush oil on the  baking pan and heat it in the oven on the 2nd lowest rack. 

2. Sift the flour and baking powder together.

3. In a large bowl, lightly stir the egg and sugar with a whisk or a fork so that no bubbles form.  Remember to stir just enough to homogenize the whites and yolks.  Over stirring the eggs can cause the cake to be flat.   

4. Then stir in flour mixture, coconut milk, vanilla.  Break up any lumps with the back of a spoon. 

5. Use a strainer to strain the mixture into another bowl. 

6. Pour the mixture into the hot baking pan that is still in the oven.  You should hear the sizzling sound.  If you like sesame seeds, sprinkle some on top of the mixture.

7. Bake it for about 10 minutes then reduce the heat to 150c. Bake for 
another 30 minutes or until golden.  If your oven is not convection, bake it for a little bit longer. Insert a toothpick in the center of a cake to test for quick cake doneness. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.

Turn off oven and let the cake sit in there for a few minutes before taking it out.  Let it cool for a little bit before removing it from the baking pan.

Taken from: http://vietspices.blogspot.ca/2010/10/banh-bo-nuong-honey-combs-cake.html?m=0

Buttermilk Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge Icing

Ingredients

Serves: 12 

• 225ml buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 400g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 120ml vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 225ml boiling water
• 250g plain flour

• Method

  Prep:30min  ›  Cook:30min  ›  Ready in:1hr 

  1. Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 20x30cm tin. In a medium bowl, combine the buttermilk and bicarbonate of soda. Set aside in a warm place.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together 400g sugar, eggs, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, oil and 2 teaspoons vanilla until blended. Stir in the boiling water, then gradually beat in the flour. Stir in the buttermilk mixture.
  3. Pour cake mixture into prepared tin. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
  4. To make the Chocolate Fudge Icing: In a saucepan, combine 200g sugar, 60g cocoa powder, milk, butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Bring to the boil, and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Using an electric mixer, beat icing for 3 minutes, or until it thickens to spreading consistency. Pour over completely cooled cake.
  From: http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/18402/buttermilk-chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-fudge-icing.aspx

• Chocolate fudge icing
• 200g caster sugar
• 60g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 50g butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mini Nutella Cheesecake

Makes 24 mini cakes | Prep Time: 30 mins 

Ingredients:

10 oz graham crackers
5 tablespoons soft unsalted butter
1 x 13 oz jar Nutella (at room temperature)
¾ cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
1 lb cream cheese (at room temperature)
½ cup powdered sugar (sifted)
Whipped Cream
2 X 12 mini cheesecake pan

Method:

Break the graham cracker into the bowl of a processor, add the butter and a 15ml tablespoon of Nutella, and blitz until it starts to clump. Add 25g/3 tablespoons of the hazelnuts and continue to pulse until you have a damp, sandy mixture.

Lightly grease the mini cheesecake pan. Scoop a heap tablespoon of the crumbs into each cup, press into the base either using your hands or the back of a spoon. Place in the fridge to chill.

Beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and then add the remaining Nutella to the cream cheese mixture, and continue beating until combined.

Take the mini cheesecake pans out of the fridge and carefully smooth the Nutella mixture over the base, about 2/3 full each. Place the pan in the fridge for at least four hours or overnight. Serve straight from the fridge for best results.

Place a dollop of whipped cream on top and garnish with the remaining chopped hazelnuts on top.

Cook’s Note:

I used 12 mini Cheesecake Pan, 1.5”/4.5cm deep X 2”/5cm diameter cups. You may use Muffins pan, lined with cupcake casing for easy removal

From: http://rasamalaysia.com/mini-nutella-cheesecake-recipe/2/

Recipes!!

Decided to update receipes here in my own blog then I do not need to search n search again whenever I am in the mood to bake! Heehee...

Nutella Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

2 cups Oreo crumbs
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, halved and seeds scraped (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
1/3 cup Nutella

Method:

Preheat oven to 325F (170C). Butter an 8×8 baking dish and line with parchment paper, making sure that the parchment is well pressed in the corners. Set aside.

In a food processor, pulse Oreos until they become crumbs. Add in melted butter and pulse until moistened. Press Oreo mixture evenly into the bottom of your baking dish. Bake crust until set, about 12 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Clean out the food processor. Add cream cheese, eggs, sugar, ¼ cup heavy cream, and vanilla. Pulse until smooth. Put 2/3 of the cream cheese mixture in a bowl and set aside.

Add Nutella and 1 tablespoon of heavy cream to the remaining 1/3 cream cheese mixture in the processor. Pulse until smooth.

To assemble, spread the plain cheesecake mixture over the cooled Oreo crust, being careful of the crust. Then pour the Nutella cheesecake layer on top of the plain cheesecake layer and spread evenly.

Bake on the center rack of the oven for about 35 minutes, or until the center jiggles slightly. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a cooling rack. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

When ready to serve, lift the bars out of the pan by lifting up the parchment paper (it should release easily). Cut into 16 squares and serve.

Cook’s Note:

Put the Nutella cheesecake mixture into a piping bag, then pipe on top of the plain cheesecake layer, to get more even layer than spreading.

From http://rasamalaysia.com/nutella-cheesecake-bars-recipe/2/

Meaning of L.I.F.E

What is the meaning of life?
Are we living the life of others or ourselves?
Why must we take in people's feelings, reactions, remarks into consideration when we are living our life?
Who should judge? On what basis are they judging on?
If we are doing things, not of the so called 'Normal' ways, meaning we are living life correctly?
Who deem it as right or wrong?

Comments!! Only know how to comments!
Tell me who is the one bearing all the consequences?
When things happen, will I hear " i dunno hor.. that is your issue, your problem. U got to solve it yourself!'
Since I got to solve things myself when things happened, then why cant I decide the kind of life I want to live?
Am I accountable to myself only?

U never see changes doesnt mean people are not trying.
Pass or fail, success or failure, I need not to let u know either because

IT IS MY OWN LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You do not own me anything neither do I.
I pay for myself of all things and absolutely I do.

Confirmed!

Confirmed!

He is back to work for his parents since last week.

I told him I will not go back woodland to work every weekend.

I rather stay at home to do up the housework.

I miss... Miss my alone time.. to do things at my own pace, as I wish..

Stress + Stress + Stress

I realised I am a person who take stress more than I can without realising. I had been thinking that I can managed but in actual fact, I cant. My body is complaining then I realise it. Suffering from hormones imbalance, Gynea said stress is a major factor. Result from that --> weight gain / loss, hair loss.. For me, weight gain and hair loss. why not weight loss then?!

My friends who recently are into numerology, took my birth date to do some calculation. Both of them concluded, the 'numbers' in my life show that I had everything needed in my life, not lacking anything but I am a very stressful person. Everything, anything I can stress myself up. This is quite true, I thought i am handling but exactly I had more than I can handle.  The galfriend forwarded me a picture, stating Cortisol, the stress hormone, that is what the brain stimulates its release in response to physical or emotional stress.
The more stress, the higher your cortisol fluctuates and the more stressed you are.
Higher and prolonged level of cortisol in the bloodstream have negative effects such as
- Aging and catabolic metabolism
- weight gain, heart disease and diabetes
- impaired immune system
- gastrointestinal porblems
- mood swings and depression
- Fatigue and insomnia
- Sking aging and wrinkling

Then asking me not to be so stress. Relax myself!

reading from the negative effects, I think i have like 3 of them - weight gain, mood swings n depression, fatigue and insomnia.

When they are mentioning to us, Mr Tay strongly agreed that I am so and he said he had been partly responsible for my weight gain and that I am so stress.

Really, dealing with his family and external families are stressful.

I dunno if being closely knit is one of the reason or it actually isnt.

He had 3 day MC due to sprain of legs at work. His lady boss aka his aunt commented to relatives. We dunno her tone of mentioning but she commented, people commented. His grandma called, aunt called, dad called and his mum called. Some saying maybe you arent suitable for the job, some call to ask him to reconsider if to continue with the job cos people are commenting that he took 3 days MC..
I dunno what is the motive, to concern or comment.

I laughed as I sit down there recalling what they said --> I told him, if today he is still working with his dad, getting a 3 days MC will have the same result. His lady boss aka his mum will comment to relatives as same things happened --> ppl starting calling, his dad might call me for a talk ask me to tell him to reconsider to think if he want to work, if so work properly. NO WONDER they are a one big FAMILY! hahaha...

Anything, everything they just have something to comments. 人言可畏。人不讲话真的会死.
work comment
too fat, go on diet comment
no kids better quickly have one comment.
My life or their life?! they did not realise their so called concern went overboard. end up stressing us up!

I told him to stop all these, maybe he just had to work some where out there with no contacts to any relatives, best work oversea! Nobody come n bother. Only then I will be stress free! 
If he had done so earlier, he might have kids now. NO need to suffer here together with a hormones imbalance me!!

changes

Only now then I realise how stupid n incapable I am.
People thought I knew alot but in actual fact, those that I know are insufficient for me to get a professional job. Those are all crap knowledges.
Oh my! I should really change my mindset, my views of things to get things done, to get what I want. Changes hurt but in order for the changes to take place, sacrifices are necessary, I need to accept e sacrifice.

Take a step forwards, at least be courage enough to make the first step. You never try, you never know.

W.A.I.T.I.N.G

I am waiting!

Waiting hard for the day to come, to throw the letter into his face and see his reaction.

To catch them unaware, unprepare. To see how they can deal with the situation then. Hahaha...

Who ask them to take people for granted. If they do not wake up soon, one by one things will happened.

Continue to leave those useless but mouth full of sweet words people around them.

Pray that my birthday wishes will come true!!

闲话家常

成经何时，闲话家常是一件很简单，很容易的事。

现在很难咯。每个人都有自己么家庭，那么忙碌。

人活着到底是为了什么？！

Cupcakes

First cupcake baking at new place! I see more to come!

Cannot Understand

It had been 3 months since we stayed here. Good one! We loved!!

Mr Tay is in his 2nd month to his new job, so far so good..

His r/s with his family esp his mum got better, no crush in work = peaceful mother and son r/s. His mum commented last week that his dad has not visited the new place since then till now.
Thus he arranged no work on last sat, planned for his parents visit and then to dim sum buffet at Thomson Plaza, Peach Garden, also celebrate in advance for mother's day/

End result -- His dad do not want to eat, good intention = dun want him to spend the $$, bad intention which I have = the elder one isnt happy with the younger one for his leaving of work thus dun want the interaction.

So 1 down, we thought then we go ahead with his mum and sister + BF then. Who know the sister said in that case she will stay home to accompany dad (like real) + BF still working at site. So he called up his mum. In e end, the mum is somewhere settling something with her sister, not coming over, cant go makan too! Nobody bother to call and tell and let us make all the preparation + booking etc. Its spoilt our weekend!

I cannot understand why is it so difficult to sit down together for a meal. Talk about old traditions, who isnt giving people chance to practice it. Why must make life so difficult for others?

If the same situation will to happen at my side, I believe we will have gone for the meal and have a happy time.

I cannot understand why there are things more important to family times. Actually I do not understand alot of their concepts anyway. Why bother?!

Finally home of our own.

Pen down this post like in the first week of Feb13 via mobile but its never get post out! ah!!

Stayed there for almost a week.

Not too bad!

Lots of things to do, lots of unpacking to do. Still got lots of  boxes and CNY is coming!

Target to clear 2 boxes per day.

An chuang done!

An chuang done.
Now waiting for 30th shift in. Gas cant turn on 30th.. got to find way to cook upon shift in as part of the shift in procedure.

woohoo.. lucky Ethan!

Live updates! 220113

Updates on 160113

Display rack divide the space into 2. Hope the overall result will be good.

Bedrooms flooring were polished on thursday. was told carpentary work will be all up by weekend and we were told that sunday we are to clean the place to await furniture delivwry on tuesday 22/1.

Updates - 091013 again on 100113

FSM had advised shifted in date to be on 30th Jan.
An Chuan got to be done on 27th Jan which is a sunday and I am so glad it is a sunday!

Current stage of house:
1. Floor and wall tiles are fully up and done.
2. Delivery of sanitary wares was either ytd or done today. They will be fix up once delivered. Fixed up!
3. Parquet flooring delivery date is tomorrow and then will be laid. After that, we need to wait for a week for  it to dry thus no work to be done in bedrooms till next thurday.Laying done. Pending for polishing next week
5. Plaster ceiling will be done up today. Pending gas pipe installation tmr.
6. Delivery of lighting next tuesday and fix up.
7. Furniture and bedding will be delivered on 22nd Jan 2012.

Current pending outstanding that I am not sure of the dates are:
1. Painting work. Color choose but dunno when will it be paint
2. window grill - not choose
3. Main door and bedroom doors not choose
4. Curtains not choose
5. Carpentary work confirmed but measurement not taken and work not commence if I am not wrong.
6. Plants have not get.