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| Friday, 27-Nov-2009 17:14 |
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Moist Dark Chocolate Cake
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For a friend......
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| Thursday, 26-Nov-2009 15:07 |
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Pushing Up the Daisies
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Some of my collection of plunger cutters. They are really helpful in making those teeny tiny sugarpaste blossoms.....
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| Tuesday, 24-Nov-2009 15:28 |
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Lunch with Dewi, Lynne and Sherry
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I received my very first guests to our home, Dewi and Nafisah, Lynne and baby Sofea and Sherry and Sufiya.
It was such good fun catching up after not seeing them for quite some time.
Read more about their (mis)adventures at Dewi's.....
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| Monday, 23-Nov-2009 19:24 |
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German Apple Cake
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German Apple Cake
6 apples
1 tablespoon cinnamon
5 tablespoons sugar
2 3/4 cups flour, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
Preheat oven to 180C.
Grease and line a cake pan. Peel, core and chop apples into chunks. Toss with cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, orange juice, sugar and vanilla. Mix wet ingredients into the dry ones, then add eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl to ensure all ingredients are incorporated.
Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Spread half of apples over it. Pour the remaining batter over the apples and arrange the remaining apples on top. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until a tester comes out clean.
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| Sunday, 22-Nov-2009 12:50 |
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Spicy Tilapia with Lemon Parsley Spaghetti
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Spicy Tilapia
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
4 tilapia fillets
1 tbsp olive oil
To prepare fish, sprinkle over both sides of fish with salt, cumin, paprika and red pepper.
Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish and cook 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
Lemon Parsley Spaghetti
Zest and juice of 2 large lemons
1 large bunch fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked, half finely chopped and half left whole
80g butter
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Sea salt, to taste
Spaghetti
Melt butter with olive oil and lemon zest. Remove from heat.
Put a large pot of salted water on to boil. Add pasta to pot. Cook pasta according to package instructions; drain, reserving about ½ cup cooking water. Toss pasta into the melted butter and add the reserved cooking water. Add in the rest of the ingredients. The residual heat from the pasta will wilt parsley.
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| Friday, 20-Nov-2009 17:18 |
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Breathe
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Of things that are taken for granted......
I am on a 10-day course of antibiotics after contracting pneumonia but the sun's out today and I'm not one to stay in bed on such a beautiful day.
“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French Photographer, 1908-2004)
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| Thursday, 19-Nov-2009 11:50 |
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Isla's Blueberry Bread and Butter Pudding
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Isla's Blueberry Bread and Butter Pudding
Leftover baguettes, sliced
Butter, for spreading
Blueberry jam, for spreading
275 ml milk
60 ml double cream
50 g caster sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Brown sugar
fresh blueberries (optional)
Butter the bread on both sides. Then spread the jam on one side of the bread.
Arrange a layer of buttered bread over the base of the baking dish. You may, if using, sprinkle the fresh blueberries or any dried fruits on top of the bread.
Next, in a glass measuring jug, measure out the milk and add the double cream. Stir in the caster sugar and vanilla extract, then whisk the eggs, first on their own in a small basin and then into the milk mixture. Pour the whole lot over the bread, sprinkle over some brown sugar and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
Serve warm.
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| Friday, 13-Nov-2009 19:31 |
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Ladies Night ~ Get The Party Started.....
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Photos for the evening were taken by Cik Farah Saadullah
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| Friday, 13-Nov-2009 17:26 |
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Ladies Night ~ Behind the Scene
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| Friday, 13-Nov-2009 10:59 |
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Ladies Night ~ Prelude
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