KITCHEN厨房日记: Apple Cinnamon Cake

As promised (with myself), I baked this last 2 nights. Apple Cinnamon Cake, I love the mixture of sweet and sour taste, and, apple and cinnamon are perfect match!

Prepare the batter like usual, beating butter and sugar, add in egg and flour, and milk. Then, spread half of the batter in the baking tray, arrange thin slices of apple on it, and sprinkle mixture of cinnamon with sugar on top of the apples. Cover the apples with the rest of the batter, and finished of with the cinnamon-sugar mixture on top.

Bake them in oven for half an hour, and it's done! Erm...it doesn't look nice, I know. I can't get the nice crispy layer of the cake as shown in the recipe. However, it tastes nice! Very soft and smooth, the apples are juicy too! And, the tempted ants managed to sneak into the plastic container and wander around the cakes.

I gave 2 pieces to him, and he finsihed them within seconds. Solid evidence to proof that the cake is tasty and yummy!

KITCHEN厨房日记: Thousand Layers Jelly

It's been quite some time that I didn't bake or cook, due to busy schedule and occupied weekends for last 2 months. Plus, I just repaired my oven's plug which is broken. And, a bit lazy..Hah!

So, I made this Thousand (6 only) Layers Jelly, as a cool refreshment for hot weather. BCYeng, remember this? I saw you making this for our School Prefect Gathering in your house, many years back then. (Awhh!) This is my first trial, turned out pretty well, but actually a bit clumsy.

Cook the jelly strips/powder in a pot, with less water as instructed on the packaging. This is because you need to add milk or coloured water into it later on. After the jelly strips/powder melt, add sugar and pandan leaves into it and stir slowly. Pour half of the liquid jelly into another pot and heat up to keep it hot. 

Then. add milk into one and coloured water (edible food colouring) into another one. [TIPS: If you don't like milk taste, you can use soya bean milk, coconut milk or 'susu sejat'(evaporated milk?).] Scoop the white jelly into a tray to form a thin layer about 0.5 cm. When the surface of 1st layer has hardened, scoop the coloured jelly onto the 1st layer to form another thin layer. Repeat these steps until you get 6-7 layers. Remember to keep an eye on the liquid jelly in the pot, continue heating and stirring it to avoid hardening!

As I only have one stove, I have to work really fast and carefully. Taking turn to heat and maintain the 2 pots of liquid jelly, and cooling the hardening jelly in the tray. However, the result is satisfying, as this layered jelly looks more attractive than the usual one. 

Gonna bake some cake tonight (if not lazy!). Will share it here in next post.

BEAUTY美丽日记: I LUV KL

Finally, after months of bugging (barking?), he brought me to KL! Started & ended with complaints about traffic, of course. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it!

The reason I love to be in KL is that mixture of luxury & heritage feel it gives. All the high rise modern buildings around you, yet there are still historical landmarks beneath. Yes, I know, traffic is the killing part. Perhaps it’s a working Friday during Chinese New Year, so the traffic was still under control and the crowd was not at its peak.

Hair Of The Day

Nails Of The Day

Dress Of The Day

Stepping in high heels boost up your confidence. The price you have to pay? Blister and soreness at the end of the day.

Went to Fahrenheit 88, Sephora and Pavillion on that day. Honestly, Fahrenheit 88 is not as fun as I expected and stocks in Sephora are not so well maintained, I would say. However, the CNY decorations in Pavilion is superb as usual, being the best in Klang Valley! Besides than luxury branded goods, there are also middle-class stores/brands in Pavillion, which means any of us can enjoy shopping there.

Just a small reminder, if it is raining, or starting to rain, or going to rain anyway, don’t use LRT! Especially when you are wearing dress and high heels. The train service is good, but not the walking-in-rain session between stations & your destinations. Whatever it is, drive! [Sorry for yelling at you, but I really can’t run in those heels.]

Can’t wait to jump off from car!

Love this view. From Fahrenheit 88.

You gotta control yourself in Sephora or you will end up with a poor month.

The mighty dragon in Pavillion. And the buddy bears outside!

Night life in KL? Even better & hotter!

Ahh, forget about the small drama, I enjoyed the trip though. Millions thanks!

NEXT TARGET: High-Tea at Carcosa Seri Negara in future. (Winks~)

P/S: Passed by Concorde Hotel and Jalan Imbi Night Stalls, remind me of you guys, miss those moments.