I Love Swirls!!! -a bday cake-

Inspired by Mbak Widya's creation on Playing with Buttercream contest, I applied the same technique on this cake for my friends' daughter birthday party.
This is the 3rd times I made cake for Gek Bintang's Birthday, one for her otonan or 6-months celebration, 1st birthday and this one was for her 2nd birthday.
I ordered the edible image from Mbak Monica from Creative Kitchen. Thanks a lot ya Mbak for always catch up with my deadline hehehehe...

The swirls were colourful and bright, weren't they? I love it!! Thanks to Mbak Widya for inspiring me...

I also made some cupcakes and put smal edible images on it....Look at her expressions....

After we sang the birthday songs, Gek Bintang immediately ask for a knife to cut the cake...Look at her...really like a grown-up girl xixixixixi.... :D She put the sliced cake on cake plate and we all were encouraging her to give the cake to her granny...BUT....guess what!!..she just sit there comfortably then it the cake by herself hahahaha..,,what a cutie pie...

Happy birthday Gek Bintang... Wish you all the best dear...

Yipeee!!! This is the waffle I LoVe!!

After trying so many waffles recipes, this one was definitely the best Waffle recipes I've tried. Its textures and taste nearly like waffles I used to eat at 5 stars hotels wherever I stayed on my traveling time.

I still wishing if someone could share waffle recipe from The Fullerton? Pleaseee..
No worries, I am full of hope. I'll be waiting ;D

Waffles are good with gamut of companions such as fresh fruits, ice cream (yeah, it's the best pairing ever!!!), yoghurt, honey, maple syrup, toffee sauce, chocolate....well, you name it..

I wasn't doing the instruction on exact for the temperature in Bali is getting hotter lately, I mix the ingredients on 5.30 AM and just rest the mixture on warm place then add 3 small eggs instead of 2 eggs stated on the recipe on 9 AM. It turned out just fine and crisp just they I like it. Perfect for my breakfast on SUnny Sonntag.

Definitely yummy....

Last bite..... you could find the recipe here .

Yummy yummy

B/W Cheesecake

This is the result of my weekly-frigde-inspection...
I found 1 box of Ricotta cheese, 1/2 box mascarpone and Oreo's biscuit...

Friday nite, I baked Matcha Chiffon Cake for my friend, Mike. Pursuing to take full benefit of the HOT Oven, I make this cheesecake for weekend dessert...

B/W CHEESECAKE

Ingredients:
(Black base)

• 250 gr oreo's biscuit, removes cream. (you could use any biscuit you like, indeed)
• 150 gr butter, melted

Process oreos on food processor until fine crumbled. Add melted butter. Press firmly into the base and side of 20 cm pie tin. Leave on frigde for 15 mins.

(White cheesecake)

• 250 gr ricotta cheese
• 125 gr mascarpone
• 4 T caster sugar
• 2 eggs, separated

Smooth both cheeses using fork. Add yolks and sugar.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Add to cheese mixture.
Pour onto oreos shell.
Bake for 45 mins on au-ban-marie method on 180*C. Cool overnight.

To Serve:
sprinkle brown sugar evenly onto cheesecake surface, burn using blowtorch until caramelized stage reached. Served immediately so you could enjoy the crisp thin layer of brown sugar caramel.
Slices of Tamarillos or any fresh fruits on your choice.

Yummmmmyyy.....

Cake Pudding

Friday afternoon, just stepped out from my office door and I was on my way to my car then my cellphone's ringing. It showed one of my loyal customer's number, Bu Iin.
The conversation follows:
..........after short former talk.....
Bu Iin (BI) : Rea, I would like to order pudding for tomorrow morning.
Rea (R) : Ok BI, creme caramel like usually?
(BI) : Nope, I want cake pudding. Base is vanilla cake NOT chocolate, the second layer is milk pudding and top with fruit and clear jelly. You got the picture?
(R) : Rrrrr...I think so.... Ok, I'll make it for you. But, this would be my first attempt in making cake pudding.
(BI) : Ok. No prob. I order 2 pieces for tomorrow. I trust you as always....
........

Wow, really I'm honoured!! What a Trust from a customer!!.

Bu Iin, here are the cake puddings in Orange and Strawberry Flavour... Hope you enjoy it...
The Base: Sponge Cake which I baked in 22x22xm pan to fit in 20x20 cake-ring.
in the middle: Spongy Milk-pudding filled with chopped fresh orange and strawberries.
On top Fruit Cocktail and clear jelly/agar-agar.

Edisi Indonesia #1: LAPIS BERAS

Ini postingan pertama dari Edisi Indonesia di blogku, jadi semuanya ber"bau" Indonesia gituuu...Resep asli resep Indonesia, dibuat di Indonesia, beli bahan2nya di pasar tradisional Indonesia dan tentu saja menggunakan bahasa Indonesia walau mungkin tidak sesuai dengan EYD :p.

Awal muasal dibuatnya Indonesia Edition ini adalah ketika beberapa hari yang lalu saya makan siang berdua dengan Hünny di sebuah Rumah Makan Manado di Jl. Sudirman - Denpasar, Bali. Selesai makan siang, saya melihat kue muwih tradisional dipajang dengan cantiknya di etalase di sebelah kasir... Hmmm..keliatannya enak nih pikir saya dan alhasil memesan 4 takir pandan isi bubur sumsum lalu Hünny ikut2an beli kue lapis beras warna putih - coklat.

Dengan air muka heran saya bertanya: Emangnya kamu suka kue kaya gitu? (Jujur aja, kalo terima snack box ada isi lapis beras, langsung aja saya hibahkan ke teman karena ga doyan hahahaha)... Dengan air muka heran juga >>mungkin karena heran melihat pertanyaan saya (yg baca jangan ikutan heran juga yah :p) dia menjawab: Yank, gini2 aku kan anak kampung juga...Aku emang suka banget kue - kue tradisional... Saya langsung bengong....OOOOOO....O-nya panjang deh. Padahal selama ini kalo saya bikin Cizkek, brownies dan popcorn caramel, dia bilang itu favoritnya hehehehe.... jadi ga kepikiran deh dia suka sama Lapis Beras weksss...

Singkat cerita, akhirnya begitu sampai rumah malemnya langsung saya ubek2 buku resep dan nemu resep Lapis Beras di Sajian Pesta-nya Sedap Sekejap... Liat2 bahannya, semua ada di rumah tinggal beli kelapa aja. Menguatkan diri untuk buat Lapis Beras pas wiken, special for Hünny :-)

Resepnya dibawah ini ya:

1500 ml santan dari 2 butir kelapa
1.5 sdt garam
2 lembar daun pandan
300 gr tepung beras
75 gr tepung sagu
300 gr gula pasir
20 tetes pewarna merah muda
10 tetes pewarna hijau tua

Alat - alat:

1. Kukusan
2. Loyang ukuran 18x18x7 cm, olesi minyak tipis - tipis dan dialasi plastik.
3. Sendok sayur
4. Whisker
5. Parutan kelapa kalo yang mau parut kelapa sendiri di rumah :p
6. Panci/baskom 3 biji
   

Cara membuatnya:

• Rebus santan, garam, dan daun pandan sampai mendidih sambil diaduk - aduk supaya jangan pecah. Angkat dan saring. Sisihkan.
• Campur tepung beras, tepung sagu dan gula pasir. Tuangi santan hangat sedikit demi sedikit sambil terus diaduk sampai rata. Bagi adonan jadi 3 bagian, beri 1 bagian pewarna merah (saya pake pasta strawberry), 1 bagian lagi diberi warna hijau (saya pake pasta pandan), dan sisanya dibiarkan putih.
• Tuang 100 ml adonan putih ke loyang yang sudah dialasi plastik. Kukus 10 menit. Tuang adonan pink sebanyak 100 ml diatasnya. Kukus 10 menit. Tuang 100 ml adonan hijau diatasnya. Kukus 10 menit. Begitu seterusnya sampai adonan habis dan terakhir kukus selama 20 menit.
• Angkat dan diamkan di loyang kurleb 30 menit. Baru dikeluarkan dan dipotong2.

Tips:

1. Aduk adonan dengan whisker aja biar cepet rata dan tidak bergumpal.
2. Kukus dengan api sedang dan JANGAN LUPA cek jumlah air karena lamaaaaa banget nih ngukusnya!! Percobaan pertama buat kue ini memakan waktu 3 jam 24 menit!!!.
3. Alasi dasar dan sekeliling loyang dengan plastik agar mudah dikeluarkan. Dan jangan lupa olesi lagi dengan minyak tipis2.
4. Gunakan benang untuk memotong kue LAPIS BERAS ini agar lebih rapi. Awalnya saya menggunakan saran yang tertulis di buku yaitu menggunakan pisau yang dilapisi plastik dan diolesi minyak....WAH...potongannya jadi berantakan hehehehe....Pake Benang dijamin sukses motong dengan RAPI lho...
5. Tutup panci dibungkus dengan serbet agar air tidak menetes ke kue yah.
   

Tanggapan dari Pencicip:
Pencicip pertama adalah Orang rumah (saya dan asisten) : enak juga yah ternyata kue lapis itu hahahaha....tapi agak kemanisan...lain kali dikurangin deh gulanya.

Pencicip kedua Hünny : Enaaaak yank.. ga nyangka kamu bisa bikin kue kaya gini.... bikin lagi dong (HUHUHUHU...kapan2 ya Hün.....cape'nya masih berasa bow!!). Ga kemanisan kok...(yah...kamu kan emang suka manis2 banget tuh Hün :p)

Pencicip ketiga Mbak Dewi dan keluarga: Mbak Rea, aku jujur aja....aku sama Mas Dhody ga doyan ama Lapis Beras...tapi pas buka kotak kue dari Mbak Rea, kok wangi yah..trus nyobain dan udah tinggal 3 potong aja (tadinya 8 potong tuh hehehe)....Lapis Beras-nya enak... Aku pesen ya Mbak 1 loyang buat Ibu Mertua tercinta tapi gulanya dikurangin ya buat besok pagi jam 8.....(Gubraksss!!)... Ya Tuhan, bikin lagi? tapi berhubung ini permintaan teman baik jadi ya dilulusin aja...:D

Malemnya setelah terima telepon abis nemenin Hünny ketemu kliennya di Conrad dan Grand Mirage langsung mampir ke Hardys buat beli kelapa dan gula rendah kalori....eh, kelapanya abis..ya sudahlah..langsung ke Carrefour beli kelapa....dan Minggu pagi2 buta, jam 4.30 udah bangun dan mulai beraksi hehehe...
Jam 8 LAPIS-nya udah siap dan kali ini saya berhasil membuatnya dalam waktu 2 jam 50 menit lho!!

Selamat menikmati ya Mbak Dewi dan keluarga....
Selamat menikmati juga Indonesia-ku tercinta....



Cantik kan kue-nya.... :D

Chocobanana Cupcakes

May 31....My office's family day... We were going to Waterbom!! I've promised my co-workers that I would bring something for them on Family day and I decided to make cupcakes. The original recipe is Lapis Pandan Putih Telur from Mbak Monica which I revised at some parts (the revision are on bold and italic text). I also add banana to enrich the taste and it worked so well.

Chocobanana Cupcakes

Ingredients:

350 cc egg whites

10 gr cake emulsifier (Me: ¼ teaspoon)

200 gr caster sugar (Me: 160 gr only)

125 gr cake flour (Me: 80 gr cake flour, 40 gr dutch-process chocolate powder)

25 gr cornstarch

100 gr butter, melted
100 gr very ripe banana (about 1 large Cavendish banana), mashed

Ganache:
100 g dark cooking chocolate, chooped
150 g whipping cream
2 tablespoons rum

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Shift dry ingredients. Set aside
2. Beat egg whites using electric mixer until foamy, add cake emulsifier. Mix well. Add sugar gradually. Continue mixing until stiff.
3. Add dry ingredients. Mix with the lowest speed setting.
4. Add melted butter, fold in using spatula.
5. Pour into cupcake paper. Bake for 20 mins if you are baking on small moulds like I do.
6. Cool and granish with ganache.

Ganache:
· Melt dark chocolate. Set aside
· Whip whipping cream untill double size.
· Pour in melted chocolate. Beat until combine.
· Add rum. Beat again until mix thoroughfully.
· Ready to be use.

Verdict:

My co-workers and their kids loved it!! 30 cupcakes were gone in seconds...

*Big SMILE from the happy baker*

We were happy and jolly on that day....

KBB#5: Banoffee Pie

Just meet to deadline....Gosh!! I need some break to take a breath....fiuuuuhhhh.... I'm really relief that I just finished KBB#5 task. This 5th event is hosted by Mbak Vin and Mbak Santi.

I will post the whole complete story after I fully catch my breath okay?..

Here is the pic of Banoffee Pies:I hope I still meet the deadline for this fifth challenge of KBB. My local time shows 23.25 WITA..
Hosh hosh hosh...(cathcing up breathe)

Contest:Playing with Butter Cream

This is my first time participating in a contest that rely on pure creativity. Playing with buttercream contest is held by Mbak Anne.
The extraordinary thing about this contest is The PRIZE.... Frankly, I have never heard before an online contest especially for hobbies give prizes away for the winner.

The first thing that come to my mind was to make a Flower Fairy In the Forest. For the fairies, I followed the step by step at Clay books by Indira. For the flowers, I used butter cream(Lha namanya juga contest playing with buttercream getooo :D) and I used tip #104 and piping bag which its point I cut into reverse V.

Well, do I a good player in butter cream? What do you think guys? If, you think my cake design is good then please VOTE ME to support me. (ngarep.com banget deh...:D). Just simple leave your comment to this post.

Your vote would be highly appreciated guys.. :D

Special thanks to Mbak Anne for hosting such a great event so I could spend some times to practise with butter cream. Keep up the good work ya Mbak.