Dear husband - Day 13 (Tubby's birthday + Tiramisu cake recipe)

Dear husband, Happy birthday!

Steamed Tapioca Kueh

Ah mm is back in town and I got the chance to learn her steamed tapioca kueh. This is a very simple and delicious recipe. 

The cake can have different colours; ranging from pale yellow to brown. If you are using yellow coloured tapioca, the colour will be naturally yellow. For white coloured tapioca, the kueh can be rather pale and some recipe will use yellow colouring. For this recipe, we used gula melaka and thus the brown colour. Anyhow, the taste is fantastic. :)

Failed blueberry muffins

My first attempt on muffin turned out really bad. They were tough. I couldn't serve the whole batch.

Did some research and here's why; my batter was over mixed. I should have mixed it manually instead of using electric mixer. Only two bowls are required to make the batter. One bowl is used to mix all the dry ingredients and the other bowl is used for all the wet ingredients. Include the sugar into the wet ingredients for better aeration. For best results, the wet ingredients should be poured into the dry ones and mixed with a large spoon until generally just combined. Mixing should be done by stirring and it must be kept to a minimum; just about 10-15 strokes to moisten the ingredients. DO NOT OVERMIX! The batter should be lumpy; do not try to smooth it. This is to prevent excess of air bubbles beaten into the batter and stretch the gluten while baking which makes it tough.

They looked pretty but sigh...they were failed.

2.0.1.5 Birthday

Happy birthday to myself. This is my first birthday with husband and in-laws. 

New family. Surreal. Heartfelt. 

So, decided to make my own birthday cake.

Non-baked cheesecake with chocolate swirl.

Recipe taken from Todd's kitchen with a little bit of modification.

Ingredients:
250g packet digestive biscuits
75g unsalted butter
85g chocolate
500g cream cheese
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
250ml thickened cream
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 pinch of lemon zest

I am a happy birthday girl. :D

Dated 14th Aug 2004, I received a birthday letter. 11 years later, I'm married to this wonderful person and spent my first birthday as his wife. He is my greatest gift ever. Thank God I did not realise that too late. 

I love you, tubby

DIY Mug for us

So we bought two mugs at IKEA and I decided to draw something on the mugs.

Not the perfect drawings but quite proud of the turn out actually. ;)

It's actually very easy! Got the instructions from online of course.

1) Buy some white cups or mugs. 

2) Start drawing using pen first then sharpies.

3) Dry it out.

4) Bake the mug in the oven for 30 minutes at 350°F.

5) Care and wash.

6) Ready to use!