Frozen Yogurt of the day : Tutti Fruitti

Thanks to my aunt, I finally have a chance to taste what's a frozen yoghurt tastes like but honestly I do not find anything special about it other than its smoother and creamier texture than the normal ice cream. It tastes almost the same with McDonald's sundae, seriously. I like the white one the most, I guess it's vanilla but not the pinky and greyish one. I will not waste my money trying this again cause I will rather  buy my favourite Chatime - Strawberry Pudding Au-Lait which costs RM6.90. :)

Something to cheer up my day

With cocoa balls and peanuts as toppings

It's melting.

People around me are getting crazy

As you know, this so called korea most famous girls group SNSD is right here in Malaysia at this moment. Since yesterday, almost one quarter of my class was overjoyed and this xxxxxx jumped here and there like a kangaroo to celebrate. But not me, I hated Kpop because of this xxxxxx, she thought that she was a great fan of these Kpop singers and even stalk them. I can tell you that this is seriouly very annoying. She just show off how loyal she was as a fan but think twice, you are actually invading someone's privacy. If I am to be a fan, I will not do such thing like someone who is crazy. One more thing, these going to be crazy fans are all going to be packed like sardins at KLCC. You can imagine since the ticket is free, the fans all over Malaysia including those from the countries nearby will be rushing there. Some will even choose to camp there. Everyone has the same thinking, "since the ticket is free, why dont i go" but you will never have a chance to be in front of the stage because the crowd is going o be TREMENDOUSLY HUGE but not the ordinary big crowd. Pen off:)

The Little Chef Diary : Plain Buttery Cookies

Plain cookies taste nice! On Wednesday, my friends came over my house during the holidays and I decided to bake this along with them. It's typically the simplest of all but I doesn't like to bake it because you need to to roll it on a flat surface and cut it out with a cookie cutter. :( It's troublesome for me.

Plain Cookies (aka Star Cookies in the book) ( from Something Sweet - Cakes, Bakes, Desserts by Food Lovers )
Ingredients:
250g all-purpose flour
90g castor sugar
175g butter, cubed
12 candy-coated chocolate chips (M&M) (Instead of this, I used chocolate chips)

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180'C
2. Put the flour, sugar and butter together in a processor and blend together to make crumbs, or put into a bowl and rub everything together with your fingertips. Pulse a little more to form into a ball, or squeeze the mixture together with your hands.
3. Turn the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper. Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to 0.5cm thickness.
4. Dip your 1ocm star cutter in flour and stamp out 10 star shapes, carefully removing the trimmings from around the sides, but leaving the cookies on the paper. Reroll the trimming to make 2 additional cookies and place on another parchment paper.  ( You can actually use cookies cutter of any size or any shape to your favour :)
5. Place the dough, still on the parchment, onto 2 baking sheets. Press the candy into the center of each. Bake for 10 minutes until pale golden. Cool and store in airtight tin.

The Little Chef Diary : Bread and Butter Pudding

If you are finding something sweet easy to prepare after meal, you can't find any others that are more suitable than this. :) ~Bread and Butter Pudding *nom nom* ~

Bread and butter pudding (adapted from Min's Blog)
    2 slices of white bread spread with butter ( I used Massimo bread)
    25gm sugar
    1 egg
    150ml milk
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract
    Raisins or Cranberries ( I used cranberries)

1. Cut up the buttered bread is cubes and arrange in a ramekin.
2. Beat egg, milk and vanilla in a bowl.
3. Stir in raisins or cranberries
4. Pour the liquid mixture into the ramekin and let it sit for 15 minutes.
( I doesn't have ramekins so I used a cake mould )
5. Bake at 180'C for 20 minutes.

The Little Chef Diary : Chocolate Walnut Brownie

Hey. I'm back to update my blog with food again. :) Baking is just my hobby.
This is my first try on brownie, the result is "eadible" but taste bad actually. It's quite bitter and totally not to my favour. :( But on my second try, I changed the recipe slightly. The brownie was delicious *nom nom* and my friends like it too. It tastes best once I get it out from the oven. The top was crispy, and it's warm. The best part is that the chocolate was melting in my mouth.

FIRST TRIAL

I forgot that I have to leave it cool before cutting it and I get crumbs everywhere :(

Chocolate Walnut Brownie ( from Grace Kitchen Corner )

115g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
120g caster sugar
2 eggs
40g plain chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids)
55g pecans or walnut
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp instant coffee granules
2 tbsp warm water
1 tsp baking powder
55g plain flour
55g cocoa powder 

Method:

1.  Preheat the oven to 180C. Prepare the cake tin. Grease an 18cm/7in square cake tin and line with non-stick baking parchment.
2.  In a clean bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
3. Chop the chocolate and put to one side. Chop the pecans, if using. Gently fold the nuts and chocolate into the butter and egg mixture. Add the vanilla extract. 
4. Dissolve the coffee granules in two tablespoons of warm water and add to the mixture. Mix together well.
5. Add the baking powder, then sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Mix well; the mixture will be quite wet.
6. Spoon the brownie batter into the prepared tin and level out the top with a spatula.
7. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Don't over bake, you may have a skewer insert into the cake and come out not clean.
8. Allow to cool in the tin for ten minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool.

* Credits to my cousin, Sze Min for helping me in finding the recipe. :)

SECOND TRIAL

Sorry, this is the only photo I got for my second trial. I dust some icing sugar on it as a decoration. :)

Chocolate Walnut Brownie (from Grace Kitchen Corner)

* I changed the recipe slightly.
115g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
120g caster sugar
2 eggs

60g plain chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids)
55g pecans or walnut
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp instant coffee granules
2 tbsp warm water
1 tsp baking powder
55g plain flour
50g cocoa powder

40g chocolate chips (additional)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Prepare the cake tin. Grease an 18cm/7in square cake tin and line with non-stick baking parchment. 
2. In a clean bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
3. Chop the chocolate and put to one side. Chop the pecans, if using. Gently fold the nuts and chocolate into the butter and egg mixture. Add the vanilla extract. 
4. Dissolve the coffee granules in two tablespoons of warm water and add to the mixture. Mix together well.
5. Add the baking powder, then sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Mix well; the mixture will be quite wet.
6. Spoon the brownie batter into the prepared tin and level out the top with a spatula.
7. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Don't over bake, you may have a skewer insert into the cake and come out not clean. 
8. Allow to cool in the tin for ten minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool.

* For both recipe, I omitted coffee granules and warm water.

I'm not free at all

Although exam is over and now the holiday is coming to an end. *Phew* Why is my life full of loads of work which I cant never finish doing. I still have to rush for three BM essays and one Chinese essays beofre school reopens but I have no idea how am I going to finish it. But, put this aside now and :)

Again , my blog is so dead because I'm just to busy and I dont even have the mood to update it. On Tuesday, I had a wonderful time with all my dear friends. And I learnt something: "Friends are forever! They are there for you no matter what." That's why I appreciate my friendships a lot when I grew older. I try not to break my friendship on a small matter because I cant lose my bunch of friends from my life.

I LOVE MY FRIENDS :)