Mulberry Style Hummingbird Cake

*larikkkkkkkkkkkk, psycho in the house!!!!

Pasrah...adakah itu perkataan yang sesuai??? atau Psycho or Stress??? ..*matilah post kali nih bunyi meroyansss..tidak ye uolsss..baca sampaii habis then baru uollss judge sendiri pos nih bunyi meroyan ke tak :)

Selalunya, when iol stress di tahap langit Ervlon *mesti uols blank tak tahukan, baca Kitab Nabi nak tahu, jangan baca novel Lord of The Rings pulak nak carik jawapan!  iol akan masuk ke dapur iol yang comel tuh and start baking. For some people, when they stress or depress diorang akan binge-binge apa sahaja asalkan dapat lupakan masalah..well iol pun suker gak binge2 bila tension, nak-nak bila dapat teman binge yang akan sentiasa di sisi apabila di ajak. Sampai ada seorang kawan iol boleh cancel gi gym sebab makan itu lebih mencapai kepuasan dari pergi excersize kat gym *matilaaa gym bunny tak setuju and kutuk blog iol hihihihi.

Well apa yang iol merapek kali nih? iol nak citer how iol handle stress and tension supaya tidak mencapai tahap meroyan ketika itu, iaitu dengan cara cooking or most of the time, BAKING. iol ingat semasa di negara Union Jack *tetap khennnn... bila stress jer akan ke dapur baking especially waktu tengah malam. Adakala pukul 2 pagi gigih buat kek! Sampailaa balik sinih tak kira tengah malam dan hampir subuh boleh ke dapur buat scones, cakes and muffins. Pas tuh bawak gi ex-opis...kenyang orang-orang kat ex-opis makan tapi org2 tuh jugak (some) yang buat lahanat kat iols..oppssss. Halalkan je lah jah.

Well, here is another tension moment..ehhh???...semalam iol teringin sangat nak makan Hummingbird Cake yang sedap tuh macam dekat Cafe Whisk *cafe English style katernyer, mek sukerrr  di Empire Gallery Subang. Tapi nak ke sana nan hadoo laa masanya plus dengan masa, tol, minyak, parking rate segala untuk sepotong sebulat kek..*macam kawan  iol  yang meletop sorang tuh, lunch sepotong sekeping roti, gilerr apa hihihihi...So iol decided to bake myself the cake...lagi puas hati! dapat sebijik kek dan boleh jamu kengkawan terchenta...

iol start korek resepi kek nih and terjumpa. nampak mudah dan iol pun siaplaa dengan barang-barangnyer. Let's see how to bake this cake yahhh.

Ini ada lah gambar perhiasan dan original dari resepi yang iol amek
Let's see sama tak dengan iol buat kat bawah :)

Le Ingredients

Step 1

Put all dry ingredients; all purpose flour, castor sugar, baking soda, ground cinnamon and salt into a mixing bowl. Bowl nih iol beli kat negara Union Jack jugekkk...*larikkkkkkkkkkk. Combine well the ingredients with a whisk.

Step 2

 Add eggs and vegetable oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Kacau perlahan-lahan uolsss. Jangan laa kacau macam nak buat kuih bahulu.

Step 3

Stir in pineapple, bananas and pecans and mixed them well. Nak bubuh vanilla pun ok tapi iol dah kehabisan vanilla extract.

Step 4

Pour batter into 2 greased 9-inch round cake pans. Then, bake at 180 Celsius or 350F for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Janganlah pulak ko cucuk dengan batang penyapu!

Step 5

Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks before uolss put cream cheese frosting.

Step 6

 Beat cream cheese and soften butter until smooth. Guna mixer lagi senang. Mixer iol mestilah Kitchen Aid. *matilaaarrr menunjuk-nunjuk.

Step 7

Then, uolsss pour in vanilla extract or in iol case, iol pakai vanilla pod. nanti kat cream tuh leh nampak bintik-bintik hitam halusss. Cantek uolsss.

Step 8

Then, pour in icing sugar. Depend nak manis cemana yang uolss nak tapi jangan laa banyak sangat sampai jadik macam dough karipap.

Step 9

Then, boleh laa disapu dengan frosting. First, uolss spread cream cheese frosting between two layers. Lepas tuh, spread on top and sides of the cake mengikut kesukaan dekorasi uolss. iol hias biasa-biasa jer. Finally, sprinkle chopped pecans on top of the cake. Store in refrigerator before serving. Tahu aje laa kan cuaca Malaysia, panass. Kang cair cream cheese frosting tuh.

Inilah hasilnya uolsss. Sama tak dengan origial picture above? Boleh laa kan. First time baking cake nih kira iolss puas jugekk laa dengan rasa dan hasilnya.

Berikut adalah komen-komen tetamu yang sempat hadir semalam. iol dah post kat mukabuka sapa nak datang rasa, jemput lah ke cottage iols, tapi ni ajelah yang datang. Pas nih jangan laa kater tak hajak segalaaa khennnn.

1. "This is very nice, Your Highness. It is lovely and compliment well with your Earl Grey Tea." - Duchess of   Obervatory 49 *erkkk?? ada kah County Observatory 49 kat UK??? confiussss ioll.

2. "Sedaplaa tapi tak sama dengan Cafe Whisk punyerrr. Macam keras sikit" - Kaki larikss tegar *Eh ehhhhh!

3. "Nok, best laa cake ko nih. Mak suker." - Rawang Next Top Model *ermm leh caya ker komen dia??

4. "Nice mama cake nih." - Menantu tiri. *nak hamik hati laa tuhh


5. (Masuk rumah terus potong kek and masuk ke dalam mulot dengan rakusnyer) - Sapa nih???


Ciao Bella!!!!

Chicken Biryani UK Style

"Larikkkkkkk...matilaarrr kene sembelih"

Berani mati tak post kali ni? samada you like it or you hate it..so kalau suka teruskan bacaan uolss, kalu tak suka, sila meroyan di tempat lain hihihihhihi...

Apa khabar uolsss semua? Missing me much? *dah mula dahhhh..it is not about the post title, is about sharing with uolss the cooking I have done recently. Sorrylaa uolss, lama tak hupdate blog, busy tahap melampau! *alasan sangat khennn...tapi demi peminat yang tak putus-putus tanya khabar di mukabuka *bukan Cinta Mukabuka penyanyi yg sorang tuh yerk..talipon, hantar whatsapps, sms, ketuk pintu cottage iol pukul 2am..*merasalah perasan yang teramat... semuanya bertanya bilakah nak update blog nih. Jangan risau, materials tuh banyak sangats nak dibubuh tapi tak berkesempatan nak menaip dengan jari-jemari mungil iols nih. *matilah tak leh jadik wartawan sebab mesti kene maki dengan editor hantar story lambat.

"Hello muffin, bila nak update blog nih????"

So, last week, my Yorkshire friend (sorang lagi kawan yang verangan Brits tak hengat tapi iol sukerrr hahaha) called me and asked me to cook something for majlis yasin dan tahlil dekat opis dia. Bila tanya, majlis tahlil nyer bila. Dijawabnya pagi pukul 9am! Motiff ko baca yasin dan tahlil pagi2 kat opis? dah tak der keje kah? Gomen sangatsss...*memang keje gomen pun...tak pe lah, benda baik, , bukan suruh masak and nak jamu customer lepas cik cur..opppssss...yang terkejutnya, esok pagi nak bawak gi opis, kol 7pm baru nak bagitau...dah laa iol tercungap2 nak pikir beli barang and nak pikir masak apa. Yang bestnyer, volehh dia request masak yang sedap2 and lain dari yang lain supaya nampak vogue dan nampak makanan UK...katernyerr, uolss pitam takkk dengar statement dia nih. Oklah iol pun memecah otak dan buah dada memikirkan apa yang nak dibeli dalam masa 1/2 jam!!! dah lah janji dengan Duchess of Ipoh dan kengkawan yang lain nak gi makan Roti John yang paling best in town (katernyeelahh) pukul 8.30pm. Dengan tanpa berlengah masa, iol pun dapat idea (setelah meneliti bahan2 yang ada kat dapur and something I could get easily kat Jusco dalam masa 1/2jam) dan inilah yang dimasak iol utk majlis tersebut..tak tahulaa vogue ke tak dipandangan mata uolss tapi, ada aku kesah? yg penting masak dengan penoh ikhlas dan kasih sayang demi memenuhi permintaan kawan terchenta..chewahhhh.

So ada 2 resepi that I could think of and masak pada pukul 4am! yelahhh dia nak kuar gi opis kol 6.30 pagi. Tak ke haru biru dibuatnyer.

Chicken Biryani UK Style

Le Ingredients

Before uolss start the cooking, soak the rice in warm water first, then wash in cold until the water runs clear. Then, heat butter and oil (iol guna olive oil supaya butter tuh tak hangus, kalu nak guna minyak masak Seri Murni pun ok, tp tak yah laa bubuh butter) in a saucepan...kalu nak jamu 4 orang boleh lah. Sebab nak jamu 20 orang, iol guna big non stick Anolon pot..kalu cap crocodile takot melekat..*larikkkk. Pour in the spices; cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and cardamon pods and cook until  the aroma comes up (tak lama, 30 saat jer, kang hangus lak)

Then, cook the onions for 10 minutes or until it is soften. Masa nih, satu rumah dah bau and boleh jadik kelaparan yang melampau sangatsss :-)

Add in the chicken. iol used chicken breast sebab senang nak makan. Kalu bertulang-tulang sangat seksa nak gaul nanti and takot ayam tuh tak masak.Sanggup ke uol tercekik tulang ayam???

Then, sprinkle in the turmeric powder and curry paste. Mix well and simmer for 10 minutes. I used Patak's Curry Paste (in this recipe is Madras). You can use Balti, Jalfrezi, and Vindoloo curry paste from this brand but check warning on the jar for spiciness so uols can prepare for mild or very hot meal. iol remember during my stay at negara Union Jack..*matilaaarrrr... when iol lazy, iol liked to throw in curry paste on leftover rice and then put in the microwave rather then cooking it properly..gila takk?? Pemalas tahap beruang kutub masa tuh..ye laahhh winter time :)

Stir the rice into the pot with the raisins. Mix them well. iol used sultana brand Silver Bird jerr *iklan dah ni..ada royalti tak???

Then, pour over chicken stock. Place a tight-fitting lid on the pot and bring to a hard-boil, then lower the heat to the minimum, and cook the rice for another 10-15 minutes. (masa nih boleh laa kilat kuku jari kalau mau ..ehhh??). Turn off the heat and leave for 10-15minutes. 

Stir well with a fork. Sebabnyer, kalau guna senduk, hancurlaa nasi tuh and tak cantek. Kalau dah hancur baik buat nasi kepal oppps. Mixing through with fresh coriander.

Tomato, Carrot and Cucumber Salad

Le Ingredients

Nasi nih sangat sesuai dihidangkan dengan salad di atas. Tak perlu laa nak buat kari dalca segala. Caranya sangat mudah. 1st, dissolve sugar with malt vinegar. Cut tomatoes, cucumbers (iol guna Japanese Yuri, kalu tak der guna aje lah timun pasar borong Selayang pun ok), carrots, white onions and red chilies into bite-sized. Then, pour in all vegetable ingredients into a bowl. Then, mix well with malt vinegar dressing. Senangkan.

Ini lah hidangan yang telah siap di masak... nak UK style sangats, iol serve dengan a teaspoon of Mango Chutney. Nak meletop lagi kalu ada poppodam dan chili salsa macam makan dengan nasi Usama opppsss...nasi Arab. 

"My next movie should be Eat, Pray , Love Mrhotmuffin Chicken Biryani"
Ko mampoooo??

Ciao Bella!!!

Happy Belated Birthday!!!

Kembali bersiaran....

Hari ni genaplah 47 hari *ko baru lepas pantang bersalin kah??  iol tak menulis apa2 kat blog nih. Jangan ditanya kenapa and oven pun tak ber ON...iol banyak makan hati ehhh...makan luar sajork :-)

Tapi rasanya belum terlewat untuk iol berkongsi dengan peminat-peminat di luar sana *matilaarrr dah mulaaa...tentang birthday celebration yang baru sahaja berlalu walaupun ceritanya mungkin pada sesetengah orang dah tahu...tapi peminat dari benua Eropah, Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan, Papua New Guinea dan Planet Uranus mesti nak tahu jugak apa yang iol santap atau masak during my birthday celebration. I must say  this year birthday was one of the best I' ve ever had and perhaps the BEST sebab iol dikelilingi mereka yang masih lagi menyayangi diri ini yang tak seberapa *bergenang air mata..ayoohhh drama sgtkan ko!! Many thanks for your kindness, generosity and thought and also for making my birthday this year so emotional. You know who you are!

Let's see what I had this year...buuurrrpppppp

Wow!..the pictures above were the cakes I had eaten during my celebrations. Now you know why iol punyer body sama dah dengan my Kitchen Goddess, Nigella Lawson!. The first one with the candles is Durian Cake. Inspired by Classic Victoria Sponge Cake *tetapkannn, my dear friend, Duchess of Ipoh baked this cake not just for me, but also for 3 other friends who celebrated their birthday in the same month. The cake were sandwich with fresh durian frosting which I thought was a brilliant idea to substitute butter cream frosting. iol actually not very fond of durian but after iol tasted this cake, I gave an exceptional to this one. Thank you, love!

The second cake was bought from the very famous chain cake stores in Malaysia. It is called Chocolate and Walnut Cake. The cake packed with layers of chocolate sponge and chocolate cream with generous amount of chopped walnut scattered around the layers..yum yum yum. I celebrated with another adek-beradek and almost every adek-beradek was there, having exquisite middle eastern food together, recently. Yallaa yallaa.

The third cake was also bought from the same store but of course from different branch laa *kesian branch lain pun nak carik makan jugekkk....two piece of cakes. One is Chocolate and Walnut Cake and the other one is Pecan Butterscotch Cake...complete with a cup of Earl Grey tea..very nice!!!

And the last one...tak yah laa iol kenal kan. (riak nih hehehe)..kalu anda peminat setia blog harus tahu kann *nah kau soalan quiz! ...I baked for myself but ended up giving to my family. They loved it!!!

I also went out for meals with some of the great friends. The top picture is Friday's Sundae from TGI Jumaat. This dessert served in a tall glass with vanilla ice cream topped with hot fudge, caramel sauce, nuts and whipped cream. Even 4 orang makan pun tak habis *well 2 orang tuh jaga badan. Takott lemak katernyerr hihihi..

Next is high tea at one of the cosy cafe in Bangsar with soulmate and Duchess of Ipoh. We had variety of snacks to binge with a pot of tea and coffees. This place is not only has gorgeous food but also a nice place to have small gathering with the love ones.

The third picture is Japanese BBQ buffet style with sebahagian adek-beradek. Boleh order ala carte kalau uols bukan jenis melantak tak hengat! This restaurant is voted as the best YAKINIKU in town! katernyelahhh.

Last one is Yee Sang at Quality Hotel with fantastic friends while having dim sum sampai perot pecah hehehehe. It was a great experience because that was the first time I had Yee Sang and mixed the ingredients using chopsticks!

Oh gosh..the eating continues....iol melonjak kegirangan apabila masa kat satu restaurant nih iol nampak they serve my favorite spanish food, Paella de Marisco aka Seafood Paella! Chef yang sediakan tuh sangatlaa generous sebab dia bagi banyak sangat sampai penoh pinggan! Taste kat iol kottt *perasannn!!

Next, iol pergi sendirian ke satu English cafe style di Subang bagi merasakan suasana meraikan birthday di negara Union Jack *matilaarrr kene kecam... kali ni iol pegi sendirian sebab bagi mengimbas memori indah yang penoh luka di sana...opssss no meroy story please!..sorry peeps :) Dapat makan Hummingbird Cake...awesome!!!

And the celebration completed with the show at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas on the night of my birthday dengan alunan romantik music scores dari filem-filem Hollywood. After the show, I had Churros...bukan cik cur yaaa.. a spanish doughnut or gypsy waffles, a fried-dough pastry dip into hot chocolate sauce ..OMG, heaven!!!

iol jugak dapat birthday presents! To me, all the presents I got are my precious possessions and ironically, semua hadiah tuh adalah related to cooking...thanks kerana memahami isi hati ini :))). By the way, all these prezzies photos were snapped by Ajay Lee Frangoulis Khan, Nigel Barker in the making :p..the background very the English cottage :)

Kitchen Scale ini pemberian housemate. katernyerr tak sampai hati 
 tengok kitchen scale kat dapur macam timbang ikan kembong kat pasar.
heyyy that kitchen scale is Typhoon okay! But I love it..very practical!

Set kek stand with the cutter, siap dengan dulang dan serve board dari Akak AP..
warna PINK lagi...suker sangats dan iol pun memang tak der cake stand nih :)

Oven dish ikhlas dari Bonda Ratu...menambah lagi pelbagai
koleksi yang sedia ada dari pelbagai warna. Muahsss!

Cake tin from somebody who loves me *gituhh...
sangat menarik  dari  Typhoon, match dengan kitchen scale yang kat dapur tuh.
lepas nih boleh laa bergaya ke rumah orang bawak cake dengan cake tin nih 
*matilaa riak

OMG...saffronnnnn...dari Queen of Siam..nama pun  queen.
 hadiah nyer mestila rempah yg paling mahal di dunia :)

Most of all...* nak nanges bila dapat benda nih..tetappp :) 

kitchen set with Union Jack apron, glove and pot cover 

pemberian dari Mummy Rina dan Ratu Victoria  

*kesat airmata dengan tisu Watson

Sebagai mana yang iol ada post di laman sosial...

"Thank you for your wonderful birthday wishes, birthday treats and your unforgettable smiles.You made my birthday this year more happier and special than before. Thank you for the lovely and irreplaceable gifts. It's perfect gifts which I will surely use! No matter how old we get, we’ll always need the support of our family and friends. Thank you once again, for being with me on my birthday."♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

"Babe, this cake is especially for you on your birthday.
It's your favorite flag and I assume you are 21 forever.
Happy Birthday and love you and your blog!"

"Thank you, Love!!!" 
*terasa naik stage tak turun-turun sangatss

Ciao Bella!!!

Cottage Pie or Shepherd's Pie?

Alloooo mate, 

Lately, iol macam malas nak masuk dapur masak. Sangat tak teruja nak memasak walaupun keinginan nak masak itu ini meluap-luap *bunyi nafsu serakah sangat khennn... iol guess it is because iol started to get busy with my actual job routine. Tuh yang kepenatan sangat bila fikir nak masak. But, iol cannot demotivate my lovely readers. The reason iol created this blog was to encourage people to cook in tender loving care for their love ones. So, kalau iol bermalas-malasan untuk ke dapur, nanti peminat-peminat fanatik blog nih *dah ramai sangat kerrr peminat???... kecam iol tak beri semangat untuk diorang. 

"We are fans of mrhotmuffins' blog! We love you!"

Cupcakes for Princess Kate Middleton

Oooh La laaa..

Sedih iol dengar bila my beloved, Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton aka Kate Middleton terpaksa menyambut Valentine's Day sorang-sorang tanpa Kanda William di sisi kerana tugasan berjuang (bukan berperang yerrr) melawat di Falklands...ala-ala perwira gitewwww. Tapi Kate tak sunyi, kerana beliau membuat kerja amal dengan melawat dan men-support pertubuhan amal seperti di Alder Hey Children's Hospital di Liverpool. Sangat berhati mulia, uolsss*matilaarrr tetiba jadik jurucakap Buckingham Palace.

"Kanda tak der tak aper, baca blog mrhotmuffins untuk
hilang kesunyian. Blog tuh best Dinda!!"

So, iol mulalah selingsing lengan ke dapur untuk mem-baking dengan penuh kasih sayang, sempena V-Day bagi meraikan cinta agung William and Kate. 

"To my Kate, this is for you, love." 

- mrhotmuffins aka Royal Chef at St. James Palace.

Kate's Romantic Vanilla Cupcakes with 

White Chocolate and Butter Cream Frosting

The Ingredients.
 "Baking for Royal kene guna Royal baking powder jugekk."

Step 1

In a jug, macam jug pirex iol nih *jug kedai 2 hengget pun bole gak, mix the sour cream, eggs and vanilla pod/extract. Mix them well.

Step 2

Put the dry ingredients (castor sugar, ground almond, self rising flour and baking power) into a large bowl and make a well in the middle.Whisk to mix the ingredients well. 

Step 3

Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan and let it cool down for a while. Then, add the melted butter into a sour creamy mix and stir them well. Nanti uolss akan dapat mixture macam buat telor dadar.

Step 4

Pour in the wet mixture into dry ingredients and quickly fold in with a spatula. Make sure you do not overwork it. *jangan lak mengacau macam nak mengacau dodol!

Step 5

Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown, risen and springy to touch. The oven must be pre-heated to 190C/gas5.

Step 6

To make the white chocolate and butter frosting, melt the white chocolate in the microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes, stirring halfway. Leave to cool. Beat the butter and icing sugar in a large bowl until creamy.

Step 7

Then, pour in the melted chocolate into creamy butter mixture and beat it for 30 seconds.

Step 8

When the cakes are cooked, cool for a few minutes, then lift the cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely.*Gebunyerr..gebu dan curvy macam mrhotmuffins oppssss.

Step 9

Spread the creamy frosting over the cakes. You can decorate the cakes in your own way. iol tak pandai nak decorate nih. Ini je lah hasilnya. In the end, masuk dalam mulot jugak khennn.

Here is the cupcakes for my lovely Princess Kate, Duchess of Cambridge on Valentine's Day :-).

"Thanks uolsss for the lovely, tasty and devine cupcakes uolss untuk iols.
 Princess Beatrice of York jeling je kat  iols lepas dinner malam tadi
bila dapat bungkusan special.Dengki khenn. muahhhs to uolllss."

Ciao Bella!!!