Received this award from my lovely friend all the way from Brunei, Hajjah Salwana of LIFE,FOOD AND RANDOMNESS. Thanks a lot Salwana for remembering me....



These are the rules of the award ~


1. Choose five blogs you consider deserving of this award. (Creativity, interesting material, etc.)


2. Each award includes the name of the owner of the blog and his/her link.


3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.


4. Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

Now, I would like to give this award to :

Ummi of Home Sweet Home : Lovely yummy food!!!

Imah, Mom of the Two Hamims : I like her photos especially of her family...so adorable, so romantic, so happy and so on so forth....

Bro Jeff of "A Journey Through Time With My Canon" : I like to read his selamba entry where sometimes he uses the tipical Melaka language...really funny!

Kak Mon of Nina Suria : Love her work of art!

Edoras of Edoras FotoZine : Someone who travels a lot and forever willing to share with us the beautiful sceneries of the places he'd visited. Not to mention, someone who likes to organise "The First One To Comment, Wins" Game!

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Mama to Sis Serene Masrene.... Thank you so much for your email. Appreciate your kind words. InsyaAllah if time permits, I will reply to your email. Meanwhile, janganlah malu-malu menyapa mama di sini ye... Take care!

I won't be writing much today for these reasons :
1. I have piles and piles of clothes to be ironed.
2. My tummy is growling of hunger! Haven't taken any breakfast just yet and oh, even my medication as well! I don't really want to be like yesterday...like I'm on a sailing ship! ...sib baiklah kapal... adalah mahap bagimu... kalau kata tongkang pecah tadi, lagilah haru!!!!...
3. Main reason will be....I don't have any ideas to write! Muahahaha.....

Just to share with you the cuppies that I've made for Liza. Thank you Liza for trusting me with your order and I sincerely hope you're satisfied with the taste as well as the look....





Recipe to share is this Apam Gula Hangus, a Malay kuih that I've printed out from Mama Sofwat Fotopage, ages ago! Made these for last weekend's breakfast. Thanks Mama Sofwat for sharing the recipe. Keep well that side ya.....


APAM GULA HANGUS
Source : Mama Sofwat

Ingredients :

2 eggs
1 cup castor sugar
1 cup fresh milk
1/2 cup butter ~ melted
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

Method :

1. Melt the sugar on very low heat until the color turns golden brown
2. Place eggs, milk and melted butter in a blender. Blend for 4 minutes.
3. Pour in the caramel and the bicarbonate soda. Bleand for a few more minutes.
4. Finally add in the flour and stir to mix.
5. Spoon batter into small red plastic cups or cupcake's mould.
6. Steam over rapid boiling water for about 15 minutes if using the small cups and 45 minutes if you're using a big tray (greased with oil).

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APAM GULA HANGUS Sumber : Mama Sofwat Bahan-bahan : 2 biji telur 1 cawan gula kastor 1 cawan susu segar 1/2 cawan mentega ~ dicairkan (mama guna majerin je!) 1 sudu kecil soda bikarbonat 1 1/2 cawan tepung naik sendiri Kaedah penyediaan : 1. Masak gula kastordi atas api perlahan sehingga hangus, sejukkan sekejap suam. 2. Blender telur, susu dan mentega cair. Kisar selama 4 minit. 3. Kemudian masukkan gula karamel tadi bersama soda. Kisar sekejap. 4. Masukkan tepung naik sendiri, sedikit demi sedikit. Kacau biar sebati. 5. Sapukan loyang dengan minyak. 6. Kukus selama 45 minit atau hingga masak.

Where has mama gone to? No updates for a couple of days where else last week, mama will update her page almost everyday? Has she gone to London to see the queen?...huhuhu...kalaulah ada duit lebih yang dah tak tahu apa nak buat...harus tu pergi London!.... Well, the London part is incorrect but the queen part, yes. Infact not only I went to see the queen, but the king as well! The King and Queen of my heart...aka my beloved darling parents! We've fetched the kids from school on Friday afternoon and then off to Melaka where we stayed there till Sunday morning. Made an early start home as we wanted to take the seaside route again! And of course, when seaside is concerned, there will definately be a few stops along the way!! But this time, no photos as mama didn't come out of the car, was just too lazy!

Friday night, we went to Serkam Pantai for Ikan Bakar treat, together with mak and abah. Saturday morning, I drove mak and abah to the hemodylisis centre in Bachang! Guess what? Abah said, my driving is good! ...huhuhu...dah lulus tahap 1 mutu sirim abah nampaknya..ahaksss.... That makes me feel good! Hehehe......adehhh pantanglah kena jack sikit..kembang setaman! ...hihihi.... And oh, not only abah said my driving is getting better, but the cakes that I brought home was also nice........wah, terlebih sudah mengangkat diri sendiri nampaknya... amponnnn...



Anyway, before I go over the limit praising myself, let me just go to the recipe for today. I hope you won't get tired of looking at my swiss rolls ya as I think, it's swiss roll season in my house! This was one of the cakes that I brought for abah. Mak was so delighted to see the patterns on the rolls. There's a story behind the making of this swiss rolls. I had call mak on Thursday to inform her that we're going back probably on Friday. I had asked her, what flavour Swiss Roll she'd like me to bake for her and she had chosen strawberry. Soon as I put down the phone, I was off to the kitchen. Had been wanting to try baking swiss rolls using just the bottom heat thinking that I might get a better colored surface. So I did! The result was almost a disaster! The bottom of the cake got burnt. After removing the cake from the oven, I quickly overturned the cake and sliced out the burnt part. Luckily it wasn't that thick. So at least I get a thinner swiss roll. The surface of the swiss roll was slightly stuck to the paper as I took quite sometime to 'butcher' the cake! Since I wasn't satisfied with the look, I baked another strawberry swiss roll using the top and bottom heat. I guess my oven is not suitable to use just the bottom heat.....


STRAWBERRY SWISS ROLL

Ingredients :

(A)

3 nos eggs
2 oz castor sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 teaspoon strawberry essence
1/2 tablespoon ovallette
1.5 oz flour
1/2 tablespoon milk powder
a few drops of pink coloring

(B)

2 oz butter ~ melted

(C)

a few drops of red food coloring

(D)

Buttercream icing

Method :

1. Place ingredients A in a mixing bowl. Beat on high speed for 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Set aside 1 tablespoon of the batter and put into a piping bag with a few drops of red food coloring. Mix well.
3. Spread the batter onto the tray layered with greaseproof paper.
4. Pipe lines using the darker colored batter onto the light pink batter.
5. Using a cake skewer, make lines across the dark colored lines to create batik effect.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 C for 20 minutes.
8. Once baked, remove the cake from the tray onto a wire rack. Let it cool.
9. Turn the cake onto another piece of paper and spread the buttercream.
10. Slowly and carefully, roll the cake. Wrap in a clingfilm and keep in the refrigerator for the buttercream to set before slicing it.

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SWISS ROLL STROBERI (loyang 8 x 11 inci) Bahan-bahan : 3 biji telur gred A @ B 2 oz gula castor 1/2 sudu teh baking powder 1/4 sudu teh esen vanilla 1/2 sudu teh esen stroberi 1/2 sudu besar ovallete 1.5 oz tepung gandum 1/2 sudu besar susu tepung 2 oz mentega cair 1 1/2 sudu besar serbuk koko butter icing secukupnya Kaedah penyediaan : - Telur, gula, ovallete, baking powder, esen vanilla, esen stroberi, tepung gandum dan susu tepung dipukul dengan kelajuan maksima sehingga gebu (5-7minit) - Masukkan mentega cair, kemudian kaup balikkan biar rata. - Asingkan 1 sudu besar adunan merah jambu dan masukkan ke dalam piping bag. Campurkan dengan beberapa titik pewarna merah terang. Bancuh sebati. - Tuangkan adunan merah jambu tadi ke dalam loyang kemudian ratakan permukaannya. - Paipkan adunan merah terang tadi di atas adunan yg diratakan dlm loyang - Lorekkan/corakkan dgn menggunakan lidi - Bakar dalam ketuhar yang telah dipanaskan terlebih dahulu pada suhu 170 C selama 20 minit, api atas dan bawah. - Apabila kek sudah masak, keluarkan dari oven ke atas redai. Biarkan sejuk. Letakkan sekeping kertas di atas bahagian yang berlorek kemudian terbalikkan. - Keluarkan kertas alas semasa membakar. Sapu permukaan dengan butter icing. - Gulung kek tadi perlahan-lahan dan cermat. - Balutkan dengan cling film dan simpankan di dalam peti ais untuk mengentalkan buttercream. - Potong dan hidangkan.

Another reason why we started our journey home earlier than usual was because we didn't want to miss the final Olympic Badminton Match, the match for gold and silver. We waited in front of the television from 6.00 pm right up till the match that we really waited for, ended. Though Lee Chong Wei didn't get the gold medal for our country, but we're happy to see at least Malaysia's flag was up in the stadium. Congratulations to Chong Wei and also his coach Haji Misbun Sidek. Though he had tried his best, but I can see that Lin Dan's performance is much better. Of course right...he's the world's number 1 player! What do you expect!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IZA and AIMI JALINA. Many happy returns of the day!

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1. pat>> Nanti cubalah buat swiss roll pulak. Mama guna oven yang lebih kurang sama je dengan Pat punya tu! 2. agent 66 merpati66@gmail.com>> Rasa macam tak maulah drive kat KL tu.... naik train lagi best! Sah ler pengecut yang benarnya! 3. Lee Lin>> Alahai, shiannya Lee Lin....hope you feel much better today ya... 4. wangmari bizonline4me@gmail.com>> 5. boxhousestudio boxhousestudio@yahoo.com>> Kita pulak, cam rasa pelik je tengok swirl tu atas swiss roll...nak makan pun cam ngeri je... hehehe.. 6. bibu@wilda caw582@yahoo.com>> Esh belummmmm.... Nantikan lagi satu swiss roll ku bakal menjelma. Tapi tak maulah boh yang itu dulu. Nanti semua orang muntah swiss roll pulak nanti...hehehe.... 7. amal5041 amalhayati68@gmail.com>> Eh, jangan boh susu tepung baby pulak...tak sedap baunya nanti... Ala, kalau tak ada susu tepung, tak yahlah boh Kak Amal. Cuba try tengok apa jadi! Hehehe... Kat rumah kita ada susu tepung sebab kita tak guna susu pekat bila buat minuman. Kita gunakan high calcium punya susu tepung tu... 8. kc>> Most welcome my dear! 9. farah>> Actually resepinya memang suruh letak inti jem, tapi ma tak berapa suka jem sebab manis. Cream mama ni tak berapa manis... Copylah Farah dan letaklah kat blog...by all means... 10. ila>> Waalaikumussalam. Janganlah Ila takut untuk mencuba sebab kalau takut, sampai bila pun kita tak akan tahu yang kita berupaya membuatnya, betul tak? InsyaAllah handmixer pun boleh pukul adunan kek ni sebab kek ni tak berat. Amaun tepungnya sedikit sahaja... 11. zaiy>> Ada yang Radzuan Radzuwil tu marah mama nanti tau! Kawan tu bagai nak rak mereka batik, Zaiy kata cam swiss roll mama pulak! Hihihi... 12. dapurimpian>> Alah kak, relaxlah...cuba je... Kalau patah pun, bukannya tak leh makan. Kalau nak cover tak nak bagi orang nampak patah, cepat cepat buat jadi triffle...hehehehe.... 13. rozamy amelia@pernec.com.my>> Cepat kasi enjin panas dan buat swiss roll sebab, nanti ada lagi satu nak keluar tau! Tapi lambat sket lah kot... nanti orang tak lalu dah tengok swiss roll...hehehe... 14. Eryne Jasmine eryne1908@yahoo.com.my>> Waalaikumussalam Eryne.... Oh alah... dah nak bersalin ye. Moga dipermudahkan segala urusan Eryne nanti ye....take care.. Mama pun sama ye....Selamat menyambut Ramadhan, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri dari mama sekeluarga...PERHATIAN : Pesanan ini adalah untuk Eryne sahaja... orang lain tu... puasa dulu tau! Ahakss... 15. mummy jam>> Kita pulak cam ngeri je tengok! Hehehe.... 16. zira>> Sebab suka makan swiss roll ni, sedap! 17. shyieda kayshyieda@yahoo.com>> Tak pe, practise makes perfect. Maybe jangan overbake... 18. nurmuzlina>> Thanks! 19. kamalina a.k.a aimi>> Mama tak pergilah MAHA tu walaupun taklah berapa jauh sangat sebab busy nak prepare anak-anak nak balik asrama. Pas tu mama nak outstation a few days afterwards.... 20. kamalina a.k.a aimi>> Most welcome....Moga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan dalam peliharaan Allah sepanjang masa. Dan mudah-mudahan kalau ada rezeki, dapatlah baby girl yang sweet cam mama dia ye.... 21. Haniss>> Saja buat sebab nak bawak balik kampung... 22. iyta>> Buat jangan tak buat Iyta... Mama gunakan loyang oven adik mama tu, ukuran 8 x 11 inci. Pada mama, swiss roll ni memang sedap. 23. zai KuLiM zbintim@yahoo.com.my>> Lepas ni tok sah belilah Zai. Zai bake sendiri.... 24. Mamasya>> Mamasya cubalah buat, baru tahu rumit ke tak? Sebenarnya, senang sangat nak membuatnya tau! 25. muna>> Sib baik wa swiss roll, kalau wa rock and roll, sure semua orang tak lalu tengok tau! Muaha