Resep: Chocolate Cupcakes

Bahan- bahan:
1-1/4 cups tepung (all-purpose)
3/4 cup cokelat bubuk
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon garam
1 cup mentega (unsalted) dalam temperature ruangan
1-1/2 cups gula bubuk
2 butir telur
1/2 cup susu
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Panaskan oven sekitar 180 derajat Celcius
2. Ayak tepung, cokelat bubuk, baking powder, dan garam. Campurkan di dalam satu mangkok besar.
3. Di mangkok terpisah, kocok mentega dan gula bubuk menggunakan mixer sampai gula benar-benar tercampur. Masukkan telur satu per satu sampai tercampur.
4. Masukkan bahan-bahan kering ke adonan nomer 3 sedikit demi sedikit (1/2 cup) dan campurkan menggunakan mixer.
5. Tambahkan susu dan vanilla, kocok sampai lembut. Tuangkan ke loyang muffin yang sudah dialasi kertas cupcake.
6. Keluarkan cupcake dari oven setelah 15-17 menit.
7. Dinginkan selama 30 menit tetapi kalau mau langsung dimakan juga enak.
8. Setelah dingin, hias cupcake dengan buttercream atau gula bubuk.

 

Cupcakes

Since the fasting month I haven’t touched my mixer or turned on my oven. I am planning to make some pavlovas and apple-cinnamon muffin. Here are some pictures of cupcakes I have made: The strawberry-with-cream, the vanila-with-chocolate-frosting, and the oreo-cupcakes.

 

Boost Xmas Dinner

On Sunday night, we had an Xmas Dinner Party for the company at Cafe Primo.. At first, I was sooo annoyed because it was hard to get a lift.. I heard there was going to be some carpooling or some sort  but I didn’t find any info about it but finally I got Jim to take me to Cafe Primo where the dinner is held. Well we encountered a bit of problem since we didn’t know which part of Anzac Highway is the cafe (I have never been there). We tried to get to Anzac Highway via Marion Road but we went past it.. anyway, I got there thirty mins late but still made it, they haven’t started anything yet.. Well, the food at the cafe was really good and yummy and was pretty affordable too. I had some pasta (i forgot what the name was).. It was sooo good but to be honest, I wish I had ordered Sarah’s food (first picture) the chicken parmigana.. I tried a little bit of it and it was sooo yummy… We started the dinner at seven something and we finished around ten something. I got a lift from Megan (u rock Megan).. Firstly we had to take Louise home, she lives somewhere near the city so we actually spent time driving around.. hehehe.. Anyway, I got home safely at eleven. That was a very good night.

 

Lunch at Charlie’s

It was my friend, Yui’s birthday party. The party was at Charlie’s. In my opinion, Charlie’s might not be the best place to eat but it’s good because it’s an all you can eat restaurant. I didn’t eat any breakfast yesterday so I ate a fair bit at Charlie’s. Maybe I ate three plates of food (the plates are small u know). Charlie has a good variety of food but I mainly eat Chinese. For dessert, I chose Ice-cream. It’s as simple as that.

I got home and Nela told me off because she found out that I have practically done no packing.. Yes, that’s true. I haven’t started the list.. And it is soooo stressing… For the first time in my life I wish that  I DON’T HAVE AS MANY CLOTHES.. AND SHOES AND BAGS AND BOOKS AND EVEN PHOTO FRAMES.. Where do I get all these from? I can’t even believe I could afford all of these myself.. so this is where all of my work money have gone.. hehe.. It’s not hard to get rid of any of my clothes or bags or shoes coz I am positive that all of my friends want them but still…Aaaarghhh, I’m stressing out.. Can anyone help me?

 

Bowling and Restaurant

yes, I know this happened like two weeks ago, but I didn’t have any chance to update my blog.

Well, once upon a Saturday night, All of us went for a night out. We decided it would be bowling then it’s dinner at a restaurant. We picked Casuarina coz it is a nice Malaysian restaurant. Carlee was making a fuss over not being able to order chips (it’s a Malaysian restaurant!!!!!). We told her she can go to Hungry Jack’s if she wanted to.. Anyway, The food was good like usual. I ordered a Kwei Teow. All of us were trying to act very posh as we were in a restaurant but yeah, it was really hard. We just couldn’t help but to act stupid..hehehehe

 

Work and Restaurant

Today I was sooo tired.. I was  fasting (puasa!!) and I had to work 11.00-3.00.. Well, it was only four hours but I was so hungry!! And of course serving yummy smoothies and juices to the customers didn’t help at all.. I remember last year, I was fasting and I had to work (at Wok In a Box) and I had to look at other people enjoying their food (noodles and subway) while I was starving… That’s what’s bad about working with food.. The good thing is that you get to eat/drink the products. .  Other than that, today was fun – except for the pineapple rash.

We went out for tea (dinner) today. Jim and Nela chose "Star of Siam" which is a Thai restaurant. We had spring rolls for entree and we chose an asparagus-seafood dish, fried fish, pud thai noodle with jasmine rice for the main course. The food was beautiful. I love Asian food: Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, everything.. And now my fasting day is paid off… I am soooo full now!