Superlicious Choc-Banana Cake

My kids loved banana, in fact, banana was the first fruit word all the three could pronounce when they were all beginning to mumble. This fruit is a wonder (to me :) ), easily prepared be it to raw, fritters..and most important easily digested to little tummies.

Since it is Ramadan, and only my 5 yo Iman & 1 yo Zarif were not fasting, hence our banana from last week was still 'there' on the kitchen counter.

I rather not waste those precious fruit and planned for something since morning..and ended up making this delicious, moist, soft and not too sweet banana cake (as I reduced tremendous amount of sugar). Glad that I decided to make this really delicious cake! The thin caramelized banana added on top was indeed a plus points!

Original recipe from : Kak Rima. Thank you Kak Rima for sharing such wonderful recipe!!

Made some adaptations as revised below;

Ingredients:
225g superfine flour 
3 tsp baking powder 
1/4 tsp salt 
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
3 - 4 very ripe banana (about 1 cup), mashed (i used pisang emas)
200g castor sugar 
2 eggs 
125g unsalted butter, room temperature cut into small chunks 
100ml buttermilk 
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

For topping: 
I used 6 little pisang emas, slice thinly for topping 
1 Tbsp castor sugar 


Method: 

1. Preheat oven to 160C. Butter and line a deep 8 inch ring tin or 2 loaf tins

2. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and bicarbonate soda. 

3. Add banana, sugar and egg into a food processor and whiz until thick and smooth. Add in butter, buttermilk  and vanilla, whiz till thick.

4. Pour into a bowl and add in flour. Mix until all were well together and add in the chocolate chips.

5. Place the sliced bananas on top of the batter and sprinkle with sugar. 

6. Bake for about 35 - 40 minutes. Do not open the oven during baking time or the center may sink. U'll know it is almost ready when your house are filled with with the sweet aroma of banana. Cool cake completely before unmoulding.

I will definitely be using this recipe again and again!

Had a large slice of the cake again for Sahur together with a big glass of milk..

Happy Ramadan all!!

Rolled Pineapple Tart

Salam Ramadan to all.

Time flew so fast and we are already so close to our second week of fasting. I've promised to my self that I'll be baking my own Raya cookies this year. Since I am a house wife now..it is not plausible to be spending hundred of Ringgit for Raya cookies any more. Hiksss...I cant justify that to hubby can i..:)  My Raya cookies allocations are normal for our house, my mom's, my in-laws and as well as 'buah tangan' to my aunties/uncles. And of course I'll be baking only our favourites. All determined and prepared..here goes my first batch of Pipeapple Tart, a must have each and every single year. 

Any one with the same motivation as me this this year..here is the recipe to share :)

The original recipe : CMG 
Adapted as below;

230 gram butter (i used anchor)
400 gram flour
40 gram corn flour 
50 gram icing sugar
2 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla essence
Pineapple jam (i used the premium ready made from Bagus)

1 egg yolk + 1 tbsp cold water for glazing

1. Mixed butter + sugar till fluffy.

2. Add in beated egg yolk & vanilla.

3. Add in sifted flour & corn flour.

4. Rolled dough and cut in rectangle shape, I ensured the width is approx 2 inch wide.

5. Piped the jam horizontally at the edge of the dough. Rolled slowly and neatly. cut at your desired length.

6. Baked for 20 minutes in a pre-heated oven of 160 degrees Celsius.

7. Let cool on the cookies rack and pack in your cookies container :)

And, here are some bakes ordered. Thank you :)

Three chocolate batik cakes.

A chocolate walnut brownie.

'Selamat Berbuka' to all.

The weather is extremely dry, please be ensure we have a lot of water during Iftar.. Take care!

Pretty and Adorable Fancy Cookies!

Assalam all and hope it had been a blessed Ramadan for all. Alhamdulillah.

Here, there..everywhere people are busy selling/buying Raya cookies but here I am diverting far away from the flow, fascinated and blown away by these pretty and adorable fancy cookies.

I've always wanted to endeavour the soft and creative touch in making these little beauties..and only yesterday I've had the chance to join Kak Farida and Kak Liza's from The Dessert Table  for their fancy cookies class. The class so informative since I am so new to royal icing and yes, it was LOTTTSSSAAA fun!

And thank you hubby for taking a leave and managing the kiddos ..muahhsss

Photos taken during the class in their cosy and spacious kitchen, using my phone only :)

Wedding cookies I made!!! I love them all!

Fancy for pretty and adorable cookies for your special day? 


You'll know where to find me :)


Salam Ramadan to all and take care!

Less-Sweet Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Simply for no apparent reasons, I was cravingggg for a lemony, not so sweet cake but soft in texture (no..i dont want a moist or spongy texture) cake. The cake you could dig in with zero guilt. And since Ramadan will be here in hours time and means no more munching, I quickly made this cake 830 am this morning. Not my normal baking time! My baby was looking pretty occupied watching Teletubbies and I managed to escaped my self to the kitchen. It just took me 20 minutes to prepare..weeeeheee..

I turned out so good that I whacked quarter of cake in 1 afternoon...totally blew, my calories count.. I only used 100g of sugar for this recipe. 

Yes!! will again bake this for my self..not for orders though because probably I'd be getting this remarks.."what? cake without sugar? bread?"...

Original recipe was here
Kindly refer below recipe for modifications I've made to meet my taste :)

Less-Sweet Cream Chee
Ingredients; 
- 195g all purpose flour {i used superfine flour}
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 150g unsalted butter, room temperature {I used SCS}
- 140g package cream cheese, room temperature {I used the great philly}
- 100g castor sugar
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Zest of a lemon and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice 
- Handful of dark chocolate chips to sprinkle on top


1. Preheat oven to 175°C and place rack in center of oven. Butter and line an 8-inch round cake tin. 
2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, in three additions, beating well after each addition. Continue beating on medium-high speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla and lemon zest & juice and beat until incorporated.
4. Add the flour mixture and mix just until incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. I sprinkled some chocolate chips just for fun. Baked for 50 mins or till cooked.

Happy trying! 

Bakes made last night are below..and thank you!

Carrot cake & walnut with cream cheese.

Cotton soft durian cake.

Moist chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and cream cheese, pre-ramadhan request by my hubby.

AGAIN..I lost my counts on the calories :)

And, Ramadan is here.. Syukur, the most anticipated month of all months will be here in just hours away. Not just the month for us to fast, but to refrain ourselves for all the bad doings and focuses on good deeds. And please, do forgive me for the wrongs I said or blog..for unsatisfactory of service I made to all my lovely friends, customers and reader. Let us focus on our 'ibadah' this month Insyaallah.

At the same time, cant wait to bake my own cookies this year. Wait for the post!

Take care!

No bakes during Ramadhan..

How time flew so fast. The memories from last Ramadhan was still fresh in me, and here we are only a few days away from the holy month. Half of last year's Ramadhan was spent in the hospital due to my sick baby..and I hope this year will be a better & fulfilling month with all possible good deeds.

I just want to lay low for this month and focus on me & family only. Therefore. no new orders/bakes during Ramadhan. I'll be baking my own cookies and will indeed share the recipe and photos here.

Few bakes for today..

Rainbow cake with butter cream. Layers of BC colours were the same as cake colours. This is a 10 inch cake using 1.5 recipe.

 A 12 inch red velvet cake with cream cheese with rosetta twirls on top.

TQ Aida.

Take care all & wishes all muslims a blessing Ramadhan, Insyaallah.

Prune, Raisin and Cherry Fruit Cake

This simple and delicious fruit cake ended my bakes for this week. We and my in laws were having a picnic in Lata Jarum, Raub Pahang and the fruit cake was a long 'said' item from my dear FIL.

I didnt use the ready made mixed fruit package, instead made my own mixed fruit of my my favorite dried fruits only..hehehe..

Here an easy peasy recipe you can whipped in 10 minutes.

250 g fruits {i used pitted prunes,black raisins & cherry}
1 orange, squeezed & zest
250 g butter {used SCS}
150 g soft brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
250 g superfine flour*
2 tsp baking powder*
1/2 tsp cinnamon*
1/2 tsp nutmeg*
Note* - mix all together


How to;

1. Placed mixed fruits and squeezed orange juice into a bowl and left set for 2 hours, longer is better.
2. Beat butter with brown sugar till soft.
3. Mix in vanilla & eggs.
4. Mix flour and fruit mixture alternately.
5. Bake in 8 inch pan for 1 hour @ 170 degree celcius or skewer came out clean.

My FIL said, "jangan lupa buat untuk raya" ..hehehe then I'd knew it tasted good!

A fulfilling week that was and here were all the bakes.

Rainbow cake with my special butter cream.

Red velvet cake with cream cheese in rosetta design as requested.

Red velvet cupcake with cream cheese.

Moist chocolate cake with chocolate ganache with Upin & Ipin edible image.

Lemon Cheese tart with tangerines.

Fondant wedding cake with light maroon ruffle flowers.

Bottom tier of the cake was chocolate moist, while the top tier was butter cake.

Only the fruit cake I managed to bake for our picnic..we also had rev velvet & delicious macarons which I ordered from Kak Yani from Kitchen Guardian. The macarons were half gone before we even reach Raub. The coffee macs were delicious!! A true coffee taste for coffee lovers!  Nice meeting you kak! No pics, sorry, too busy munching to snap any..hehehe..and TQs for the delicious red velvet whoopie pie..nyumss!

Thank you all!!!! Cheers :)

Delicate Strawberry Rose Meringue Cookies

I received few messages regarding these pretty sweet cookies. What? How? These cookies were requested by one of the customer for an engagement gift.

My bad for not explaining further on these germs, i've always in a hurry in updating this blog. A chocolate cake is baking in the oven, and here I go sharing for all.

The recipe was from Sweetapolita. (I cant open the site tonight, will update the link once ok)

4 large egg whites
1 package (85 gram) Strawberry Crystal Jelly {i used Nona}
50 gram cup caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 100 degree Celsius. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat. {I used the silpat mat}

Place the egg whites in a large bowl and with an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat on medium until frothy. Pour the Jelly mixture powder & sugar, into the bowl in a slow, steady stream. Turn mixer on high and continue to beat until the egg whites are stiff and shiny, about 5 minutes.  Add vanilla extract until just combined. 

Scrape the meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe the cookies onto the lined baking sheets.  Starting in the middle and make 2 full circles, about 2-inch in diameter and 1 1/2-inch apart.  

Bake the meringues until they are firm, about 2 hours. Turn off the oven and leave cool. Once cool, store in air tight container.

Try it!!! It's like having a crunchy jelly.. Guilt free! Cookies without any butter & egg yolk. LOL!!

Something is amissed in the recipe..i'll figure it out..i'll be tweaking it a bit soon for a better/drier cookies. These one were too sensitive to moisture and air..

The only  'decent' photo I managed to capture :(

Happy trying!

Not always a bed of roses..

Birth & death are indeed human cycle and all were by the power of Allah swt. One of my dearest uncle just passed away on Sunday due to an accident. The accident happened when he was in his way back from the mosque and it happened just in front of his house. He lost his life on spot. He was pious man, a kind hearted, the one you would go to and seek advice for, a soft spoken man who loves his wife so dearly, never raises his voices, the one who fast religiously, a husband who married his wife at young age and loves her endlessly, a father who all his children look up to and rely on till the end, a grand father to loves and care his grand children so much..Al-fatihah Hj Amran Satun. I felt the lost of him and of course such amicable void to my Mak Cik Ani and his children.

Life is not always a bed of roses..below are all the bakes with rosetta design made by request.

Devil food chocolate cake.

Carrot cake with cream cheese.

Red velvet cake with cream cheese.

Moist chocolate cup cakes with chocolate ganache.

Strawberry meringue cookies.

 Thank you lovely people!! Hug and kiss your loved ones always!

Chocolate Fudge Brownie..

Delivered these brownies tonight by hubby. I cant be running here-there on my own, can I. He's my baking partner,companion in the kitchen & efficient delivery assistant..hehehe..

I guess, I'd finished off all updating the bakes by today, as I'd need to break off before my bakes this coming weekend. Need to repay my sleepless nights. Will be updating again, next week.

Chocolate fudge cheese brownie.

Chocolate fudge brownie.

Thank you so much Rita!

Took this picture some time ago..and I'd like to share it today. The BEST putu bambu in Malaysia! Must go and get them in front of Saujana Impian Mosque. Go try it your self, to believe! Generous amount of 'gula melaka' and the cake was so soft and fluffy.

Something nice & pretty is coming up by this weekend..so, dont forget to have a peek in soon!

Take care..

Princesses & their castle..

I cant wait to upload these pictures. Just had to do it tonight..LOL..or, I cant sleep at peace..

As much as I got excited when Niza ordered this cake..I had fun doing and decorating the cake all through the night!..

Thank you Niza, hope Azra had fun at school tomorrow with her friends! Again, thank you Niza!

Here, pink butter cake layered with chocolate ganache. Coated with buttercream and deco with fondant. Those figurines are non-edible. The cake design was chosen by the birthday girl her self! Lucky girl!!

Meddling with pink buttercream had given me a boost of energy to update this post ;)

Good night people!!