Hello Kitty Hotcakes!

My yummy Hello Kitty hotcakes breakfast that Mummy whipped up for me 2 weeks ago. She made use of the new pancake mould to create the mini kitty shape pancake. Muack! It is Yummy!!!!

~ Love from Hayley ~

Japanese Honey Sponge Cake aka Castelle Cake

This is Mummy's 3rd attempt and finally she got the steps right..
The cake turns out soft and has fine crumbs, nice to bite in especially with the nice aroma of swift of Honey ! Hmm.. I like the taste & texture and keep asking for MORE!!!

Great snacking with a cup of coffee or warm honey with lemon!

~ Love from Hayley ~

Xmas Mini Yogurt Cupcakes!

Presenting the mini cupcakes I've made with Mummy on Xmas morning.. this time we add some blueberry jam filling inside the cakes, to make it more yummy for my snack time.

P/S: Mummy also 1st time trying out her mini muffin tray that she has purchased recently from Phoon Huat

Verdict
Yummy & moist for my snack time.. the mini ones perfect for the lil ones!

~ Love from Hayley & Mommy ~

X'mas Baking - Gingerbread Family

We, the Tan Family like to wish the readers of my blog..
A very Merry X'mas & Happy New Year!

Presenting the Gingerbread cookies that represents us, the Tan Family!




As X'mas is approaching, everyone is busy with christmas shopping or xmas baking for their loved ones & friends. However, our parents are too busy & hardly have time to shop for gifts this year. We also do not have the mood to set up our huge family xmas tree. My parents are too preoccupied with the frequent incidents that I've been facing in school & busy searching for new one, hoping the new environment will suit me fine.

Moreover, with our new member, Hebe, who is still very young, constantly needs hugs and attention from us.

Despite all this, Mummy tried to create some x'mas atmosphere to our family by involving me to do some handmade xmas cards & simple baking. Last week, we experiment a new recipe given by our neighbour last year, to do some gingerbread cookies for our loved ones. It is a success.. Yum Yummy!!



Mummy as the main chef.. she made the dough in that afternoon & chilled it for our use in the evening.

I'm her assistant chef, assisting to cut out the shapes and do simple decorating on them.

Here the freshly baked gingerbread cookies.. see the black dots on some cookies? That are those I help to decorate.

Happy with my 'master' work!

These are the pretty cookies decorated by Daddy, using the food marker.


we enjoy this whole baking process as it is a activity involving the whole family... we will wait till Hebe is older to join our baking session.


~ Love from Tan Family ~

Strawberry Yogurt Chiffon Cake

Below is the yogurt cake that Mummy has baked on last Sunday afternoon with my help. I keep telling Mummy that I like to have strawberry cake.. so an idea struck her!

We use the receipe from this link, & modify some of the ingredients. We had the cake for our breakfast yesterday. The whole cake is gone by yesterday afternoon.

Ingredients: (18cm round tin)
* This time, we used an round tin instead chiffon tube tin.

3 egg yolks
20g sugar
30 ml corn oil
80g strawberry flavoured yogurt (we used emmi brand)
90g cake flour
1/2 tsp strawberry esssence paste

4 egg whites
40g sugar
1/4 tsp cream tartar

Method:
1. Cream egg yolks and sugar till creamy.
2. Add in the oil, strawberry paste and yogurt, mix till well-combined.
3. Sieve in the flour and mix till batter is lump-free.
4. Beat egg white with electric beater until big bubbles formed. Sprinkle in cream of tartar and beat until it is white in colour. Add in sugar 3 times (a little at a time) and beat until stiff perks formed. About 7 minutes for 150w egg beater.
5. Pour 1/2 egg white into flour mixture in (3) and blend well.
6. Pour flour mixture into the rest of the egg white and fold till just blended. 7. Pour batter into ungreased tube pan. Bake at 170 - 180C for 30 - 40 minutes or until cooked.
8. Invert the cooked cake during cooling process.

You may try baking the cake.. it taste light and yummy like the texture of japanese cheese cake we bought from Ichiban. Happy Trying!


~ Love from Hayley ~

Japanese Honey Sponge Cake

Although Mummy has been busy looking after the lil H in the daytime..
She is super busy taking care of our needs in the evening when I back from school, on top of that trying to cope cooking our simple meals for dinner.

She been craving to do her favourite baking .. forsaking her pm nap to try out some new receipes. Been searching for easy to bake receipes for light sponge cakes

This is her 2nd attempt.. it is a 50% success coz the cake rises very high and well. However, the bottom of the cake has uncooked lumps of flour. The upper part of the cake tastes nice.. light and nice aroma of honey. Hope the 3rd attempt she try again the next time, will be a PERFECT!

Pic of the cake baked just now..
Oops the pic is not nicely taken & using Mummy's mobile phone. The cake is not burnt, in fact has a nice even brown col on the top of the cake.

~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Hayley the Chef. making Green Tea Cake

Last evening, I've fun baking cake with Mummy & helping her to test out her new mixer she bought. We baked Green Tea Chiffon cake this time.. our very 1st attempt. Hmm.. the taste of the cake is yummy too.. hee!
(thanks to my hard work too! tsk tsk)

the Chef taking a break, drinking her milk while ensuring the mixer is doing the work

We managed to bake 2 cakes
(a mini version for our breakfast & a 6 inch for Mummy to bring it to work, sharing with her colleagues)


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Kenwood Patissier Mixer

This is Mummy's new love that she got it today with Daddy's help.
She been eyeing to get a good mixer for her baking hobby but a good mixer & brand like Kenwood can cost easily like $400 - $900 plus.

Model like below costs $688 retail price & she managed to purchase it from a seller who had it for nearly a year, at a very good resale price. The mixer is still in tip top condition.. Thanks to seller! Now Mommy looks forward to experiment it with new receipes.

Kenwood Patissier Mixer (in white col)

Marble Chiffon Cake

Last Fri evening..
After tucking me to bed, Mummy set off doing a chiffon cake per Ah Ma's request for next day noon for praying. She is very ambitious and like to try out Marble Chiffon Cake.

By the time she finish baking the cake, it was already past midnight...

End up having a very bad backache as she stood too long, mixing the choco paste and beating the egg whites.

As it was too late, Daddy was too tired to take a nice shot of the cake.
Here showing few pic of Mummy's masterpiece, using her handphone camera taken at ah ma place.

As Mummy is unables to mix well of the choco paste, hence you can see lumpy choc found in the cake. Overall, still got the marble effect... will solve that problem next round! Other than that, the cake tastes soft and yummy!!

P/S: Earlier on in the afternoon, Mummy also baked another Orange Chiffon cake for Mama/GongGong & Jiu Jiu to sample, hope they will like it too.


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Pandan Chiffon Cake

After Mummy's success with Orange Chiffon cake, she decided to try Pandan flavour one for Daddy dearest per his request.

Here a pic of me playing Daddy's iphone.. oops!


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Orange Chiffon Cake

Mummy suddenly has a craving since yesterday...
Been craving for a taste of yummy fluffy Orange Chiffon Cake

Today late morn, we went to Begawan Solo & she intended to buy the cake from there. However, the staff told her that she need to preorder, collection in next 3 working days. So Mummy search her fav baking blog and chanced upon this recipe, decided to give it a try this evening.

Mummy had a great success with this receipe but with some modified measurement as the cake tin she has is small, about 14cm. We enjoy the cake a lot, now only left half of it. I love the cake too as it is soft & fluffy.

~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Blueberry Muffins

Today, Mummy is into the baking mood again & decided to bake some blueberry muffins for us! Voila! some yummy muffins for our lunch break!

the mini Blueberry Muffins posed with my Pooh Mascot!

an overview of yummy wholesome freshly baked Blueberry muffins!

Happy me enjoying my share of the muffins! ^_^


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Mummy's Baking Competition

Last Friday (14 Aug'09), my mummy joined her company team for a baking competition in the afternoon. The team consisted of 6 members, to pit against their baking skills against another 8 group of competitors (internal dept). The task on that day is to decorate 6 chocolate cakes by having a consistant creative look fm each team.

In order to save time, the center (Prima BITC) has already pre-baked the cakes. The team has to melt the chocolate and prepare the whipping cream with instruction given, to decorate the cake within few hours.

Mummy's team - finished work of creation

Mummy and her team comes in 2nd prize with a VCD on baking tips as their trophy!

Closeup pic of the cake - photo taken by Daddy the next morn

My pretty poses before we enjoy the cake as our breakfast for the next day!

A video - showing me enjoy singing birthday songs (3 languages) to myself! tsk tsk

After sing along song, Daddy & me cutting the cake together!


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Huat Kuih

Making of Huat Kuih for the very 1st attempt on National Morn!

Mummy was busy this whole morn, to prepare the huat kuih mixture from this receipe. Hoping to achieve the same yummy result!

Instead of using the durian puree and plain flour, Mummy used sweet potato puree and self rising flour for her kuihs.

the mini Huat Kuihs that Mummy has made

4 bigger sz Huat Kuih that she has made




A close up of the kuih! Hee


Remarks: the mini ones does not bloom as much as it should be as Mummy did not fill the mixture to the brim of the cups. Maybe next time will do that, for it to bloom nicely.

The overalll taste still need some improving. Afterall, it is Mummy's 1st attempt. I'm indeed very supportive of my dear Mummy's work, eating one whole mini all by myself which made Mummy beamed with smiles!!!!


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Simple Lunch

Inspired by Godma San's latest posting on her yummy food, Mummy decided to whip up some simple lunch. That day, I also happened to wake up early too and Mummy brought me along for marketing at a wet market while Daddy still sleeping away. It been a long time since Mummy's attempt to cook due to preggy sickness.

The lunch menu is Yong Tao Fu Soup, Steamed White Promfet and rice.
I too have the same lunch as them. Just a simple homecooked lunch that is not oily & healthy.

~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Daddy's 'Pooh Bear' Dinner

Sharing a pic of Daddy's Yummy Dinner which is 2 days ago...
It consists of 2 Pooh Bear shaped white rice, stir fry Scallop with Asparagus & canned sardines.

Poor Daddy has been coming home late from work this week...
He also still coughing badly & it has been 3 wk..
causing him no appetite to eat anything too
so Mummy is trying to make his dinner looks tempting & interesting


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

My Yummy Pasta Dinner

Pasta Dinner !!!
this has been my dinner for the past few days!

Mummy has been experimenting different type of stir fry pasta for my meals, to test out my response. The fun part is that I can get to choose the pasta shapes I like to have, for my dinner. Hmmm.... sometimes the pasta dish is either like western or japanese taste depend on which type of ingredients that Mummy has whipped up!

Another good thing is that I finished my pasta dinner faster than rice, hot porridge / mee sua.
Way to go!!! Ho Ho Ho!

~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Valentine's Day ~ Special Treat

Sweet Love is in the air!!!
what can be sweeter than homemade chocolates?

with choco esp made with Mummy's love for her dear friends!
as token for upcoming Valentine Day next week, 14th Feb!



the theme of her 'love' is all in Hello Kitty
~ Hello Kitty box, Kitty shaped dark chocolates with nuts wrapped with HK wrappers ~


Happy Valentine Day!
.. may everyone enjoys the day with the company of your love ones!


~ Love from Happy Hayley ~

Another Visit from Godma(s) & Lil Jerral

Another visit from my dear Godma (San & Flo) & lil Jerral to our humble place!

I enjoyed playing so much with lil Jerral.. we even went to Mos Burger for adult's lunch and grocery shopping @ NTUC. We were seated in a trolley together in the supermart.. a lovely sight! too bad Mummy did not bring camera out to take a happy snapshot of us.

Brought some ingredients to do some baking in the afternoon together!
Choco Chip Muffins again!!

A video taken ~ Jerral and I while we are watching our fav "Wheels on the Bus"dvd!



~ Hugs & Kisses from Happy Hayley ~

Choco Chip Cupcakes

Mummy into the baking mood last night..
Sharing a pic of her work created below ..

the Yummy mini Choco Chip Cupcakes!!
.. with a twist of orangy Tangy taste

Actually, she baked these for another purpose in mind..
However, Daddy dearest keep on snacking these once these are baked & hence number of cupcakes reduced & not sufficient for initial purpose. But Mummy is happy to see Happy Daddy enjoying the cakes despite his sore throat. It makes her very happy indeed! While they are happy snacking, I'm already sleeping away on their cosy bed.

Daddy even packed some for his colleagues to try this morn. Hope they will like these too!


~Love from Happy Hayley ~