Chocolate Mud Cake

This is another my fave cake. Sweet tooth he..he..
The recipe from Nestle and taste so nice. If you Chocolate lover, you must be love it.

Chocolate Mud Cake

1 cup milk
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup sunflower oil (I use canola oil)
200 gr Nestle dark melts
1 cup hot water
2 tsp nescafe instant coffe (I use Moccona)
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cups nestle baking cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten.

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Line base of a 22 cm round baking tin with baking paper. I use cupcake tin.
2. Combine milk and lomon juice and set aside to sour. Place oil, dark melts, hot water and coffee in a medium saucepan. Stir over a low heat until mixture is smooth and chocolate has melted. Cool to room temperature.
3.Into a large bowl, sift flour, baking soda,baking cocoa, baking powder, and sugar. Add eggs to chocolate mixture and mix well, then gradually stir in soured milk. Add chocolate mixture to dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Pour cake mixture into prepared pan.
4. Bake for 55 minutes or until cooked for cupcake size. There may be a little moist cake mixture on metal skewer when inserted into centre of cake, this is normal for mud cake. Stand cake in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to cool. Spread with chocolate glaze ( I'm not using it this time). Enjoy.

Chocolate Glaze

175 gr dark melts, 1/2 cup cream

Combine dark melts and cream in heatproof bowl, place over simmering water, stir until melted and smooth. Refrigerate 30 minutes until thick, spread over top and sides of cake.

Soto Bandung

Dingin-dingin gini enaknya makan yang anget-anget. Setelah lihat blognya Dapur Bunda, jadi pingin Soto Bandung deh. Resepnya lihat di sini http://dapurbunda.blogspot.com. Asli seger banget. Aku nggak pake kacang kedelai karena nggak punya he..he..

Ifumie

Kadang kita ngundang teman untuk datang ke rumah, untuk sekedar makan siang bersama dan main ke suatu tempat. Kali ini Elizabeth dan Budi datang dengan 2 anaknya. Mereka bawa Ifumie, enak deh. Aku masak Sweet Potato noddle stir fry (seperti soon tapi tebal dan terbuat dari ubi jalar ). Sayang nggak sempat di foto. Jadi ceritanya pindah tempat makan he...he.., setelah makan kita jalan2 ke Frankston lihat Sand Castle .
Nah minggu ini bingung mau masak apa, jadilah aku masak Ifumie ini, biar persiapannya lama, asal dagingnya komplit pasti enak deh he..he..

Fish and Chips

This fish and chips so popular in here. Sometimes people eat them as a snack even as a quick dinner. I got this recipe from Damian Heads (Super Food Ideas magazine). He is a celebrity chefs. Here is the recipe. You can add tartare sauce as a dip instead of tomato sauce.

Fish and Chips with tartare sauce
serves 4

2 cups plain flour
11/4 cups chilled water
2 eggwhites
4 large desiree potatoes, peeled, cut into thick chips
vegetable oil, for deep-frying
1 kg flathead fillets, skin on
lime wedges, to serve

Tartare Sauce
2 egg yolks
1 lemon, juiced
3/4 cup olive oli
4 pieces gherkins (pickle cucumber)
1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley. chopped

Method

1. Make tartare sauce: Combine egg yolks and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a food processor. Process for 30 seconds. With tha motor running, slowly add oil in a thin steady stream. Process until thickened. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in gherkin, parsley and salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Sift 1 1/2 cups flour into a bowl. Make a well in the centre. Add chilled water. Using a ballon whisk, slowlystir until the consistency of pouring cream, adding more water if necessary. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into batter.
3.Preheat oven to 150 degrees celcius. Place a large wire rack over a baking tray. Place potato, no more than 2 layers deep, in a shallow , microwave-safe dish. Add 1/4 cup water.
Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Microwave on high (100%) for 3 minutes or until just tender. Drain. Half-fill a large sauce pan/wok with oil. Heat over medium -high heat until hot. Cook potato, in batches, for 4-5 minutes or until golden and crisp.
4. Place remaining flour onthe plate. Coat both sides of fish fillets in flour, shaking off excess. Dip into batter to coat, allowing excess batter to drain. Cook fish, in batches, for 2-3 minutes or until batter is golden and crisp. Transfer to rack. Keep warm in oven until ready to serve.
5. Place fish and chips on plates. Season with salt. Serve with tartare sauce and lime/lemon.

Puding Nanas Selasih

Pudding ini gampang banget bikinnya. Dan rasanya seger. Pakai nanas kaleng dan ditambah selasih. Cara masaknya sama dengan yang ada di sachet agar2 dan ditambah isian nanas, selasih, dan sedikit susu.

Udang Saus Padang

Setelah lihat blognya Pepy, ada Mussel saus padang, jadi pingin nyobain masakan ini. Tapi mussel yang di beli, keburu di masak sama suami, jadi ya..diganti udang aja dan jumlah cabe yang di pake aku kurangin, karena pada nggak suka pedas. Rasanya enak dan karena ada nanasnya , rasanya segar dan surprise banget.

White Choc Mud Cake

This cake taste so good, everybody loves it. I will use this cake for Steph-Lyod wedding cake . Hope they like it. Wait till 26 April 2008....