What's for dinner ??

I tried out a new western recipe for my family today. Chicken with blackberry sauce. Actually the recipe calls for rasberry sauce, but i could not get it, so i change it to blackberry instead.

Tiramisu for our dessert

I used stencils to create the designs.

Almond Macaroons

Today I made some almond macaroons with chocolate cream as the filling.

Chocolate Macaroons !!

These are my chocolate macaroons that i made today, they got "feet". But i think i still need to improve on it.

Happy Birthday Aquila !!

I made this 2.5kg Black Forest cake for my brother's birthday. Happy Birthday Aquila !!

Cranberry Coffee Cake

I made these cranberry coffee cake, its goes very well with tea & coffee.

Ingredients :

115g butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup sour cream

1/2 can whole cranberry

Method :

-Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius

-Grease the bandt pan

-Sift the flour, baking power, baking soda & salt

-Cream the butter & sugar till light & fluffy

-Add in the eggs 1 at a time until incorporated, add vanilla essence

-Add in the sifted flour, alternating with the sour cream, ending with the flour

-Pour half the mixture into a greased bandt pan

-Add in 1/2 of the cranberry on top of the mixture

-Add the other half mixture in

-Put the remaining cranberry on top & just mix a bit using a spoon.

-Bake at 180 degrees celsius for 40 mins -45 mins