Mummy's new toy

After weeks of pondering... I finally took the plunge and ta da!!!! keke...

Terrible twos... once again

Di di has finally started walking by himself! and he also has new antics up his sleeves, like dropping to the ground, writhing around on the floor, hitting his head against the playyard and bawling his eyes out at the same time... ie Throwing Tantrums... when he does not get his way.

Thank god Pi Pi is more "reasonable" now (ie able to have negotiations with her) though she still pick fights with Di Di. Okay, Di Di provokes her too... like pulling her hair when she walks past.. her new antic ==> biting Di Di's fingers and toes! and just yesterday, Pi Pi bashed ME on my temple with the wireless phone with all her might, OUCH! I was totally stunned, hopefully no cracked bones :(

CNY baking I

Some of the cookies done for CNY... milk cookies with M&Ms (a big hit with Pi Pi), pineapple balls and green pea cookies.

Also did some small little lowfat tofu cheesecakes for CNY reunion dessert at Por Por's place =D Can you see the helicoptor cartoon on the cheesecake?

Japanese steamed cheesecake

This is one of my all time favourite (recipe from Raph's mummy)... a light and subtle cheesecake which everybody in the family loves! the hole in the cake is of course Pi Pi's good work... :)

Stress?

Pi Pi caught chicken pox from school and she's scratching like a monkey, especially in the middle of the night. Was woken at 3am by her scratching and frustrated whimpers (poor girl)... after applying bitter gourd juice on her limbs and rocking her to sleep, I gathered up some recipes faxed across by Bern's mummy and went into the kitchen to destress!!! haha...

This was the output from this morning's baking frenzy :

1. Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia Bread (play cheat.. breadmix + bread machine)

2. Chiffon cheesecake

3. Milk cookies

4. Pineapple tarts

Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia Bread
I bought a Wright's breadmix which requires water and olive oil only... how easy!! the bread turned out really soft and nice but not as herby as I would like it to be. with a dip in balsamic vinegar + olive oil and that was my breakfast! even di di loved it.... keke..

Chiffon Cheesecake
Failed!! The chiffon cheesecake didn't turn out as fluffy, maybe coz I did not beat the 4 egg whites to stiff peaks - my arm was on the verge of dropping off due to fatigue, next time will use mixed instead.. hmmmph!!

TT tasted the cake and asked "orange cake?" *FAINT*.. di di ate half a slice and pi pi ate 1 slice!!... she's the best.. first bite and she proclaimed "NICE!" it tasted more like an eggy cake (ji dan gao) to me :P

Milk Cookies
They tasted abit like Kueh Bangkit to me!! nice and super easy to make :) THanks to Bern's mummy who faxed me the recipe together with many other cookie recipes.....!!

Pineapple Tarts
still trying to tweak the new recipe to my liking.. find the crust taste abit bland despite using golden churn butter as recommended by Jonas' mummy... so sad I lost my own recipe :(

Happy Birthday Gong Gong!

Gong Gong's lunar birthday falls on New Year day this year, double celebration!!

Mummy dug out her cheesecake bible and did a Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar Cheesecake! Weird combination? Yee por says it is an acquired taste :)

The cake was 80% gone after cutting ... (YAY!! okay, the cake was not very big in the first place =P)... ooh and we all loved the balsamic vinegar syrup! Pi Pi and Di Di enjoyed the cheesecake too! Especially Pi Pi who ate all the strawberries on the cake, leaving a botak cake behind!

Gong gong, pi pi and di di

Strawberry balsamic vinegar cheesecake

Cross section of the last botak slice