【Blueberry Yogurt Butter Cake】

This is a perfect + worth-trying recipe for butter cake lovers! Light, moist and moderate buttery! Bet you will neither regret nor feel guilty for having it ;>

Normally loaf pan is used for butter cake, but I prefer to serve cakes in small pieces. Plus I loves these paper cups ;)

Ingredients:
A) 125g - Butter
     1 cup- Sugar (80% filled/about 160g-170g)

B) 3 Eggs

C) 2 cups - Plain flour [I didn't have plain flour so replaced with cake flour, and it worked out well
     2 tsp   - Baking powder
     ¼ tsp - Salt
     ** (sieve together then add in 1 tbsp poppy seeds and mix well. NOTE: Original recipe does not have poppy seeds )
D) 1 small tub Yogurt (125g-150g) + milk = 1 cup
     OR
     1 cup - Yogurt (either plain or flavoured) (160g--170g)
     1 tsp  -  Lemon juice (optional) [not in my cake as I ran out of lemon. But I believe the cake will definitely be better with tangy taste]

E) 1½ cups - Fresh blueberries

Let's do it:
**Preheat your oven as you start your work
1) Beat (A) till creamy and fluffy.
2) Add (B), one at a time, mix well before each addition.
3) Fold in manually (C) alternate with (D) in 3 to 4 additions, beat till just incorporated.
** DO NOT OVER BEAT!!
4) Pour the batter in a greased 9"x5" loaf pan; arrange (E) on top but DO NOT PRESS!
5) Bake at 180C for 50-60 mins or until a skewer inserted and comes out clean [I got mine done in 35min.).
* Do not remove the cake out of oven immediately, let it sits in the oven for a while to cool down.
6) Cool the cake on wire rack as it's removed from oven.

Recipe Source: Cake.Bake.Love

【Mini Hegdehogs 。小小刺猬】

Dec. 29, 2010 Cloudy Rainy Day

This is the second attempt mummy tried hedgehog and she made it, yayyy (^.^)v

When mummy told Iroko her lunch partners are "hedgehogs", she repeated, "dog dog"... >,<

Not many veggies or fruits left in the fridge. Without much thought, mummy simply took a carrot and a slice a cheese; well, a small piece of seaweed to be used for the eyes, mouths, and noses ;)

Only 2 "hand tools" were used to make these two mini hedgehogs-- an 8-petals flower cookie cutter and an eggplant cookie cutter. Oh ya, not forget too, the most essential tool that mummy needs for almost all the *happy meals*--the manicure scissors ;p

【Hohoho... Merry Christmas 。聖誕快樂】

The Christmas eve, 2010. Cloudy day but relaxing+merry mood ;)

This is the "first" ever Christmas for Iroko (she is 2y 3m+ old). Last Christmas, she was too young to know Santa Claus, snowman, jingle bell...  Several rounds of shopping + the latest Hi-5 DVD introduced the little one all important characters of Christmas. Hence, mummy felt that it's now the right time to reinforce her learning ;)



Iroko was thrilled to see her Christmas "combo" plate (*u*) though there is no lobster, turkey, her favourite big prawns, etc.

 It's always mummy's wish to have a well-furnished Christmas tree at home. But, be more realistic (or practical?) the apartment is rather small to hold a Christmas tree ;( Well, the wish can only be fulfilled when we got  a more spacious house ;D

At first, mummy thought of making a 2-Dimension  christmas tree only (cut from brokolli stem using christmas tree cookies cutter); but the idea of making the tree out of brokolli florets, which joined by toothpicks,  popped up last minute. This one looks much better, isn't?

Snowman is supposed to be the simplest and easiest-to-make one; however it took the longest time to set because the rice was normal white rice, which is not sticky enough to hold any shape firmly. Japanese sushi rice will definitely make the job much quicker! Mummy gotta re-stock some sushi rice o(*-*)o

This is the 4th snowman!! The first 3 collapsed before photo shooting ;(
Initially, mummy wanted to put on a scarf for the snowman, but to prevent it from "melting", mummy quickly snapped some photos >,<

【Bottlenecked!! 。遇到瓶頸了;s】

The *happy meals* kitchen has been "suspended" since Iroko was infected Hand Foot Mouth Disease.
Right after the little one recovered, we were back to hometown for a week to visit 奶奶，婆婆 (grandma), 爺爺，公公(grandpa), 叔叔。。。 ; to meet mummy's new born god-daughter; to learn making ang ku kuih （紅龜糕）; to celebrate 小姨's birthday...

As usual, mummy never had chance to cook in Kedah because being well-pampered by 婆婆and奶奶 (^-^)v ! Those ideas (for making *happy meals*) also gone with time. The first day back at home, mummy just could not move on to resume the making of *happy meal*. Moreover, nothing left in the fridge except a piece of sweet corn. emmm.. what to cook? Well, weather is bad lately. Let's have something light--vegetarian style congee!

Simply follow her own sense, mummy worked this out:

Is it a RAT?

Well, mummy called it【Corn monster】!

Now, mummy is truly convinced that--practice makes perfect!! Creativity is not born but is nurtured ;)

【新兵奶媽衝鋒記 。Breastfeeding Mummy】

有幸哺乳女兒到現在（27個月）是媽咪一直覺得很光榮的事，但媽咪從來沒有真正為這段嘔心瀝血的心路歷程白紙黑字地流下記憶。。。

直到上兩個星期女兒被感染了HFMD“手足口症”的首三天，由於寶貝的整個口腔至喉嚨都被侵蝕，長滿了無以計數的ULCERS，潰爛，導致她無法進食，就連她的命根--媽咪的(。)(。)，也不要了; ...( 那時，除了擔心她的病情，也因為她“罷奶”，而感到失落--難道她從此就離乳？真的不捨。。。

結果在她罷奶的第2天，媽咪又再次苦嘗漲奶之痛。。。

因為懶得把擠奶器找出來，就用手擠，累到。。。
真的要向擠奶器的發明家致敬！！

後記：嘻嘻。。結果的結果，女兒也是捨不得就此離開(。)(。)，病發後的第4天，她開始慢慢吸奶了。。。現在--如常 (^.^)v 嘢！

【雞蛋變形餐（2）。The EGG Meals】

... (continued from 很喘。 Salute to all active-efficient-productive bloggers)

Mummy loves EGGs, regardless how they are cooked--boiled, stir fried, deep fried, steamed... But, till current, Iroko seems like loving boiled one only.

<Fried Egg Chick> on 09092010 

<Yolky the Lion> on 01092010
Mummy seldom uses lunch box. But she actually loves the concept of bento--Bento = Warm+Love 

Seriously speaking, they are also eggs what.... though not in egg shape ;p

Whenever running out of idea (what to cook), mashed potato is the only food pops up in the *happy meal* list;
Whenever mummy noticed Iroko getting bored with rice/congee, mashed potato is always top-listed;
Whenever Iroko has difficulty in doing her "big business", mashed potato is the best remedy!

<Quak~quak Duckling> on 07102010

Simply love this duckling--the egg was so round!

Iroko does not really like congee/porridge, but if it comes with a boiled egg, she'd still finished the whole meal!!

<Penguin> on 21102010
This is one of mummy's favourite + most satisfied *happy meals*

有她最愛的葡萄，草莓+水煮蛋，再怎麼不喜歡軟綿綿的稀飯，IROKO還是會“勉為其難”地把整份午餐吃個清光！

pheww.... there are still some on the waiting list!!
So... Again.... to be continued... ;p

【雞蛋變形餐（1）。 The EGG Meals】

Last day in Nov. 2010 Day with furious whirlwind

When mummy decided to start blogging, she thought that  it wouldn't be too difficult for the blog to "catch up" Iroko's daily *happy meal*. But now, mummy is kinda regretful to have such a thought! It's not easy to write more than 2 posts a day. Unlike mere posting photos with brief description onto Facebook, blogging (to mummy) requires more hardwork. Mummy wished to have all posts that contain some sort of feelings, "philosophy", her personal reviews... At this moment, mummy feels that is demanding, challenging, and tiring...

Well, in order to keep the blog well-maintained and always up-to-date (mummy has been posting back dated *happy meals*) mummy has made up her mind to summarize the past by categorizing them under different themes.

Let's start from EGGs!


Froggie Egg ;)
Part of the breakfast on 20082010



<Rat> on 04092010



<Hatching> on 15092010
Supposingly, the chick should appear as a whole round yolk. Unfortunately, the egg was overcooked until the yolk became so so dry & fragile, and it broke into 2 when the white was removed ;s



Other than the chick, mummy loves the blooming trees the most ;) 



Sleeping Rabbit ^u^
Part of the lunch on 21092010

 ... to be continued.
That's why I said 很喘 (compiling work is tiring)