construction themed birthday cake

The story started when I saw someone's post about excavator themed birthday cake in facebook. Frankly speaking, I almost left facebook some years ago until my husband said, "you must try to open the facebook again, I'm sure that you'll love it". And yap, he knows me that well, now I can't through a day without opening a facebook page. Back to the birthday cake, the post reminds me about Abang Dzaki, my nephew who is really into excavator. He always screams for it as if a teenage girl screams for Justin Bieber, and I don't know why. So, I got the idea to make him the cake as the gift.

Since, the birthday was on saturday, I don't have enough time to go to baking supplier for buying the ingredients, so I use Black Forest "PONDAN" premix. I used crushed "OREO" cookies and indomaret choconut spread as the soil, the nuts exactly looked like gravels.

Again, for the excuse of not having enough time, I passed the baton on decorating the cake to my crafty husband. As I expected, he had a greater idea to use the oreo cream to form some stones. And this is the result:

As the bonus, we also made another cake to my other cousin as he had the same birthday with dzaki.

So proud of our collaboration.

Salam,

_Asti Ramadhani_

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 250 gr flour 
• 25 gr cocoa powder
• 120 gr butter 
• 210 gr sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of vanila

• 240 ml plain yoghurt
• 2 tablespoons of red food coloring 
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice 

Steps:

• Beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until well blended, pour the egg
• Mix the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Then, put the flour mixture and plain yoghurt alternately
• When the dough is well blended,  pour the mix baking soda and lemon juice, stir well
• Pour the dough into cup, Bake it for about 25-30 minutes with a temperature of 160 celcius degrees 

tempting even without frosting

Ingredients:
Ikan Gurame (bisa diganti ikan nila / ikan patin). bersihkan, potong agak besar.
Bawang merah
Bawang putih
Bawang bombay
Lengkoas
Jahe
Daun salam
Cabe
belimbing sayur (bisa diganti buah asam lainnya)
Merica bubuk
Garam secukupnya

Taburan:
Kemangi
Bawang goreng
Daun Bawang

Steps:

1. Tumis bawang putih, bawang bombay, dan bawang merah sampai harum. tambahkan jahe, lengkoas, dan daun salam.
2. tuangkan air
3. masukkan belimbing sayur. tunggu hingga mendidih
4. Masukkan ikan, tunggu hingga lunak
5. Angkat, hidangkan dengan taburan kemangi, bawang goreng, dan daun bawang.

Tom Yam

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Tom yam adalah makanan yang berasal dari thailand. Bahan dasarnya adalah udang. Rasanya pas banget sama selera saya, percampuran antara asem dan pedas. Sekarang langsung aja yaa.. Check out the recipee..

Bahan:

1. 250 gr udang segar, pilih yang ukuran sedang
2. 75 gr jamur merang, belah dua (sayuran bisa di ganti sesuai selera)
3. 500 ml kaldu
4. 1 sdm kecap asin (saya lebih suka pakai saus tiram)
5. 1 sdm air jeruk nipis (boleh ditambah jika suka lebih asem)
6. 2 sdm saus sambal (juga boleh ditambah jika suka lebih pedas)
7. 1/2 sdm gula pasir
8. garam secukupnya

Bumbu tumis:

1. 100 gr tomat iris, buang bijinya
2. 1 buah cabe merah, iris tipis
3. 1 buah cabe hijau, iris tipis
4. 2 ruas lengkuas, memarkan
5. 1 lembar daun jeruk
6. 1 batang serai, memarkan

Cara memasak:

1. kupas udang, sisakan ekornya, kerat punggungnya, bersihkan. sisihkan kepala & kulit udang untuk digunakan sebagai kaldu
2. panaskan minyak goreng, tumis kulit & kepala udang hingga merah
3. masukkan bumbu yg dihaluskan kedalam tumisan kepala udang, tumis hingga harum
4. masukkan air kaldu, masak hingga mendidih
5. saring ampas sisa udang tadi, masukkan kecap asin, air jeruk nipis, saus sambal, gula, dan garam, didihkan selama 5 menit
6. masukkan udang dan sayur-sayuran
7. And sippirilii, tom yam siap disajikan

Sup Kimlo

ini nih penampakannya

Bahan-Bahan :

1. 250 gr Jamur kuping
2. 10 butir Bakso
3. 3 buah Sosis
4. 30 butir Telur puyuh
5. 200 gr Daging cincang
6. 1/2 buah Bawang bombay
7. sedap malam secukupnya
8. 1,5 liter air

Bumbu yang dihaluskan:

1. 2 siung Bawang putih
2. 3 siung Bawang merah
3. 2 sdm lada
4. garam secukupnya

Pelengkap:
2 sdm Margarin untuk menumis
Vermicelly (Soun) - rebus hingga  lemas, tiriskan
bawang goreng
daun seledri

Cara memasak:

1. Tumis bawang bombay dan bumbu yang dihaluskan sampai harum
2. masukkan daging cincang, tumis hingga kecoklatan
3. masukkan air
4. Biarkan hingga mendidih
5. masukkan telur puyuh, bakso, sosis, dan jamur kuping
6. Siapkan soun dalam mangkuk, tuang kimlo, taburi dengan bawang goreng dan daun seledri

Macaroni Schotel

Material 1:
1 spoon of margarine
500 gr Macaroni (boil, drain & bast with margarine)


Material 2 (saute & set aside):
1 spoon of margarine
150 gr minced meat
50 gr onion (slice)


Material 3:
2 spoons of margarine
3-4 spoosn of flour
500 ml fresh milk
100 gr gratin (grated cheese)
salt, sugar, pepper, nutmeg powder, broth powder (to taste)


Material 4:
5 eggs (beaten)


Material 5:
100 gr gratin
50 gr sossis / bacon


Steps:

1. Material 3 : heat the margarine, pour the flour, stir it well, poue fresh milk little by little until colt, pour gatin, sugar, salt, pepper, nutmeg powder, & broth powder. cook until brew
2. pour the material 2 and material 1 into material 3, stir it well, add material 4
3. Put the dough into baking pan, pour the material 5, Bake in 200 degrees oven until golden brown (about 30 minutes) or you may steam it for 20minutes
4. Macaroni schotel is ready to served