kek batik or marie biscuit cake

there are many variations of this cake. seriously, u'll have a big headache contemplating which one to follow. so i follow my heart. i adapt from here and there.

recipe 1

recipe 2

recipe 3

INGREDIENTS:
100g milo
25g cocoa powder
125ml boiling water
190g butter
sweetened condensed milk (i do not measure, i pour until the sweetness level is to my liking)
5 eggs, lightly beaten
250g Marie biscuits ( 1 whole packet )

vanilla essence ( i don't remember if i put this )

some recipes stated sugar but i decided to omit it. our sweetness level is quite low ;)



small marie biscuit. RM 2.30/ packet



butter : wood dunn brand! I've never noticed this in the West. some blogs vouched for this butter!

err, we don't have much preference for this. somehow, i still prefer Anchor ;)




Steps:

1. melt the butter in the wok.

2. add in milo, cocoa powder, boiling water and egg into it. stir.

3. pour in sweetened condensed milk.




4. stir until the mixture becomes thick or custard-like.

5. turn off the heat. add in the biscuits. some recipes suggested to break the biscuits into smaller pieces/ halve them but i did not. i threw them in whole. Mix them until all the biscuits are coated.



6. transfer them to a mould and press/compress the batter.

7. cool it and refrigerate it, until like 4-5 hours or so? minimum.



8. bring out from the fridge, over turn the mould and u'll get the cake! slice it and voila!

truly simple eh?

i started goggling for this recipe because there was once when dh took home 6 cans of condensed milk! hence i have to think of ways to get rid of it before it hits the expiry date!

smart right? ;P

baking weekend

butter cookies

one of the best that i have tried so far.

this won't melt in your mouth, this is the crunchy, very basic type.

I'm still looking for that taste way back in primary school, when i baked with mom.

gonna ask mom to pass over her recipe book to me ;)

recipe taken from thesweetspot

Butter Cookie Recipe

180g butter
120g caster sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla essence
250g All purpose flour
pinch of salt

Method

1. Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with a beater till light in colour. It doesn’t need to bee too fluffy otherwise the cookie will be a little crumbly.
2. Add in the egg and vanilla essence and mix till well incorporated
3. Gradually add in flour and salt and mix with a slow speed (speed 1 or 2) with a beater. Scrap sides of bowl.
4. Fill in the batter into a piping bag with a star nozzle. In the pic, I’m using the Wilton tip 2D. Basically the pattern is up to you. Press batter onto pan lined with baking sheet. Add cut cherry bits or chocolate chips or sprinkles on top of the cookie before baking
5. Bake at 180 C for 15 minutes or until cookie becomes slightly golden brown.
6. Cool down for 15 minutes and keep them in an airtight container.

I'm using Amway Noxxa's Oven.

temperature for cookies should be 190-200 C for 12-14 mins.

Makes about 4.5 tray

too lazy to mould them

unlike this : they were made last year- 2011

baked this today

love the mini bite size

im reserving this for kayjay ;)

hb was lazy to shape them as well

i know i ought to put my cookie moulds into use.

when I'm in the mood,

whenever i start baking something,

be it a cake,

or cookies,

or muffins,

i would want to do them over and over again,

on the SAME day.

yes, that is my problem.

like this Saturday,

i baked 2 batches of cookies.

started off with butter, then decided to do nestum cookies.

wanted to proceed with oats cookies,

luckily i manage to come back to earth for a while,

so i have to put it on halt.

reason was who will be eating them?

we will be going back this Wednesday!

*dances around*

looks pretty okay right?

but a bit too sweet for my liking.

and lack of something...

anyway, not gonna share the recipe.

nevertheless,

I'm not giving up on nestum cookies yet.

will continue trying ;)

this is totally unrelated,

i think the eye lashes are satisfyingly long

no regrets for not trimming when he was a baby