My Cheeky Li'l Rascal

Yes... I made it!

Finally I tried my hands in making a charlotte cake.




When I first saw this cake, I was very impress by the outer ring of lady fingers (sponge fingers). It just make the cake looks more elegant and very girly. With all the fruits & everything, it looks so delish... After some research, I realise that this is a very very simple to do cake. Just have to get all the neccessary ingredients and assemble them up.








So i being to search for a easy & fool proof recipe of baking a sponge cake as a base.













Slice the cake into 2 layers (or 3 layers if you want)




Spread some fresh whipped cream one layer (cut layer face down)
Place fruits on top (better to cube the fruits for easy cutting of the whole cake)





Spread another layer of fresh whipped cream





Place the next layer of cake ontop (cut layer face up)





Frost the whole cake with fresh whipped cream






Place lady fingers around the side of the cake






Top the cake with fruits and it's all done.. easy right??






If you like, you can tie a ribbon around. This also helps to secure the lady fingers around the cake

When Little Lucas is in the house...

Sorry for this late post.. been busy with the usual stuff (including FBing) and was getting lazy to blog.. keke..

Here's something to share what my house will look like when Little Lucas is playing around...

A messy house...

Now it's neat & tidy after me aka "Maria" keep all the toys :)

Passport Photo Taking

Funny shots of Little Lucas while we trying to snap a passport photo for him...

OMG!! Mummy is sooo so blur....

For the past 17 months, I have been telling everyone that Lucas was 22 cm when born..
Base on the fact that I referenced back to this photo and I did not checked against his health booklet.
I assumed the measuring tape here is in centimetre



When in actual fact, Lucas is actually about 20 INCH... equivalent to about 50cm....
I am such a blurrrrrrr queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to Eve & WJ for pointing this out to me and I didn't bother to check until like now when I took out his health booklet to prepare for his next vaccine...
Total failure!! (Slap forehead) :S

Mummy's Milestone

I am both Happy & Sad today.. :)(

Happy as it's my birthday..

Sad as it's my 30th birthday.. can no longer say I am twenty-xx year old.

Welcome to the Thirties club!

Having spent 30 years on earth.. what have I achieve so far?

Let me recap.. (or rather give me a chance to brag about it can?? hehe)

• Get to know my 5 wonderful friends from my 1st job and this year marks our 10th year anniversary
• A qualified ACCA grad / CPA (it's not easy to pass ACCA k...)
• Got hitched and married (I seldom go out when I was a teenager, Uncle Hock told me to buy a cupboard so that I can get ready to be left on the shelf.. haha)
• And give birth to Little Lucas (that's the most wonderful thing to happen to me, a priceless gift from God)
• Successfully breastfed Little Lucas for more than a year, 14.5 months to be exact
• Able to cook and whip up some nice and good dishes for Des
• Able to bake goodies for my sisters
• Able to create a more interesting blog with more pictures & slide shows and frequent updates as compare to my previous one
• Play multiple roles, working mum, housewife, babysitter, chef & baker
• Lastly... a good virtual farmer.. wahahahahahahaha

In celebration.. I bake this for myself.. Happy Birthday to Me!!



Mixed Fruits Charlotte Cake (will blog on how I make this separately)



So what do I hope to achieve going down the road?

• Improvement in all the above.. including being a virtual farmer... :D
• 1 year older is 1 year wiser.. I have to behave more like an adult.. sometimes I think i still act & behave like a kid..
• Nurture Little Lucas academically.. I have been rather slack in this area..
• More self control on my mood swing & temper :)
• Ah... yes.. a very important thing... Need to stay closely in touch with my besties... really have to buck up alot alot on this area...

Also a note of thanks to the following people

Huiyin - for your lovely cake and never failed to turn up at our house for all our birthdays



Evelyn - for the 'I definitely need to use' gift, from your store ya.. hehe



Sis - for the 'must have' kitchen gadget for better bakes to come and the lovely bag

Amy & Jasmine - for 'my very 1st' MNG apparel

Oh... and not forgetting the red packet from my lovely Mummy... :)

Lucas 17th & 18th Month Pictures

What's this?

This is the question that I always ask Little Lucas whenever he picks up an object or pointing to something.

Over time, he had learnt to associate quite a number of words with things that he sees

• Eyes
• "Ah" Book
• Tortor (for turtle)
• Star (this time is a toy.. not the cereal anymore)
• Pish (for fish)
• Tar (for car)
• Tarky (for Poky the Biscuits)
• Dai dai (for Gai Gai meaning going out, he will say this when he sees us changed or when he is carrying a bag during role playing)
• Dis (meaning what's this & he is asking me what's the name of the object that he is holding or pointing to)
• Pui Ba (fat meat.. he don't know the meaning of this, he just simply mimic the way we talk)
• Beh (the Hokkien word for horse. Is my mum who taught him this word and I was taken aback by Little Lucas when he pronounce this word while we are watching a TV programme showing horses)

Our little conversation
Mummy: What's your name?
Little Lucas: Pish
Mummy: ??? (dunno who taught him that)
Mummy: How old are you?
Little Lucas: One (sometimes with his little index finger pointing out)
Mummy: Clever boy (grinning from ear to ear), good job Lucas!

This last one is the best.
Everyone should be very familiar with the Heineken advertisement.
Little Lucas loves it and he actually knows that there's a difference between the voices of the women and the men.
When the women are shouting, Little Lucas will follow using his high pitch voice. Then when it's the men's turn, he will change to his normal pitch!!!!!

Lucas.. Mummy is so proud of you!!


PS: I will try to post the video if I can ever capture all these :)

Golden Honey Cornflakes Cuppies

Again, my sis's request and she loves this. Quite nice but rather sweet.




Here's the recipe (courtesy of Rachel)

Ingredients:
1. 90g butter or margarine
2. 1/3 cup sugar
3. 1 tablespoon honey
4. 4 cups cornflakes

Method:
1. Melt butter sugar and honey together until frothy
2. Add cornflakes and mix well
3. Spoon into cupcake cases
4 Bake in slow oven, 150C for 10 minutes

Cupcakes

Tried my hands on cupcakes as that's what my sis have been asking for. Easy to make & nice to eat. Very soft & moist.

Sis said it's nice and ask me to bake some for Lynn's birthday.
Here they are. Top with some sprinkles to make them look more pretty :)

Got this box from Phoon Huat, is a Wilton product. I love it!

Recipe source: Joy of Baking