My First Fondant

Ini sebenernya uda dari tgl 3 Oktober kemaren..

This my first fondant and figurine juga first carving, buat ultah si cayank..qiqiqiqi
Cake nya lapis Surabaya yang super duper enyakk (narsis.com)

Kenapa rumah? Karena cayank pengen banget punya rumah..

Tapiiii ada kesalahan nih..org benerannya kuyus,tp knp figurine nya seksoy gt?

wakakaka tukang kue nya berdalih.."ini cayank kalo uda jadi bos" ^_^

Alhasil nih kue 3 hari ga ada yang tega motongnya saking sayang nya.Katanya bagus bgt, walaupun lom sempurna. Harap maklum ya yank, ini fondant pertama aku n cuma modal nekat.hehehe.Tapi walopun begitu ga ketinggalan dong,bikinnya pake rasa sayang..Caileeee..hehehe.
Bikin ini bener-bener pontang panting cari peralatan fondant. Tapi hasilnya bikin happy!

Happy Bday, yank..

Panjang umur, sehat selalu dan selalu bahagia (apalagi kl sama aku..hehehe)

Wishing all the best for you

Here they are :

moga-moga ini membuahkan pesenan-pesenan laennya ya..Aminnnn

Amla/Indian Gooseberry Jam in Microwave

I lolve making jams at home and with microwave its surely a breeze. It gets done easily in less time. After seeing Latakka's amla halwa, I was inspired to try jam.

You need

• Amla - 250 gms (Around 13 nos) gave  a packed cup of cooked amla pulp
• Sugar -1 cup
• Cardamom - a pinch

Method

  

Microwave the washed amlas for 3 minutes till it is soft. De seed and pulse for few seconds in the mixer to get a coarse mixture. Don't grind it smooth else it will effect the texture of the jam. Measure the pulsed amla paste. Take equal quantity of sugar.

Mix sugar and  amla and micro high for 8 minutes. Stir in between. Check if there is any liquid present. If then cook for a minute or so. Adjust the timings according to your oven.  Don't cook long enough that it might turn hard on cooling. When cooked in microwave, it continues to cook even after its removed from the oven. So keep that also in mind.

I added a teaspoon of saffron + cardamom syrup or add just cardamom powder. Next time I am planning to add freshly crushed ginger too.

Enjoy the healthy jam on a warm toast.


The tart taste of amla is very much felt... To mask the taste of amla, you can increase the amount of sugar. After a week, I could not feel  the khatta meeta of amla... not sure if I got used to it or its the result of ageing.

Anyways, not many may like it at the first instant. If you love amla, then you will surely like it. 

GO GIANTS!

We in the San Francisco Bay Area are SOOOO excited about our Giants being in the World Series.

The first game starts at 4:57PM (PDT). Don't call me.

Our team this year is not the same team that started the year. So many changes. So many new (to us) players who were cast off from other teams and thought they would be watching the rest of their season from the couch.

It's quite remarkable that they were able to pull off an end of the season run to the top in the rankings and beat what we all thought were better teams in the playoffs.

Many, many fans have been cheering for the Giants ever since they came to San Francisco from New York back in the '50's. That includes me. My Mom was a SF Seals fan before the Giants came to town. We often went to (tiny) Seals Stadium, at 16th and Brannon, to watch both teams play, before Candlestick park was built.

After Candlestick was built, we went there. This was the era of Mays and McCovey, Cepeda and Marichal. Now the Giants have a gorgeous new stadium in Pac Bell Park.

The one thing missing all these years has been a World Series win. We've come close. Gotten into the Series, only to lose, in 1962, 1989 (the Earthquake) and 2002 (Barry Bonds).

Now here we are again; hoping against hope that this ragtag bunch of castoffs and rookies can pull off a miracle.

We're the underdogs, but that's the way we like it.

Go, GO Giants!
and Fear the Beard!

Peggy

ADDENDUM 11/1/10:

I just watched the Giants clinch the World Series title in 5.
What a run!
All of San Francisco is ecstatic!