Strawberry Streusel Cake

Looks fun & yummy~
Saw this video on learning how to make strawberry streusel cake from scratch! keke...


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Strawberry Streusel Cake
Hi! I'm Rachel Edelman for About.com Food. Today I'm going to show you how to make strawberry streusel cake.

Strawberry Streusel Cake Ingredients
For this recipe, you will need:

* 1 c. plain flour
* 1/2 c. sugar
* 2 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/2 c. milk
* 1 tsp. vanilla extract
* 1 egg
* 2 tablespoons melted butter
* 1-1/2 c. sliced strawberries
* 1/4 cup flour
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 2 tbsp butter
* 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Strawberry Streusel Cake Prep:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9" round baking pan with cooking spray. Then, take some extra flour and coat the pan all the way around.

Mix the Cake Dry Ingredients:
In a medium bowl, pour the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir these ingredients together with a whisk.

Add the Cake Wet Ingredients:
Now add the vanilla, the egg and the melted butter. Beat this together so it's well mixed.

Then, pour the batter into the prepared pan. Next, arrange the sliced strawberries on the top, gently laying them evenly around the pan.

Prepare the Streusel Topping:
In a small bowl, combine the flour and sugar for the topping. Using a pastry blender or two knifes, cut in the butter to create a crumbly topping.

Pour in the chopped nuts and mix it all together. Then, sprinkle the topping over the strawberries.

Bake the Strawberry Streusel Cake:
Place the pan in the oven and bake for about 35-40 minutes. Take it out of the oven and let it cool a bit before slicing.

I like to serve this with a scoop of whipped cream and a fresh strawberry for garnish. Enjoy. Thanks for watching, to learn more visit us on the Web at food.about.com.

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Horlicks Version Tis X

Before Baking

Freshly out from Oven!

Hee.. Tis x round tried out the Horlicks version of doggie-shaped cookies~

Think I'd realised why i find my previous attempt's cookies bitter liao! Cos, the bite tat i took dun haf the chocolate chip in it (each cookie supposed to haf 4 chocolate chips, including the 'nose')... besides tat, maybe my cookies are bigger sized! The recipe said the yield is ard 48 cookies but i onli managed to make abt half of it ley... like 20+. So each cookie haf more dough yet less chips!! Hmmm... Must be like dat!!

So... Tis time round, i added more chocolates chips into each of them! Whaha!!! 7 in total, including the 'nose'! Although i alady tried to reduce the size.. but still 20+ cookies only ley.. Grrr...!! Dun care!! Anyway since i'd alady punched in double dosage of choco-chips, it should balance up!! Hmmm... Taste better~ But not fantastic yet! If im gonna make it again, i'll add 10!!! whahah!!

The cookies look cuter tis round too!

The previous ones flat-faced de.. and the sides prone to cracks even b4 i put them into the oven... esp after being slightly depressed... So tis x instead of depressing them, i rolled them into balls (reminded me of the pineapple tarts)!! keke.. greatly reduced the cracks lor... and more 3D~ Lookin more like a doggie than the before version~ Yippee!! Cutez!!!

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My Tangerine-Style Pineapple Tarts!

Finally! I made some of my own tangerine-style pineapple tarts!


So CUTE rite?? Hee..

They've got a slight different taste thou.. from the usual tarts... the aroma of the cloves~ Something unusual! Picked up this decorating idea from http://pineapple-tarts.blogspot.com & was dying to try it out since then...


FINALLY~


Sadly thou, not all of them look so cutie lor.. i din keep a close watch on 1 of the batch & ... ... ... something bad happened...




It turned out like dat!!! (above pic).

They resemble chestnuts hor? keke... So very ruined! Burnt quite badly... hehee...

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Doggy Cookie & Pineapple Tarts

Eileen 'jio' me to make pineapple tarts today... I thought since anyway we've got the required ingredients, why not give the cutie Milo Doggie Cookie a try (from a recipe which i saw from a local food blog) too?

Here... the results...

Before Baking

After Baking

It reli look so cute! But... sad to say.. tink we'd screwed it up! Sobz... Cos... It's bitter de lor!! Not sweet at all.. *puzzled*

The recipe did not mention adding sugar at all ley.. Hmm... maybe the milo they used is premixed de ba... It should only make sense tat way rite? *Humph* Good to See, Not Good to Eat... Next attempt, i must make better it!!! ADD SUGAR manz!!!

The Pineapple Tarts

Tis time round.. made mini pineapple tarts - Bite-Size! Cos, Ting & Joan preferred mouthful size kinda... Then... Guess wat? When done, Eileen & Mum said too small le... Piangzz.. Hard to please sia!

Oh YES!! And.. I finally got the cloves!!! Whaha!!
The purpose of them for decorating the tarts!! (See below picture)

So PRETTY rite??
Hee... The next batch, I wana make it like dat!!! keke.. So 'mei mei'... I LIKE it wor~

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New Oven~

Yippee!!! Joan bought an OVEN!! keke.. Can do baking le~

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Pineapple Tarts Day

Since CNY arriving, we dropped the cupcakes idea...
It's Pineapple Tarts time!!

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Date: 19 Jan 2008 (Saturday)

Involved: Me, Jiahui, Meihui, Ting, Auntie Molly & Shermaine~

Venue: Meihui's Home

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During the journey.. inside the car... Shermaine's happily singing out of a sudden!!! Quickly took out hp and asked her to do it again... haha..

When we finally reached KBH's home. Before we start... it's 'makan' time...

In the process of making... ... ...

Rolling up the pineapple fillings... ohhh.. it's sticky!

"FishBall-Looking" batch

One last glance before putting into the OVEN

Take a bite first!!

Ohhh!! See tat?!
WE MADE THIS!!

Our tarts in different batches...

Funny shapes

Funny shapes & "Chao-Tah" version

This version looks beta~

Finally den the "DAO-SA-PIA" version.. a lil cracked..

Nicely packed for Take-Aways!

Jiahui left early for appt... What she missed out! Whaha!!

Our Longan-Rambutan Smoothie!!

The normal tall glass serving for Auntie Molly~

The Super Duber GIANT VASE for Me, Ting & KBH!!

Takin a sip~

~Taa-Daa~
*Our HARDWORK of the Day*

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How abt Cupcakes?

Past few days while i was updating my quotes collection, i came across the below phrase..

I'm unsure how tis lil' sentence will impact on the others but it certainly did some 'magic' on me.. keke.. made me felt so touched & comforting! Almost automatically, someone came into my mind..

Someone who puts up and gives in to my stubborn, impatient and sometimes even unreasonable ways for more than a decade! Alwas the one who will be there for me wen i'm dwn or upset... although not good wit words, but never fails to offer her presence to be rite beside me.. offering help to me whenever she can...

Recallin a few things she'd done for me and tat I'll never forget...

• over a misunderstanding during school days, i was so pissed & angry tat i don't wish to befriend her anymore.. my attitude made her cried & she wrote a letter to me, from there i realized she treasured our frdship so much.. reli touched me..
  
• rushed down to where i was (wit her ex-bf) upon receiving my crying phone call & accompanied me till i agreed to go back home (till wee hours of the nite!)
  
• we were out clubbin (to cheer me up tat x after i ganna ditched!) and at the end of it, i burst out cryin & sayin to her "He used to be the one here (Sparks) wit me". And, she leaned over, hugged me and replied "It's okay... From now on i'll be here wit you." So sweet!
  
• when i was admitted into hospital and queuing up for the operation, not allowed to drink or eat anything.. I was v thirsty & kept askin for water.. she finally gave in and gave me some plain water, in the end --- Caught! And, resulted her 'ganna' scolding from the nurse
• even thou she was on "Super SMELLY" terms wit my ex-bf... knowin tat i'd definitely love to see him, she let down her pride to call him, in hope tat he can visit me. Sadly.. Tat ass didn't! BUT... he sent "something" to the hospital~ Which, at tat point of time, made me more than happy enuf!
  
• understanding my 'dilly-dally' character to get ready, she often initiated to come up to my place to wait for me while i do things in my 'Trademarked-Rubberband' way
• when i quarrelled and wanted to move out from my ex-bf's place, she arrived (wit her husband) to pick me, and helped me along with my 'barang-barangs' and even my Pet Fishie-In-A-PAIL (link)!
  
• and just so much TONs MORE... how to mention them ALL manz?!
  

In short, she's been through thick & thin with me for so many years... WINning me over in her own unique SUBTLE ways!!! It's reli so fortunate of me to have her wor~


Now...
I'm guilty... and feelin so very bad... these few months - my boring life kinda affecting her too... So sweet and obliging of her.. alwas drop by my home to have dinner wit me... knowin tat i dun feel like goin out. She rarely request or even mention... to make me go out... Comin my hse & hangin around here jus seems so automatic kinda to her...

Actually she have her own sets of bothering probs too.. i know i can't help her to solve those irritating probs, but... i know... maybe in a certain way i'm capable of makin it slightly beta... at least not by boring her more ba.. keke..

So...
Come onz! Let's add some Zest to our borin' lives! whaha!!
We'll compromise abit, shall we? Starting on wit the more INDOORS activities first..?? How about... ... ...

BAKING CUPCAKES!!!?

Hee.. I'm tinkin... it shd be fun! We'll gather & play around, taking plenty of photos & messin' up KBH's hse..!! At the same time, KBH can get a chance to show off her new home, new self-made curtains and also guide us wit the cupcake-baking process!!!

Wow manz... tinkin abt it, KBH reli have a chance to 'hao-lian' tis time!!! Best of all, maybe Princess Shermaine can come along wit us??? Sounds good to me~
Killing a MANY big birds in 1 Freakin' HUGE stone!! whaha..!!



See these cupcake pictures?? Cuties & Appetizing ba??! I done my homework to source for their recipes liao wor!!

EFFICIENT I AM!!! I tell myself!! whahah!!


Cupcakes Recipes Linkies~

Left-Top:
Chocolate Orange Cupcake with Dark Chocolate Buttercream Icing and Pastry Cream Filling

Left-Bottom:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake

Middle-Left:
Mini OREO Surprise Cupcakes

Middle-Right:
Chocolate Cupcakes

Right-Top:
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Right-Bottom:
Yellow Cake and Chocolate Icing


I've "LIAISED" wit KBH and of cos expectedly, she agreed! Hee..
The disappointing part is... i actually planned on tis saturday... which is TML... in mandarin 'MING TIAN'. Den tis KBH say onli can 'MING NIAN' (translated is next year)!!! Although it's just a matter of a few days.. but when i initially heard tat, i was like... "KAOz!! Exchangin a DAY for a YEAR!!?"

Well.. anyway in the mean time.. i'll jus continue lookin out for other recipes then~
Lookin forward to our CUPCAKE day!!!



P/S: To my other besties.. please dun get too upset after readin my post & tink tat im biased... I knw u gals luv me too~ And of cos, ME Too Too!! And also... i know u gals are also makin the efforts to come over my place... everytime..!! For my convenience..!! I know I know!! keke.. Blessed I reli AM!! But it's just tat most of my down times it's Tingz spendin the most times wit me wor~ FATED i guess!!

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