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I remember having tried my first attempt at kuih lapis, a layered steamed rice flour cake or kuih as Malaysians call their sweet treats. I think it was when I was still in school. I loved it and although I remembered how impatient I was waiting for each layer to set, it still turned out pretty well and I have yet to find one sold to date that tastes as good as the one I made. Until I had the guts to try again yesterday. And, yes! it does taste as it did when I made it as a teenager. I am so happy it turned out and now I shall continue to make this for sale at my cafe, Little Cottage Cafe at The Robertson, Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur. The ingredients and method here is to help me remember what I did. I shall myself come back to this post whenever I want to make this. After reading various recipes, I decided I wanted to use a total of 400 gms flour combination with a total of 1 liter liquids in order to get the right texture and thickness for the layers. Here's what I did: A.  In

It was Whittaker's Chocolate, "Let's Indulge" Demo to Whittaker's Indulgence Tour Working Group of Food & Lifestyle Bloggers from 9am to 11am on a Saturday, 7th October 2017 at the Jaya Grocers at The Starling Mall. It is always a joy to use chocolate in cooking.  This time I got the opportunity to demo using Whittaker's Chocolate as well as cater to the event. Whittaker's gave me not only the apron, but a cool cap AND a chocolate recipe book for me to prepare for the event.  For the catering menu, NZTE requested a Blueberry & Dark Chocolate Breakfast Parfait, using loads of healthy ingredients; chai, almond milk, blueberries, etc...  During the testing for the recipe given, we found out that it came out really watery and so our chef modified the recipe to give it more texture and flavor. Other items on the catering menu were the Chocolate Scones and Chocolate Ketayap which were a hit. Also included were Gift Boxes of Chocola

It was a great opportunity to showcase a number 1 product from the US, Organic Valley dairy products. It was familiar to me as I had always loved the milk and butter whenever I visited my son. When Fatric Sdn Bhd called me with the opportunity to demo and share my recipes, I was pleased and excited to be able to get samples to try at home. As I was limited only to milk, butter and heavy whipping cream, my mind raced through all the recipes I knew and it came down to the three favorites we serve at our Little White Cafe. What would showcase milk at its best, without drinking it on its own or making a milkshake or other drink from it, I thought. Of course, for me, milk is always best ice cold as it is, especially if it were on the rocks. Then I thought, Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce! The custard I made for soaking the bread in was half milk and half heavy cream. 500 ml of each actually, to make a rich custard for the bread to soak in and with bites of sweet raisins added i

Last but not least, I plan to share the recipe for American Biscuits. I got the recipe from the Neely's, of Food Network when they did the show on the Peach Cobbler. It seems that the pastry was actually the recipe for a biscuit dough.  I have been using this recipe since then, with slight modifications of course, so that it is firmer and can be cut with a cookie cutter. The Peach Cobbler with the biscuit dough is sinfully delicious I must say. Oh, don't forget to use buttermilk instead of milk.. the one we made at the beginning of the demo before making the Bread Pudding. Here's the recipe for American Biscuits: And how do I serve this? I really love it the way it is, especially when it is fresh from the oven. I eat it like I do with scones. I do think that the Americans really know how to enjoy their food and the American Biscuit beats scones any day. Don't tell anyone I said that. Shhhh. For the demo, however, if I still have time, I shall poach some eggs a

The next recipe I would love to share using these wonderful products is the recipe for Butter Scones. I requested some heavy cream and they gave me Heavy Whipping Cream. Nevertheless, I am going to try making some clotted cream from scratch. This will have to be done the day before and if it turns out well, I shall have some "English" clotted cream to go with my scones. Other than that, on the day itself, depending on the condition of the sample heavy whipping cream product, I shall demo how to whip up some whipped cream as well. Put all of that together with the scones... butter, clotted cream, whipped cream and some really good strawberry jam, I think we got a tea party going on here. I'll let you know how the clotted cream came out in the coming posts. ~ Aunty Faizah

I couldn't be more excited to be able to use the products from Organic Valley. Ever since, I visited my sons living in the US, I have always loved the taste of their milk and butter. I was asked to come up with two recipes, that I would demo on a Sunday, from 12 noon to 3pm. Well, I kinda got excited and overboard and decided to share three recipes, or I should say four, no five. I just wanted everyone to taste not just the products but how easy it would be to make all of these... I think I'll start the demo by making the Buttermilk using the milk and lemon, putting it aside for when it is time to make the American Biscuits. Then, I'll start with the first (or should we say second) recipe. Bread Pudding. Here's the recipe for Bread Pudding... And don't forget the Vanilla Sauce... definitely the vanilla sauce. Once I preheat the oven to put in the bread pudding, I'll make the vanilla sauce... And when that is done, the oven would have been