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By Elisya Mirza

Amazing!

Masha'Allah

GE Run

It is always fun with big company. Nurul and her gang was running too. WeiLing was sick so I got Hadirah to run in her place. So we ran 5km.
Nur was with me, I had no idea she was a runner back in school. She practically bounce along the route. She sprinted in the last klick!
Met Nurul after 2km mark, she was unwell but manage to complete the run with Shabas. Just like my good fren Shana, they never run. In fact, Atta bet she couldn't even wake up for the run. Their sense of achieveness was the climax since these ladies are still breastfeeding! Kudos to all of them
My sweet cousin Syidah whom I didn't get to meet also completed her 21km. She struggled a bit since we hardly train this time but she still complete with that beautiful tingling feeling...
AlhamduliLLah

these young parents naturally had the daddies and babies in tow! my big brother was around too. Us three siblings present doing what we know best eating! so we had a big breakfast at Swenson's MarinaSq. Piling up more calories than what we burn in the morning. It is always great to be with your families..! Love them much much..

Sweet Day

Anak cik Hali's wedding... at Tampines on a wet Sat afternoon

River Regatta 2013

Scrabble

Elisya is still trying to learn...
Fixated on only 1 word she tried to place it everyway possible but not proper.. hee
Dictionary is always by our side to improve vocab and to confirm any doubts.

Love my officer

Pool Party

It's Ayden Zayn's 1st birthday. It is Elias Green where we used to frequent in my twenties. Even Hadirah had flashbacks of her times there.

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Time flies.. gatherings brings us together, reminiscing sweet memories. We are creating new moments for the lil ones now!Time flies.. gatherings brings us together, reminiscing sweet memories. We are creating new moments for the lil ones now!

I made chocolate cupcakes with cake toppers for the lil guy.. Happy bdae!

sista Nurul and her GFs are donning the hijab now, and they look so gorgeous! Alhamdulillah

Whoopie Pie

Macarons and Whoopies
Baking class at Zan's Treats.

http://zanstreats.com/

We were not seated together, working with others in teams of two. It seems easy enough but we know this fussy macarons are really temperamental.. Will try to make some since he love it, but not the kids. The whoopies were eaten 2 days later as it was just too big! I cut in small sizes and they love it. Elisya and hubby packed 1 for their day..

It was delicious! must make more... here's how to make it

Whoopie Pie

120g butter, add a pinch of salt if unsalted
160g caster sugar
2 eggs
190g plain flour
25g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder

Method : Cream the butter and sugar until light pale. Do the drop test.
Add teh eggs, one at a time and beat very well after each addition
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Fold it into teh batter in 2 batches using a spatula
Pour the mix in piping bag with a big cut - no tips needed
Lay a parchment paper over the baking pan and pipe blobs of circles of your desired size
Wet your fore fingers and smooth the pointy tops
Preheat oven to 160deg & bake for 20 mins or until the cookie is firm not hard or dry
Remove and cool on wire rack
Sandwich the pies together with your preferred cream

Classic Buttercream
1 1/2 cups icing sugar (sifted)
125g unsalted butter
3 tbsp whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla flavour
pinch of salt

Method: Beat the icing sugar anb butter, starting on low to medium speed, until mixture is crumbly.
Add whipping cream, vanilla and salt, beat on high speed until smooth texture

Scrabble

Our first sceabble game together was played without me! I was busy making cupcakes. I manage to join in and help Lia out.

Time passes and my kids are old enough for a game of scrabble..! Masha'Allah

Kids birthday cupcake

Chocolate cupcakes with creamy frosting. First attempt on cake toppers too
A gift for my good fren's kiddo today at a pool party. Unfortunately the cream melted! Must note the cake must suit the occasion. Fondant cupcake will be more appropriate.

Chocolate Moist Cake recipe from Martha Stewart

http://www.marthastewart.com/342348/chocolate-cake

Frosting is Betty Crockers White Frosting

Car Wash

This hardly happens...

Ticket to Ride

A game to snooze the rain away..

Ticket to ride - Card game

I found it at a costume shop at $20. It's great fun. Hubby is determined, again, to get the original board game. hee

PicPickNic - Card agme

Its a kids game but it was more to luck and gamble of sorts, we disnt fancy it and went back to another round of Ticket to Ride..!

Cake P0P mania

Our Jihad

Mengaji with Zameer and Fadhli. Trying to learn and read the Qur'an is our Jihad..!

I will try to put some food on the table for my guests.. basic courtesy

Seen here is Betty Crocker's Cornbread that Elisya loves

Also Pizza! home made crust was my first attempt and it did quite rise to the occasion. Buying Pizza topping cheese instead of Mozzarella was also another mistake as it doesn't melt nicely or taste as good. Also the Master's black pepper bacon also gave a funky taste instead of Zac's segar bacon. Next time i will stick to just Pepperoni and cheese only!

Fondant fun

A visit to my mom's house got me excited to try something new. It was my first hand at fondant. I let the kids had a go at their 'play dough'. To me it was a nightmare! Haha...

The girls ate their creation delightfully. Honestly, it looks very UN-appetizing so I discard the fondant and slap my beautiful Butterscotch cream cheese instead..! Beautifully done by sweet Hadirah.

Friday sweetness...!

For my lurvliez

Devil's food cupcake with Butterscotch cream cheese frosting.. !
Seen here with a drizzle of Hershey's chocolate and Smucker's Butterscotch ice cream toppings..

Cake pops will always be kids favourite

Devil's food cupcake & Cake Pops was improvised from Martha Stewarts' Chocolate cake with an additional 1 cup of instant coffee and reduce 1 cup of cocoa powder.

 http://www.marthastewart.com/342348/chocolate-cake

Butterscotch Cream Cheese

1tbsp butter

1/2 cup icing sugar – sieve

250g cream cheese 

1/2 cup butterscotch ice cream topping ~ Smucker's

a pinch of cinnamon powder

Half pack of Non Dairy Cream Cheese *optional, it adds volume and stability

Whisk together in a bowl

Whisk till medium consistency in a separate bowl

Add to the cream cheese bowl and mix together

Ready to pipe 

Selamat pagi mama..

Hanya untuk mu...

JB Fun

again.. we took leave to have our JB rendezvous. i shopped at Bakerzone with a vengeance!

Then to Bukit Indah Jusco for lunch. We ate our fill in Nandos..and then more shopping... clothes, shoes, bags!!! till penniless

Alhamdulillah the drive home was easy and smooth. no jam at 6pm was a bonus!

Happy Sunday

Another day at home..
With Triple Berry tea break with cream cheese ..
Macaroni+Cheese with pepperoni for the kids..

Fiesta

It was a great day for me.
Started the day with a jog in the neighborhood. Then went snooping around at an RC event of Tree Planting Day. Best of all, I won a bid on eBay for my very own Kenwood Major! It was delivered within in 2 hours.
So I was whipping away in kitchen the whole day. Made ourselves Pizza, Jello, Tacos and Cheesecake...

AlhamduliLLah

First order

My first RedVelvet order to TP tomorrow...

Eidul Adha

Masha'Allah

Lia on her Eidul Adha celebrations today...
Elisya is enjoying a one week stay at home due to PSLE marking days!

mama's birthday

i surprised mama with a box of RedVelvet cuppies at her workplace..!

9Oct2013

WeiLing's big day

my first experience of gate crash..
a great wedding for my sweet GF!
6Oct2013

Oct bdae celebration

Crab and seafood galore at ChaiChee restaurant. I made RedVelvet cake for my beloved family to celebrate..! mama got her LongChamp she always wanted. Hadirah get her share of BBW and Coach gifts in a Daiso lunch bag 😆

Red velvet rose cake

simply followed tutorials on youtube. made for my beloved mom, bro and sweet hubby!!

Recipe from Baby

Red Velvet Cuppies

2 1/2 cup cake flour - sift

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup veg oil

2 large eggs ( room temp)

1 tsp red gel

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup buttermilk (1 cup of milk + 1 tbsp vinegar set aside min 30 mins)

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp white distilled vinegar

Method: Cake flour, cocoa & salt (Whisk)

Sugar and oil (whisk on medium speed)

Add eggs 1 at a time, mix in colour and vanilla

Reduce speed to low

Mix in flour mixture in 3 batches alternating with 2 addition of buttermilk

Baking soda & vinegar (last 12 seconds)

Bake at 180 degC for 20 mins

Cream Cheese Frosting

100gm icing sugar     ]

250gm cream cheese ] whipped

10gm butter              ]

optional 1/2 box Non Dairy Cream - whipped

Method : Mix cream cheese mixture into Non Dairy Cream mixture

Elisya lost her two front teeth

she lost the first on the first day of raya, today she lost the other. missing her two front teeth makes her look like a baby all over again.. hehee
6oc2013

Lia can bake

Lia wanted to frost cupcakes since she truly enjoyed it previously. All the gurls helped in the baking. Like whisking and breaking an egg each. After baking and cooling down wait is over. Lia showed off her skills in frosting the cuppies. She has skills! SubahanaLLah

Excited in her princess gown, she is proud to share with her friends for their early Children's Day celebration today..! notice the lil one was also excited this morning in her big sistas's dress with long pants and socks all. soft hearted me, decided to bring her along to send Lia to school and shoo her back home.. hee

This was made from Betty Crocker Yellow moist cake mix that i made into yummy Strawberry and Vanilla frosting..! ;p