Wake Up and Smell the Cake

After a few failed attempts at chocolate chip cookies (they spread out and get stuck to the pan), my cookie confidence is boosted after this recipe! There's a few types of recipes claiming to be famous amos choc chip cookies, and I tried the one which looks easiest. Which is the real famous amos? ;) I bought coffee oil which supposedly gives the "free smells", and now my larder smells of coffee haha. Got the recipe from here , but it's been on so many blogs. 225g unsalted butter, softened 200g brown sugar (on hindsight maybe if I used normal sugar it'll be more crunchy?) 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp coffee oil 1 egg Seeds from 1 vanilla pod 1/4 cup oats, processed to bits in a chopper 1/4 cup ground almond LOTS of semi-sweet chocolate chips 300g self-raising flour (I used normal flour + 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda) At least 2 hours or the night before, beat egg with vanilla and coffee oil to infuse. Refrigerate. Beat butter, suga...

For Husband's birthday, I didn't want to make a cake like I normally do. Was supposed to surprise him with a roti kirai cake instead, and some yummy beef rendang . Didn't have time to make the happy birthday bunting to poke through the cake though, he woke up earlier than I expected and already took a piece haha. Managed to cook the beef rendang and roti kirai in the wee hours (3.30am!) of the morning, on a working weekday no less! Thank God for my pressure cooker, which did the cooking of the meat (tumis excluded) in half an hour, and if I had done normal stove cooking it would take more than 2 hours. Roti Kirai 1 box of low fat coconut milk (not cream) 450ml water 3/4 tsp salt 2 eggs 2 cups flour Yellow colouring (I used tumeric powder) *recipe edited and 8 August 2017 and it's Husband Approved!*

I have too many things to post. The latest being my second attempt at sugee almond pudding. Along the way I did roti kirai for the Husband's birthday, with beef rendang, failed doughnuts, and now I can't remember what else! OH. Almost famous amos cookies! Let's do them one at a time. First is the sugee almond pudding. I followed the same recipe but I had rose water this time round and that made all the difference. I still did not follow the recipe exactly because I didn't toast the almonds in ghee, used store bought ground almonds, but seems good enough anyway. One batch can serve 8 to 10 people. 900ml water 1 cup sugar 2 tsp rose water 3 cardamoms 400ml evaporated milk (1 can) 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup ground almonds 150g semolina Raisins Heat the water, sugar, rose water and cardamoms until it comes to a boiling point.  Reduce the heat to a simmer and add the ground almonds, salt and milk. Don't let mixture come to a boil.  Add in the semol...