chocolate sponge cake

i baked chocolate sponge cake layered with creme cheese and topped with melted chocolate.

to prepare chocolate sponge cake, you need

ingredient A (beat until light and fluffy - use mixture)

6 eggs (medium)

1 cup sugar

ingredient B (Stiff these two and fold it into ingredient A with a spatula, dont use mixture)

1 cup plain flour 

1/2 cup cocoa powder 

divide the cake into two or three tins, depends on how many layers you like to have for your cake. bake at 170 degree C for 15 minutes. make sure you heat the oven and grease the tins beforehand. let it cool before taking it out from the tin.

creme cheese. (creme this well)

200g creme cheese

4-5 tablespoon honey

2 tablespoon lemon juice

chocolate topping - melt these

chocolate button/bar (depends on how much you need)

milk / butter.

fold the flour into the egg/sugar mixture

 when the cake is ready, layer with creme cheese

ready to eat.. i should have more cheese...

chicken rendang

for the eid adha celebration, i prepared some chicken rendang for my family. i wish to prepare maqlouba rice, but mom had prepared rice, so chicken rendang is good enough to complete the main course. so this rendang we had with instant lemang (sticky rice cooked with coconut milk, sugar, salt in a bamboo stick).


so what do we need for rendang?


one whole or 3/4 chicken
ingredients A (blended)
Shallot
onion
lemon grass  
chilies
garlic
ginger
turmeric


ingredients B
oil 
chili paste/ powder
250 ml coconut milk (can always be substituted with milk)


ingredients C
pinch of salt
pinch of sugar
tamarind paste
palm sugar
fresh turmeric leaves (slices)


how to?


1-  heat the oil and fry the chili paste
2- pour all the Ingredient A
3- add chicken, coconut milk, 
4- add ingredients C except the fresh turmeric leaves (this one is to be added later when it's almost ready)
5- let it boil and cook it until it became thick, less gravy and stir it once in a while.
6- serve when it's ready.

some of the ingredients used 

so it's ready, but the picture is not so clear, huuu but it tastes good for me, at least ;)

chicken rice

when i heard chicken rice, things which came to my head was - it was rice for chicken ^^. ok not funny. so last few days i prepared chicken rice for dinner, something easy and simple to prepare i suppose. so what do we need are.


Ingredient A (rice)
2 cups of rice.
onion chopped
oil
4 inch ginger 
pinch of salt
panda leaves (optional)


ingredient B - blended the ingredient and marinate the chicken (roasted chicken)
1 whole or 3/4 chicken (chopped into 4-6 parts)
4-5 inch ginger
5-6 pieces garlic
soy sauce
2 table spoon honey
pinch of salt
pinch of sugar
1-2 tablespoon oyster sauce


ingredient C (soup)
onion finely chopped
3-4 inch ginger
some pieces of chicken/ chicken bone


ingredient D. (blended for its sauce)
5 chilies
2 tomatoes
pinch of salt and sugar
3-4 tablespoon lemon juice


how to?
1- steam the whole chicken 
2- use the water of steamed chicken (chicken stock) for soup and rice (divide into two parts)
3- marinate the chicken with ingredient B
4- boil ingredient C and add one part of the chicken stock prepared.
5- prepare the rice,heat the oil, fry the onion, add rice, chicken stock and all ingredient A, add water if necessary.
6- roast the chicken or you may fry if you like. (150 degree C for about 30-40min)


serve when it's ready.

it should be served with tomatoes and salad, but im so lazy to check out the veggie case in the fridge ^^,