Victoria Sponge Cake

I am not one who would break my promise, so before I get REAL busy, I'd better get this recipe posted; as promised....*smile*

As mentioned in Diana's Recipe Book this cake is an ultimate holiday, special occasion or birthday cake. This cake is delicious and you can never go wrong baking IT.

What you need for the cake is :

1/2 cup or 4oz unsalted butter, softened

1 cup granulated sugar

4 large eggs

2 cups or 225g cake flour

2 teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 tablespoon milk

For the cake :

Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Butter and flour round (8-inch x 1 1/2-inch deep) cake pan.

Bake cake on middle rack of preheated oven until the cakes are beginning to come away from edges of pan, about 20 to 25 minutes.
Let it cool completely, approximately 1 hour. In my case, I did not bake it in 2 round cake pans. What I did is bake it in just one cake pan and have it slice in halves.

Spread about 4 tablespoon of luscious strawberry jam for the filling on the bottom half.

Whip the 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, chilled, until soft peaks form or test it like Dyna did...haha

I spread the whipped cream before placing about 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries (leave some for decoration)

Sift confectioners' sugar over top of cake - your preference. I garnish it with fresh strawberries, and melted whipped cream (add a drop of red coloring to have that pinkish effect)....Voila!
This is how it looked, after my mum had cut her cake.
This cake is really easy to bake and not those kind that will make a big mess of your kitchen....It is yummy; you would want more.......

Happy baking *Smile*

Her name is Darling

It's Mother's Day today. Women all over the world who are mothers or not, celebrate them. Me - no exception. I baked Victoria Sponge Cake for myself...*lol*, for my little sis, Murni and of course, my dearest mum. Promise I will post in my next blog recipe for the cake. As usual, I had fun baking, only this time it is special because I am baking it for a very special person in my life - My Mum. Got the recipe from Diana's Dessert BUT it did not turn out as nice looking as her's I suppose, but everyone loves it. My mum is contented with just that....*smile*
We enjoyed ourselves just chatting, and me, shooting my little niece. Her name is Darling, she would beg to differ if you tell her otherwise. She is three and very adorable...she became the main focus of my shots...haha.

The Star of today, Adelina aka Darling.....and her partner my darling, Dyna.

To all Mothers - Happy Mother's Day. Remember U are Special in every ways, .........

*Hugs and Kisses*

Grandma Koala

What's the relation between GrandMa Koala and Dyna, my three year old darling? Oh it's a long story. One thing I can tell you is that she loves Grandma Koala's Strawberry Milkshake that she just did herself this evening - with sis Nylie's help. Every day she would sing along with Boowaakwala, I bet she knew all the songs that Boowakwala and Grandma Koala sang. She visited them everyday. She spent hours with them......*wink*
Let me show you how strong the influence they had in Dyna's three-years- plus-life and WHAT a JOY I have just watching her mess-up my kitchen. I never have that opportunity when I was her age...haha. She even poses and tell me what to shoot. She's the photo-shoot director really....*lol*

Hope you enjoy looking at photos of Dyna in her first attempt at making milkshakes as much as I did, shooting them and enjoying the fruit of her labour....It's hardwork!! *lol*

First, she gets the strawberries from the fridge....

Next, pour the milk in.......

Time to scoop-up the vanilla ice-cream........

Get sis Nylie to help blend the strawberries, milk and ice-cream using the electric-mixer......

Voila.......peace to all

And this is how influencial Grandma Koala is, Dyna insisted the recipe's print-out to be included in this shoot...*lol*

Down But NOT Out on May Day

I've been down with fever, flu, and now, when I am about to recover...it is my friend the Coughing Bug, that is bugging me. *sigh* I have not been able to hit the gym for almost two weeks now; I am slacking. I wonder if that's the reason for all the ill luck I have been bestowed upon. Well, let's look at the bright side, I cannot do anything much but to rest on May Day. Oh well, at least if I can rest for a while, it will be all worth it.

My idea of rest is to Bake..haha.....and read my friends' blogs, emails and of course upload some pics to Flickr. Ili did most of the preparations for the cupcakes and a cake which I did for my dear lil' sister, Murni - hope she likes the cake I brought to her the day before. *wink*

Ili is getting good at making her own cupcakes - she can literally do it on her own. I think she can even bake me a birthday cake *hint* - *lol*.

Gotta go - leaving for my office..........*whooooshhhhhhhhh*