2 decades.

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;)

As written as the title of this entry, it's been 2 decades i've been living on this world. Alhamdulillah. thank you Allah for giving me a great life, great family, great friends.

13.1.2013

That was the date of my 20th birthday. what a unique date isn't it? :DDD

First of all, I'm so thankful that after living for 20 years as His khalifah, i finally got the chance to be one of the Malaysia's Blood Donor. :)) Wheeeee~

and i've got to know that i've got the same blood type as my close friends Hasanah and Shera. which is blood type B. ;)

Oh ya, not to forget, the very first birthday gift i received was from Norshahira Azahar a.k.a. Shera. She gave me a bottle of Swans shaped Origami, with a birthday wish written on them as seen below. :D

the second one was sent through twitter. how sweet of you two Yeanna and Mira. :D

the cutest one was a Hippo pencil case given by Fatin Nabilah a.k.a Bell. :DDD

while Hasanah gave me a glass and Fiza gave me her hand made clay gift. :D

okay, it's obvious that my friends are just too creative in selecting a gift. ;'D

Last but not least, my mum gave me a mobile phone, the same model she gave me back in 2011 for my 18th birthday, which is Nokia 1280. HAHA. She forgot that she had once presented me the same model back then. How cute of her. ;'D
Even though all these presents are seem not that expensive compared to any other kids might got for their birthday, but i still love them and appreciate their effort in showing me how much they care for me :)

Okayy, this is the 2nd time ever i didn't celebrate my birthday with my family. The first time was during last year. i could still remember how Hasanah and her housemate Nurul Farhana tried to trick me in order to surprise me that night. She SMS me to come over to their house and teach her how to do the Accounting assignments. heh. xD


My birthday this year was on Sunday, the day after the 'Kemahiran Insaniah' programme. I didn't went back home on that weekends, but i went overnight at Bell's house in Port Dickson with Lyeanna, Mira, Intan and Bella instead.
The five of us went to the beach that 'morning' together with Bella's grandma, called as 'Atok'. Her grandma is around 70++ years old, yet she's still so energetic, cute, and funny when making jokes with her Kedah's dialect. OH, the best part was that she treated us the banana boat ride! Wheeeee~ :P 

The girls asked me to teach them on how to bake the Red Velvet cake. thus, Pet(Bella's BF) fetch and brought us to TF supermarket to buy the ingredients on that evening. We then started our baking activities after the Maghrib prayer. :) 

and Tadaaa~ here's the result of our Red-Green Velvet cake. ;)

The next morning, the girls together with Bell's little sisters sang the birthday song for me which actually almost made me burst into tears. LOL.

On that night, after finished baking, we went to Pet's Burger Bakar stall by Wawa's car. Afterwards, we went to PD Waterfront for the so called 'photo-session'. Theeheee~ :D

 Bella was trying to show me the stars that she wished to give me. LOL!

The next day, after having the cake, we  had a stroll in Bella's father's fruits orchard at the back of their house. :)

cool isn't it? who said engineers never know how to plant trees? ;)

Bella's dad sent us to the bus station that afternoon after finished mowing the grass. We took a bus to Seremban, and then Manja fetch us at the Terminal. We went back to Pilah and had dinner at Melang Port before arrived at our campus in Beting.

Right after we arrived at campus, we're back to our scary 'hectic life'. We spent the night study-grouping at Anjung since we've got a Statistics test on the next two days. Woohooo~

And that's the end.

With that, i'd like to end my very first entry of 2013 by thanking all of you for adding colours in my life. :)

the smile on your face. ;)

السّلام عليكم

 Peace be upon YOU! ;)

What is this cake for? Don't you remember, in my previous entry "final exam result is out!" i've told about what a friend of mine, Bell has suggested on rewarding our parents instead of being rewarded.

So here it is! i finally bake a favourite cake of my mum last night. Yes, i admit that i'm not an expressive person. What i mean is that, i can't really convey my feelings, how much i love the people around me. Thus, this is the only way for me to show how much i care about them, other than sending SMS messages or wishing cards.

One of the best moments in life is when we could draw a smile on our parents' face. And alhamdulillah, indeed i was really glad seeing my dad smiled after reading what's written on the cake. ;)

"The smile on your face let's me know that you need me. There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me". Okay now these lyrics have stucked in my head. HAHAHA.

Till then, c ya! Now i'm going to have a Red Velvet Cake for breakfast! :DDD

If you'd love to try the recipe of this cake, do check out my previous entry on the Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe >>> HERE!

Recipe: Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 

PHEWW~ It seems that i've forgot that i used to have my own blog! LOL! It has been four months i didn't post anything on my blog huh? Thus, here it is! my very first entry for the year 2012! HAHAHA. Is it too late for me to wish HAPPY NEW YEAR? What a silly question,, absolutely YES, it's too late Fatin! duhh~ I've been so busy back in these four months with my campus life, till i've no time to spend on this blogging thinggy. Awwh~ how sad it sounds right? >,<" Well anyway, now is my semester break. Therefore i've got a plenty of time to spend on my hobbies! YEAH! However, today i'm not going to write about what i've been doing during the past four months first, cause i'm going to blog about another cake recipe! as requested by my old friend, Afiq. :D Hehe, he asked me for the complete recipe so that he can give it to her sister, and then ask her to bake it for him. ;) Okay, after quite some time i didn't came back home, i'm now back in the kitchen! Weehooo~ I'm the one who'll rule the kitchen! First thing first, of course i started with my favourite stuff in the kitchen which is the oven! theehe~ Thinking of baking, a Red Velvet Cake immediately popped-up in my mind. Well, i used to searched for the recipes back then before i continued studying, but i procrastinated to do it from time to time and end up didn't bake it at all at that time. LOL! Since i've got lots and lots of free time, i've finally make up my mind to made a first attempt of baking this Red Velvet cake last week. Even thought that was my first time baking this kind of cake, but it was a success! As usual, i've got compliments from my very best food tester who is my beloved MAMA! :D So, here's the recipe that i found and adjusted a lil' bit:

Ingredients for the Red Velvet Cake ;

2 1/2 cups (250g) sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons (15g) cocoa powder

1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated white sugar - [caster sugar]

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (240ml) buttermilk

2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Ingredients for the Cream Cheese Frosting ;

(227 grams) cream cheese - [i used 250g]

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (115 grams) icing sugar, sifted

1/2 cup butter

P/s: Some other recipes also include the Mascarpone Cheese and heavy Whipping Cream as the ingredients for the frosting, but to me, all the 4 ingredients listed above are sufficient enough. If you'd love a richer taste of cheese for the frosting, you may omit the butter from the list! That's what kak Athirah [Hariz's elder sis] told me when i asked her for some tips. :D

*If you can't find the buttermilk at supermarket, you can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar to milk and letting it stand for about 10 minutes.

Methods ;

Preheat oven 175 degrees C. Grease your cake pan using butter and flour. Set aside.

#1 - In a mixing bowl - sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Mix well and set aside.

#2 - In another large bowl - using mixer, beat the butter until soft. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

#3 - In a measuring cup - whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. 

With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture(#1) and buttermilk(#3) to the butter mixture(#2), in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. 

#4 - In a small cup - combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter(#2). 

Put in the batter into the pan and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake in the preheated oven for half an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool the cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. The cake is ready to be frosted when it's completely cooled down. 

For the Frosting ;

 In a bowl, by using a mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla and icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.

Assemble ;

 With a serrated knife, cut the cake into half, horizontally. Place one of the cake layers, top of the cake facing down, onto your serving platter. Spread the cake layer with a layer of frosting.  And then place another layer of cake on top of the frosting and continue to frost the top and sides of the cake. 

 view from the inside. :P

 this is how the batter look like. :D