That dream

Dreams.. Tak salah kot nak berangan je kan? (*-*)"

source: encik gugel yang rajin layan saya berangan 

One day, perhaps.. Insya Allah.. :)

thank you mr gugel.. you've made my day.. :)

Chocolicious

I used to be a chocoholic.. Now, not so much.. Or rather, more selective of the chocolates I eat.. I think.. :P

Sepupu saya yang cantik lagi baik hati dah nak kahwin 24 Disember ni.. One of the items in her goodie bag to give away are these chocolates.. These are handmade.. Well, not exactly from scratch.. Tapi, ada personal touch laa.. :) She wanted minimum 1,000 casings of these chocolates, so I've decided to help out a bit..

I managed to do about 370 casings.. 1 casing has 2 chocolates.. so, 370 x 2 = 680 pieces of chocolates in the span of 2 weeks (tolak 5 hari sebab supply dah habis).. Rasa kagum jugak dengan diri sendiri.. Hehe..

These on the other hand, were requested by my sister-in-law for her niece.. Love the polka dots ribbon..

Rupa-rupanya ikat ribbon lagi jenuh dari buat chocolate.. Haha.. Nanti kena belajar teknik ikat ribbon yg mudah dan cepat tapi tetap cantik.. Huhu..

Till we meet again..

Toodles!

Puding Karamel

Found this video by chance..

Had to give it a try.. So, I did.. And here's my result:

Divine!

Dah, tak payah berdukacita sebab pakcik yang jual good caramel pudding tu dah tak menjual di PaRam masa bulan puasa.. Sebab I dah pandai buat dah.. :P

Thanks Francis.. Or rather, Auntie yang jaga Francis.. Heh..

Toodles!

:: Devil's Chocolate Cake ::

One of my BFF, Fahn got a surprised birthday cake from her friend at work. The name of the cake - Devil's Chocolate Cake. Few days later, she ordered the same cake from her friend just becuz she felt like eating. This was her what she ordered..

Fahn's Cake

That looks ah-may-zingggg, is it not?.. Obviously I had to try it out.. Fahn gave me this link to look for the recipe, I gave it a go and this was the result..

Messy lah sikit ye.. Hehe.. Suka hati letak blueberries bersepah-sepah.. Ganache pun runny jek.. 

Mind you, this cake was hand-beaten, ok.. *Clap clap.. 

Err.. Please excuse the messiness.. It's still in the fridge, have yet to try it out.. Will be doing just that right after this.. Have a nice day, everyone..

Toodles!

Laundry Bag - repurpose

Got this freebie whilst attending a seminar few months back.. Laundry bag with a stand.. I prefer sturdier old styled basket to stash my dirty laundry.. So, I have no use of this as a laundry bag.. I do like the material, though... And the polkadotty design.. I guess the only fair thing to do is re-purposing! Unstitched the seams, took out my scissors and snip snip snip..

From this:

 to this:

Preferred choice of basket..

 

pic source here

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 This! My new toy.. :)

Am now in ciwi mode.. Got many projects lined up..

Jangan hangat-hangat chicken poo sudah..  :P

Toodles!

Misz.Lolly's Homemade Beef Patties

was craving to eat a good burger the other day.. one yummy, juicy burger.. Malaysian street burgers or burger jalanan as I so fondly call them, are great, provided you know which crib.. tapi banyak gak gerai burger yang takat aci masak jek burger.. tak kreatip, tak menepati citarasa langsung.. then there's the fast-food burgers which are good, but not quite meet my high-demand taste buds. then of course, there's the 'high-end' burgers served in high-end restaurants.. some are good, some so-so.. found one restaurant which serves good burgers, but then i have issues with the size.. too big, termengah-mengah nak habiskan..

dah susah sangat nak menepati kualiti piawaian, maka dengan penuh semangat waja, daku pun google arr resepi burger terhebat seantero dunia.. gile menggiurkan tengok gambar2 burger tu k.. tak caya cuba search 'homemade burger' pastuh klik google images.. hahah padan muka, kan dah drool depan pc.. :P

baca resepi macam esok nak exam spm jek.. sampai dah boleh buat rumusan... rumusannya adalah my own recipe of homemade beef patties.. call it misz.lolly's homemade beef patties.. hehe.. masuk ni, dah kali ketiga dah buat burger in the frame of 2 months.. each time, i alter resepi ikut sesedap rasa..

agak2 juicy tak juicy?

final product.. oh, yg nipis tuh nama die beef salami.. cap prisma.. keluaran bumiputera.. ada logo jakim.. so, insya Allah halal.. beli kat pasar tani kelana jaya..

attempt utk buat burger ala bob's.. balut ngan telur..

haha.. roti burger dah abes, flat white bread pun hantam sajalah..



tgk dari sisi plak.. nih mmg meatarian punya burger... sayur yillek.. bukan sebab tanak letak, tp dah abes.. dalam fridge ada ulam pegaga, petai.. agak2 kalau taruk jadi apa tah ye?

toodles!

:: Gorgeous Golden Nuggets ::

ehem.. hola beautiful people.. kembali bersiaran setelah lamaaa menghilang.. :P

Today I made a bunch of yummy mini granola bars.. perhaps I should call them granola nuggets.. have been procrastinating on making these yummies for quite some time.. petang tadi pergi kedai bakery supply shop and finally found the golden chocolate wrapper that i've searched high and low for.. the ingredients mmg dah ada, resepi pun dah tampal kat fridge, so apa lagi.. makmal ujicuba dibuka semula! (actually nak buat jugak-jugak sebab teruja jumpa chocolate wrapper. :P)

  

the recipe was google searched.. obviously, lazy misz.lolly would always look for a recipe that's the easiest to make with very minimal ingredients, if possible ones that are always available in mum's kitchen.. I even modified some steps to make life easier..

original recipe can be found here..

while my modified recipe goes something like this:

2 cups oats
sunflower seeds
walnuts, crushed
brown sugar
honey
butter
vanilla extract
salt
chocolate chips

Note: For 2 cups of oats, you'd get about 30 - 35 nuggets. I only put the measurement for the oats cuz i only used basic instincts (hehe) when adding the rest of the ingredients into the oats. You can always refer the original recipe for measurement reference.

1. First of, you need a non-stick pan. Throw oats, nuts and nuts into the pan, and on a low heat, use a wooden spatula to stir them well. Get them off the heat before they all burn and set them aside in a bowl.
2. Next, you want to prepare a concoction that'll make the nuts stick to each other. Pour in the brown sugar, honey, butter and salt into the same pan that you use to toast the nuts. Stir on a low heat until everything melts in ooey goodness.
3. Turn off the heat, add in some vanilla extract for that oh-so-wonderful smell.
4. Meanwhile, add in some chocolate chips into the nuts, stirring them just about evenly. And then, pour the nuts into the sugary syrup and mix.
5. Now, it' important that you don't make a lot of the syrup, as if you're making a soup. I didn't measure how much I put the ingredients in but I think about half a cup of brown sugar and 1tbsp of honey would suffice. You'd think they're not enough to cover the nuts, but they actually do. Just keep on stirring and mixing. Too much of the syrup would make your granola nuggets too sweet.
6. Taste, and you'd be surprised.. Haha.. But the steps does not end here. You need to get yourself a non-stick baking parchment. Dump the delicious goodness onto the parchment paper and press them evenly.
7. Wait till they are a bit hard and cool to touch before you cut them. I think I waited for about 15 minutes. It's really up to you on how big/small you want to cut them. My wrapper was already pre-cut when I bought them, so I had to cut the granolas according to the size of the wrapper.
8. Finally, wrap! Oh silap, finally, you pop the granolas into your mouth.. yummy!

These make perfect raya tidbits. :) Of course, you can use other nuts, and you can also add in dried fruits as well. If you don't want to waste your time wrapping the granolas individually like I did, I suppose you can keep them in an air-tight jar, but just make sure you keep the layers separated by using parchment. Else, they'll stick to each other like nobody else's business.

Toodles!

Hard Disk Sleeve

Hello!

Mesin Jahit Bunda buat hal.. Mogok ke apa ntah? Benang 'tension' kot.. Orang dah berkobar-kobar nak buat baju untuk external hard disk.. Boleh pulak dia demam.. Mementang skang musim demam.. Huhu.. Maka, ada part yang terpaksa handstitch.. End up nya I pun tension sama! huhu..

Nasib baik guna prinsip, Usaha Tangga Kejayaan.. Alas, nampaklah juga hasilnya.. Walaupun tak kemas sangat, tapi bolehlaaa.. Here you are, one simple hard disk sleeve.. Made of baju kurung leftovers.. Sebenarnya ada part yang nak kene tetas semula, dan nak kene hantar kedai untuk dibuat lubang butang.. Lubang butang tu, tak dapatlah nak jahit tangan.. walaupun dah dapat inspirasi dari sini, tapiii, ermmm, tapiii, cubaan yang dibuat tu tak berhasil.. =P Takpelah, lain kali, kita cuba lagi la ye.. Hehe..

An advice, minta lebihan kain dari tukang jahit bila hantar kain untuk buat baju kurung.. There are lots of stuff you can sew from the leftovers.. You can even wrap gifts with them! Cool, no?

Kalau bukan sebab Mesin Jahit Bunda merajuk, sure bahagian dalamnya I dah jahit poket bagai.. (alasan!) Dalam gambar tak nampak, tapi ade certain stitch yang benang atas tak catch benang bawah.. erm, sila buat-buat faham je explanation itu.. hehe..

Maaf ye, saya takde kamera DSLR.. Compact digicam je ada.. Dah tu, tak reti pulak nak snap gambar cantik2.. Tapi, tak kire! Gambar butang yang blurry tetap nak masuk dalam entry jugak.. Hehe.. Sebab saya rasa butang ini omel!

Sekian.

Bye!

A Trifle Affair makes Lolly a complete Foole

It takes a fool to love a fool.. No, not that fool, silly. This fool. =P

And I quote from source: "Research indicates it evolved from a similar dessert known as a fool or foole, and originally the two names were used interchangeably."

No wonder I love making 'em soo much. Tee hee.. =P

Cakes, Jams, Custard, Fresh Cream, Mascarpone, Peaches & Luscious Red, Red Strawberries.. Yummy? Entah, tunggu CBB bagi keputusan.. Macam in theme with the red celebration, kan? Tee hee.. Happy Chinese New Year! =)

Cheerios!

Greetings!

Oh my..

February is almost here. I didn't even get to wish y'all a Happy New Year. :P Okie, my bad. I should have, could have and would have.. All of which I didn't.. But it's only January, and there's still another 11 months to go till 2011 say au revoir.. So I could still wish for you to have a great year ahead.. :)

What have I been up to lately? (in the arts and crafts and bake world?). Honestly, not much. Tee hee.. I managed to bake a marble cake for a small farewell party. I'm glad I did cuz there was one mummy-to-be who enjoyed my cake.. It really warms up the heart, to know that you were able to make someone happy. It makes all your effort worthwhile. :)

Before that, I managed to create a birthday card. Is it considered boastful if I think it's one of a kind? In Malay, the word is "perasan". Oh screw, I really, really liked the card that I made, so there. I don't think it's absolutely gorgeous or amazingly beautiful, but I really, really liked the card. :P Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of it. But that's ok. I could just easily re-create it.

Now, observe the word 'manage'. In my case, it translates to being able to do something nice in the midst of other things. The 'other things' might not be as much fun as the things that I 'managed' to do but they must be done. :P So, I had to squeeze in to do things that I enjoy. In a simpler term that I had wish to avoid typing, I've been busy.. :P

Today, I woke up realizing that I have accomplished most of the 'other things that are not as much fun to do'. So, I figure, I could do something fun instead. Here are some of the things I did, some small greeting cards that you'd put on a gift. These things cost you about RM1 and above if you buy them in a gift store and the likes. But if you have some time to spare, some scraps and paper, some glue and a scissor, you could just easily create your own small greeting cards. Enjoy!

Cut out from leftover wrapping papier

A bit of beads

Cut out from an empty tissue box

Cut out from a paper bag

Till next we meet!

Toodles!