Oatmeal cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

· 125g top flour

· ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

· ½ tsp baking powder

· ½ tsp salt

· 1cup brown sugar

· 125g unsalted butter, room temperature

· 1 egg, lightly beaten

· ½ tsp vanilla essence

· ½ tsp kahlua

· 1 tsp ground cinnamon

· 100g raisins

· 160g rolled oats

· Chocolate chip (optional)

· Sesame seed (optional)

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line baking trays w baking paper.
2. Shift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon & salt.
3. Cream together sugar & butter. Add the egg, vanilla essence & kahlua gradually.
4. Stir in the sifted ingredients & mix well. Stir in the oatmeal & raisins.
5. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons about 2” apart onto the ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake for 10mins or until light brown.
7. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack

Happy occassions

Yesterday was my birthday (11/03/06)
Yesterday was Tin Fong & Merlyn's wedding (11/03/06)
Yesterday was Terence & Ivy's wedding (11/03/06)
wohhhhh, yesterday was really a great day for celebration!

I was summoned to be one of the jie mei for Merlyn. She wanted us to reach her house by 0515hr as she needed to get out of her matrimonal house by 0630hr..She is a typical teochew thus followed the customs fairely closely..

Unfortunately, Audrey & HY who were supposed to fetch me was late. They couldn't wake up...........................It took lots of courage to decide to call her house, which is also in Sembawang. I was kinda worried because Audrey has never been late for any appointments especially for this important occassion. To my surprised, she was still asleep. Of course, she and HY became panic and did whatever they could in 15mins time. FYI, they were supposed to fetch me at 0450hr and I called them at 0500hr....... Well, with the speedy speedy car, we still reached Merlyn's house by 0600hr to block the guys...hehehe

Fun started>>>>>w negotiation
1st, TF was asked to guess mel's hand writting.........he was really blur... he didnt get it right...thus, we demanded ang bao....of cos unsatistactory

next, we threw a handful of paper underwear....they were summoned to wear....well, most couldnt fit well. Maybe it was toooo Big (according to the guy), u know what I meant
but in fact, they are too flabby

with the paper underwear on, TF had to start the ball rolling by doing pole dancing.........wasn't that an innovation ideas........thanks to the gals, they are real creative and whoever came out w this idea, kudo to them............Thereafter, all the guy would hold on to the 1 pole and start dnacing again....that was really funny

actuclly, I couldnt remember the amount of ang bao we got but I juz kept on demanding for more ang bao, isnt that like a beggar.........and boy, we were really like beggar & snatcher....hehe, simply grab whenever we could

we were given 15mins to play play so no choice lah, have to let TF in.....but the jie mei were not stupid, we dashed and locked Mel's room.......the guys were pretty rough, they almost bang the door down..........in the end, we let him in after the 5th ang bao........since all agreed & wouldn't want to delay any further

Mel was of cos happy to see TF after all the obstacles.........TF kneeled down to give the bouquet of baby pink roses.......he was trying to say something mushy to mel as an expression of love but I think he sounded funny leh....script like not very prepared

Finally, Mel was married out....time contraints, so mel & tf made a 3 round about then go back to matrimonal house...like 'hui niang jia'.....all of us headed to TF's house to wait for them....I was quite disappointed that TF' house was so quiet....It wasn't seemed like having wedding....there were so some ballons hanging near the doorway but it looked more like a children birthday party kind of decor.........

Only the parents came to entertain us.....Tong Fong & family were still at their L2 house until their father called them for tea ceremony........I was quite shocked but well, this is none of my business.

at 0930hr, all us headed for Sheraton Hotel for the soleminsation and lunch.....everyone looked tired but all of us have special roles to play...despite tireness, we didnt dare to slack

i will cont.............need to koon now

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Finally, my chiffon cake was successful. There was no pix taken cos I was in a hurry to rush for my afternoon duty......Thus, I jux packed and go....

The chocolate chiffon cake was modified based on Florence's recipe (http://wlteef.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_wlteef_archive.html ) . My cake was able to raise and the texture is no longer like a piece of rock

Verdict from most colleagues: soft and really nice

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Ingredients:

(A)

3 egg yolks

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp rum or kirsch

30g castor sugar

(B)

20g cocoa powder

60ml warm corn oil

(C)

100ml warm water

(D)

70g self-raising flour

1/2tsp baking powder

(E)

3 egg whites

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

40g castor sugar

Method :

1. Mix ingredients (A) well with a hand whisk.

2. Stir cocoa powder in warmed oil until dissolved and pour into yolk mixture.

3. Stir (C) into yolk mixture.

4. Sieve ingredient (D) and stir it into yolk mixture.

5. Whip egg whites in a clean mixing bowl until big bubbles are formed. Add in the cream of tartar and whip until white in colour. Add in sugar over 3 times and whip until egg whites is stiff.

6. Pour 1/2 white into yolk mixture and blend well.

7. Pour yolk mixture into the remaining egg white mixture and blend well.

8. Pour batter into clean baking pan and bake at 170C for 45 minutes or until cooked.