What do I do whn I'm bored..

at home on a rainy afternoon, with the household napping and no one to disturb me?


 Doughnuts!!!!!!

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside..

Chocolate glaze and decorated by Nia

Lemon glaze

And my personal favourite: cinnamon sugar!!

Of course, who gets to load up on carb??? Everybody else!!! *wicked laughter*

"Jingle Bells Jingle Bells All the Jingle Bells"

goes Nia's version of Jingle Bells song. Demma (Grandma) was over the moon nevertheless that her little granddaughter could sing X'mas song! LOLs.

the girls woke up half way to malacca with big smiles on their faces

Xmas morning activities.. ripping out wrapping papers off pressies!

she looks unhappy huh?

lil one with her Ah Cho

Boxing day birthday girl - Ammai Jesmine

I hoped to have a long break, as in being in M'ca for at least a week, I even had all the fab M'ca food listed down (in my head) to have every day of the week! Starting with Bihun Cili Padi Durian Tunggal, Chicken Rice Balls at Limbongan, Ikan Bakar Duyong, Mee Rebus Taman ASEAN, Naan Kota Laksamana, Chai Tau Kueh at a pasar malam near MiL's place, Ikan Bakar (again, I know ~ but this is different, its only open for lunch) in Malim, Coconut Shake in Taman Merdeka, Asam Pedas Pasar Borong, Peranakan food in Melaka Raya and last but definitely not the least, Tau Kwa Taman ASEAN! OMG, I can go on & on & on just on these.. but I shall not. Cause I did not get to eat ALL of it save for the Asam Pedas..

BECAUSE someone had all his leave cancelled by his lovely boss (the perils of being competent!)! So, anyways, X'mas was such a rush business - we were in M'ca, X'mas came - the next thing u know, we were back in KL! I only managed to make MiL some cookies, not even a cake for her this X'mas. Will make it up to her at CNY, which is hovering just around the corner.. gosh I have so much to do!

Midnight Indulgence

In anticipation of one of my fav persons in the world's visit tomorrow, I baked a simple yet delish coffee cake. And my oh my, was it delish or what?! It was soft and light and the crunch of the streusel complemented the cake perfectly. Thankfully I had most of the stuff needed except sour cream, so I replaced it with buttermilk instead, and an hour after I got started, this is what came out from my oven:


Look at that toasted walnuts, Hershey's milk chocolate chips and cinnamon sugar goodness on top of the cake..



15 minutes later.. one piece went missing



and ended up on my plate!



Recipe from Joyofbaking. Think I'll warm this up tomorrow and drizzle some milky chocolate ganache and caramel syrup for the chocolate lover. Hmmm.

Best Part of Parenting - Shy Chicken

Nia, while eating fried chicken: "Papa look, this chicken is malu (shy)"

Papa laughing, "Why is the chicken malu?"

"Nia ate the chicken baju, so the chicken malu!"said she non-chalantly while peeling off the crispy flour layer off the chicken and smugly tucking it in her mouth.

Papa & mummy : ROTFL..

Foghorn Leghorn ain't really a shy chicken I knw - I just love my looney tunes!!

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)