My KIDS call me MOM: 03/27/14

Colours of my Life

You'll never know what's the future has in store for you. I used to pictured myself as a career woman once. But now, I'm a 24/7 housewife and mom. I managed to work for 2 years though, but lost my job at 6m pregnancy with my 1st child. Since it's so tough to get a new job, I'm just better off at home.

The minute I held & cradle my baby for the 1st time, I couldn't imagine anything that could held me back from being there besides her throughout her growing years. Not for a split second I thought of leaving home for a carrier life anymore.

So that's when my never ending story as a mom begins.. Despite all the hardship I went through raising my kids, I still can stood tall and proudly announce I'm a mom of 2 adorable kids. Never did it occur to my mind that I regretted leaving behind all my years of studying and working. My kids meant more than that.

It's one tough job being a mom n raising your own kids. Every mom has a different story to share. Different child has a different tantrums that will later developed into their personality... I'm still, and forever will be learning and challenging myself to becoming a far more better mom. Many tips I learned and would gladly to share with other moms out there..

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Black Devil Chocolate Cake with a 'moist' look

This is an all time favourite recipe of mine. Used to start making this during my teen until now, for my kids. It's crispy on the outside and nice and soft in the inside. You can modify it however you wish, making it into cupcakes and pouring some ganache with colourful sprinkles on it to have that extra chocolaty taste and look to it. Be creative.. :-) Here,s the recipe :

1/2 slab of butter (125g)
2 cups castor sugar (you can substitute it with brown sugar like I did, just for a much healthier cake)
3eggs
2 cups of flour ( it can be multipurpose or superfine flour)
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 leveled tsp bicarbonate of soda
2/3 cup cocoa/chocolate powder
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup of cold water

How to:

Cream butter and sugar with mixer
Add in eggs one by one, still in the mixer
Add in vanilla essence, salt. This would be your 'wet ingredients'
Sieve flour, cocoa/choc powder, b.p and b.s and set in a bowl as 'dry ingredients'
Now add in dry ingredients and cold water to wet mixture alternately. Make sure you end with the dr ingredients. I usually use the mixer till the end process of baking cake o tht the cake would be soft and nice.
Bake for 45min at 180°C or till its cracked at the surface and when poking a fork through the cake comes out clean. Then you'll know that the cake is perfectly baked.

As for the chocolate ganache topping, all you need is just some chopped block chocolate, melted using the double boiler method. After it's melted, all you need is just some cream. Whisk in cream little by little until you get the right conistency of your ganache. Then just sprinkle any decoration of your choice. (This is the fun part your kids can help you with ) :-) Here's my version of cake. Cute, moist look cupcakes for those kids of mine...