Orange Butter Cake

Orange Butter Cupcake

Q at 7-11 last night was crazy so I decided not to buy the bread for breakfast liao. No choice, have to start the engine for baking. So many mandarin oranges at home so here we go for the first clearance - Orange Butter cake. Just to make look better for Charmaine, added the butterfly candies bought from sunlik. Exclusively for her, daddy and aden does not have them. Hee Hee.

Ingredient
250gm salted butter
100gm castor sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp orange zests
250gm self-raising flour, sifted
100ml fresh orange juice

Method

Using a electric whisk, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
Add in eggs gradually and beat till combine. Add orange zest and mix evenly.
Fold in flour, alternate with orange juice in 3 batches.
Fill in cupcake cups up to 3/4. Bake in preheated oven at 160 deg cel for 25mins. Rest cake in oven for 10mins before cooling completely on wire rack.

P.S. Recipe from Peng's kitchen, just modify it to put in cupcake cups instead of tin.

Pooh & Hello Kitty Breakie

Pooh & Hello Kitty Breakie

What is more important than making my lil princess breakie / snack during recess interesting and putting that smile on her face.

Since she slept late to finish her journal last night, it was a lil challenge to pull her out of bed. Lucky the Pooh Faced bread turn her grouchy face to smiley one.

So mummy gotta to crack her coconut more to create more innovative food. But daddy wouldn't be happy with all the crumbs that are wasted. (Next time, will be more hardworking to transform them by frying them to replace bread crumbs for soup or croutons for salad.)

First Journal in P1

First Journal in P1

Teacher has returned a jotter book since last Friday for my princess to input her journal. Aiyo she simply forgot about it completely. How did we find out?

Managed to have some private moments with her in bed chatting about school then she says her classmates has submitted the journal etc. Then I asked what about her ? As usual, she goes "Oh, I forgot". So she climbed out of her bed and finished this lil journal of hers.

It is about the bear which she made 3 years ago at Esplanade. Entry to her journal :

I made my own bear and dressed it. I gave her a name. It is called Dreamie. I always hug her in bed very tightly. When I hug her, I have good dreams. I love her very much.

New Kids in Household Block

New Kids in Household Block

Done a mini shopping spree at Kai Kai - Chinatown Point today during lunch. Not too bad for the wallet today, just $29.30 after 10% discount. Thanks to Hwee for her discount card.

Additions to the household family, I introduce Pooh Bread cutter- $8.90, Tomica and Hello Kitty Sauce Container - $6.90 each and Hello Kitty Chopsticks with case - $9.90( just to be fair to my Princess Charmaine since we will bring Thomas training chopsticks for Aden whenever we are out). Price before discount.

Charmaine, look out for new Pooh Bread design tomorrow.

Wat's for cooking ?

Wat's For Cooking ?

Already nua the whole CNY, been lazy. No scrapbooking, no baking, little housework done and even the kids meal is takeaway. Only job that cannot be escaped is to prepare Charmaine's breakfast and recess snack daily Mon to Friday.

Better make up to them before they become so deprived. So 2 meals prepared in a day but it is realli easy ones.

Kiddie Bento for Sat Lunch

Looks like what is served in restaurant ? Sushi rice moulded in cube with alternate sprinkled with nori and sesame. Steamed Chicken marinated in teriyaki sauce with kyuri moulded in bear shape. Tamagoyaki moulded in shapes of heart and stars.

Soba for Sat Dinner

Soba with soup and tofu. Just to make it more interesting, garnished with Hello Kitty fish cake and seaweed. Boy, the fish cake sure cost a bomb at $7.40. Sorry Aden, no Keropi. Could not find so please make do with Hello Kitty.

Reading Literacy

Reading Literacy

Aden is always running away from books from young. But I need to get him started somewhere. Charmaine is such a good and easy baby and loves books, just dun understand why Aden is totally opposite.

So extra effort is needed. Target is to spend 30 mins with Aden and 1 hour with Charmaine for reading. Charmaine is introduced to Enid Blyton and she willingly picked it up as her best friend in school Hannah says she should be reading more difficult books. So if she likes the book, will be getting more for her.

Let's start easy with Aden. Last night I managed to read to him with his participation. It is a very great achievement I felt as he will repeat after me and respond to the story. Like where is Eric, he was able to tell me Eric is the dog. To reinforce, I read the books to him again while waiting for daddy to get ready this morning. He did not resist again. Great, he will soon be ready. I am so motivated.

Further enhancement in the car is the Your Baby can read throughout the journey to school. No more Kungfu Panda or Incredibles. It is too violent for him as he was picking up all the punching and gun shots.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Age is catching up. More candles to blow for my birthday cake.

Second birthday treat comes from Bee Ling and Sandy with a cake and birthday pressie - working bag from the gang including Yvonne and Lena. Thank you thank you.

What did I do in the first 5 hours of my birthday. Ha ha I was scrapping all the way. Not sleepy so I decided to finish up this very backlog mini album which is a class I attend way back in May 2008.

Check out my Lil Chua - One of a Kind. A Album on how you are so alike.
Selections of photos shortlisted by hb, capturing our memory on how our 2 lil ones look so alike.