Midnight Tipsy Baking I : Rum Truffle Pop (Rock) Cake

One night i feel insomnia coming on. So i simply gets to the kitchen, trying to get my self busy with left-overs. Voila! Some brownies! I still had that cooking chocolate too. So i decided to make a regular pop cake. Until I realized there's some Jamaican Rum laying around too. Time to make mommy's midnight snack!

1. To make pop cake from brownies or cake, use icing to give moist to the crumbles so we can make a ball shape dough. 

Simply make brownies to crumbles, mix it with rum ( I use A LOT), until the consistency is enough to make the dough didn't stick on hands when you shape it like a ball. If you bake your own brownies, do the Rum part during mixing the batter. You can add more rum as the replacement of icing later again when making dough for pop cake. 

Extra tips:
Be sure to not putting too much, most people tend to accidentally put too much icing (or Rum, in this case) for pop cake, making it too moist. The right mix is when the dough didn't sticks on your hand when shaping it to a ball. And do use hand instead of spoon. You'll feel the right consistency of the dough when you use hand.

2. Make a round shape flat dough, put some pop rock candy in the middle, than shape it to ball. Open pop rock candy bag just before you use it. Pop rock popping part fades easily to humidity.

3. Stick a pop-sickle stick or lollipop stick to your ball. Drip some melting chocolate around the stick & ball too glue them together. 

4. Put in fridge for 5 minutes until the chocolate & the ball harden 

5. When it's hard enough, dip balls to melting chocolate.

6.  Put in fridge for 5 minutes until the outer chocolate shell harden again. Then you can decorate it with any toppings you like.

Remember to eat it right away. As I said before, pop rock  popping part fades easily. The rum will kicks, just without explosions in your mouth. Must be eaten at the same day for the most dramatic effect.

How to Make Your Ketupat Last Longer

Eid Mubarak!!

Most common Eid main dish in Indonesia is probably Ketupat. Almost every household serve Ketupat on their dining table. It is made from rice that has been wrapped in a woven palm leaf pouch and boiled. Commonly served with Opor Ayam ( Chicken in Coconut Milk), Chicken or Beef Curry, Rendang, or  Sambal Goreng Ati (Spicy Beef Liver). 

Photo Courtesy of Tuis Imaging

Naturally, Ketupat can last for 2-3 days serving. But do you know how to make Ketupat last long? Well, for those who doesn't, check out this tips:

1. Put a little bit of Air Kapur Sirih (Lime Stone Paste) to the bowl of washed rice grain, just before you put the rice to the Ketupat pouch. For those who already skip this step, no worries, the next tips will help too. The main idea is to keep your Ketupat dry, not humid.

2. After its cooked, rinse Ketupat with cold water immediately. Then hang the ketupat until its completely dry.

3. Once it's dry, you can wrap it with plastic bag before putting the Ketupat on the fridge. This way, your Ketupat can last for 4-7 days.

4. When you need to heat it up, grab the exact amount of Ketupat you'll need. Let it on room temperature for a while before steaming it for 30 minutes.

Enjoy your Eid Holiday :)

Strawberry Cheese Cake-in-a-Jar

Hi There!!

Another post of Cheese Cake in A Jar! Why? Because i still got some left over ingredients. And I'm maid-less, and just to lazy to make other dessert with lots of cooking tools. One of my favorite thing bout no-bake cake-in-a-jar is all the kitchen tools you need is simply spoon & bowl :D

But despite it's simple process, it's still a low-fat, fresh & creamy dessert.

What you'll need:

16 Crackers, roughly chopped (any kind, but i prefer ones that not too sugary)

225 gr Low-Fat cream cheese, room temperature

12 fresh strawberries, sliced into small cubes 

1/2 cup caster sugar 

1/2 cup of strawberry jam

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon of lemon juice (optional, but very recommended, to give a fresh taste)

225 gr Low-Fat Whipping Cream

About 8 pcs 100 gr jam jars 

How to make it:

1. Coarsely chop (or simply crack) the crackers and set them aside.

2. Use electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or whisk to beat the cream cheese, castor sugar, vanilla, lemon juice and set aside. Gently stir in the Whip.

3. Base your jars with chopped crackers. Then put a spoonful of jam and a spoonful of cubed strawberries.

4. Scoop a little amounts of the cream cheese mixture into the jars to make first layer. Layering with spoonful of jam & cubed strawberries again in the middle. Scoop another amounts of cream cheese mixture, then top each one with jam & strawberries. Screw the lids onto the jars and refrigerate them for at least four hours, or until firm.

Finished in 10 minutes or less. 

Oreo Cheese Cake-in-a-Jar

Hi, 

This is my new blog! I wanna share all my passion in cooking with all of you here :)

Here's our family's all time favorite recipe. No Bake. Low Fat. Kids Friendly.

What you'll need:

15 Oreo cookies, roughly chopped

225 gr Low-Fat cream cheese, room temperature

¾ cup caster sugar (spare some for the sprinkle on top of oreo cookies, to give a contract decoration)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon of lemon juice (optional, but very recommended, to give a fresh taste)

225 gr Low-Fat Whipping Cream

About 8 pcs 100 gr jam jars (sure you can re-use old jam jars instead of throwing it away)

How to make it:

1. Coarsely chop the cookies and set them aside.

2. Use electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or whisk to beat the cream cheese, castor sugar, vanilla, lemon juice and set aside. Gently stir in the Whip and 3/4′s of the chopped cookies.

3. Base your jars with chopped cookies. Spare the rest for layering.

4. Scoop a little amounts of the mixture into the jars to make first layer. Layering with oreo cookies in the middle. Scoop another amounts, then top each one with a little bit of the remaining chopped cookies. Screw the lids onto the jars and refrigerate them for at least four hours, or until firm.

Finished in 10 minutes or less. My kids ate them in 3 minutes or less.