Christmas

One more day to go till Christmas... Hooray !! Christmas is one of my favourite festive seasons... To me, Christmas is all about family and friends, the good food, the Christmas deco, the presents, Christmas carols and of course, Santa.

Talking about food, I realized that there are certain food which have become the traditions for Christmas. During Christmas season, you will definately hear about roast turkey, ham, cranberry sauce, apple sauce, fruit mince tart, fruit cake, christmas pudding, chocolate truffles and christmas cookies.

Doesn't all the food make you hungry ? Yum... Mmm.... Mmm.... Alright, lets do something then, so eeny meeny miney moe.... which of the christmas food should i make ? and the result is...........

The Christmas Fruit Cake !!

So last Sunday, I baked my ever first fruit cake. It was slightly over baked (due to my negligence, I was watching movie on my computer and forgot about the cake :p) but thank goodness it wasn't so bad. It came out slightly darker than it supposed to be and a little bit dry. But other than that, it tasted pretty alright.

Next on my list will probably be the chocolate truffles or mini cheese cakes. Hmm... or I might just do both :> until then, here's wishing all of you out there: Merry Christmas

Just Me

Lately I am obsessed with photo editing, particularly photos of myself :> It all started with the idea of creating a profile picture for my facebook. I wanted to use a picture of me but still keep a certain secrecy. So I ended up croping part of my photos and adding some artistic touch to it :p

Chinese New Year

I know.... I know.... Christmas is just round the corner and I am talking about Chinese New Year ?!

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Ha ha... Actually I decided to make some pineapple tarts and that reminds me of chinese new year. During chinese new year festival, there will be lots of cookies available and one of the most popular-must-have cookies are the pineapple tarts. Also my all time favourite :>

Unfortunately, when comes to pineapple tarts, I am very picky. I don't like those from the bakeries such as Season, Lavender etc (no offence to them, just my personal likings). Maybe because I started eating pineapple tarts made by my uncle. The tarts he makes have a very soft, milky texture, it just melts in your mouth. Very different from those bought.

Another type of pineapple tart I like is the Nyonya pineapple tart. Unlike the cookies type, it comes in a tart shape with crispy crust. Everytime my family goes to Malacca/Melaka, my mum will sure to buy some (as she knows I love them)... well they love them too... who doesn't ?

Anyway, few weeks ago, I decided to make some pineapple tarts myself. I wasn't sure which type I want to make, so I surveyed for both recipes. I ended up making the cookies type or pineapple rolls simply because I cannot find the mould to make the tart shell.

I am not posting the recipes here. So for the pineapple rolls, I have adopted the recipe from Fresh From The Oven [Thanks Mandy for the recipe, it is exactly how I like it]. And for the Nyonya pineapple tarts, you can visit Malaysian Nyonya Cooking Recipe at Malaysian Nyonya Cooking.

ps: I made my pineapple rolls extra large as I like to have a mouthful of it... I know, I can be such a piggy at times :p