Sunday, March 7, 2010

Hokkien Mee and A Car for my Wife - Pre Birthday Celebration!

My wife likes Hokkien Mee very much, so today I cooked Peteformation Authentic Penang Hokkien Mee for her. Since I used very little water compared with the amount of prawns, the soup turned out very tasty and sweet. My daughter ate 3 bowls and this is the first time I see her eating so much! LOL!
Made this bowl of Hokkien Mee for my neighbour!
Since the kids are busy preparing for their music exam and also school exam; we decided not to eat out today. Then, I thought of baking a cake.......took out the ingredients and started baking! The cake batter
Adding some colours; chocolate and pink
Aiya! I went outside and chit chat with my neighbour, forgot about the cake in the oven, luckily I realised on time but it was already slighty burned!
Now, what to do ahhh? Scraped off the burned part, still doesn't look nice!
Then I sketched out the shape of a car and ‘ta daaaaa’, it turned into a Beemer like the movie Cars! I used strawberries as the wheel! When my little toddler saw the cake he kept on saying, car, car , car; his favourite show! Ha ha ha!
Looks like the happiest person tonight was my little toddler! Peteformation Red and Chocolate Marble Cake Recipe I did not follow any recipe found in the book because I was actually estimating the amount of ingredients to use so that all of it would fit in just nice in to my baking pan. Luckily the cake turned out ok! I used only 1 cup of sugar for 5 cups of flour because my wife likes cakes that are not too sweet. Normally, 2 cups of castor sugar would only be sufficient for 5 cups of flour to make a cake.

Ingredients
Flour, 5 cups
Castor Sugar, 2 cups or less if you don’t want it to be too sweet
Baking powder, 2 teaspoon
Baking soda, ¼ teaspoon
Butter, 250 gms
Vanilla essence, 1 tablespoon
Cocoa powder, 1 table spoon
Red colouring, a few drops
Eggs, 5 pcs

Beat butter and castor sugar mixture until they turned light yellow. When you turn the bowl upside down, the butter and castor sugar mixture should not fall off when they are well mixed. Add vanilla essence and eggs. Mix well. Add baking powder and soda bicarbonate (baking soda) in to the flour. Use a strainer to air the flour. Add the flour into the cake batter. Mix well. Then take out around 5 table spoons of the batter, one into each bowl for the chocolate and red colour. Add in the cocoa powder to the first bowl and red colouring into the next bowl. Pour the rest of the batter into an oiled baking tray. Use a spoon to make a few ‘drains’ on the batter. Then add in the chocolate and red batter into the baking tray. Use a long stick or butter knife to pull some lines on the batter so that there will be lines of different colour in the cake. Bake in preheated oven at 180 Deg C for 35 minutes.
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19 comments:

cleffairy said...

OMG, marble cake... so nice... got car shape summore... lol...lucky I just bought marble cake... else... will drool drool like mad... lol...

Kira okaylah...still look like cake... else, can become negro cake. LOL...

smallkucing said...

prawn meee....

eh what happen to the pick color? hilang liao

Christine said...

for a minute there, I thought you got your wife a real car, lol!

Merryn said...

cool! Car cake :D This is why we should always think positively... Even a burnt cake can turn out beautiful in the end :D

suituapui said...

Any vacant house next door? I want to be your neighbour! Can get makan free...!!! LOL!!! Chesh! I thought so nice to be your wife - get car for birthday! Wuahahahahaha!!!!

Pete said...

cleffairy : Luckily we don't have Negro readers, habis if they read this! LOL!

smallkucing: Pink colour covered by the brown burn part of the cake....mmmm, I should have cut off the crust so it will look nice!

Christine : Oil price going up and up, so better don't get a real car! ha ha ha!

Merryn : Now can teach your students to bake and make car cakes....LOL!

STP : Gomen going to increase petrol price so better don't buy new car lah! ha ha ha

Claire : Hah, all my neighbours all pretty and young wan! STP sure want to move here now! ha ha ha!

wenn said...

i thought u bought a real car for yr wife! envy her for that moment!

Anonymous said...

I also thought you bought her a car for real for her bday! ;)

Nice strawberries wheels for the car.

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

My kids also love prawn mee, yours look really yummy. Your wife and kids are lucky to have you !

CheaHSan said...

Was thinking how nice such a generous hubby cooked Hokkien Mee and buy car for wife. Wah Beemer some more haha.

Su-Lin said...

Lucky wife! That Hokkien mee looks amazing!

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Make sure the BMW is right hand drive..lol tQ

cleffairy said...

HAhahahahaha.... but you have one reader who can make negro chic! LOL...

Cheryl said...

What a wonderful idea to give your wife a "car"! I think its great, everything looks to have worked out well. Your little one must have been delighted to see the "car"!

Yee Ling said...

Oh..i love marble cakes. i seldom buy marble cakes, cos it quite expensive..hehhe.

Aiyo, i still cannot master the skill without having the butter n sugar mixture drop. How, Pete? Any good tips for me?

mNhL said...

OMG !! That cake sure look nice. And you are so craetive to make it into a car shape.

tuti said...

hahaha, sliced up so much. but the little slices can still eat, so no waste at all! your kids will pick up your sense of humor from you, lol!!

mommy to chumsy said...

oh boy, i am so hungry now and i've just had lunch :( your wife is very lucky :D

Pete said...

Wenn : Petrol price going up,cannot buy now!

Mei Teng : My little toddler ate all the strawberry wheels! LOL!

Sonia : Prawn mee is nice and sweet, my favourite

Bro Cheah: Next time Mercedes....ha ha ha!

Su Lin : Hi, thks for dropping by my blog!

Bananaz : Ha ha ha, I forgot the steering wheel leh!

Cleff : Next time make negro duck....LOL!

Cheryl : at the moment, my little one favourite movie is CArs

Mommy ling : As long as you mix the butter and sugar well it won't drop, don't worry lah, try it.

mnhl : Last minute modification

Tuti : Must have some fun.....enjoy life!

Mommy : No lah, just a simple hokkien mee and cake only, nothing fancy! LOL!