I am officially a cake lady

My first decorated cake

I'm so proud of myself. Seriously if you're not a baker, decorating a cake could cause many problems such as severe headached, twisted your back bones or carpal tunnel syndrome. I came to work the other day with my hand still sore. After 4 weeks taking for course 1, finally last night I got my diploma. Steve couldn't believe when I brought home this cake that I and Lucy made it and because it's so beautiful, he refused to cut it.
I am glad that I can proudly pronounce myself as a cake lady.

So I want to take this opportunity to thanks many people:

1. Steve, my husband: Thank you for paying this course for me.
You are my inspiration and such a supportive husband and I know that you want me to spread my wings and do what I really love to do which are baking and cooking. Eventhough you are not a sweettooth person but I want to thank you so much that you, since the day we got married to be my guinea pig.

2. Ibu, My mother: I dedicated this whole baking ideas and work for you because you are my teacher and the first person who introduce me to baking and cooking world.

3. Sonia, my Wilton teacher: I was so fortunate to have you taught our class. Thank you for being such talented person and so patience specially to me and Lucy eventhough we're always behind and slow learner. You are so nice to us and I think you should have punished Lucy for not bringing her cake last night but you didn't. We hope to have your class again in the future.

4. Lucy, my partner in crime: Too much to say about you, but we better stop talking too much and get to work on our "Big Project", wedding cake business as our dream.

Me and my partner in crime

Me and Sonia my teacher

Chocolate Covered Strawberry

I made these strawberries past weekend as a practice for my valentine's project coming up soon. I brought them for everyone to taste and they seemed to love it. I used semisweet chocolate and it was perfect, not overwhelmed the taste of strawberries. I and couple more friends plan to make lots of them this weekend and sell them as a fundraiser for my church. So? What do you think? Is it good enough to sell? Since we are going to make them one day ahead, where can we store them? I need suggestions from all of you, please. Thanks berry berry much.

Chili Over Spaghetti

Ingredients:

- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/2 red onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
- 1 can of red kidney beans
- 1 cup red wine
- 500ml water or chicken stock

Chili seasoning:
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3 tbs paprika powder
- 2 tbs red mexican chili powder
- 1 tbs cayenne pepper powder
- 1 tbs garlic powder
- 1 tbs onion powder
- 1 tbs cracked black pepper

Method:

1. Heat 3 tbs olive oil, add ground beef, cook until well done, add garlic and onion, cook for 2 minutes and add all the chili seasonings. Cook for another 3 minutes.

2. Add green and red pepper, cook for 2 minutes add canned tomatoes and red wine. Season with salt. Cook for 5 minutes then add water.

3. Simmer in low heat for 45 minutes, add the beans, cook for another 15 minutes.

4. Serve over spaghetti and sprinkle with chopped onion and grated cheese.

Lemon Chicken Over Linguini

Ingredients:

- Chicken Breast

- 1 big Lemon

- 1/2 cup all purpose flour

- 5 cloves of garlic

- salt + pepper to taste

- 1 tbs butter

- 3 tbs olive oil

- 1/2 pack of linguini

- 1/2 cup parsley

- 1/2 cup grated parmesan

- 1 cup white wine

Method:

- Cook the linguini, follow the instruction in the box.

- Slice chicken breast thinly, and pound it until flat between two plastic wrap. Season with salt and pepper and then coat the breast with flour lightly.

- Heat butter and olive oil in skillet in low medium, fry the breast both sides until cooked and remove from skillet, put them aside.

- Saute the garlic in the same skillet until brown, turn the heat to low, add white wine, immediately add the chicken back to the skillet, and 1 cup of water from the pasta or chicken stock.

- Season with salt+pepper and parsley, cook another 2 minutes.

- Serve over linguini, sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese.

Serving 2 people

Mie Bakso

Gara2 chatting sama jeng Eny, ngomongin bakso yang bikin laper apalagi lagi dingin2 begini, wow! aku langsung cabut ke korean store seberang kantor yg lumayan lengkap, beli deh bahan2 untk bakso, yang pasti ada tulang kaki yang masih ada sumsumnya itu...weleh2 semaleman aku nyruput2 tulang, sampe kangmas heran, kok ada makhluk yang doyan tulang? Juga aku nyoba bikin pound cake, ternyata hasilnya memuaskan, walau butternya banyak banget.

Ini dia hasilnya, sorry males nulis resep ah.

Mie Bakso

Pound Cake

Kroket Kentang

Filling:
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb (1/2 bag) frozen cut vegetable
- 3 clove of garlic, chop
- 1 big shallot, chop
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 salt+pepper to taste

Heat oil and butter and add chopped garlic and shallot, cook for about 1 minute. Add ground beef, sugar, salt, pepper, cook until dry, and add the vegetable, cook another 3 minutes. Put it aside.


Mashed Potato Ingredients:
4 lb white potatoes (1 bag)
3 egg yolks
2 tbs butter
3 tbs milk powder
1 cup potato powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chicken/broth powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp white pepper powder
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg

Method:
- Steam all the potatoes.
- While they're hot, combine all the ingredient and mash them until well coorporated.
- Right away, take 2 tbs potato, flatten it and put 1 tsp of filling in the center and cover it with potato, make it shape like a ball. Repeat until finish all the ingredients. Dip the ball one by one with egg white, then bread crumbs. Put them in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or over night before frying.

Perkedel

Perkedel

Inspired by Dwiana blog when she posted this potato cake and made me want to make it myself. I know my husband like it and I love it so much.

Ingredients:
- 5 big yellow potatoes
- 1/3 can of corned beef
- fried onions
- fried garlic
- chopped green onions
- salt+pepper
- 2 egg yolks

Additional:
- 2 egg whites
- 3 cups vegetable oil for frying

Peel potatoes, cut into big chunk and deep fry them until brown.
Smash all potatoes while they are hot with a smasher and add all ingredients above.
Scoop about 2 tbs of potatoes and shape like a ball, then tap it to flat the top.
Whisk 2 egg whites with a fork.
Heat vegetable oil in frying pan with medium heat.
Dip the balls in the egg white and fry them both sides.

Soto Ayam

Sorry, I have no recipe for the soto ayam because I only used instant seasoning. Enjoy the picture.