North Sumatra - Medan, Parapat, Samosir Island

Awal April, mammynya Dame info kalo Etha mo married di Medan... cihuy... ada alasan buat jalan2 ke Medan neh.. so excited guys, mo ngeliat Danau Toba gitu lhoh...

Akhirnya ijin cuti udah keluar, tiket udah booking, tinggal cabut aja.. Danau Toba, here I m coming..

Udah terbayang nih, kalo jalan mo Dame n fam, berarti makan n makan.. 'Gerombolan Siberat' berkumpul kembali... xixixixixi.. kebetulan banget selera makan sama.. apa aja mau kecuali racun...

Durian.. mee

Busyet only in Medan, ada jalan yg disepanjang jalan tempat makan, jalannya sempit cuma bisa 1 mobil aja.. kalo mobil lewat n pengen mesen makananya, ya berhenti aja tinggal mesen sebodo amat orang di belakang orang gue laper gitu lho.. dan nggak ada tuh yg ngklakson... huahahaha everybody do it the same thing guys..

One day after the wedding, gue pamit karena mo jalan-jalan ke Danau Toba. Reaksi dari keluarga Dame, all of the uncles & aunts, 'you will go alone???', 'hati-hati ya'.. mereka semua kaget, nggak biasanya di keluarga mereka, cewek jalan-jalan sendirian. setelah gue ceritain kalo gue emang sudah biasa jalan sendirian bahkan keluar negeri, baru mereka bisa ngerti.

Chocolate Chips Ponds Cake

Ingredients :
    3      eggs
150 gr caster sugar
160 gr butter (unsalted)
    1 teaspoon salt
180 gr flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 75 gr chocolate chips

Method :
1. Preheat oven 180c, grease and flour cake pan, 9" x 5" loaf pan, I use round pan 9"
2. Mix salt, flour, baking powder and vanilla extract
3. in another bowl , mix together sugar and butter until whiter and fluffy use hand mixer medium speed
4. add egg one at a time, mix a couple second until incorporated
5. mix the flour mixture into the batter mixture (slow speed) or using a wooden spatula to avoid over-mix
6. mix the chocolate chips into the batter
7. put in the loaf pan

8. Bake for about 30 - 40 minutes

Chocolate Chips Muffins

After a week of failed-baking Onbitjkoek and muffins, last night I try again to make muffins, and this time I made Chocolate Chips Muffins.

Wet Ingredients :                                                       

2 eggs

240 ml milk 

120 gr unsalted butter (melted and cooled it)

Chocolate Chips Muffins

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients :

240 gr all purpose flour

120 gr caster sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

50 gr chocolate chips

Method :

1. Preheat oven for 200c

2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside

3. In another bowl mix together all wet ingredients using spatula or wooden spoon

4. Add the wet ingredients into dry ingredients, all at once, just until the dry ingredients is moistened (don't over-mix or your muffins will be toughed)

5. Scoop the batter into the muffins pan or muffins paper-cup until almost full,

6. Bake for about 15 - 20 minutes

I adopt the recipe from http://joyofbaking.com/muffins/ChocolateChipMuffins.html

APPLE CRUMBLE

Modified from http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/478/perfect-apple-crumble.aspx

Ingredients:

• 6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced
• 200g caster sugar
• 200g plain flour
• 120g butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

 

 

Preparation method

1. Cook the apples into a pan, add about 150gr of the sugar and the cinnamon. 

2. Stew gentle using the low heat for about half an hour. Keep checking to avoid burned apples

3. Mashed the apples using wooden spoon, the apples should be soft but not pureed

4. Put the apple into serving dish and cool it. 

5. Set the oven into 150 C degree.

6. Using a bowl, smooth the butter using fork or your fingers .

7. Mix flour and  50gr sugar into the butter until it becomes like a breadcrumb

8. Cover the apples with the breadcrumb without pressing down

9. Bake for about 30 minutes or until it golden brown

10. Scoop the apple crumble and serve with ice cream (optional)

No Electric Mixer BANANA CAKE

Doesn't have any electric mixer? Try this recipe...

Last Night, I saw a banana on my table which was almost rotten. So I decided to make banana cake. It's very simple recipe and did not use Electric Mixer, just use spoon or fork to mix.


Ingredients :
2 ripe banana, smashed (I use Sunpride, it's about 240gr)
75 gr melted salted margarine/butter
140 gr white sugar 
2 egg yolk, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of ground nutmeg
Pinch of ground cloves
150gr of flour (I use low protein)


Methods :
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Mix melted butter into the mashed banana with a spoon in a large bowl.
3. Mix in the sugar, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove. 
4. Add the baking powder over the mixture and mix in. 
5. Last, add the flour and mix. 
6. Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan. (Spray the loaf pan with butter & powder it with flour)
7. Bake for 45 - 50 minutes or insert a toothpick until it comes out clean. 
8. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

I only had one banana so I made half of the recipe and use a round big muffin pan.