Ah Por's Birthday Cake

I never knew Ah Por's birthday falls on which day... We have been celebrating Ah Kong's birthday every year... Without Fail... As mentioned in my earlier post... I baked my 1st birthday cake for Ah Kong... Before mummy left for Koala Land, she reminded me to give an ang pow to Ah Por on her behalf... and it dawned on me that I have not baked a birthday cake for Ah Por too... Ah Por and I had a casual onversation yesterday and she told me that she will help her children while she is able and alive... No point for old folks like them to keep all the money as it will be wasted... I remembered all her words... and I felt that on my part, I should do whatever I can for my grandparents while they are alive and healthy... After all, they are already 80 years old... Ah Por is such a selfless person... Always people before herself... So I think it's time we do something for her...

Ah Por loves to eat my fresh fruit cake... I decided to make it a little different this time... make it into little cakes :-D I'm glad Ah Por loved it... I placed a little red candle for her... Though she kept saying "no need for cake", "no need for candle", "let the workers eat"... But I could see that she was happy and touched...

I am happy that she is happy :-D

Coffee Choc-Chip Loaf

I have been baking bread for the past few days... But baking bread requires alot of time and patience... You will need at least 2 hours to proof the dough twice... So I will only do it when I have a little more time on my hands... Based on the recipe from 'Home Bread', nescafe is added to the bread flour and the dough will turn brownish... To cut the story short, I added choc chips to the nicely proofed dough and rolled it up like a swiss roll... It is then left in the Pullman Tin and proofed again... it came out nicely baked...

I should have waited for it to cool totally before cutting... However, the impatient ME cut a slice off the loaf and it turned out messy... The bread was nice, airy and soft... But the choc chips has already melted and it stucked onto the knife.. So while the knife went down... it made the slice look messy... Nevertheless, I am still satisfied with the end result... The bread remained soft the next day...

Great job...