Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Marble Butter Cake

Recipe (which I copied from my flour's packaging box):

Ingredients~
Self-raising flour 120g
Castor sugar 120g (I reduced to 80g which I think just nice)
Butter or margarine 120g
Eggs 120g (about 2 eggs)
Vanilla essence 2g or as desired
Cocoa powder 4g and icing sugar 4g (I replaced with Milo 3 in 1 sachet)

Procedure~
1. Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius.
2. Line a 20cm (8 inches) round cake with grease proof paper.
3. Sieve the self-raising flour and set aside.
4. Cream the castor sugar and butter/margarine until light and fluffy in a mixing bowl.

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Blend butter and sugar by hand without the aid of mixing machines, it needs approximately 30 minutes to become fluffy.

5. Add in the eggs stage by stage and mix until even.
6. Add in the self-raising flour and vanilla essence and blend through.
7. Sieve the cocoa powder and icing sugar.
8. Blend the mixture of cocoa powder and icing sugar with approximately 70g of the batter from (6) until even.
9. Pour the batter (6) into a pan and followed by cocoa mixture. Use a spoon to create the desired marble design on top.
10. Bake approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
11. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack after baking.


I made twice of this marble cake, the first time was with milk and baked for 30 minutes, the second time was with walnut and baked for 35 minutes as i prepared thicker batter. 

Experience gained:
With 120g of flour, I recommend to add in about 1/2 ~ 1 cup of milk as this really make the cake softer and moister. The dryness of butter cake (with walnut) for the second time I baked might also due to 5 minutes longer baking time, I have no idea which is the contributing factor, but I guess was the addition of milk. 


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Random marble pattern simply created by a fork


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Masterpiece after 30 minutes~


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See the texture, it is so soft and moist, can't get enough of it!


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The second time I baked with the successful recipe, but this time turned out to be dried!


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Taste wise it is not bad, it just has rougher and drier texture as compared to first time.


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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

白叶山(Lata Berumbun)之旅: 5. 归家篇

大伙儿吃饱、冲好凉、收拾完后,我们就准备下山啦,这时已经是3.30pm了~待会儿还要乘四轮驱动车刺激一小时才能到达山下~


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我们共有3辆四轮驱动车上山,两辆载我们10个人,另外一辆载我们的行李还有露营用具和导游的煮菜用具等。一个人两天一夜的费用是RM200, 我是觉得超值的啦,毕竟我们吃的都很不错,而且导游又准备很妥当并让我们玩到尽兴才回家~ 有兴趣的一定要联络图片中的电话号码哦!导游们都是退休人士,把自己的兴趣当退休后的消遣并赚钱工具,他们体力分分钟还好过我们这班年轻人哦~~
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白叶山(Lata Berumbun)之旅: 4. 次日活动篇

前一晚大家都睡得不是很好,因为实在太冷了~~ 地上冰冰的又硬硬的,大家一整晚都睡睡醒醒,虽然如此,我还是睡到差不多8.30am才醒~ 还好有带救生圈去啊,因为地上实在太硬了,我都睡在自铺的救生圈“床”上(其实就是拿衣服塞在救生圈中间的洞内,再用包包当枕头),不过醒来时还是腰酸背痛~ 好羡慕导游们啊,都睡在帆布床上,舒服到9.30am了都不愿醒~

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早上先来吸一吸清新空气,可以在这人杰地灵的地方过一夜整个人都活跃开心起来,整身的细胞好像都获得重生了那样!
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

白叶山(Lata Berumbun)之旅: 3. 首日活动篇

吃完杯面暖胃后,我们也换装去瀑布玩水啦~ 水还真不是普通的冷哦~~~~~

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导游Uncle准备了每人一个救生衣和四个大泳圈给我们,不过我们自己也另外带了两个来~


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碧柔好好笑,试了好久都上不到游泳圈,脚太短吗?=P


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游去瀑布区才够刺激哟~


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哇,十二年的友谊了!


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戏水半小时后,越游越冷,干脆上岸冲凉啦~ 在深山里一点讯号也没有,又没啥事情可以做啦,所以我们冲好凉后干脆钻进帐篷里睡个午觉,虽然地上很硬,可也睡了一个小时多~


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睡饱后就等吃饭啦,导游Uncle的厨艺很好噢,尤其是那咖喱山猪肉,吃了包你 “翻尋味”~ 老黄瓜汤Uncle也放了小干贝来增加汤的甜度,我真觉得这导游很用心呢,让我觉得我的RM200花得很值得~


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吃饱后,也不知要干嘛,就到瀑布前坐着聊天且拼命呼吸来吸收新鲜空气啦~


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接着,导游Uncle带我们去看看原住民的住处哦~那是已经晚上7.30了,天色越来越暗了哦~ 还好我们有带手电筒跟随~


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路途经过看到瀑布下游,哪里知道拍起来竟然是蓝色的,有点恐怖的感觉~ 下面的图片是原住民的住所哦,其实很佩服他们可以在这样的环境下生存那么久,我们来两天一夜就有点极限了!这次没有看到任何原住民哦,导游说因为马来人新年噢所以他们都不在,但这不已是他们的家乡了吗?还去哪呀?


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到处走走后,夜已降临,真的不得不回营地了~ 过后也没啥事情做,大伙儿就坐在小亭子里聊天,顺便研究水蛭,还进行了杀生仪式:用盐撒水蛭~ 再慢慢变态地观察它如何扭曲死亡~ 聊聊下竟下起雨来,下午看到左半边的瀑布水流量增加,现在整片石壁都是瀑布了,由于太暗了,相机拍不清楚~


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晚上九点半,导游Uncle烧热炭火,消毒铁网后,我们开炉BBQ!我们的宵夜是香肠和腌渍过的鸡翅~ 鸡翅好好味,问了导游如何腌渍但他都扮没听到,可能是独家秘方吧 >.<

吃了不少香肠和鸡翅,刷牙洗脸后,踏正11点大伙儿入营睡觉~ 
地上很硬很冷,整夜大家都很难熟睡,不过还是睡到早上8点才舍得醒,呵呵~

  
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Monday, September 2, 2013

白叶山(Lata Berumbun)之旅: 2. 抵达山上篇

离开文冬市区后,我们直奔劳勿(Raub)县的Sungai Ruan新村,在那儿等馨仪他们到了,再一起出发去导游Uncle的家,把车泊在他家后再由Uncle用四轮驱动车载我们上山。


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我们一路跟随GPS要到Pekan Sungai Ruan (3.743671,101.98529), 不过半路遇到这个路牌,所以就停在这里的咖啡店等馨仪等人到达。


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就是这四轮驱动车载我们上山的啦,车上印有导游Uncle的电话号码,有兴趣的可以打这电话给导游Uncle哦~ 如果要上山露营过夜的,就必须要集合至少10位人数,如果人数不够的话,也可以来个一日游,上山吸收瀑布的负离子和芬多精~ 我们这次两天一夜露营每人RM200,包吃包露营用具,我很满意导游Uncle准备的一切,让我觉得很值得。


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坐着这四轮驱动车上白叶山瀑布需时1个小时,路途崎岖,盘山越水,惊险万分,比坐过山车还刺激呢~ 半路时,Uncle停车在半山让我们拍拍照~


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历险记一小时后,我们终于抵达白叶山瀑布啦~ 坐在四轮驱动车后座很刺激好玩哦,手一没握紧,就随时会被抛出车外,全程屁股都无法安静的坐在座位上,晃到有时还跌在后座地上!


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抵达后,大家分工合作把东西搬到营地去~


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其实我蛮害怕露营的,因为5年前试过去Kulim露营结果生蛇,痛苦了1个月!原因是不够水喝,再加上不够睡,所以免疫力下降。这次导游Uncle准备了很多食用水给我们,很贴心哦~


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导游Uncle很快地霸了一个小亭子当煮食的地盘~


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导游Uncle也从厕所接了水管来小亭子这里作煮食和清洗工用~ 是山水哦~


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经过一小时的历险记后,大家其实消耗了不少体力,肚子也饿了啦~


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由于山水还没煮好,导游Uncle就先搬出一堆榴莲让我们解馋,是猫山王哦!吃完榴莲后,导游Uncle就叫我们去选地盘当营地~ 


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红色这建筑物是白叶山唯一的厕所,用的是山水哦,晚上多亏有导游Uncle为我们准备灯挂在厕所里啊~ 


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厕所屋顶上的空地其实可以当营地的,不过晚上如果要上厕所时要经过这小桥,比较危险,所以我们还是选择旁边离厕所不远的空地啦~


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选好地盘后,导游Uncle就快手快脚地帮我们扎好营啦~ Uncle在扎营时,我们就到处拍照~


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白叶山瀑布,水很冷哦!


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从厕所屋顶上拍下的风景~


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山水煮好后,导游叫我们去吃杯面咯~ 用山水煮的杯面,特别好吃的咯~ 上次在林明山彩虹瀑布吃杯面喝Milo也感觉特别好味道呢~ 


肚子填饱后,我们也就换衣要去瀑布戏水啦~ 
瀑布水很冷,导游也是叫我们先吃热乎乎的杯面暖暖胃了才好下水。

  

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白叶山(Lata Berumbun)之旅: 1. 文冬美食篇

终于把Thesis交上去啦,放下心头大石的感觉真的很爽呀,趁现在离Viva Voce还有一段时间,赶紧把部落格update update一下吧,离弃它也有一阵子了,好多游记食记都累计得不懂如何写完了~ 

首先想Update一下最近的旅游,是国内两天一夜接触大自然、放松心灵的旅游~谢谢好友馨仪的安排,真是万分感激,而且这小旅行安排在我最忙碌最心烦的时候,真是恰当!这次我们去了深山里面露营探险,是位于彭亨劳勿县里的白叶山瀑布 (Lata Berumbun),这地方鲜少人注意,网路上的资料也不多,如果不是好友介绍,还真没听过呢。

星期六早上,朋友们从槟城出发,而我和男友则从KL出发,半路停留在文冬吃早餐,最终在劳勿相遇,由导游Uncle载我们上山。这篇先分享我们在文冬吃的早餐吧~ 我这个人酷爱美食,每到一个陌生地方时,必先上网做功课看看当地有啥好吃的,这次得到的总结是:必吃云吞面和酿豆腐~ 另外也有博客说当地自家式制作的黄梨饼也不错,所以也刻意去找了找。


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从我家沙登出发,大概一个小时多就到文冬了
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Sunway Lagoon Theme Park

A returning post after many months of blog-resting, as recently don't really have motivation and time to write a blog. However, today is Sunday and I do love to do something other than writing my Master's thesis. So, I come up with my pending blog post about the Sunway Lagoon fun trip which happened 2 months ago, what a good delay, but it happened to be rather than not right?

I always wanted to revisit Sunway Lagoon after so many years and I got my strong determination when knowing that it has built Vuvuzela which is the largest water ride in the world. The theme park ticket is rated at RM70, but Sunway Lagoon is celebrating its 20 years old birthday so we managed to grab a ticket at only RM20 at 20th of every month for the first 1000 customers. Quickly pay your worth visit until the promotion ends in October!


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We got our wristband for only RM20 by queuing one day before, start to queue since 7.30pm and bought the ticket at 9pm but end up realized that people who come at 10pm managed to get it also *:(( crying Well, it actually depends your luck, so do come early to avoid disappointment.
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