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Okay…so, continuing from the last post.

After coming back from Malaysia, life went back to normal. I did miss home for awhile though. Coming back from Malaysia with just my daughter (my husband had to go back a week before) was, I could say, not so bad either. It was a night flight so she slept most of the time, and because we’re so used to traveling together, the 2 of us, so everything went quite well.

(マレーシアから帰ってきたら毎日の生活が普段通りに戻りました。確かにちょっとしか帰ってなくて、最初は寂しくて、ちょっぴりホームシックになったが。。まぁ、これは毎回のことですけどね（笑）でもしばらくしたら、またもカップケーキを焼く日に戻りました）

So, after dealing with some personal stuff, I finally had some time to bake again, and since I didn’t have any particular order from anybody, I started to play again with some new flavors.

What I did next was White Cake Cupcake. I had some whipped cream at that time and flavored it with almond extract. Also, because I thought the cupcakes looked rather bare..I couldn’t resist but to draw these cute faces on top of them.

Aren’t they adorable?

(こちらのカップケーキはホワイトケーキからできていて、トッピングはアーモンドエッセンスで味付けしたホイップクリーム。最初の見た目はやっぱり、何か足りないのでは。。って思ってついつい顔を書いてしまいました（＾＾）可愛いでしょう？)

As for the recipe, here it is:

Ingredients:
makes 8-10 mini cupcakes
50g soft butter (柔らかくしたバター）
70g flour　(薄力粉)
20g corn flour　(コーンスターチ）
50g sugar　(砂糖）
1 egg white　(卵白）
2 tbsp (大さじ） cream/milk　(牛乳/生クリーム）
1 tsp (小さじ） baking powder　(ベーキングパウダー）
a pinch of (一つまみ） salt　(塩）

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees.(オーブンを160度に余熱しておく）
2. Mix everything in a bowl and using your mixer, mix it at high for about 1 – 1 1/2 minutes. (全ての材料をボールに入れて、ハンドミキサーで1分-1分半ぐらいHIGHでかける)
3. Divide batter and bake for 20 minutes.(混ぜた材料をカップケーキ型に分けて,予熱した160度のオーブンに18-20分ぐらい焼く）
4. Leave cupcakes to cool and pipe on some whipped cream that you’ve flavored with almond extract/essence.(焼いたカップケーキを冷め、上にアーモンドエッセンスに味付けたホイップクリームをのせて完成です！）

It’s fairly simple, this recipe. And I plan to fill the cupcakes with some sort of fruit puree the next time I make them

Hello everyone!

（皆さんこんにちは！しばらくこのブログを更新しなくて、すみませんでした！いろんなことで、ついつい手がいっぱいになってしまい、なかなか更新する暇がなくて。。（反省）けど、これから、できるだけたくさん更新するように頑張ります～）

I know, I know..when was the last time I actually updated this blog? Say…2 months ago? Although I’m fully aware that I made a promise to update this blog but I7ve been so distracted with so many things, that I neglected my promise.

Well, hubby dear wanted me to at least upload some pictures of the latest cupcakes and things I’ve been cooking this past few months, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do

So, where should we start.

Okay, September. Yes, we went back to Malaysia for a short holiday and I was asked to make my brother-in-law’s wedding cake!

Oh heck yeah, was I excited! My first Wedding!! I thought it was going to turn out just as I いmagined it would be, I had everything planned (well, in my head at least) and turns out..errkkh, well, let’s just say that I had higher hopes. But after settling with the ingredients I could get my hands on back home ( and several blackouts ) I made close to 80 cupcakes for the cupcake tower. The color was suppose to be a bit more maroonish but somehow the icing turned rather pinkish instead :p

My sister came to the rescue and helped me make the tower, in which I know that If I had done it, trust me, it probably wouldn’t look as good as that. Hee.

（こちらは主人のお兄ちゃんの結婚式に作ったカップケーキです。カップケーキお味はチョコレートとバニラで、とてもシンプルに仕上げしてみました。トッピイングは普通のバタークリームで、少し色を足してみました。カップケーキのタワーが私のお姉ちゃんが作ってくれました。本当に助かりました。ありがとう、姉ちゃん！（＾＾））

Still it was a great experience. And I have a whole new respect for cupcake bakers in Malaysia for being able to make cupcakes with the quality of ingredients that they have (well, it’s not that they’re THAT bad, but my mom was correct about the flour in Japan is VERY different from Malaysia)

Then, of course I also made some cupcakes for my family’s open house (It’s a thing we Malaysians do during Eidul Fitri). I made a couple of flavors, which my favorite were the Peanut Butter Cupcakes and Lemonny Lemon Cupcakes.

I also had a couple of orders while I was back, but again, due to the uncertainess of the ingredients, they didn’t turn out the way I expected them to be. My apologies to who ordered from me the other day, I now know that I need to work on the measurements if I ever want to apply my usual recipes using the stuff back home.

（そして実家に戻って、友達や親戚が来る日に作ったカップケーキはこちらです。今回はピーナツバター、チョコーとレモン味を作ってみました。自分的にはやっぱり、ピーナツバター味が一番うまかったですね。ピーナツバターとチョコレートの相性は期待に応えて、すごく美味しかったです。レモンとクリームチーズの組合でも美味しかったけどね）

The recipe I used for these cupcakes are from my usual recipes, but with some minor changes in measurements.

So that’s it for the first part of my quicky update

(それでは、その続きを。。。）

For the 1st time, Littlebowl is now opening their doors for online orders starting from today, for a limited time from:

September 30th – October 4th 2009

Here is the menu that we have to offer our customers:

We accept a MINIMUM ORDER OF 12 CUPCAKES/order with a MINIMUM OF 6 CUPCAKES/flavor of the same price.

eg.  (1)            Vanilla with Vanilla – 6 pieces , Peanutbutter banana with chocolate ganache – 6 pieces

TOTAL = 12 cupcakes

PRICE = RM25

eg. (2)            Red Velvet  - 6 pieces, Smores  - 12 pieces

TOTAL = 18 cupcakes

PRICE = RM30 + RM15 = RM45

Oh and by the way…

So here’s how you can your hands on our cupcakes..

**Terms and Conditions:

• Please place your order AT LEAST 1 day before the pickup date, and please follow the right procedure of placing your order.
• Full payment need to be made immediately once your order have been confirmed either by email/sms to avoid cancellation/backouts.
• No refund will be given for any cancellation/backouts.

**How to order:

Please leave a comment below OR email me at cikkiah[at]gmail[dot]com with the following details:

• Name:
• Contact Number:
• Email address:
• Date & Time of pick-up: (We are currently situated in Gombak. Delivery can be made to certain areas with prior arrangements with delivery fees applied)
• Items & Quantity: (eg. Rich Vanilla with Vanilla  - 12 pcs)
• Payment method: 1. Maybank2U Online Payment  OR 2. Maybank Cash Deposit

Method of Payment:

• Via Maybank2u.com

Please request for my account number upon placing your order. I will email or sms you my account number upon request.

Also please revert the receipt of the payment to cikkiah[at]gmail[dot]com when transferring the money, or we will not accept your order.

• Via Maybank – Cash Deposit

Please request for my account number upon placing your order. I will email or sms you my account number upon request.
Also please keep the receipt of the cash deposit and sms me the full details of the payment. The receipt will also need to be given to me during collection of cupcakes.

Unfortunately we do not accept CASH UPON PICK UP/DELIVERYat the moment. All payment should be done BEFORE pick up/delivery.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

And we look forward to serving you our delectable cupcakes!

-Zakiah@Zack-

www.littlebowl.com