Fruit pastry cake

Heyy people :)

how are you all. Hope everyone is fine. As I mentioned in my Facebook that I wanted to do some baking to free my mind, well I started it out today by baking fruit pastry cake :) I did some mistakes and that made my cake to break into half :( but then I learnt some lesson and I'll write out the mistakes and the solution :)

I guess I need to do more baking to get a perfect cut and a perfect cake..sigh.. but this is good enough for a starter isn't it ?

Without flash

Ingredients :

100g butter [ soften at room temperature]

200g caster sugar 

50g sour cream [ those who are staying in Ipoh, you guys can get it in Aeon Jusco station 18]

3 eggs lightly beaten at room temperature

1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract [ I used rose extract for a change]

1 teaspoon of orange or lemon zest

1 teaspoon baking powder

210g plain flour

500g fruits- tossed with sugar. [ make sure you drain well the water..]

Methods:

1. Wash, cut ( chunks/slices) and drain the fruits. Toss the fruits with sugar and set aside.
2. Grease butter on sides of pan that you use. It can be square/sphere/ rectangular in shape and MAKE SURE YOU LINE THE pan with parchment paper. The mistake I did was, I did not use parchment paper and the cake got stucked with the pan and eventually broke into 2. :(
3. With electric mixer, mix the butter, sugar and sour cream till light and fluffy
4.  Place the eggs gradually and beat till incorporated with the batter
5. Add in vanilla extract or in my case I used rose extract and orange/lemon zest into the batter.
6. Sieve over the flour together with the baking powder and mix it still smooth. * careful don't over mix the batter.
7. Pour batter into the prepared pan and even it with spatula.
8. Arrange fruits as per your wish on top. Don't press the fruits into the batter. [ Fruits that you can use is : strawberry, blueberry, peaches, oranges,bananas, pineapple and many more]
9. Bake in a pre-heat oven at 180degcel for 60-70 minutes. In my case I think my oven is automatically set with above 180degcel so I just bake the cake for around 35-40 minutes.  
10. Leave the cake in pan for 5-10 minutes, cool it down and dust the cake with some icing sugar if you want

 Before going into oven :

After coming out from oven, I dust the cake with some icing sugar

P/s : if you see at top left of the cake is where the cake broke :(

with flash :)

So here I would like to say thank this blogger : http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2010/04/fruit-pastry-cake.html . I took the recipe from here and it turn out well except for the breaking part of cause.

Mom asked me to bake again next week. So I plan to use more different fruits  :)
Happy trying, its a very very simple cake to do with. Trust me you'll enjoy baking. Do leave comment if you want to :)

-Kausy-

-Baking mood is on-

I am not afraid of you anymore!

One of the best motivating piece that I follow :

"Behind me is infinite power, before me is endless possibility,

around me is boundless opportunity. Strength is mental,

physical and spiritual"

-Kausy

-the war between me and finals came to an end today.

-2weeks of semester break

p/s: credit goes to addicted2success

Halooooo people if there's any :) #hahaha

Anyways Here I am after a few months break to write more stuffs which sometimes I wonder why I write.. :P

What am I up to ? Well I'm currently in week 10 in my Year 2 Trisemester 3..eh wait not week 10 one more day to go and then its week 11. I don't know whether its me or what but seriously this year is really moving in a very fast pace. I feel like New year was like just yesterday ,my god  and now we're in 3rd month of the year. So well, this semester I'm taking 3 subject : Endocrinology, Protein and Proteomics and Cell Biology. So far mid sem test and quiz results not bad-quite proud of it :) Really need to do well this semester. Final timetable also not bad, the timing between each exam is very good. Like one week break before another paper starts,except for Cell Biology ( got to work hard on this paper) . By the way,I have lots of planing for coming semester break.

:  One of it I'm planning to do Red Velvet Cupcake with cheese cream frosting :) 

Yummyyy <3

#Anyone have any recipes that turned out well? Please do share :) Thanks in advance :)

and now something random :P

I'm planning to change my phone. Currently I'm using Nokia Xpress Music 5800. Planning to get Samsung Galaxy 2. But most of my friends asking me to wait for the S3. Hey, the model is not bad weyh. Freaking slim and sexy.. hahaha. Check out the S3 model : 

Well I hope this image is real. I took this is Facebook. So what ya think about this model? Beautiful right. 

thinking whether I should wait for it or get myself S2. ( I'm talking as though I'm gonna get it tomorrow.) :P So I guess for now till here only I'm updating things related to me :) I'll make sure I update my site at least once a week. :) 

-Waiting patiently for semester break-

-kausy-

new hope.new aim.

Quick update.
Good news! I passed last semester with 'not bad' results! :) Phewwwwww..
Mom and Dad gave me more motivations to do better.
New Semester had start. Missing all my batch friends..Come back soon people.. ;)
I'm taking 3subjects this semester. Oncology,Toxicology and Team Building.
So far Onco and Toxico is treating me well..lol! Quite interesting I would say.
Saw her Yesterday, thought of at least saying 'Hi' but the way she walks pass me by wow it was full of #arrogance and #awkwardness. Well than I thought Sometimes old stories must be kept in a dusty box. Never to opened; again :) and there is where i kept her. *close topic*
Next week is  DEEPAVALI! Cant wait to go back home. Got tons of work to do.! Wait for me mom and dad :)

p/s : New semester had begin, I have new hopes and new aims that I want to achieve. God Bless me! :)

Missing you alot, hope to see you soon babe. :) *xoxo*

-2days left to go back hometown.

-Mid of week one y2s2.

-Kausy

Day02- Where you'd like to be in 10 years

In 10 years, I would be a..well..hurmmm DAMN im 32 years old! FML... so old...haih..Wonder how i'll look like that time...hehehe..

allrite back to the topic where i'll be in 10 years time...

Career Wise

I would be in some hospitals-in a lab-doing some research on some hazardous diseases..heheh. Or maybe im a Doctor..all i know it could be one of this two :=) so yea either one im so sure i'll be busy! busy! busy!

Love Life

 i have no freggin idea wheter i 'll be still loving or allready settle down* i meant married* or even im Still single..NO IDEA..hahaha

Dreamz that i wana achieve in 10 years time

 i would love to buy at least suzuki swift or Nissan Fair lady* if i can afford by that time* and then i wana open a boutique :) and then open a flower shop :) i got this idea after watching the movie Love happens. Man the story did really inspired me! Bout me buyin a house its not a good idea..i rather get a apartment! :)

I want to make sure that i pamper my parents with everything they want =) my turn to payback them by showerin lots of love!

Well so far this is what i would wana be in 10years time..maybe i'll add more on...

MY DREAM CAR