Sunday, January 6, 2008

Adam is 3

Today, a friend's child celebrated his 3rd birthday. I have never made birthday cupcakes for kids, so this was my first experience.

The caterpillar could be longer, but the 4x4 box limits it.

And I am no good when it comes to drawing figures/faces of superheroes. So my attempt to do Spidey wasn't successful. Here, I manage to do Superman's logo, nevertheless.

I hope the parents and Adam himself like them. To Intan, if you're reading this, making these for you makes me nervous, because you are one good cook and I was so scared if I let you down. But anyways, let me know of what you think of them... :)

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Super Easy Peanut Butter Pudding

Hi peanut butter lovers! This is like the easiest pudding ever. Or you can call it simple cheesecake or pie or whatever you wish to call it. I had some leftover peanut butter from the last cupcakes I made for Wanie's family. So before it expires, I thought it will be better to turn it into something edible...

Let me share this with you.

For the crust/base :

24 pcs of peanut butter sandwich cookies
60 g soft butter

Crush the cookies with a food processor or a mill until they look like fine sand. Then, in a mixing bowl, combine the cookie crumbs with the soft butter and rub them against each other until the mixture is thoroughly mixed and the texture similar to wet sand. Press this into the bottom of an 8 inch springform pan. Refrigerate this for at least 30 minutes.

For the filling :

225 g cream cheese
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup whip cream, unwhipped

Mix in the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and vanilla and whipped them on medium speed until the mixture turns fluffy and the sugar completely dissolved. Next pour in the whip cream and stir until it is well combined. Now, pour this peanut butter cheese mix onto the prepared base and refrigerate for at least 5 hours, it will then be ready for everyone to enjoy.

Here, I topped the pudding with some coarse chunk of roast peanuts for garnishing. Happy trying!