Apple Caramel Cheesecake Surprised with Glazed Pecans

 This decadent dessert served during last weekend gathering was the climax...! Truely rich and sinfully delicious creamy cheesecake with surprise glazed pecan at the bottom and topped with apples and caramel sauce....! AlongRiz brought back some glazed nuts from US and that was how the idea came about.

Created by: Roz@HomeKreation
Size: 9"/23cm round
BASE:
250g Marie Biscuits - processed into crumbs 
3/4 cup Melted Butter
100g Glazed Pecans
FILLING:
24oz Cream Cheese
3/4 cup Sugar
200g Sour Cream
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
3 Eggs
3 tbsp Flour
TOPPING:
3 Apples - peeled, cored & sliced 
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
Caramel Sauce

METHOD:
1.  Mix biscuit crumbs and melted butter until well mixed.
Pressed into spring form tin at bottom and side.
Bake 180C for 10 minutes.
2. Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla essence & sour cream until smooth.
Add in flour, one tbsp a time, until well mixed.
Add in egg one by one & beat until combine.
3. Sprinkle glazed pecan into the crumb base.
Pour cream cheese mixture on top.
4. Bake at 230C 10 minutes, 150C for 45 minutes until set.
Cool at room temperature and chill overnight.
5. Heat up butter & brown sugar until melted.
Stir in apples and cook until soften.
Cool.
6. Arrange apples on cheesecake & pour caramel sauce on top.
Serve chilled.

CARAMEL SAUCE:
1/2 cup Condensed Milk
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Milk
- Stir on small fire until smooth.
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BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Cheesecake yg amat sedap sekali.... Along buatkan nya agak tebal kali ni supaya bila digandingkan dengan crust dan topping, akan lebih umph...! Tersembunyi di lapisan bawah nya kacang pecan yg rangup dan di gandingan lapisan atas hirisan epal & sos karamel.... memang amat mengasyikkan bila di kunyah perlahan2 menikmati keenakan dessert selepas selesai makan tengahari sewaktu gathering ujung minggu baru2 ni. Dapat idea nak reka cheesecake begini sebab kebetulan ada glazed pecan nut yg AlongRiz beli kat US.

Created by: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Size: 9"/23cm round
BASE:
250g Biskut Marie - haluskan
3/4 cwn Mentega Cair
100g Glazed Pecans
FILLING:
24oz Cream Cheese
3/4 cwn Gula
200g Sour Cream
1 st Esen Vanilla
3 bj Telur
3 sb Tepung
TOPPING:
3 bj Epal - kopek kulit & hiris
2 sb Mentega
2 sb Gula Perang
Sos Karamel

CARA2:
1.  Sebatikan serbuk roti dan mentega cair sehingga sebati.
Tekan ke dlm acuan meliputi bawah & tepi.

Bakar 180C selama 10 minit.
2. Pukul cream cheese, gula, EV & sour cream sehingga sebati.
Masukkan tepung, sesudu setiap kali & gaul sebati.
Masukkan telur satu-persatu & pukul sebati.
3. Tabur kacang pecan di dasar base.
Tuangkan adunan cream cheese ke atas nya.
4. Bakar 230C 10 minit, 150C 45 minit sehingga masak.
Sejukkan di suhu bilik & sejukkan semalaman.
5. Panaskan butter, gula perang sehingga cair.
Masukkan epal & masak sehingga agak lembut.
Sejikkan.
6. Aturkan epal ke atas cheesecake & tuangkan sos karamel.
Hidangkan sejuk.

SOS KARAMEL:
1/2 cwn Susu Pekat
2 sb Butter
2 sb Susu Cair
- kacau atas api kecil sehingga sebati.

Glazed pecans

Delicious Apple cake (Again)

 Made this delicious cake again and this time was for colleague in the office..... very good feedback from everyone and they agreed indeed it was delicious.... moist cake with surprise chunky apples in it makes it tastes almost like apple pies! One of my colleague, Chai said it is even better than the apple pie that I made before....LOL!

See here for the recipe.

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Buat lagi..... saja suka nak tayang lagi sebab kek ni sedap sangat! Kek yg sangat mudah nak di sediakan tapi amat sedap dengan tekstur yg lembab dengan ketulan epal di dlama nya membuatkan ia tak jemu di makan....!

Resipi dah kongsikan dulu di sini.

Kek Batik Cheese (Batik Cake with Cheese Topping)

 Why not give special cheesy touch to Batik Cake.... such a lovely combination and well received by office colleague during breakfast treat just a day before Ramadhan last week.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: Facebook_Rohaimi Ahmad
English translation by HomeKreation
Size: 8" square
INGREDIENTS:
50g Cocoa powder
100g Milo
100g Sugar
200ml Water
100g Butter
2 Eggs
400g Marie Biscuits - break them into smaller pieces

METHOD:
1. Place cocoa powder, milo, sugar & water in a wok.
Stir above medium fire until dissolved & smooth.
2. Add in butter until dissolved.
3. Reduce heat to low & add in egg & stir until thicken about 30 seconds and off the fire.
4. Add in biscuits & mix well until biscuits are evenly coated with chocolate batter.
5. Press into a lined tin. 

CHEESE TOPPING:
250g Cream Cheese
1 Egg
2 tbsp Caster Sugar (I used 1/4 cup)
- Beat all ingredients until smooth & pour onto the prepared Batik Cake.
- Bake 160C (top heat only) for 5 minutes.
- Chill before slicing.
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BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Kek Batik di gabungkan dengan topping cheese amat sedap sekali...! Along buat ni minggu lepas belanja my team kat opis makan2 sehari sebelum berpuasa. Ramai yg kata sedap. Terima-kasih kepada Rohaimi yg menyumbangkan resipi di facebook nya.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: Facebook_Rohaimi Ahmad
Resipi di taip semula utk mudah rujuk
Saiz: 8" persegi
BAHAN2:
50g Serbuk Koko
100g Milo
100g Gula Pasir
200ml Air
100g Mentega
2 bj Telur
400g Biskut Marie - patah2kan 

CARA2:
1. Campurkan koko, milo, gula & air ke dlm kuali.
Masak dgn api yg sederhana, kacau sehingga larut.
2. Masukkan mentega sehingga larut.
3. Kecilkan api, masukkan telur & kacau sehingga pekat dalam 30 saat & padamkan api.
4. Masukkan biskut dan gaul sehingga rata dan biskut di saluti sepenuhnya.
5. Padatkan ke dlm loyang yg di alas dgn kertas aluminium. 

LAPISAN CHEESE:
250g Cream Cheese
1 bj Telur GredA
2 sb Gula Halus (Along guna 1/4 cwn) 
- Putar kesemua bahan sehingga kembang & tuangkan ke atas kek batik tadi.
- Bakar 160C (api atas shj) selama 5 minit.
- Sejukkan di dlm petisejuk sebelum di potong/hidangkan.

Carrot Cake with Walnuts

 CF bought me a packet of walnuts during her holiday in New Zealand and asked me to make carrot cake. This carrot cake is my keeper for 9 years and in my opinion is the best of all carrot cake that I have tasted! If you like carrot cake with walnuts then this is the version to go for! The sweetness is moderate and the cake is moist!

I made the cake to treat my office mates a day before Ramadhan and received good feedback.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: Chef Ismail
Yield 8" square
INGREDIENTS:
220g Caster Sugar
220ml Oil
4 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
335g Flour*
1 tsp Bic Soda*
1 tsp Salt*
1 tsp Baking Powder*
40g Cornflakes Powder* (* combined) 
300g Grated Carrots
50g Raisins
300g Walnuts

METHOD:
1. Beat sugar & oil until well mixed.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Stir in VE.
Fold in mixed dry ingredients*.
Add in carrots, raisins & walnuts until well mixed.
2. Bake 160C for 50-60 minutes until cooked when tested with skewer.

... to show you the type of grater I used

Finely garted carrot

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION

Kek karot yg sangat sedap.... Along amat suka resepi ni yg Along dah buat banyak kali & simpan selama 9 tahun. Along dapat resepi ni dari kotak cornflake yg di promosikan oleh Chef Ismail. Kek ini amat berperisa dan kaya dengan rasa walnut yg di imbangkan dengan campuran karrot & kismis. Campuran cornflakes tu yang buat kek ni sangat harum.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: Chef Ismail
Saiz 8"persegi
BAHAN2:
220g Gula Kastor
220ml Minyak
4 bj Telur
1 st Esen Vanilla
335g Tepung Gandum*
1 st Bic Soda*
1 st Garam*
1 st Baking Powder*
40g Cornflakes yg di kisar halus* (* di satukan) 
300g Grated Carrots
50g Kismis
300g Walnuts

CARA2:
1. Pukul gula & minyak sehingga sebati.
Masukkan telur satu persatu sambil di pukul rata.
Masukkan VE.
Masukkan campuran tepung* sehingga rata.
Masukkan carrots, kismis, walnuts & gaul rata.

2. Bakar 160C selama 50-60 minit sehingga masak (test dgn lidi).

Ready to pack away to office

Checkerboard Cake for Birthday

 June is a very special month for my family because three members of the family born in June plus Father's Day is in June as well. This year I decided to bake a birthday cake for all three of us.... AlongRiz bought a checkerboard cake pans from USA for me a year ago which had not been used and therefore gave me an immediate solution without having to think too much of choice of cake.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: From the box of the cake pans
Recipe is retyped with conversion by HomeKreation
Yields 9" round
INGREDIENTS:
5oz Semi-sweet Chocolate - melt & cool slightly (original recipe only 3oz) 
1 cup (227g) Butter
2 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1 tbsp Vanilla Essence
4 cup Flour*
3 tsp Baking Powder*
1/2 tsp Salt* (* combined) 
1 1/3 cup Milk

METHOD:
1. Cream butter & sugar until white.
Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Add vanilla essence.
2. Add flour mixture* and milk alternately until well mixed.
3. Divide batter into two equal portions.
Mix chocolate into one portion (I purposely let the chocolate chunks instead of smooth mix).
4. Pour into three checkerboard pans following the box instructions (see step by step illustrations below).
5. Bake at 160C for 25 minutes and cool.
Stack up cake with chocolate ganache in between.
Coat cake all over with topping and decorate per your preference.

CHOCOLATE TOPPING
Source: Roz@HomeKreation
250g Cooking Chocolate
1 tin (170g) Nestle cream
1 tbsp Butter
- Cook until melted & smooth.
- Use immediately.

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Tahun ni teringin nak buat kek birthday sendiri walaupun dalam keadaan yg amat kesibukan... Alhamdulillah tercapai juga hasrat walaupun comot jer kek yg Along buat ni. Kek ni semperrna harijadi Along, hubby dan AngaRuz yg lahir dlm bulan Jun. Sedih nya AngahRuz takda di Miri untuk sama2 potong kek tu sebab dia belajar di KL, Along cuma poskan gambar kek untuk nya pada tarikh lahir nya.

 Acuan Kek Checkerboard ni AlongRiz beli dari USA dah setahun lalu dan baru sekarang Along berkesempatan nak gunakan nya. Senang je nak buat nya, boleh tengok step-by-step yg Along tunjukkan di gambar2 bawah ni.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: kotak bungkusan acuan
Terjemahan ke BM oleh HomeKreation
Saiz 9" bulat
BAHAN2:
5oz Semi-sweet Chocolate - cairkan (resipi asal hanya 3 oz) 
1 cwn (227g) Butter
2 cwn Gula
4 bj Telur
1 sb Vanilla Essence
4 cwn Tepung Gandum*
3 st Baking Powder*
1/2 st Garam* (* campur) 
1 1/3 cwn Susu

CARA2:
1. Pukul butter & gula sehingga putih.
Masukkan telur sebiji2 sambil di pukul rata.
Masukkan vanilla essence.
2. Masukkan campuran tepung & susu berselang-seli sehingga sebati.
3. Bahagi adunan kepada dua bahagian.
Campurkan coklat kepada satu bahagian (Along sengaja biar coklat berketul2 sikit).
4. Paipkan ke dalam acuan checkerboard seperti arahan di kotak (lihat gambar step-by-step kat bawah).
5. Bakar 160C selama 25 minit dan sejukkan.
Lapiskan ketiga2 biji kek selang-seli warna dgn topping coklat.
Sapu topping coklat ke serata kek & hias.

CHOCOLATE TOPPING Source: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
250g Cooking Chocolate
1 tin (170g) Nestle cream
1 sb Butter
- Masak sehingga cair. Sapukan ke atas kek dgn segera.

1. Prepare batter & pan.
Sediakan adunan dan acuan

2. Pipe two batters alternately as shown.
Paipkan adunan selang-seli warna spt di tunjukkan

3. Carefully remove the divider.
Perlahan2 angkat divider.

4. Pour batter into 3 tins in above alternate colors.
Buat 3 tin dengan selangi warna spt rajah

5. 3 cakes baked & unmouded.
3 biji kek yg sudah siap di bakar

6. Stack the 3 cakes with choc ganache in between
Lapiskan ketiga2 biji kek dgn coklat topping

7. Coat cake all over with choc ganache.
Sapukan coklat topping ke serata kek

8. Final look!

Best Ever Banana Muffins (Again)

 Liana's birthday celebration in schools were postponed until today when the schools were reopened. She had another two celebrations today... one in her morning session school and the other was in her afternoon nursery session. I prefer to give away homemade bakes for party packs to kids instead of sweets and unhealthy snacks. So that is the reason for making these muffins yesterday. I made 6 dozens altogether and give away together with drinks and balloons to kids which also served as breakfast for all Liana's classmates and teachers.

Posing with her two big cakes for next day celebration in schools

Liana's birthday story was here & here before.

 My hubby just chopped a big bunch of bananas from our side-yard and they were all ripened.... lovely opportunity to turn them into party packs.... I made 6 dozens altogether, enough to serve two schools, gave away to some friends and our own consumption!

The recipe was posted here earlier on and pasted herewith again for ease of reference as well as the BM translation. This recipe has been my keeper for almost 10 years and definitely the best!

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Makes One dozen
INGREDIENTS:
170g Mashed Ripe Bananas
3/4 cup Sugar
1 Egg - slightly beaten 
1/3 cup Melted Butter
1 tsp Baking Powder*
1 tsp Bic Soda*
1/2 tsp Salt*
1 1/2 cup Flour* (* sift together) 

METHOD:
1. Place bananas & sugar in a bowl & mix until combined.
Add in egg & butter gradually while mixing.
Fold in dry ingredients gradually until well mixed.
2. Spoon into muffin cups/tin.
Bake 20 minutes at 180C.

Note: This time I added some chocolate chips on top.

Cantik kembang mumbong...!

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Ini resipi kesukaan Along yg hampir 10 tahun lama nya.... muffin ni lembut, lembab & gebu. Along ada kongsikan resipi ni di sini dulu tapi dalam BI. Kali ni, Along terjemahkan ke BM bagi sesiapa yg ingin mencuba. Senang sangat nak buat nya.

Along buat 6 bancuhan & dapat lah 6 dozen semua nya.... buat banyak sebab Along beri pada kawan2 Liana di sekolah semperna sambutan belated birthday Liana hari ini. Postpone sambutan di sekolah sebab Liana demam sebelum sekolah bercuti... jadi terpaksa tunggu sehingga sekolah buka semula hari ni. Along rasa lebih baik kasi homemade kuih kpd budak2 daripada beli gula2 & keropok, bukan shj lebih sihat, malah mengenyangkan juga.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Bilangan: 1 dozen
BAHAN2:
170g Pisang Masak Ranum - lecek 
3/4 cwn Gula
1 bj Telur - pukul sedikit 
1/3 cwn Mentega - cairkan 
1 st Baking Powder*
1 st Bic Soda*
1/2 st Garam*
1 1/2 cwn Tepung Gandum* (* ayak) 

CARA2:
1. Campurkan pisang lecek & gula sehingga sebati.
Masukkan telur, mentega sambil di kacau sehingga sebati.
Akhir sekali, masukkan campuran tepung* & gaul balik sehingga rata.
2. Sudukan ke dalam cawan muffins.
Bakar 180C selama 20-25 minit sehingga masak.

Nota: Along taburkan sedikit coklat cip atas nya.

Kek Kukus Koko Horlicks (Steamed Horlicks Chocolate Cake)

 Lovely soft & moist chocolate cake... not too sweet and lovely combination with chocolate ganache! I made it yesterday to give away to some friends and some leftover for four of us at home.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: Siti Ameera
Translated into English by HomeKreation
Size: 9" x 9"
INGREDIENTS:
250g Butter
1 cup Condensed Milk (suggest to put extra if no topping) 
5 Eggs (grade A)
120g Kaya (Egg Jam)
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
200g Self-Raising Flour*
150g Horlicks*
100g Cocoa Powder* (* mix & sift) 

METHOD:
1. Beat butter & milk until fluffy.
2. Beat eggs in a separate bowl until frothy.
3. Pour egg into butter mixture and mix well.
Add in kaya, VE until well mixed.
Add in flour mixture* until well mixed.
4. Pour into lined/greased tin & steam for 1½ hours until cooked.
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BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Kek coklat ni sedap sangat sebab ada perisa Horlicks.... kek nya lembab gebu.... rasa nya tidak terlalu manis, jadi Along pun tambahkan topping ganache untuk imbangkan rasa nya. Kalau tak cakap, orang takkan tahu kek ni di kukus sebab tiada beda dengan yg di bakar cuma kek nya lebih lembut dan tidak kering. Nak pegang kek ni kena perlahan2 & tak boleh lama2 nanti hancur di tangan. Masuk mulut jer terus cair!

Terima-kasih kepada Siti Ameera dari Brunei yg kongsikan resepi ni...!

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation
Source: Siti Ameera
Resepi di taip semula oleh HomeKreation untuk mudah rujuk
Saiz: 9" x 9"
BAHAN2:
250g Mentega
1 tin Susu Pekat (Along guna 1 cawan, lebihkan kalau tak letak topping) 
5 bj Telur gred A
120g Kaya
1 st Esen Vanilla
200g Tepung Naik Sendiri*
150g Horlicks*
100g Serbuk Koko* (* ayak sekali) 

CARA2:
1. Pukul mentega dengan susu pekat sehingga kembang.
2. Pukul telur dlm mangkuk yg berasingan sehingga berbuih.
3. Masukkan telur yg telah di pukul ke dalam adunan mentega sehingga sebati.
Masukkan kaya dan esen vanilla sehingga sebati.
Masukkan campuran tepung* sehingga sebati.
4. Tuangkan adunan ke dalam tin yg di lapik & di minyakkan.
Kukus 1½ jam sehingga masak.

Kiwi Fruit Muffins (Again)

 Hi all HomeKreation readers! Sorry for not appearing regularly lately.... extremely busy at office and home... herewith a repeat recipe that I made for office mates recently.... something to post so that the blog will not be completely quiet and you know that I'm still alive!

Recipe was shared here earlier on. The muffins are really moist and soft... something a must try!

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
 Assalamualaikum pembaca blog HomeKreation dan kekawan. Maaf lah  ya Along menyepi sedikit kebelakangan ni sebab terlalu kesibukan dengan pekerjaan harian di pejabat & di rumah jadi tak banyak masa untuk mencuba resipi2 baru. Supaya pembaca tidak kesepian bila masuk ke sini, Along tayangkan lagi resepi muffin yg mabeles ni.... Resepi boleh tengok kat sini.

Kek Marble Tiga Rasa

Beautiful, moist and tasty cake.... I made it last week when my parents and siblings in law were here visiting.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: Facebook - Mummy Ryan's Kitchen
Translated into English by HomeKreation

Size: 8" square

INGREDIENTS:

250g Butter

1 cup Sugar

5 Eggs

2 cups Flour*

1 cup Milk Powder*

1 tsp Baking Powder* (* mixed) 

1 can / 125g Serikaya

3 tbsp Honey

3 Flavour Paste (Pandan / Chocolate / Strawberry)

METHOD:

1. Beat butter & sugar until fluffy.

Add in egg one by one until well mixed.

Add in serikaya, honey until well mixed.

2. Divide mixture into three equal portions.

Add the different flavour into each portion.

3. Line & grease tin.

Spoon each flavour one after another until all used up.

4. Steam cake for 2 hours until cooked.

 

BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION

Kek ni Along buat minggu lepas.... kebetulan ibu-bapa mertua & adik2 ipar nak datang, dapatlah menjamu mereka. Teruja tengok kat facebook dan nampak mudah. Sedap juga lah kek ni, rasa nya lembab dan lemak2.

Along baru jer balik dari melawat emak yg tak sihat di Taiping.... terima-kasih kpd kekawan yg tolong mendoakan.... emak Along sekarang beransur pulih.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation

Source: Facebook - Mummy Ryan's Kitchen

Resepi di taip semula untuk mudah rujuk

Saiz: 8" persegi

BAHAN2:

250g Mentega

1 cwn Gula

5 bj Telur

2 cwn Tepung Gandum*

1 cwn Susu Tepung*

1 st Baking Powder* (* campur) 

1 tin kecil / 125g Serikaya

3 sb Madu

3 Perasa (Pandan / Coklat / Strawberry)

CARA2:

1. Pukul mentega dan gula sehingga kembang.

Masukkan telur satu persatu sehingga sebati.

Masukkan campuran tepung* sedikit2 sehingga rata.

Masukkan serikaya, madu sehingga sebati.

2. Bahagi adunan kepada 3 bahagian.

Campurkan setiap bahagian dengan perasa coklat, pandan & strawberry.

3. Lapik loyang dgn kertas & di gris.

Sudukan setiap warna berselang-seli sehingga habis.

4. Kukus selama 3 jam sehingga masak (Along kukus 2 jam sahaja).

Siap untuk di kukus

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