Kaya Or Coconut Egg Jam (Express Version) 咖椰

Kaya or Coconut Egg Jam is a very popular food spread in Southeast Asia, mainly Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Kaya is typically spread on toast, eaten in the morning as breakfast (or anytime of the day). The kaya toast is selling in every coffee shops or what we call 'kopitiam' here in Malaysia. Kaya can also be used as a topping for desserts.

There are 3 main ingredients use in kaya, namely coconut milk (also known as santan), eggs (chicken or duck) and sugar. Pandan or screwpine leaves are usually added as a flavouring for its unique taste and aroma. The traditional way of cooking kaya is very tedious and time consuming as you have to stand beside the mixture stirring continuously while cooking for at least 1.5 to 2 hours to avoid from burning. 

Frozen Yogurt Popsicles 酸乳酪冰棒

This is a COOL idea rather than a recipe that I'm sharing with you today! As always, it is simple and easy........

During the hot hot weather, what do you like to have? Something refreshing and cold, of course! Soft drinks and ice cream may sound good and tempting......but most of those selling in the market are not so healthy as most of them are actually consisting of tons of sugar!

League Of Legends (LOL) Birthday Cake 英雄联盟蛋糕

My son, Kai Phin loves League of Legends; an online game very much, so I have make him a Baron Nashor (one of the character in the game) cake for his 15th birthday this year. 

Pepperoni Non Prove Mini Pizza Rolls 无须发酵披薩小卷

If you are looking for finger food for your next party or get together, then these mini pepperoni non prove pizza rolls make a perfect choice. It save you the time needed to prepare the normal pizza dough.

Instead of having the normal round traditional pizza for a party, why not transform its look to pizza rolls. All the ingredients used and the taste are exactly the same, just the appearance is different. You will definitely have lots of fun making and eating it.

Oreo Ice Blended 奥利奥冰沙

Oreo Ice Blended

This delicious recipe is posted upon a special request from my boy's good friend, who likes Oreo Ice Blended very much.

There is a slight difference between Oreo Milkshake and Oreo Ice Blended. Milkshake normally contains ice cream and milk blended and flavour added to taste whereas ice blended beverages will have ice crushed in it other than ice cream and milk.

This simple and easy recipe only requires 4 main ingredients!

Chelsea Football Pull-Apart Birthday Cake 切尔西足球俱乐部蛋糕

My second boy, Kai Yann is a core fan of Chelsea Football Club. He has requested to have a birthday cake with football theme for his 12th birthday.

Instead of a normal big cake, I had made a cupcakes cake, or pull-apart cake for him. Instead of cutting from one cake, you just pull off a cupcake. Kai Yann and his friends enjoyed pulling their own cupcake off the birthday cake and this saving me from cutting the cake.

Giant Oreo Non Bake Cheesecake 奥利奥巨无霸免烤奶酪蛋糕

I think most of the children and for adults too, like Oreo cookies. My elder son, Kai Phin is one of them. He has requested to have Oreo cookies in his 14th years old birthday cake. I have search through the recipes in the internet and came across this recipe from 'how to cook that'.

Even though this birthday cake involved quite a lot of works and time but the end result is promising. My boy was very happy and proud to have such a Giant Oreo Birthday Cake. His friends were also delighted to see such a cake in the birthday party.

Salami And Basil Non Prove Thin Crust Pizza 无须发酵香脆薄饼

If you are hungry and craving for some quick thin crust pizza and would like to home-make it, then the following recipe might suit you well. You do not have to spend time waiting for the dough to prove which might takes more than an hour. Thin crust speaks for itself, the dough will be baked thin and crispier. The thinner you roll your pizza dough, the crispier the cracker like crust you will get.

Chocolate Cake Mix Waffles 巧克力蛋糕鬆饼

If you own a waffle maker at home, you will be surprised that there are a lot of other things you could make in it other than waffles.

One of the choices you have is to make chocolate cake mix waffles, a simple and easy  recipe, especially when you are dealing with hungry children coming back from school yelling for snacks :) My boys like them because they were more 'interesting', chocolate cake in the shape of waffle.

Fruit Platter Bouquet 超级水果盤

Saw this from a TV cooking show, 'Good, Cheap, Eats 食平DD' making this fruit platter bouquet. I was using what ever fruits available from my refrigerator, apple, pear, plum, grapes, orange and strawberry. I am planning to make one for my hubby's coming birthday as his healthy birthday cake.

Chinese Sausage (Taiwanese Sausage) Steamed Buns 腊肠包

This simple and easy Chinese sausage steamed bun 腊肠包 is one of the snacks that I like to make for my boys. The original recipe from Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover called for traditional Chinese sausage or lap cheong (Cantonese) or lak chang (Mandarin) 腊肠 but I used Taiwanese sausage 台湾香肠instead. 

Roselle Drink/Tea 洛神花茶

Cold Roselle Drink

Hot Roselle Drink

I have not seen any fresh roselle sold at my area until today. So I have decided to buy some to make pro-health beverage. I still remember there were roselle plants at the back of my old village house and we used to call it 'Ribena', a type of blackcurrant drink except it is a bit sour but more healthier without the high level sugar content.

Mooncake Biscuits / Kong Chai Peng 公仔饼

Hi there, this is the very first posting of my newly created blog, Baking For Cowboys; created especially for  me by my dear sons, Kai Phin and Kai Yann. A big, big thank you and kisses to both of them.

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival or Mooncake Festival is just 2 days away, so I have decided to post a recipe related to this great festival, the traditional Mooncake Biscuit, or Kong Chai Peng 公仔饼  . Most of the mooncake biscuits in the old days were in the shape of piggies and they were all kept and sold in the cute colour plastic basket.