The distinctiveness of one's cooking is always based on the quality of the ingredients the cook used. The high quality or low quality of the ingredients will always emerge at the end result of cooking, automatically categorized the dish on its own. The same would be applied to vanilla extract.
Recently, I'm keening to talk about vanilla beans & vanilla extract because around where I live, it's very hard and expensive to get pure vanilla extract. Moreover it is extracted with alcohol! Not only restricted by religion, I'm sure each and every mother out there would not want to add liquor in cakes n cupcakes and give it their children. How can it be a kid's menu, when its content is for the adult?
The decision is up to you, but if you want a healthier & economical extract that is really safe for you & your family. Do choose your own homemade. And if you want to buy the vanilla beans in small packet of 10 beans, look no further, I am here. Besides, it is much more satisfying than buying in small quantity with big amount of money.
Contact me: pidahpopcakes@gmail.com
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Vanilla Extract
As I have entered into the world of baking, I'm always mesmerized with all the tools and ingredients found in the bakery supply store. Eager in exploring myself using the ingredients, i found myself becoming aware of the use of this one product, the imported vanilla essence in the store. It doesn't have a halal certification from it's origin. The one that's certified halal, is only a small tiny bottle sold in supermarket. and I have to buy that in large quantity which that large quantity is the imported not certified ones.
I did my own small research of searching the recipe in making own pure vanilla extract, (there are a lot of recipes and almost all using vodka which is alcohol which is also Haram for Me and fellow muslims), finally i came across this website that shares recipes among members and Alhamdulillah, I found the extract recipe with no alcohol. Now i can make vanilla extract in large quantities without worrying the ingredients in it. Yahoo!... Let me share you the extract recipe
Ingredients:
The recipe is taken from Here: http://www.food.com/recipe/non-alcoholic-vanilla-extract-346443
If you want to make your own vanilla extract, and looking for a supplier that supplies the bean? No worries, you can buy it from me. There's no minimum purchase. Just contact me at my email: pidahpopcakes@gmail.com , and I will you the details.
Salam Vanilla!
I did my own small research of searching the recipe in making own pure vanilla extract, (there are a lot of recipes and almost all using vodka which is alcohol which is also Haram for Me and fellow muslims), finally i came across this website that shares recipes among members and Alhamdulillah, I found the extract recipe with no alcohol. Now i can make vanilla extract in large quantities without worrying the ingredients in it. Yahoo!... Let me share you the extract recipe
Ingredients:
Serves: 16,
Yield: 16 oz.
Yield: 16 oz.
- 2 vanilla beans
- 1 1/2 cups glycerin
- 1/2 cup warm water Change Measurements: US | Metric
Directions:
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 days
Total Time: 30 days
- Slit beans down the middle, and scrape down seeds.
- Place both in glycerin and warm water.
- Place in a dark jar (or a light jar in a dark place)
- Let sit for a month or so.
- Shake often.
- Strain. (optional).
The recipe is taken from Here: http://www.food.com/recipe/non-alcoholic-vanilla-extract-346443
If you want to make your own vanilla extract, and looking for a supplier that supplies the bean? No worries, you can buy it from me. There's no minimum purchase. Just contact me at my email: pidahpopcakes@gmail.com , and I will you the details.
Salam Vanilla!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Teenee Weenee Tiny Cupcakes....
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Email Updates
Salam and good evening sweet toothers! How's your day been going? I hope everything went well, and if it didn't went well, always remember that there's a silver lining in every cloud as long as you're patient with it. I just want to update my email for all inquiries regarding popcakes and cupcakes: it is
pidahpopcakes@blogspot.com
and my phone number is +60132100009,
you can also find me on facebook, search: Fida Phied Sabihim . or just click on my name, and it will link you to me. Happy friendship!
pidahpopcakes@blogspot.com
and my phone number is +60132100009,
you can also find me on facebook, search: Fida Phied Sabihim . or just click on my name, and it will link you to me. Happy friendship!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Raya Cupcakes - Green Velvet Cupcakes
Alhamdulillah this raya I have made 2 recipe of cupcakes, the green velvet with cream cheese icing, and sticky dates a.k.a kurma cupcakes. They are undeniably moist and delicious based on my food taster personnel. They are RM3.00 per cupcake with butter cream icing for decoration with minimum 16 cupcakes.
Interested? just contact me either call or text to +60132100009 (fida).
or email me @ sitirafidahsabihim@gmail.com
or facebook message at Fida Phied Sabihim
delivery within Klang Valley : Additional RM15.00
p.s: Orders can be made after 15th September 2009 since I'm celebrating Hari Raya at my Kampung. :D
Thursday, September 9, 2010
My baby girl Ai$yah i$ turning 1 today!
Alhamdulillah, how time flies... I remember this time last year, on 08/09/2009 i was busy breaking fast at sri melaka amcorp mall suddenly mengidam their tom yam after 1 whole day busy handling my Mhaka Enterprise's MBPJ License. Mhaka Enterprise is mainly business catering for photography needs as my SRS Services is meant for catering food tender for the government.
I was conceived with Aisyah, though i felt the sudden pain of you know what, it was unbearably painful but somehow i have the strength to go on doing my business, because at that time I was thinking that 'it is a false alarm' as my gynecologist told me that my edd was supposed to be 1 month ahead which ideally in October 2009. Who knew that Aisyah really wanted to get out that early. I barely sleep at that night with all that pain, the pain is different from Azizi's time, it was an unbearable pain but i managed to bear it somehow maybe with my 1st born experience. Then 'this false alarm' become shorter gap every time the hour passed by. I became confused, simply because the pain is really opposite from Azizi's. The 1st person I called it wasn't my doctor, it was my mom. Then I asked her whether i can 'balik kampung' then she said, "I think it's time, you better go to the hospital." Well a year after, my baby girl has turned 1 year old, smiling, laughing, likes to bully her older brother very much, not much of a weeper when pushed by Azizi, a great imitator of her brother regardless she's a girl. Still I wish the best lucks and success for her and also My Azizi...
I was conceived with Aisyah, though i felt the sudden pain of you know what, it was unbearably painful but somehow i have the strength to go on doing my business, because at that time I was thinking that 'it is a false alarm' as my gynecologist told me that my edd was supposed to be 1 month ahead which ideally in October 2009. Who knew that Aisyah really wanted to get out that early. I barely sleep at that night with all that pain, the pain is different from Azizi's time, it was an unbearable pain but i managed to bear it somehow maybe with my 1st born experience. Then 'this false alarm' become shorter gap every time the hour passed by. I became confused, simply because the pain is really opposite from Azizi's. The 1st person I called it wasn't my doctor, it was my mom. Then I asked her whether i can 'balik kampung' then she said, "I think it's time, you better go to the hospital." Well a year after, my baby girl has turned 1 year old, smiling, laughing, likes to bully her older brother very much, not much of a weeper when pushed by Azizi, a great imitator of her brother regardless she's a girl. Still I wish the best lucks and success for her and also My Azizi...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Anis, the magic finger teacher
In pursuing my untold desire, I asked anis hartini, the 'anis magic finger', whether I can join her baking and deco class this weekend. After much persuasion done to my hubby, the BM photographer a.k.a Kamarul Akhir, he finally agreed to babysit the children under my supervision (hahahha), for 5 hours.I don't want to say much because I have a lot of pictures that tells the story.
When we started the class, Azizi keeps on pointing this and that on Anis' cookie jar, (ish ... budak ni .... tak tahu malu.... coverlah sikit......) not to mention he even tried to give some to his papa.
Mine - the 16 cupcakes on the right side cake board. The others belong to Mona, my coursemate.
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| Azizi eating choco pie, hehehe azizi tak puasa.... |
When we started the class, Azizi keeps on pointing this and that on Anis' cookie jar, (ish ... budak ni .... tak tahu malu.... coverlah sikit......) not to mention he even tried to give some to his papa.
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| Me, mixing the frosting to get the colour. |
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| The cupcakes |
Mine - the 16 cupcakes on the right side cake board. The others belong to Mona, my coursemate.
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| Teacher Anis, with Azizi (yang tak puasa), Me with Aisyah ( yang sungguh blur, kejap tengok anis, kejap tengok cupcake) and Mona. |
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| A wider zoom on our cupcakes |
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| Close up on my 16 cupcakes set |
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| Butter-cream series... Yum Yum! Oh Allah! Thank you for giving me strength to resist this cupcake! |
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| Fondant series |
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| Close up on clown Special Thanks to Anis because she doesn't mind to share her knowledge. p.s - the cupcakes are all M size cuppies. The price for buttercream is RM2.50 per cupcake. The price for fondant and sesame street character cupcake is RM3.50 per cupcake. Minimum order - 16 pcs of M size cuppies. Postal and delivery - Additional RM15.00 for Klang Valley. Payment method M2U to SRS Services - 5123 3430 2025 |
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