More Rice Cooker Cake - Lemon Poppy Seed

Felt like eating cake the whole week and since I had a lemon in the fridge, decided to make a lemon poppy seed one. The recipe was from Panasonic's Orange Butter Cake (list of recipes from Happyhomemaker88's). I substituted the orange juice with lemon. Added 1 tbsp poppy seeds just before transferring into the cooker to bake.


It tasted rather sour the first bite but after that it was pretty appetizing. As seen, the cake is a little flat...didn't exactly rise properly but tasted just fine and moist.

L-shaped Sofa

We got this L-shape settee set for a reasonable price from Lorenzo...well, there are other cheaper ones around but we've already search for a long while before finally settling for this. We weren't looking for an L-shaped one but it turns out to fit in our living nicely. Of course the one on display was much better looking in white (see photo below), but the cost was a few hundred more. We figured, we didn't need the white as it could get dirty easily.

White

Vs.
Kuih Lapis

But, we didn't expect the colour we picked to turn out this way either. My brother said that it looked like a gigantic kuih lapis (layered cake) : ( Oh well, as long as it's comfortable and our visitors liked sitting on it....hehe..they had to sit on the floor before this...

Best of all, it was a gift from sis....though she just contributed the cash and left us to select our own : )

Our next target...a dining set, yep, we're still having our meals on the floor.

Such Bliss...

I am not a very hardworking person.I only work hard when needed or when doing things I have interest in. I despise doing house work, e.g., sweeping, mopping, washing, ironing...anything to do with cleaning up and involves sweating. Plus, my sensitive hands are allergic to detergents and dust! Of course nowadays, there's machines to help us with all that and for those who could afford, a maid. I, on the other hand, do not have any of those machines (yeah, not even a washing machine) and neither could I afford a maid. But lucky me. I have a MPH...I'll get to the meaning of this self-given abbreviation...read-on.

I have someone to do the sweeping and mopping...hehe, say bye-bye to those lizard's poo (baby lizard's been leaving it's gold everywhere in our home). I have someone to do our laundry...no, I did not send it to the launderette...I got it hand-washed.

I love baking, but do not have an electronic mixer. My hands always aches from those crazy butter and sugar beating. But, I have a special mixer which I could vary the speed just by uttering slow, medium or fast while I'm doing something else. I also have a massager for those aching hands.

I love cooking spaghetti with mince meat, but I do not buy readily minced meat as those have more fats. I buy the lean ones and got someone to chopped it fine and smooth, without a food processor.

I love shopping (be it for clothes, accessories or groceries) and have someone to drive me there and back, pay for my purchases and carry them for me.

I have WK, my husband to do all that. Yes, I have an iRobot(Roomba and Scooba), a dishwasher, a washing machine, a mixer, a food processor, a massager, a chauffeur, a walking ATM, a transporter...a Multi Purpose Husband (MPH) for that matter.

I have such BLISS!

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My

MPH

Fa Gao and others...

Fa Gao made with Milo....recipe adopted and improvised from Lily's, but they tasted a little hard and weird...no wonder I don't see any recipe using Milo for cakes...


Double chocolate chip cake with chocolate sauce, recipe from Panasonic's rice cooker cake...


Funky fondant deco for sis's birthday cake....sis helped make her own piggy and roses...hehe...

Honeymoon in Perth

We booked a package from MATTA fair for this trip. No doubt, it was a BUDGET trip...but we enjoyed ourselves tremendously!

We were on free and easy, hotel and breakfast included...booked a day tour to the PINNACLES, went on the Swan River and Fremantle cruise, explored Perth city the rest of the time...

View at the jetty

The Perth Mint entrance @ AUD15/personListen to gold history in Perth and witness liquid gold pouring

PINNACLES Day-tour: AUD155/person inclusive of visit to Caversham Wildlife Park and Lancelin sand dunes.

Timid Koalas @ the Caversham Wildlife

Hungry Kangaroos @ the Caversham Wildlife

Mini buffet lunch by the tour

Sand boarding @ Lancelin Sand Dunes

Swan River cruise: AUD38/person round trip

Fremantle by cruise: AUD25/person returnView at Fremantle Market

And the rest....City Highlights....