No Bake Granny Apple Cheesecake

Had 3 small Granny Apples left in my fridge and did not know else what to do with them. Been drinking apple juice for the past 2 weeks...yeah, they were too sour to eat, had to mix with some carrot juice.

Mum's birthday was around the corner and I've always wanted to make her a non-bake cheesecake. Just didn't know what flavour to do, already made blueberry, strawberry and Oreos....wanted to try something new. Found a recipe online but it was with eggs and ground cinnamon....didn't want any of these in the cake so I omitted them and modified the recipe a little...Granny Apple Cheesecake

Crust:
6 pieces Digestive biscuits
1/4 cup peanut butter, melted

In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix well. Press firmly into a 8-inch springform pan( I used loose bottom type). Chill for 1 hour.

Apple-Cheese Filling:
1 tbsp gelatine
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp icing sugar
1/2 cup low fat milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
500 gms Philly cream cheese
100 gms non diary whipped cream
2 large Granny Smith apples, pared, cored
and chopped into cubes (2 cups)

In a medium saucepan, combine gelatine with 1/2 cup sugar. Stir in milk and lemon juice. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wire whisk, until gelatine dissolves. Remove from heat.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in gelatine mixture. Stir in apple cubes. Chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.

In a small bowl, whip non diary cream with icing sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold into apple-cheese mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Chill overnight or 8 to 12 hours until firm.

The cake turned out to be a bit wobbly, tasted weird at first (first time tasting chilled apple cheesecake, not sure what to compare to) but the recipe's definitely a keeper.

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!

I

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....

Snoopy

I heart Snoopy.....actually, I heart all puppies. Spotted this car close to my work place, just could not resist taking a picture of it. To the owner: I love your car! I apologize should you happen to come across my blog and don't like the idea of me posting it here.


As for my own car, would like to have a Snoopy on it too. But, I guess it'll be stealing your idea, eh? Maybe for our future children room, something like the ones above...hehe....