baked, baking

I used to love baking.  Sila take note...past tense tu tau.  I remembered the first time i baked was when i was in standard 3, or maybe 4.  We were preparing to go somewhere or maybe preparing for something.  Disebabkan my mother tak sempat nak buat segala benda sendiri, maklum la, adik2 pun kecik lagi maka i was ordered to hold the mixer (we don't have stand mixer at that time) for the first time.  Since then, maka whenever she wants to bake, i'll help her prepare the ingredients, the baking pan etc sampai la i boleh buat kek sendiri from A to Z.  The only cake we made at that time is marble cake or as we call it, kek belang bodoh.  The cake is not 'stupid', cuma looking at the various fancy cakes we have nowadays, that kek belang seems tersangatlah ordinary.


Starting from that moment, setiap kali nak buat kek maka i'll be the one in charge.  I had no other choice, kena jugak buat sebab kalau tak sapa lagi nak tolong kan.  I started to venture into other kind of cakes.  Jumpa je resepi kat majalah i akan cuba. Tak pernah pulak rasa takut kek tu tak habis sebab apa benda pun yang dibuat kat rumah tu mesti habis.  Even until now, agaknya kalau buat kek bubuh rempah kari pun habis agaknya.


My mother rajin buat kuih untuk minum petang.  That was dolu2, zaman dia rajin, zaman kitaorang semua kecik2 lagi.  Sekarang dia masih lagi buat but not regularly.  Dia sangat suka buat kuih berulang2 kali.  Musim dia buat kuih apam, maka berhari2, berminggu2 la kitaorang kena makan apam.  Time kat rumah ada banyak pisang, maka berhari2 la kitaorang kena makan benda berasaskan pisang.  But the good thing is, dia rajin mencuba, and i think dulu2 (perlu ditekankan...dulu2 tau), i jugak rajin mencuba sebab dia tak pernah kesah kalau apa yang kita buat tu jadi ke tak.  Percaya tak, i dah pandai kelim karipap masa skolah tadika tau...hahahha.


Kitaorang pernah tinggal kat Jasin.  It was a small town at that time, sekarang pun kecik jugak kan.  At that time cuma ada satu je pasaraya, itu pun kalau zaman sekarang ni kita panggil kedai runcit je kot.  My mother teringin sangat nak buat pie.  Of course la kat Jasin tu takde jual pastry margerine.  We went to bandar Melaka, pun takde jugak jual.  It was really frustrating.  So, throughout the years we live at Jasin tu, takde la boleh kitaorang makan benda2 fancy sikit.


Berbalik kepada topik baking tadi.  I saw a carrot cake recipe in the newspaper.  Gambar kek tu tersangatlah menarik.  Tetiba rasa macam berkobar2 pulak nak buat kek tu.  I bought all the things needed.  I went from the bakery supplier to the Gergasi, to Tesko sampai dua kali sebab i lupa barang yang nak dibeli.  I planned to do it at home, tapi tak jadi sebab i tak tau mana peginya penimbang, nak main agak2 je cam tak best plak.  So, lepas pegi rumah PK, off i went to my parents place.


So, inilah hasilnya.  Doesn't look very impressing kan, but believe me, sedap tau....hahahha!