Pandan and Coconut Lamingtons

Delicious Delicious Delicious is one of my favourite blogs in my reading list ^^

I read about it when Mr. P, the owner of the blog, held the event of Re-Inventing Lamingtons in 2011. And I saw maaaany many pretty lamingtons :D so fun to read about it... and my personal favourite is the St. Clements Lamingtons I mean... who doesn't love that Kewpie >.<

This January he announced the 2012 Re Inventing Lamingtons already and this year I hope I can contribute ^^. I made this cake to join the Re-Inventing the Lamington 2012 :)

snowy white :D

This is my first lamington. Ever.
I've never dealt with any dessicated coconuts before xD
It's pandan cake, but I didn't use real pandan leaves juice, I used pandan paste.
The base cake isn't baked but steamed, so it will be softer and moist.
For filling I use grated coconut (I grated it myself in the morning :D) with sugar and also pandan leaf (this time the real leaf :D) ^^

Here is the recipe :

Pandan and Coconut Lamingtons


A
* 8 whole eggs
* 3 egg yolks
* 200 grams sugar
* 1 tbs cake emulsifier
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 200 grams all purpose flour
* 25 grams maizena
* 15 grams full cream milk powder
* 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 150 gram butter, melted
* 1 tbs pandan paste

B

* 1 coconut, grated (choose one that isn't too tender)
* 100 gr castor sugar
* 100 ml water
* 2 pandan leaves
* a pinch of salt


C


* white chocolate, melted
* dessicated coconut
 
1. Heat the steamer

2. Whip the eggs, sugar, emulsifier and salt with low speed until it's foamy and increase the speed until it reaches the soft peak and has pale colour. Add flour, maizena, milk powder and baking powder, slowly sifted, and folding it until it's well mixed. After that, pour the melted butter and mix it again.

3. Pour the batter into 22-24 cm square baking pan (I used 2 smaller baking pans an few cupcake tins)

4. Steam it until it's done (do a toothpick test) for about 30-40 minutes (depends on your steamer). Let it cool.

5. Make filling. Put all B ingredients and cook it on medium heat until it's done and the grated coconut look shiny :)

6. Half the cake. Spread the filling on it. Top it with the half cake. Cut it to your liking :D

7. Pour the melted white chocolates on cakes, then cover with dessicated coconut. Let them harden. Put some raisins on top of the cakes so it won't be too bland in a photo xD

8. Enjoy :D

  

Forgive my messy English xD

Diva Soul 14.80 mm GREY Review

A.W.E.S.O.M.E

Sebelum review pendek kita mulai, maaf sekali, foto2 awal pembukaan *XD* botolnya close up lensa ilang T__T pake hape trus ak kliru pencet (sambil ngobrol soalnya) jadinya yah... ilang dengan sukses T__T

DIVA SOUL GREY

Diameter 14.80 mm
Water Content 50%
BC 8.60 mm

Pertama pake lens ini, wah nyaman banget n bedanya langsung keliatan banget ^^
Apalagi ini warnanya deep tapi ttep bening jadi kesannya sheer dengan warna yang padat.

Colour 10/10 = AWESOME!Lensanya waktu dipegang sih cenderung bening, tapi sesudah dikenakan di mata, maka warna Grey-nya akan blending dengan warna mata kita, dan akan ada lingkaran tepi yang bagus banget ^^

Comfort 10/10 = very very comfy and the lenses are very thin, but not the type that will easily torn or difficult to wear.

Enlargement 10/10 = it DOES make your eyes appear larger and rounder ^^
 

  

 

Get these lenses from Clarice Softlens Shop, they sell various lenses ^^

Gifts from EXOTICON ^_^

two times :D

Those are some of the gifts I received as the winner of the quizzes held by Exoticon :) thanks to my friends :D
I can always count on them whenever I need their votes XD

When I first won the quizzes, the package came with 2 lenses (ICE N9 Babe  and ICE N9 Tropic), 2 lenscases, 1 bottle of a+ eyedrop, 1 bottle of a+ solution, some brochures, a tutorial video CD and an agenda :) (love the agenda so much!!!)

So when I won the 2nd quiz I got more agendas :D

Thanks EXOTICON :)

X2 BLACK from Exoticon

Keren yah? :)

This is my 2nd time winning a quiz from Exoticon ^^
They have fun quizzes and nice prizes :)

Mostly you just have to get votes or uploading an album with the pictures of thei products :)
Oh ya... Exoticon is one of the best brands of soft lenses in Indonesia.
They offered many choices in colours, tones and motives :)


This 2nd time I win two lenses

1. X2 Black --- which I am reviewing right now
2. X2 Flash Hazel

X2 Black : 

* Diameter 14.50 mm

* Water Content 42%

* Base Curve 8.60 mm

* Replacement Periods 6 months

* Power -0.00 to -06.00

 

it has wide outer ring

Colour 9/10 = very nice ^^ but it's kinda bluish and not the real GREY thing :)

Comfort 10/10 = worn for like up to 10 h and no problems no eye drops needed :D


Enlargement 10/10 = for lens with 14.50 mm in diameter, it does make your eyes appear rounder and larger... even not that much ^^

Sad

you make me feel like I don't deserve you :'(

GEO Super Nudy Grey 14.80 mm Review [edit]

my GEO Super Nudy T__T

Those lenses are very very pretty I am so in love with it but... my eyes get hurt so quickly whenever I wear those >.<

Perhaps it's the water content? I wrote that I usually wear lenses with at least 42% water content... but  this one is 38%. At first it'll be just fine but after 15 minutes or so... the lenses start to hurt my eyes. Then I'll spend 3-4 hours [after taking those off] closing my eyes cz my eyes become teary and felt so dry, even blinking is painful T______________T
I thought it's my eyes but when I tried to wear my Europa pink lenses [55% water content] for more than 8 hours... my eyes are perfectly fine!!! no red eyes, no tears at all!!!

However I see more people feel comfortable with these GEO lenses [I swear they're very very PRETTY!!!] like this cute girl said ''Comfort ♥  ♥  ♥ ♥ ♥ - 5 hours with no problems at all, the longest i've worn this was for 14 hours with eyedrops''... see? 5 hours!!!
so I think it's just me :s

I still love those GEO, but I will only wear it for taking pictures :D

IDIH!
That's all I can say atas keNORAKan yang dia lakukan!
Lagian, sumpah deh dia aneh banget!
Tau2 muncul, nge add aku, abis itu marah2 ngga jelas gara2 aku terkesan 'biasa' saat ketemu dia lagi on FB!

LHA EMANG WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Asking for his phone number? and asking who's his gf now???

WHY DO I HAVE TO?
Seriously, it's not that I'm not respecting him but I AM SO NOT INTERESTED :P :P :P

I meant... those days = P.A.S.T
You can't change that!
Get over it :P


Then he deleted me xD

Thanks GOD!!!!!