2019 New Year Thoughts

At the break of dawn, as the whole world ushers in the brand new first day of the brand new year, this is one event celebrated world-wide!

Here are some of the messages that appear on my handphone Whatsapp messages all day long. These are enough for me to reflect for days on what 2019 can be for us

First New Year at Auckland, New Zealand by Andrew Tong!

New Year Count Down at London by Wallace

New Year 2019 Fireworks in London

Here are our photos taken during New Year Eve Dinner cum Aisha's early 50th Birthday Celebration.

Birthday Bash 2018

I am spoiled rotten by my colleagues and friends! So much love and sweetness from the friendships and cakes they gave me! Google always surprised me with my virtual candles!

Life begins at fifty

This past year and current year, I have been thinking about life after 50, it was easy to think positively about it especially with the internet Google search on reaching 50 years old milestone. Here are some positive ones that have helped to be brave, cheerful about turning 50 last year.

Until now you may have measured life’s worth with bank accounts and salaries, but now you will realise that nothing is more important than family.

I feel vintage, not old.

What it really means in mathematics about turning 50.

I feel so youthful to step into the youth of old age.

I could still remember how I celebrated my 21st birthday in University campus with an English student born same year, month and day as me, I think he is called Mark but we have lost touch since then.

This sums up how I feel after reaching 50 and living it out.

Turning fifty is when you will realize, that life is not a race, it is a wonderful prize. You will start slowing down and begin to cherish, even the quirky moments that once seemed garish. Such is life after fifty – beautiful, captivating and utterly heavenly. Happy birthday.

 

Happy 51st Birthday to myself for the coming birthday in November, still some time to go.

The Tiramisu Recipe

Tiramisu 

Tiramisu is from Italian and some will say it means "pick me up", "cheer me up" or "lift me up". It is a popular coffee-flavoured Italian custard dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts.

Another story is that it was only created in the 1960's as Recipes Books before that time does not have this mentioned. The first man who made it, a confectioner Roberto Linguanotto, he owned a restuarnat "Le Beccherie" in Treviso where he had his god-daughter, Francesca Valori, working as an apprentice with him. In honour of her culinary skills he named the today world-famous dessert after her maiden name, Francesca Valori-Tiramisu. So contrary to the idea that Tiramisu means "pull me up", it was the maiden name of a lady. the today world-famous dessert after her maiden name, Francesca Valori-Tiramisu. So contrary to the idea that Tiramisu means "pull me up", it was the maiden name of a lady. 

Ingredients 

30 pieces of Ladyfingers

3 tsp heaped Nescafé coffee

125 ml hot water

125 ml cold water

3 Tbsp Khalaur Coffee Liquor or Tia MARIA

100 gm Cooking Chocolate

100 ml Whipping Cream 

500 gm Mascarpone Cheese

2 Tbsp Castor Sugar (30 gm)

60 ml Rum

300 ml Whipping Cream 

2 Tbsp Castor Sugar (30 gm)

Ingredients and Assembly Instructions:
30 pieces of Ladyfingers

3 tsp heaped Nescafé coffee

125 ml hot water

125 ml cold water

3 Tbsp Khalaur Coffee Liquor or Tia MARIA

*Chill in fridge beforehand (overnight)

100 gm Cooking Chocolate

100 ml Whipping Cream 

* Melt in double boil, put over fire if become stiff.  

500 gm Mascarpone Cheese

2 Tbsp Castor Sugar (30 gm)

60 ml Rum

* Whisk by hand lightly

300 ml Whipping Cream 

2 Tbsp Castor Sugar (30 gm)

* Whisk by electric mixer until stiff

Mix both cream mixture together and keep chilled.

Note :-

1) Sugar supposed to be 100 gm, now reduced to 60 gm. Each Tbsp is 15 gm of sugar.

Assembly instructions:-

1) Quick dip biscuit fingers into coffee liquor, line up as first layer.

2) Spread melted chocolate over biscuit fingers.

3) Spread layer of Mascaporane Cream mixture.

4) Repeat for second and third layer as above.
5) Put in fridge for at least 8 hours or overnight.

Step 1 : Prepare the Coffee Liquor

Step 2 : Melt Cooking Chocolate with Cream

Step 3 : Whip the Cream

Step 4 : Whisk lightly Macarpore Cheese, Rum, Castor Sugar

Step 5 : Dip Ladyfingers with coffee and line them up

Step 6 : Lay them Layer by layer (3 layers)

Nearest Birthday Ladies!

Good Fellowship over Tiramisu

Tiramisu for Ladies

The taste is wonderful!

Amelia is back and she taught us how to make this Tiramisu Cake / Dessert. It is a non-bake recipe and simply assembly method to put all things together. 

Notes :-

Photo Credit of the Tiramisu Steps : Aisha Tan
Welfie Photos Credit : Annie Lau