I've not lost my skills yet...I think?

The start of Ramadhan has seen me entering the kitchen to cook. Well, I do cook every week for Maisarah's meals but last Saturday and Sunday involved proper cooking for the whole family and baking. Shah requested me to cook 'Kambing Masak Hitam' for the main iftar dish for the first day of Ramadhan. To Shah and I, this dish is the easiest to cook and delicious at the same time. We often cook this dish if we entertain our friends. Even though it's been a while since I cooked this dish but the outcome on Saturday was quite good. It still tastes yummy but I think it was not 'hitam' and 'pedas' enough to my liking. It tasted sweet because my mom added sugar at the end. I never add sugar when I cook but ever since I lived at my mom's place she has been seasoning the food I cook and she always adds sugar. This is partly my fault because ever since I came back from the UK I rarely cook I think I have lost my skills in tasting the food I cook. So I think I need to cook more.

On Sunday, my sister and I made cupcakes. We had bought a recipe book on cupcakes last year but never got to trying it out. So finally we did. Making the cakes and icing was easy. But the decorating part was slow. We ran out of ideas for icing the cakes. I guess the artistic side of us will never shine through. So, I will never be able to open a cupcake making business. Anyway, no matter how 'cacat' they may look, I must say they taste quite good.

The icing and bare cupcakes.

All the cupcakes made.

Close up of some 'not-so-cacat' decorations.