Muffin Queen

I had a very interesting day today and everything fell into place as though I planned everything so perfectly. Well, it's one of those days that you feel the sun is shining for you, the birds are singing beautifully for you and everything is simply perfect!

I went to the cake and bake shop in USJ 1 (Cook & Bake) today and I bought some new stuff and I am proud to say that I own a 3.8kg Buttercup tub. My boyfriend came home and saw the tub and said "If they had a barrel/drum, you would have bought that as well right? Why so big?" Well, seriously they didn’t have the 1kg tin ones that I've been buying and I was out of butter since yesterday's baking event. Come to think of it...isn't it always cheaper to buy the biggest as it would be cheaper?? I made my calculations and I think it was a good choice...hehehe

If my mum sees this, she must think I'm crazy!

Come to think of it, I'm sure I would not need to buy another tub of butter in the next few months with this monster in the house now...hehehe.


This is for anyone who is interested in baking or even if you don't, just keep this in mind. Get your ingredients from a cake & bake shop or shops that wholesale their ingredients instead of buying it from the nearest hypermarket like we always do. You would save a lot (trust me) Well, I bought a number of stuff and it only came up to RM63.90. Here is the breakdown on the pricing on the ingredients:

Buttercup (tub) 3.8kg RM 43.50
Self Rising Floor 1kg RM2.80
Castor Sugar 1kg RM2.20
Brown Sugar 1kg RM2.20
Chocolate Rice 500g RM3.30
Color Rice 500g RM5.50
Vanilla Essence RM2.30
Vanilla Flavor 30ml RM 2.20

All stocked UP!

Just as I got home, I wanted to officially use the ingredients to I decided to bake some muffins as I promised Vicky that I would bring him some today. As normal, I measured all the ingredients and started putting them together but this time I didn't use the mixing machine to do this, I did it by hand and it made a difference in the texture and taste.

The outcome and an experiment that I did on the normal recipe that I've been using, I put in the colored rice into the chocolate mixture and to finish it up, I sprinkle it with some white rice. It tasted like heaven. Here is an outcome of the muffins:

Check out the white chocolate rice!!!

It was a weird combination of colored rice in chocolate dough but when you break the muffins and look into the dough, OMG...the colors are so beautiful and the taste (it must have been that new tub of buttercup) it's moist and rich. I've learned something about getting superb cakes and muffins or even cookies; even if the recipe says to use margarine, use BUTTER! It makes a whole lot of difference to your taste buds.


I baked 2 batches and the other batch was just plain white dough with chocolate rice in them.

Bite me!

I brought a few of the muffins to the office and coincidently one of my good friend Navin, got the job he wanted and while writing thing, I heard a familiar voice across the room...SHARMINI IS BACK!!! She left for the states and she was there for a few months but now, she is just in time to taste my ever famous muffins...hehehe...this calls for a celebration and we will do it, muffin style!
As I said earlier, I started my day and everything was perfect, just to top everything up...my boyfriend just crowned me "Muffin Queen". For the few months of finding the perfect ingredients and feeding my office mates and even my boyfriend Ken's office mates, I think it’s been worth it :)

I brought about 6-7 muffins and it’s all gone and it’s not even half of the day yet! I’m proud…and at last Kalvin (the fussy pot) put his thumbs up and said that the muffin is good…now I wished I brought all 24 muffins instead of the 7 I brought today. Well guys, there is always…tomorrow and yes Sharmini, you have a lot of catching up to do tomorrow. And not forgetting Jo, yes that muffin is still reserved for you :)