YL's Choc Chips Banana Muffins

I bought some bananas from the local market yesterday and was craving for banana choc muffins~ So, after hubby & I came back from supper in KFC, I made these "smell-like-heaven" muffins.... yummmy!!!!

These muffins taste great for breakfast & tea time. It is moist and the sweetness is just nice~ from the bananas itself & the choc chips.

Ingredients for Choc Chips Banana Muffins:
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Makes 12

2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup brown sugar (you may reduce to 1/3 cup if you are using very ripe bananas)
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 large or 5 small) mash bananas with a fork
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup choc chips

Method:
1) Preheat oven at 180degreeC (350F). Place muffin cups or grease muffin pans with some melted butter.
2) Sift flour and baking powder in a big bowl.
3) Mix sugar, bananas, egg, butter, vanilla essence & milk to a medium bowl. Mix well.
4)Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in banana mixture. Stir till well combined. Add in choc chips. Do not overmix.
5) Spoon batter into muffin pans (fill about 3/4).
6) Bake for 20-25 minutes. Test with a skewer.
7) Remove from oven. Let muffins cool on rack.
8) Once cool, remove muffins from pan.
7) Serve =)

Apple Raisin Cake

This cake was super moist & incredibly easy to make. It was so good that the cake was gone the next day. It's great for a cup of cuppa or tea. You can also substitute the apples to other fruits such as bananas.

Since I still have some sliced apples left in my fridge (which I had soaked it in cinnamon powder & sugar), I decided to bake an Apple Cake for hubby & I to munch on when we watched the WorldCup match (Germany Vs England). Hubby was a great fan of England. The cake cheered him up when England lost the WorldCup match to the Germany team.

Well, as I was rushing to prepare this cake, I forgot to take more pictures to show you by steps how I make this cake. Anyway, if you wanted the original  recipe, please go to http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/apple_coffee_cake/ 

And here is MY version of Apple Raisin Cake:

Ingredients:

A (combined in a medium bowl)

1 Red Apple (thinly sliced & peeled) 

1 tsp cinammon powder

3 tbsp castor sugar

B (sift together & set aside)

1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

C

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp apple cinammon juice (from A)

 8 tbsp salted butter, room temperature

1 egg

D (mix in a bowl & set aside)

1/2 cup skimmed milk

1/4 Nestle all purpose cream

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 375degreeF or 190degreeC. Grease the sides & lined the base of a 9 inch square pan.

2) In a mixing bowl, cream butter & sugar with an electric mixer. Then beat in the egg. Beat till well blended.

3) Add flour mixture in 3 badges alternating with milk mixture. Beat until just combined.

4) Spread half the batter in the pan. Lay apple slices (as I wanted my cake to be very fruity, I also add generous amount of baking raisins). It's ok to overlap some of the apple slices.

5) Spread the rest of the batter. Smooth & sprinkle some brown sugar on top.

6) Bake cake for 25 minutes or until it is golden brown & when a skewer inserted comes out clean.

7) Cool in pan before turning it out.

Yummy Baked Apple Cheesecake

This is the easiest baked cheesecake ever!! and It's really yummy!!

This baked cheesecake recipe was given by my Japanese friend. When we visited her in Japan, Osaka last April, we were invited to stay at her house for a night. We were showered with warmth and home made okonomiyaki. The dinner is just so tasty! Then for dessert, her father took out his version of baked cheesecake. My husband & I were so busy eating we forgot our manners! (>.<) They even left us 2 slices for our breakfast the next day.

Here's a photo of us with our friend & her family~ That's her father cutting his cheesecake for us!
YUMMY YUM YUM!!

Yesterday, when I wanted to bake this cheesecake, I found that I have a lot apples in my fridge. So, i decided to add some sliced apples on top of my cheesecake.

The whole process takes me less than 20 minutes to do. While the cake is busily baking in the oven, I enjoyed dinner with my family ~

Recipe for Baked Cheesecake:

Ingredients
200g cream cheese
200ml fresh cream (I use all purpose cream by Nestle at room temperature)
70g sugar
3 tbsp plain flour
3 eggs
1/2 lemon juice from fresh lemon

Method:
1) Preheat oven at 160 degree celcius.
2) Put all ingredients into a blender. Mix for 1 minute.
3) Pour batter into a 18cm (7in) cake pan. ( I use a 9in cake pan, so the end result is not as nice)
4) Bake for 50 minutes.
5) Cool in pan. (The cheesecake will shrink a little bit, so don't worry its normal!)
6) Serve.
Fridged remaining cheesecake.

For Apple Topping:
In a small bowl, stir together
2 thinly peeled, cored & thinly sliced apples ( I use SA Fuji Red Apple)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinammon powder
**Spoon mixture over the cream cheese batter. Sprinkle some brown sugar on top.**

Enjoy!~

Demolition of Kuala Lumpur's Pudu Jail

I was shocked to know that one of our historical buildings were demolished because of the decision made by a group of selfish people who think that history worth more than 100 years is easy to build!!!


I'm not going to write too much here as I'm having a hard time digesting this news (although the demolition part has begun since year 2006). The video of the demolition process, seeing those beautiful & meaningful walls of paintings were being crashed makes my heart breaks!


I still remember those days whenever I passed by Pudu, I will glanced at the "beautiful" Pudu Jail. For me, the building stands tall and has a lot of +ve impact on me. It reminds people how historic it is still standing strong. It reminds me of hundreds of thousands of prisoners who suffered for their wrongdoings. It reminds people to think twice before commiting a crime. "Who says Pudu Jail is a -ve resemblance of Malaysia???"


The paintings on the wall is an art itself! The voices & messages of the prisoners. I think the dead are waking up now to seek revenge & a good explanation for demolishing their "house"!!!! I hope the bunch of people will Rest In Peace.


Please go to these links for more pictures:


http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1473602


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pudu_Prison_(northeastern_wall),_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg

Cute Bear Biscuits

I was still upset today of my uncle's loss. My tears are dry & it stained my heart. I need something to help me cope with this grieving process.

So, I ended up baking. I felt that by baking, it helps me to calm myself as I channel my thoughts and attention to something else. I felt a sense of control when I'm making something out of just flour, butter and stuffs. From plain flour to a cute product... Just watching how it blooms inside the oven & the smell is as good as aromatherapy itself.

Here's another great recipe originally found from http://pengskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/horlick-doggie-cookie.html  I tried it today & it tasted great! Though the decorating part takes up most of my time, I enjoy every bit of it see how I managed to create cute bear biscuits.

Ingredients:

A

200g Top flour

25g cornflour

25g milk powder

( I added 10g icing sugar to this recipe to prevent the salty taste fr the butter)

B

180g salted butter (room temperature & cut into smaller chunks)

80g Horlicks Powder

Decoration

- enough Chocolate Chips (abt 100g)

- Koko Crunch, Chocolate Rice for decoration

Method:

1) Sift A into a clean medium bowl.

2) Cream B for 3 minutes at low speed. Do not overbeat.

3) Add sifted A and beat for 1 minute to form a dough. (Use your hands to gently mould the dough together)

4) Divide dough into 10g each. Embed 3 chocolate chips into each piece of dough & roll into a ball.

5) Insert 2 pc of Koko Crunch to form ears, chocolate rice as eyes (I used sprinkles), 1 chocolate chip as nose. Repeat & bake in batches.

6) Bake at pre-heated oven of 140 degree C for about 20 minutes (my conventional oven just take 12 min).

7) Cool before storing. (Becareful not to touch the bear's nose as the choc chips has melted). 

He was gone

On Father's Day this year, a family has lost their father. He was my uncle. He lost in the battle of illness & peacefully left this world at about 3:30 a.m. dawn.

I will always pray for you & your family. For some reasons, I will not be able to attend his funeral, but I believed that my uncle will understand & forgive me.

I LOVE YOU, UNCLE! I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOUR SMILES, YOUR LAUGHTERS & YOUR VOICE CALLING MY BABY NAME..

May You Rest In Peace. I Love you, uncle~

A Poem in my mind:

Dear Uncle

I love you, uncle
May you at last find peace in the other world,
Far away from all the existing difficulties in life,
Peace in the eternal life.

I miss you, uncle
I shed quiet tears when I think of all the time,
You had spent with me,
When I was a child, you gave me cuddles,
When I was a teenager, you gave me sound advices,
You will always be on my mind.

See you again, uncle
When time comes,
May we be allowed to meet again,
So that I can give you the HUG I owed you,
and Blew a Kiss on your left cheek,
telling you that at last,
"Everything is fine!"

Dedicate to my dear uncle, may his soul rest in peace.
From: yen ling

I am Sad

I wanted to share a story with you. I've a lovely uncle. In fact, he is my mom's eldest brother. He lives in KK with his family. When I was younger, I used to stay and spent my holidays with his family. He is a very kind man. He always spent me food and brings me around in his Flowers Delivery Van. I still remember it is white in color.

He always has a big big cheerful smile on his face. Although he has a balding head, he always has his laughters with him. He called me by my baby name. We even visited him and aunty during Chinese New Year. He looks just fine... his old self, wearing a white singlet, balding head & smiley face welcoming us with drinks, mandarin oranges and Astro TV.

That is my uncle in the picture. Can you feel his friendly smile?

BUT.... everything changed, about a month ago. He was admitted into ICU for Lung disease. He is a diabetic and is under heart medication too. He was moved to normal ward after his condition become stable.

HOWEVER.... 

Today, at about 4:50 p.m., my big sis called and delivered some news to me. She told me that she just visited my uncle in the hospital. Doctor said, he will not be going to KL for his heart surgery anymore.

I asked WHY?

She told me,

"Aunty told me the doctor informed that his situation has worsened since Thursday night. All his main organs are destroyed. He is back in ICU now"

I only can answer "HAH"? What you mean??

"Mom said he is recovering. Doctor said he will be sent to KL by end of June for the heart bypass surgery.IS IT TRUE?"

Sis pass the phone to Mom. Mom then told me,

"Doctor informed aunty to ask all his sons & daughters to come back to be with him. Doctor said he does NOT need to go to KL anymore. He is in ICU now. He is weak but wide awake. He knows who visited him and keep saying Thank you, I appreciate it... in a weak voice. He needs an oxygen mask to help him breathe."

I was too shocked to even utter a sentence. I only can repeat,

"IS THIS TRUE?" My mind replays all the happy memories spent with my uncle. I was afraid to ask THE question. "HOW LONG?"

Mom said the doctor did not give an exact date, but the condition does not seem to help uncle to cope. We are all by his side... but in my mind, i was shouting "I WANT TO SEE HIM NOW".

But realistically, I asked myself, what can I do if I am in KK now? I am not a GOD, I am not a doctor. I even don't dare to shed a tear if I saw him in ICU, but I still wanted to see him. I wanted to give him a HUG.

I was crying when I heard mom talked about all her previous conversations with uncle, when he was still stable.

I just could cry and close my eyes tight. I am not sure to which God I should pray to. I just hope GOD can do a miracle. The Buddha, please give strength and save my uncle. To Jesus Christ, please help him to come over this pain.....

Can someone please tell me that "Everything will be OK"!

This is a little gift from my uncle & aunty when I visited them during Chinese New Year. I will always keep this lovely summer hat with me always.

Take Care, Be Strong & I Love You, Uncle!

Oven Braised Lamb Shoulder with Red Wine Sauce

This is my first attempt in cooking lamb using red wine. I had used Shiraz for this recipe (as this is the only red wine I could find in my house). However, I would prefer a much lighter and sweeter red wine as the Shiraz is quite sour and dry. I also did not have any herbs available when I cook this, so I have to put more black pepper to marinade the lamb.

I would definitely make this dish again to serve with spaghetti. The sauce is just Oozing.... =)

Ingredients:
A
(Rub and mix these ingredients together. Best to marinade overnight or for at least an hour)
- Lamb Shoulder pieces ( I bought about RM 20 of lamb meat with bones)
- Olive oil ( I use Canola Vegetable Oil)
- Sea salt
- Fresh Crushed Black Pepper

B
- Garlic, 1 whole bulb
- 3 Sprigs Rosemary
- 2 Bay Leaves
- Thyme

C
- 2 Red Onions (quartered, I used Bombay Big Red Onions)
- 2 Carrots (peeled & roughly chopped)
- 2 Sticks Celery
- Leek
- 4 Ripe Tomatoes, halved

D
- 400g tin whole tomatoes (can be substitued with 200ml tomato puree or tomato paste)
- 1/2 bottle Red Wine
- 1 cup Stock (Vegetable / Chicken / Beef)

Method:
1) Marinade overnight lamb with ingredients in A.
2) Preheat oven 200 degree C. Take out the marinade lamb to rest in room temperature.
3) Use a sharp knife to make small incisions in the lamb. Poke in B inside the meat.
4) Add all (B) ingredients to tray.
5) Put in remaining garlic & herbs.
6) Pour tinned tomatoes followed by red wine & stock.
7) Cover tray tightly with a layer of foil. (These will prevent losing the steam in the oven)
8) Put in oven, lower temperature to 170 C.
9) Braised around 2 hrs - 4 hrs (depending on the size of your lamb meat). Lamb will be soft, sticky and can easily be separated by a fork.
10) Squeeze garlic out of skin. Serve.

** To shorten cooking time, I had pan fried and browned the marinade lamb pieces before putting on the oven tray.**

Sweetie Oatmeal Raisin Soft Cookies

This delicious cookies have a soft center and its a much healthier choice to munch on when you feel like a bite. I can't stop licking my fingers when I was blending and mixing the ingredients cause the smell and texture is just oh-so creamy. And whats even better is it uses brown sugar; another "less-guilt" excuses for something sweet.

So, anyone wants a COOKIE?? ^_^

Makes : aprx. 4 dozen

Ingredients:

A

240gm margarine or butter, softened & cut into cubes

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup castor sugar

B

2 eggs, room temperature

1 tsp vanilla essence

C

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt (optional)

D

3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked, unsoaked)

1 cup raisins

Methods:

1) Pre-heat oven to 350 F or 170 degree C.

2) Beat together (A) until creamy. Start with low speed and up to medium speed.

3) Add (B) into the (A) mixture, beat well.

4) Sift & combined all the dry ingredients (C) in a bowl. With a rubber spatula, mix (C) into the mixture. Mix well.

5) Stir in (D). Mix well.

6) Drop in rounded tablespoonfuls onto baking paper lined on oven tray.

(Optional: Add in choc chips or sprinkle at this stage)

7) Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

(Cookie is well baked if the centre springs back when lightly pressed by your finger)

8) Cool 1 minute on paper and remove to wire rack.

9) Store in airtight container.

Enjoy!~

Happy Marble Cake

Last Saturday, Mom-in-law told me that my dad-in-law likes the cakes & muffins that I had made in the past few weeks (*_^) ~wink~. He hopes that I'll continue baking some more fresh cakes & cookies so that all of us can have healthier snacks to eat whenever we feel hungry..

Recently, I'm a fan of http://pengskitchen.blogspot.com/ as it has alot of recipes that is interesting and has clear instructions on the baking process.

Today, I made a marble cake using Peng's recipe though I have reduced the amount of butter used and added some chocolate chips on top for a prettier effect.

The texture is just lovely!Moist, soft and not too sweet. My hubby commented that it taste nicer than those marble cake we bought in our local bakery shops (*_^) This cake is really worth trying as it can be cut into quite alot of pieces, ideal as refreshments for parties.

Here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

A

2 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted

1/4 tsp baking powder

3 tbsp warm water

B

250gm unsalted butter (cut into small cubes) ( I used 225gm Gold Churn Unsalted Butter)

200gm sugar

4 eggs (room temperature)

250gm self-raising flour ( or you can make your own by sifting 2 cups plain flour, 2 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt)

C

1 tbsp condensed milk

1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

2 tbsp finely chopped mixed peel (optional)
2 tbsp chocolate chip ( optional for garnishing)

Methods:

1) Line base and grease an 8 inch square cake pan. Preheat oven at 160 degree.

2) Dissolve A until smooth. Set aside.

3) Combined C. Set aside.

4) Place butter & sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat at low speed till butter & sugar is evenly combined. Increase speed to medium & beat for 5 minutes or till mixture is pale & fluffy. Do not overbeat ( else butter will melt).

5) Add eggs 1 at a time beating for 1 to 2 min in between each addition. Batter will be light & fluffy.

6) In another bowl, using a balloon wire whisk, fold in half sifted flour & milk mixture (C). Do not beat or stir the mixture. Divide into 2 equal portions.

7) Fold in cocoa mixture (A) into 1 portion. Do not over-mix (Add the mixed peel to other portion)

8) Spoon alternate batters into cake pan. Tap a few times to make consistency. Using a knife swirl batters twice to achieve a marbled effect. (Sprinkle choc chips on top)

9) Bake at 160 degree for 60 -75 min (my conventional oven just used 35 min to bake). Check with a skewer or toothpick and if it comes out clean,it is well-baked. Else, bake for another 10 min. (Cover cake surface loosely with foil at the last 10 min to prevent over browning).

10) Cool cake in pan for 10 min before serving.

Holiday Baked Yogurt Cake with Choc

I happened to have half tub of yogurt left in my fridge so I made a Yogurt Cake using the yogurt =) My sis-in-law and I had fun in the kitchen and we waited anticipatedly for our very first Yogurt cake to bake.

You can use any flavor of yogurt that u have in your fridge. Mine was original yogurt so it taste a bit bland and I've added chocolate chips and raisin to it. The recipe recommended using a 9 inch bundt pan. I do not own one, so I substitute with two 8 inch cake pan.

The cake turns out very moist and full of flavors as we added an extra egg to it. My father-in-law loves it as it taste more like "old-fashion" cake & my hubby gobbled down slices after slices as it is not too sweet.

The original recipe can be found at http://www.marthastewart.com/. For my version of recipe, I've used up all my yogurt ( about 2 cups plain yogurt).

Ingredients:

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar ( I use castor sugar)

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 egg ( I use 2 eggs)

2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/4 cup plain yogurt ( I use 2 cups and can be substitued by other flavor)

chocolate chips (optional)

raisins (optional)

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 175 degree. Grease cake pan.

2) Cream butter, sugar and vanilla till light and fluffy.

3) Beat in egg and cream till smooth.

4) In a bowl, sift and combine flour, baking soda and baking powder.

5) Stir in alternately and in small badges of the flour and yogurt to the creamed mixture. Fold in till well-combined.

6) Add in chocolate chips and raisins.

7) Pour batter into pan. Bake for 50 minutes (if you are using bundt pan) OR 15 minutes (if you are using 2 cake pans).

8) Insert skewer to check if done. Remove from oven, cool on rack.

9) Remove cake from pan and dust with some icing sugar.

Long Lost Poem

I used to write poems to fill out my feelings of sorrows, happiness or when I am reflecting on something. I was clearing and re-ordering my book shelves when I came across my little pinkie note book that once is my best friend in Adelaide.

I was flipping over the pages of recipes, notes, diary and on the last page, I found my Poem of Solemn, a name that I gave to the poem I wrote last time.

A Poem of Solemn

What if there is only you?

The world you have left behind,

Trying to find something new,

Seeking meaning you never knew,
The Meaning of Life that everyone..

Everyone is talking about..

Endlessly

People would tell you life is wonderful,

but what if you falls hard on the ground,

People would tell you life is a learning process,

but what if you grow too fast you wanna stop.

What is the Meaning of Life then?

Or should I begin.. with What is Life?

Someone said it is the thing you held in your hand,

but it is also the thing that dissappear

before a glance of your very own eyes

Life can be a long journey,

or a meaningful short one,

You choose your own life..

The Meaning of Life?

One may live in this world, to enjoy, to experience..

some strive hard to find status
some live near family and some..

some stay close to friends, for the person

knew it's the only thing

that he can either give and take without worries.

Some people say friends never leave us,

but what if you still feel loneliness inside,

always remember that...

Someone, somewhere is always thinking of you.

Someone hugging you close, praying hard for you,

It is only a matter of reaching out your hand,

A matter of time, to find the key to cure loneliness.

Maybe you are just feeling alone?

Alone in this dark wide world can be frightening,

but such world can he happening as well

Look at the world..

Look at it.. carefully..

You'll find a destiny..I promise

Welcoming your presence..

The place where you belong.

Do not fall when you're tired,

As one says rest if you must but never quit,

Warriors are not afraid of the front,of the unknown,

He only believes in one thing,

He believes in..

Himself;

The soul you have inside, surprisingly

Are your key to cure loneliness,

The key to happiness,

Your soul is your dearest friend,

Always believing in you,

If you defeat yourself, you defeat your soul,

Never give up til the last breath you have..

As a life with a soul is a life with a goal!

yenling

Thank you for always being there for me!

Our friendship is so amazing,

The birds all have to sing,

They know that what we have,

is such a A special thing.

I knew it ever since the start,

From the very day I met you,

That we'd be the Perfect friends,

I hope that you did too

Things are just as I had thought,

For you're always oh so kind,

I know that I can count on you,

& that grants such peace of mind!

Lots of Love,

yenling

Mother's Day Dinner

**Happy Mother - In - Law Day**

Time flies! I've been married for almost 9 months now. Living with in-laws are not always easy. Building a new relationship, feeling the respect, love and accepting each other's value and perceptions are something we all struggle with in our life.



There are many things to learn from when you live under one roof with others, especially elderly. I became much more patient, tolerable and mature. At the same time, I tried to bite my lips when I want to voice my own opinions on how youngsters think of some situations. I am learning to be a good wife and a good daughter-in-law all at the same time.

So, on last May Mother's Day, hubby and I planned a home-made "Kenny Roger's" cum "Nandos" style dinner plate for the 5 of us.

I was a bit shy to do the cooking as I'm really nervous of how they might react when they see and consume the "product" that we made. Though I'm cooking daily for all of us, this occasion really puts the stress out and the worst of all, the BLOODY Oven broke at this very important time!!

So, instead of the well-planned baked chicken, I end up microwaving the marinated chicken for 10 minutes then pan fry it for 10 minutes again!!!& my original baked vegetables turn into a quick stiry fry!! Sweat!!

But the end product comes out nice! Though hubby & I did not "see" how his mom ( my mom-in-law) really feel deep inside, we did, however, saw a glimpse of smile and appreciation while enjoying her dinner.

I guess, there are just so many ways to say "I Love You" or a "Thank You" or that "I Care" to our loved ones! Sometimes, we just need to put on our thinking hat and little imaginations..

The "Kenny Rogers" or "Nandos" outside might taste better, but our home made dinner meant alot for all of us. For hubby & I, it means spending 4 worthy hours together in the kitchen. Its another type of bonding and love shared!!!!

Brown Sugar Muffins

Very easy to make, yet healthy & other ingredients (berries, choc. chips, nuts etc) can be added into this muffins!

Prep Time:10min
Baking Time:15-20min
Makes: 12

Ingredients:
A)
1/2 cup butter (melted & room temperature)
1 egg
1 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla essence

B)
2 cups flour (Sifted)
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt

Method:
** Preheat oven at 375 F or 200 C.
1) Beat wet ingredients (A) in a large mixing bowl.
2) In another mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients (B). Mix till well combined.
3) Add combined dry igredients (B) slowly into the wet ingredients (A). Stir all the while till all just combined. Do not over combined.
*4) Optional: Add in nuts or chocolate chips now. Mix and add in another 1 tbsp flour. Do not over mix.
5) Pour into greased muffin pan. Fill 2/3 parts as the muffin will rise.
6) Bake for 15 minutes. Insert skewer or toothpick to check.If not cook, bake for another 5 minutes.
7) Cool on rack. Remove muffins from pan.
8) Dust some icing sugar before servings.