strawberry and vanilla ice cream

well actually this is quite a mistake to make an ice-cream in this chilly day but some weeks ago were so hot making me crave for an ice-cream. i've decided to make this strawberry-vanilla ice cream on those hot days and stocked my refrigerator with strawberries few days later. too bad the weather turns rainy again and today is freezing me. maybe i'm a little exaggerating, though. ha ha.

you know, i have some sort of (bad)habit. i always like to stock my refrigerator or baking shelf with stuffs just before i am having my exams. why? because i love to cheat with my study time, naughty me. ha ha. so anytime i need some break or a refreshment, i can rush to the kitchen and do something there. kitchen really has a magic in me. it can heal me, it can cure my mood. last friday, i found one day, one day when i could be free without thinking any of my examinations. i can freely be in the kitchen and i decided to make this strawberry and vanilla ice-cream.

it feels so nice to know that i can eat my own homemade ice cream at home. there are some issues spread about how some ice cream was made not in a very appropriate way and from a freakin' bad ingredients. it seems scary just to know it or even scarier when i noticed that they have ever stayed in my stomach! thus, i am thankful to have my own ice-cream machine and some great ingredients to make an ice-cream that is knowingly healthier.

by the way, do you wanna know something? well, it's a good news for me and hopefully for you too. this beloved blog, 'Mari Bermain di Dapur', just being listed in Indonesian Food Blog List by Bayu Amus at epicurina.com. i really am feeling so flattered and grateful for being listed there, how can i not be? there are still sooo many wonderful Indonesian blog out there waiting to be listed instead of me. well, it's still a good step though and if it's not because of you, all of my reader anywhere you are, this blog wouldn't be listed there. thank you so much and much and much! :)

KBB#20: Kue Bangket

hello guys.. wew, i feel like it's been so long already that i haven't do any KBB task. to be honest it seems like i haven't been in the kitchen for quite some times. reason: mid term test. yeaah, 2 weeks full of tests. it hasn't finished yet though, the last is on next Monday. how pathetic life can be, huh?

this is this month's edition, traditional biscuits. this traditional biscuits named Kue Bangket, it was originally come from Sumatera. i think there are so many variations of Kue Bangket itself. the one i made is Bangket Susu (Milk Bangket) and Bangket Rempah (Spice Bangket). in this month's challenge, KBB works together with NCC, what a really perfect pair they are (don't you think so?). it was said that in both mailing list, they got some sort of 'Bangket-Fever'. haha. anyway, this is just another fun challenge KBB giving me and i really enjoyed making those vintage Bangket.

Bangket's main ingredient is tapioca starch. there are many flavors of them; peanut, milk, spice, chocolate-dipped, ginger, vanilla, lime, and so on you can name it. it's very simple to make, no need to use any fussy equipment, even a pair of your hands is enough to make it. the only part that i think was quite difficult to do is the shaping part. you know i'm not a quite patient person and i messed them all up for few times. the Spice Bangket was easier to make because it hold its shape better than the Milk Bangket. to make the long story short, i can jump up to the conclusion that maybe some of you have been wondering. does this biscuits taste good? hmm, according to my liking, i prefer the Milk Bangket however some people say it was too sweet. but, i couldn't say i really like the Spice Bangket (my mom does), i'm not a massive-fan of spice.

Cupcakes For Charity

for some of you who doesn't know what has happened to my country, Indonesia, we just experienced some major disasters. first the terrible flood at Wasior, second the sudden tsunami at Mentawai, and the last was the volcano eruption at Yogyakarta. too much tears shed, too much hearts broken. so, with all our sympathy and condolences, KBB presenting a charity event called 'Cupcake for Charity'.

we would like to invite all of Indonesian people to join our hands and help our friends. we sell 6 pieces of cupcakes in one pack for IDR 100.000 (which will be our donation) , unfortunately until now we could only provide delivery services for Jakarta, Bandung, Tangerang, Gresik, Surabaya, Balikpapan, and Pekanbaru.

please, please, please.. lend your hands for them.
cause even the simplest help from us could save their whole future..

here's our contact person to order the cupcakes:

1. Nonon (Jakarta)
2. Lina Hidayat (Jakarta/Cibubur)
3. Ariediah (Jakarta/Tangerang)
4. Jane (Jakarta)
5. Gusni (Jakarta)
6. Sherry (Jakarta)
7. Yuli (Jakarta)
8. Dita M (Jakarta)
9. Mae (Surabaya)
10. Rachmah (Surabaya)
11. Atiek (Bandung)
12. Mira (Bandung)
13. Lukie (Pekanbaru)
14. Amy Riv (Gresik)
15. Lany (Balikpapan)
16. Pipin (Jakarta)

for more information, please visit Klub Berani Baking.