Simple Butter Cake

250g   Butter
170g   Castor sugar
4         Eggs
1tsp    Vanilla essence
250g   Self-raising flour
4tbsp  Milk

Steps
1) Put butter and castor sugar into a mixing bowl. Mix using low speed to mix until even. Then change to medium speed and beat until light (sugar has not dissaolved yet).
2) Add in the first egg. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy only (DO NOT ADD IN EGG TOO FAST)
3) Scrape down the side for even mixing.
4) Add in vanilla essence and mix well.
5) Divide flour into 3 portions, use lowest speed to mix in flour. Scrape down sides for even mixing.
6) Lastly, add in milk and mix till well-combined.
7) Pour into a 22cm lined and greased baking tin. Shake lightly to distribute cake mixture evenly. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degree for about 45minutes until golden brown and cooked. Remove from oven and leave to cool.

Tips: -For marble cake, use quarter portion of cake mixture and miz in cocoa paste (use 1tbsp cocoa powder to mix with 3tbsp hot water)
         

Homemade Simple Fresh Plain / Natural Yogurt

Ingredient

1 liter    Fresh milk

75ml     Natural yogurt

500ml   Warm water (42 to 45 degree)

Thermometer

Steps

1)      Heat up milk in a pan under slow fire for 1-2 minutes till 35 degree to 45 degree (42 – 45 is the best results), use thermometer to measure.

2)      Then mix in yogurt into milk and stir till even.

3)      Turn off the fire and pour into a medium size stainless steel bowl (big enough to fill up mixture above) and set aside.

4)      On a separate large bowl with air tight cover (example, rice cooker), pour in the warm water and place the bowl (Step 3) into the rice cooker and close tight for 8 hours (do not open the lid in between). The results should be like “thick yogurt texture”, means you are successful. Then put in the fridge and eat it after 2 hours. Best to mix with fruits. 

Note: If you don’t like tasteless and do not wish to mix with fruit, you can consider diluting some sugar in Step 1 above.

How to plan pregnancy for a boy or a girl

If you are planning your pregnancy to have either a boy or a girl. You might want to try this out which was shared by my mum which works for me.

Below are my mum's recommended formula:

1) day 1 -mentrual cycle started
2) day 7 -mentrual cycle ended
3) day 10 till 16 -for a girl, plan to have sex any of these period. After that, any subsequent days which you are planning to have sex, please use a condom. Thi is to avoid crossing over to step 4.
4) day 17 till 23 -for a boy, plan to have sex any of these period.

Note: The above might only apply to ladies with regular monthly mentrual cycle. As for the guys, also has a role to play too, please accumulate his sperm (not to ejaculate) for at least 2 to 3 weeks.

Hope it works for you! Happy trying!