Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Date Cake

Ingredients:
1 1/3 Cup all purpose flour
1 Egg
1/2 cup and 2 table spoon of melted butter
1 cup of date soaked in 1 cup of boiling water
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of nuts (optional)
1 tea spoon of baking powder, A bit of salt, & 1 tea spoon of vanilla

What to do:
Beat the sugar and the butter together then add the egg.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, & the vanilla together then add it to the mixture above.
Put the dates in the boiling water then start mashing it so well with the spoon until it becomes so smooth - Do not throw the water, you will need it to mash the dates -
Add the dates and the nuts. (its optional to add the nuts)
Insert the whole mixture in the tray and then inside the oven (if your baking a whole cake put it inside the oven for 45 minutes, if your baking cupcakes put it inside the oven for 15 to 20 minutes)

Topping:
2 table spoon butter
2 table spoon brown sugar
2 table spoon thick cream (Geemar/Qesh6a)
Add the above ingredients together, then keep it in the fridge to cool, then put it on the cake!

As always, I only bring easy recipes =).. I tried it and its so tasty. I would recommend to put less sugar though!

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المقادير:
1 1/3 كوب طحين جميع الاستعمالات
بيضة واحدة
1/2 كوب وملعقتين من الزبدة المذابة
كوب تمر منقوع في كوب ماء مغلي
كوب سكر
1/2 كوب جوز
ملعقة شاي بيكن بودر،ذرة ملح، ملعقة شاي فانيلا

الطريقة:
يخفق البيض ثم يضاف اليه السكر والزبدة
بنخل الطحين والبيكن بودر والملح والفانيلا ثم يضاف الى المقادير
يضاف التمر بعد ان يهرس بالملعقة ثم يضاف الجوز
تدهن الصينية وتدخل الفرن لمدة 45 دقيقة (للكب كيك تدخل لمدة 15 - 20 دقيقة)

الصلصة:
2 ملعقة اكل زبدة، 2 ملعقة سكر بني، 2 ملعقة قيمر
تسبح الزبدة ثم يضاف لها السكر والقيمر
يوضع الصلصة على الكعكة بعد ان تبرد قليلا

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Living in the shadow!

I'm sorry..
How can someone say sorry when they are repeating what they do over and over again..
How are you supposed to say its okay when its not?!
How are you supposed to say its fine when it hurts so much?
How are you supposed to smile back to them when you have tears on your eyes?
I am hating this routine! Crying at night and wake up looking miserable!
I don’t understand you, I don’t understand how can you say sorry when you don’t know you’re sorry for what!

I'm hating your sorries, your promises, your words! I'm hating how you tell me you love me, you want me, you wanna be with me! I'm hating how your telling me your trying when your not! I'm hating how a month has passed and you are still doing nothing, how we are still in the same page.. I'm hating how actually its been more than a month for that, how every time I've been saying this time is different, how every time I'm trusting you, how every time I'm believing you!
You're sorry? You want me to close this subject and leave it to you to deal with? You don't want me to think about it because it hurts me and it makes me cry? You don’t want me to think about it because it’s effecting our relationship?

I feel stupid.. I feel stupid because if I knew someone else was going through the same thing I am going through I would say leave the guy he is not worth it! Leave the guy he doesn’t wanna be with you! Leave the guy because if he wants you he will do his best to be with you! I feel stupid because I can’t do this with you.. I feel stupid even when I know if you want me you will try harder, I can’t leave you! I feel stupid that I cry at night over my stupidity! I cry because you’re hurting me and I can’t let you go! I cry because I love you so much and you’re not appreciating it! What is hard? What is hard about us being together? You somehow make me think that all this will go eventually.. That this won’t work.. That I am a person who you are holding on until you find someone else who you wouldn’t hesitate in being with.. I am stupid.. Because even when I know all this.. Even when I know you can do better.. Even when I know you can try harder.. I still love you...

Sometimes it's difficult to see the picture when you're inside the frame... Perhaps that’s why it’s difficult for me to move on.. Because even when all these stuff are hurting me so much I still believe that you love me.. I still believe that you loved me like no one else did.. Maybe, I am scared to let you go because I won’t find someone who will love me as much as you do.. Maybe I am wrong.. & maybe I am right.. I just don’t wanna live in the shadow any more...



Saturday, March 10, 2012

Stop Kony


http://www.kony2012.com


JOSEPH KONY IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S WORST WAR CRIMINALS AND I SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO ARREST HIM, DISARM THE LRA AND BRING THE CHILD SOLDIERS HOME.



who exactly is Joseph Kony?

Born in Uganda, Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. For years, the rebel group kidnapped children in northern Uganda, using the boys as fighters for his movement and raping the girls.

It's estimated he's abducted 66,000 children and killed tens of thousands; often families of the kidnapped children.


BE A PART TO STOP THIS CRIMINAL!!

Beads Brides


A Bahraini girl who started her own business.. Beads Brides.. Are you looking for some gorgeous dresses? Do you want to look pretty and unique? Do you have a dream?
Weave your dreams with Beads

  
They have interviewed her on AlWatan news paper but unfortunately I couldn’t find the interview!
All the luck for the Beads! 












For more details:
Twitter: @BeadsBrides 

I Support Bahrainis


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Jena Bakery

A few days ago was my birthday, my dearest brought me a delicious chocolate cake! Somehow here in Bahrain most of people buy their cakes from la chocolat or Lilou, which both are really good, but to break this I got a real good cake from Jena Bakery! I totally loved it! The cake I got was full of CHOCOLATE!!! & I also got the chocolate diamonds which was also so delicious!!

I even took it with me to work and all the people at work complimented the cake! One said that even when he doesn’t like dessert he really liked this cake!
To be honest I have never been there, but I am planning to order from it soon! My mom also told me to order a cake for our family gathering!

So, let’s take a deeper look at Jena Bakery:

about Jena Bakery:

""One day I read a book called 'Like Water for Chocolate' and found my calling. It was a tale about longing, love, magic and food. The heroine was born in the kitchen, was passionate about food and possessed the ability to create strange dishes that evoked different emotions in people.

The book confirmed to me a feeling that I always had; what I was doing in my free time as a hobby- the food fairs, the cooking courses, the food literature- was actually what I should pursue as a career. This was my passion and I was ignoring it the whole time.

A chance meeting with an old friend - who later became my supportive business partner - put the Jena project on a roll. And with the help of an amazing support team, I was able to formally produce Jena desserts.

The idea behind the creation of Jena was to provide high quality, elegant desserts that taste like they were baked at home. Just like the heroine in 'Like Water for Chocolate', I believe I posses the ability to give happiness and pleasure to others through food. With this I want to be of help to everyone. To a housewife who has unexpected guests and needs a last minute dessert, to the person who is driving back home after a long workday and is craving the comfort of a cupcake or a brownie and to every person who wants to celebrate any special occasion of the year. I also just started to cater for corporate events, weddings and supply many restaurants with our desserts.

I do hope that I can help lessen people's stresses and be of servitude to them using my passion.

The best feeling in the world is to do what you love. Everyday I come to Jena, I get to experience that.""

A special offer for Mother’s Day:
Jam Crumb Cake
For this Mother's Day, why not treat your mum to some tea and a delicious crumb cake ?
The cake is made with vanilla sponge swirled with homemade jam and topped with a yummy crumb topping. So simple yet so good.
Serves: 6
Weight: 1 KG
Price: BD 10



Their location:



Their Menu:



For more details:
Twitter: @jenabakery
Site: http://jenabakery.com/



I Support Bahrainis



Happy International Women's Day!!

My work-mate just sent me this amazing email, Happy International Women's Day to All :)

1. "God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met." ~ Farrah Fawcett

2. "Women are the real architects of society." ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

3. "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." ~ Margaret Thatcher

4. "The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world." ~ Charles Malik

5. "Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels." ~ Faith Whittlesey

6. "Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!" ~ Barbara Bush

7. "Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size." ~ Virginia Woolf

8. "Men who treat women as helpless and charming playthings deserve women who treat men as delightful and generous bank accounts." ~ Author Unknown

9. "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." ~ Timothy Leary

10. "Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself." ~ Oprah Winfrey

11. "One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty." ~ Jane Austen

12. "The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing - and then they marry him." ~ Cher

13. "If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?" ~ Linda Ellerbee

14. "I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today. Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not." ~ Dinah Shore

All of us, no matter how big or how small, whether male or female -- we all owe our lives to a woman. While Mother's Day may not be till May, let's celebrate all the women of the world with these inspirational quotes during International Women's Day and Women's History Month.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

يا معيريس - الحلقة 2 و 3

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