A boy for you and a girl for me-- Worksheets for baking kids

‘Tea for Two’ is one of my favourite songs of all time. With its catchy tune, it describes a life most girls dream about. (for those anti-domesticity feminists out that, note that this is a very very general statement). One of the lines in the song goes, “We would raise a family, a boy for you and a girl for meee, Can’t you see how happy we would be!.” This is Ryan’s ideal of kids, a boy and a girl! In fact my mum used to say that if you have a girl and a boy, it spells “hao” (good) in Chinese.

I probably stop here at this point to assure everyone that I am currently NOT pregnant. However many of my friends are having cute little ones a long the way and this definitely makes me think about parenthood. Besides I feel that parenthood is a state you need to prepare for and one needs to research and experiment before you get Mr Stork to deliver the goods. Ryan and I were wondering if boys or girls would be easier to take care of (not that we would ever have a choice).We decided to conduct a little experiment where we would have to baby sit our nephews and niece on two separate occasions. The common task we did with both of them was well, baking.

As I pretty muched AWOLed my science exam papers under the advice of my principal, I must admit that this experiment is purely unscientific. Lets just call this a wacky social experiment

Case Study 1

Name:	Ariel!
Sex:	Girl!
Accompanying help:	Cousin Kieffer (16 years old), great buddy of Ariel
Loves:	Barney the purple dinosaur, Dora the explorer and all Disney Princesses Movies
Task:	To bake and decorate a jar of cookies for her mummy.

The process

Concentrration!

Using edible food markers to decorate cookies

Ariel loves butterfly shaped cookies

Cookies in a row!

Ariel wrote I heart mum so sweet!

Case Study 2

Name:	Ryan and Rayson!
Sex:	Boyzz
Accompanying help:	My sister and her helper (fine we were not entirely babysitting)
Loves	Barney duh purple dinosaur, Pixar movies especially Finding Nemo and Cars and now Toy Story 3
Task:	To make fondant decorations for vegan cupcakes

The process

what better way to start baking by eating the frosting

Ryan's finished product!

The tuptakes !

The report:

Ariel was real excited to bake the cookies. It was almost as if she had this vision from the start when she arrived the night before, she just wanted to touch the cookie dough. It was almost as if Barney was banished to the sidelines for awhile. To cut a long story short, Ariel did sit down for about four hours making those cookies. She really enjoyed herself.

The naughty:

She did not do anything particularly naughty, was just a little cheeky and sneaky. For example, I told her not to dust the icing sugar on the carpet. However she was caught on camera doing this by Ryan (yes we monitor our subjects very carefully). She was also not the most hygienic baker, we caught her eating the sugar sprinkles and then attaching them with her saliva to the cookies (Its ok, only her mummy was going to eat them).

Awwwww moment: When Ariel decorated a “I <heart> mum” cookie with her edible food marker and when she made a “black” coloured cookie for her grand Auntie J, yup wicked ahah

Ryan and Rayson had zero concept of what a cupcake (or tuptake according to Rayson) was. We did vegan cupcakes because my sister’s family was sometimes vegetarian. Even though they were moderately excited about tuptakes they were also blown away by the prospect of swimming, Barney watching and hitting each other.

The naughty: Was constantly distracted by each other and the perennial question of “how do I hit my brother?” constantly tormented them. Oh yes the  crazy chiming of “ta bian” (shit in chinese). Come on focus on the right kind of cake making boys!

The Awww. Factor: Boys are just so mischievous and they are so funny! I think I just loved it when Ryan tasted the vegan chocolate frosting and went  BANANAS! So no sweet messages for mummy but lots of fun!

The verdict—still dunno leh. What do you guys think? Are boys or girls easier kids? Of course all kids are different so this discussion is purely general. Post your comments and my favourite comment will win a little surprise gift! (will be posted to you)

I am going to end this post with the activity which I did with all three kids. You can download and print the worksheet for the kiddies to do while you are making the sugar cookies. (The recipe for the sugar cookies are in the worksheet) CLICK TO DOWNLOAD WORKSHEET

What you need;

1)      Cookie jar,

2)      Cookie cutters,

3)      Fondant (Pettinice brand)

4)      Edible food markers

5)      Corn Flour

6)      Rolling Pin

You can get a range of pretty cutters from Daiso at reasonable prices. I got my jars from Daiso too you can get fondant and edible food markers from either Phoon Huat or Kitchen Capers.

1)      Simply dust corn flour on a your work surface.

2)      Show your kiddo how to roll out the fondant with a rolling pin (or do it for them).

3)      Using the cookie cutters show them how fun is it to cut out shapes with the cutters, get them to do it as you roll out the fondant for them

4)      Wait for the fondant cut outs to dry for abit (in the air conditioned room in sg, it would take about 15 minutes)

5)      Get them to decorate the cut outs with their edible markers and sugar sprinkles (or anything edible you can find),

6)      Attach these fondant cut outs on to your cupcakes or to your cookies by brushing a little vanilla extract as adhesive.

7)      Enjoy watching the kiddos marvel at their creations!

Do take some pictures of your little ones’ creations! Send them to me and I will post it on this blog! Remember to share your views! There is a surprise Prize to be won!

Sugar-Rocks now has an order form! Thanks to my aunt.

In my last post, I mentioned that I made some Nutella swirled butter cakes for my aunts. However I only managed to get hold of one of them and I do love people to eat my cakes within two hours of baking! Optimal cake eating timing turned out to be terrible timing because I found my aunt in her living room staring at two computer screens and her TV screen. Yup she was multi-tasking, writing her thesis and watching some sappy serial at the same time. The conversation went roughly like that

Oli: Hey Ee Ee remember how we used to eat Nutella together? I made a Nutella cake!!!

Auntie J: Did you make a cake for my neighbour? I owe her a gift.

Oli: Why don’t you buy a cake from me for her?

Auntie J: No, you make the cake for her for free.(very fierce voice and starts eating the cake eyes still glued on the screens)

Oli:  I can’t make things for free for you to give away to your friends anymore! My friend and manager  L----s said NO MORE FREE CAKES. Hey I wanted to show you my website, remember how you told me I should market my cakes online? (grabs a computer that looks seemingly idle)

Auntie J: (For the first time her head turns towards me) : DON”T TOUCH THAT!!!

Oli: Just wanted to show you my website. (quickly types the sugar-rocks website before screaming unfolds)

Auntie J: Where are these pictures from? You took them off the internet?

Ryan : Muahhahahahahaa

 Oli: (stunned) Sheesh, these are my cakes, I took those photos! Look carefully can’t you even recognise our friggin house and plates!!!!

Auntie J: Hmm, actually you should start selling these cakes.They are really nice!

Ryan is just rubbing his head in his hands at this moment

Oli: EeEee I am selling these cakes. Just like you told me to a month ago!!! You are staring at the website where I am selling my cakes. That’s why no more free cakes for your random friends!

Auntie J:You sure you didn’t take them off the internet.

At this point I started to get slightly paranoid, not just because of my Aunt’s little faith in me, but also because perhaps people are unaware that I am selling these cakes. So I got Ryan to make an order form for me (thank you thank you thank you). You can access it from here so just click here. It is also on the top bar of the blog, under the header order. At the moment here are the following cakes available

1)      Some Like it Hot—Chilli Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and a candied chilli padi (hot!)

2)      Like a girl—White cake filled with raspberry jam topped with cream cheese and a strawberry  (12 for $35)

3)      Roomantique—Lemon and Lavender cake with chocolate ganache filling and topped with a toasted meringue (8 for $25)

4)      Cruella De Vil—Natural Red Velvet Cake with Cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips sprinkles

5)      My Fav Bunny—Classic carrot cake with walnuts and raisins, cream cheese frosting and a little fondant carrot as a topper

6)      Guilt in a mini cake—Dark dark chocolate cake with a surprise centre, topped with a glossy chocolate ganache ( we can pipe words on the cakes)

7)      Where hasn’t Vanilla bean?—Vanilla bean cake with vanilla bean buttercream frosting

8)      A Chocolatey Affair—Dark Chocolate cake (brownie consistency) with a chocolate buttercream frosting

9)      Cococonut—Chocolate cake topped with a Marshmallow frosting and chocolate coconut ganache, grated coconut is sprinkled on the top (something like Rocky Road)

10)  Nutellen’ ya—The cake I brought my aunt.. Nutella swirled rich butter cake with Mocha and baileys frosting (baileys optional)

Sugar- Rocks does vegan cakes too, so please indicate if you have such a request. All cakes can be customised and made into whole cakes.

Oh to end that story with Auntie J, she sent Ryan running out of the house with the following words, “I think I want to do my last semester for my Masters in Melbourne but I will wait till you re-locate there then I CAN LIVE WITH YOU!

Here is an example of packaging I do for my cake orders. Enjoy! (BTW it is a “I Love Malaysians” cake complete with the twin towers)

card for the cake

Nutella and a few of my favourite things

Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. She would have been 59 this year. I still get really down when I think of my parents and hence I try to think about the happy times we had together and all our favourite things. I suppose I am writing this because I just wanted to let anyone out there who is feeling really hurt and angry that they have lost someone that while the pain does not ever go away, there are still good things in life, there are still blessings in your life. Count ‘em, that is what I am going to do! Life is so precious and so short, I am determined to live this pursuing my loves and treasuring my relationships. My brother sent me something from Australia for my birthday. He wrote on his Facebook wall that I would either love it or hate it. Well, LOVED IT! Check it out

A wedding cake charm from Frans!

Yeah he got me Juicy Couture bling! *show off a bit can*. I really like it that it is a charm, my mother used to give both of us charms. I do not think that it is superstitious or anything, but rather as reminders. I am going to keep this little charm from my brother close to me, to always remind myself to follow my dreams and use whatever gifts I have been given by The Almighty to help all those around me. Ok I am going to lay off before all the Care bears come sliding down that monstrous rainbow thing and this becomes such a nauseating self-help post. Eww

I anticipated that I would get a little funky and cranky during the week following to my mother’s birthday; hence I decided to spend it thinking about the fun stuff I used to do as a child. My mother is much older than both my aunties (10—13 years difference). My parents hence had to take care of both my aunties and they lived with us (their boyfriends too) for quite some time. My aunties are NUTS and I think they just never ever get old. When we used to live in Denmark, we would go for walks and see beautiful fruit from other people’s trees. We would actually form like a human ladder just to steal those fruit. (Naughty right) I used to get so tickled when were doing that that I would giggle and be real slow at picking the fruit. Another naughty thing we used to do was to walk to the provision store almost every night and each buy a sachet of Nutella and just eat it using the little spreader thing it comes with. We would never eat it at home; my mum would have just screamed if she knew! I think Nutella must be everyone’s favourite treat. Ros,a friend of mine specifically requested for a cake with Nutella in it. I have created a rich and dense buttery cake with a ribbon of Nutella swirled on top. I have chosen a Mocha buttercream infused with Baileys (you can skip the Baileys if you just don’t do booze) for the frosting of the cake (Swirled with an 1M tip).

Folds of gleaming buttercream...yummy

The little balls of decoration are fondant dusted with a mauve and gold shimmer dust. Oh WARNING: This cake is real rich and is meant to be like comfort food, you know trips to the mini mart, butter pound cake for tea with Milo, so avoid it if you like light tasting cakes. If you are too lazy to make this, you can purchase it from Sugar Rocks. It is $3 per cupcake with a minimum order of 12 cupcakes. They will be packed nicely in a box and with a gift card!


Enjoy!


Recipe for Nutellen’ ya (Nutella swirled butter cake with Mocha and Baileys butter cream)
This recipe yields 12 regular size cupcakes or a nine inch loaf tin
Ingredients for Nutella swirled butter cake

1) 3 eggs (room temperature)
2) 3 tablespoons of milk (room temperature)
3) 1 ½ teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
4) 1 1/2 cups of sifted cake flour
5) 1 teaspoon of baking powder
6) ¼ teaspoon of salt
7) ¾ cup caster sugar
8) 200 grams of unsalted butter
9) 12 teaspoons of Nutella (yummy)

Method

1) Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees
2) Melt the butter in heat proof bowl (like Pyrex) and set it aside to cool
3) \Mix eggs, milk and vanilla extract in a bowl and set aside
4) Place all the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt and sugar) in your electric mixer bowl (you can use a hand mixer too) and blend all the dry ingredients on low for 30 seconds. This actually helps to extract the juices of the dry ingredients to keep the cake moist
5) Add cooled melted butter into the dry ingredient mix (step 3) and blend till mixture moistens.
6) Add mixture of eggs milk and vanilla extract (Step 2) and gradually beat till all the ingredients are incorporated
7) Scoop batter into cupcake liners or loaf tin
8) Place one teaspoon of Nutella in each cupcake liner filled with batter (or 12 teaspoons in the loaf)
9) Using a tooth pick swirl the nutella so that a marbled design appears at the top of the batter
10) Bake for 22—25 minutes for cupcakes or 50-55 minutes for loaf tin
11) Cool for at least 30 minutes before frosting

You can actually just eat it as a muffin if you are not too worried about the frosting below

Ingredients for Mocha Buttercream infused with Baileys

1) Instant Mocha sachet (I used one which I bought from Marks and Spencers)
2) 3 tablespoons of milk
3) 75 grams of butter
4) 75 grams of Crisco (You can substitute this for butter, I use butter flavoured Crisco to make the buttercream more stable)
5) 1 teaspoon of Baileys (You can substitute this with vanilla extract or add more for a boozy effect)
6) 230 grams of icing sugar


Method
1) Heat up milk and empty mocha sachet Stir furiously until combined. Set aside to cool.
2) Soften butter and Crisco by beating them with your mixer for about 2 minutes
3) Gradually add icing sugar till the butter and Crisco stiffens up.
4) Add Mocha mixture (Step1) and Baileys or vanilla extract into the mixture
5) Add more icing sugar till it stiffens.
6) Your butter cream is ready when it is not gritty when you rub it between your fingers.

Macavity Macavity! There is no one like Macavity!

Packaging for Roomantique Cupcakes for CWS

About a fortnight ago, my ex room mate Chi Anh and I decided to give back by organising a virtual bake sale (the cupcakes are not virtual of course, you WILL get your orders). Prior to a month ago I hardly went on Facebook! Yes I was missing all the parties, all the flea markets, all the sprees and I have 66 unread messages in my inbox. In fact up till a day or two ago, I was not entirely sure what the difference between a “status” and a “post” was. However I am just amazed at how Facebook has managed to spread this message of love and giving to people I have never met before. I know at this point of revelation, everyone is screaming, “You are such a country bumpkin!” but really for me, at this very moment, the harps and angels are playing furiously.

I am proud to say that we have two orders for Roomantique has already been placed. I am so glad that there is so much interest but really please do not hesitate to order them. I am planning to donate $8 for every box ordered to the Cat Welfare Society. The pick up point is at Kallang Leisure Park (Stadium MRT). I would prefer self-collect but if you do place a generous (in every sense of the word) we can arrange a delivery.

Some might not understand why cats and not maybe humans. I guess there is charity for every season and I just love cats. My friend Cal told me last week that I was probably the only cat lover who does not have a cat. I have only had two cats in my entire life. Rondo a black one and Ping An another black one. They both came into my life in a very similar situation. I found Rondo when I was walking home from school. I heard a “mee mee mee” noise and found this like scraggly , greyish  thing perhaps three quarter the size of my palm just outside our house. Honestly I was like “What is that!” This nice construction worker said, “It is a cat. You want? “and gave me a box to place it in.” My mum was witnessing the entire scene from our upstairs window and she screamed, “What are you doing!!! Oli!!!! DO NOT TAKE THAT I N!” Like all tweens I did not listen to my mother. I just smiled and brought it in. I knew she would love it, she loved the adopted turtle, the hamster and the baby mynah we found in the end.

To cut a long story short, my mum called the cat Mimi because of its ferocious cry. It was called Mimi for a day, until we brought it to a vet and were told that it was a boycat! It was named Rondo because he was such a bundle of joy bouncing around like Mozart’s Turkish Rondo. He turned out to be the most amazing cat on earth. Anyone who says that a cat is not loyal, impossible to train! Please talk to me!!

See I knew I should not talk about Rondo, I will just go on and on. So why cats and not anything else? I do not have a real answer. I just know that cats are not any less important, than any other beings on this earth. They bring many people joy, (Read about Cleo the cat) they are sweet and loving and honestly cats keep me grounded because of their unique personalities (Read T.S. Elliot’s Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats) Whether crafty, manja, sleepy, cautious, gregarious, they all keep their personalities and are never afraid to be what they are, a cat. Now non-cat lovers out there, I think it is time to eat cupcakes and place some change in that kitty!

Save the kitties with a Roomantique gesture

Last Sunday I spent a wonderful time with my ex room mate Chi Anh. We started our day at Hediard (Best French Café in Singapore HANDS DOWN!) just reminiscing about the past, celebrating the present and sharing our hopes for the future. Ok that sentence sounded like a National Day message but it was such a cheery day that it feels so apt to use such “sunny descriptions”. This was followed by a great cake supplies shopoholic experience. Yup, what nerds we be.

The one topic on our mind was the brand new cupcake flavour we were going to create. Truthfully, we both have real different characters yet our love for music and insanity (we are both mad in different ways) has cemented a sisterhood and friendship.

Should stop waxing lyrical about us at this point and explain the concept of the cupcake flavour. We wanted to do a white cake base but infused with the scents we love, lemon for Chi Anh and lavender for me (still learning to pronounce it but I love it). We also decided to do a surprise centre in our cupcake which would complement the lemon and lavender—dark chocolate ganache. This pretty cake is finally topped with a toasted meringue which is crispy on the outside but oh so soft and marshmellowy on the inside. Chi Anh and I just love natural colours. The toasted meringue brought with it a very antiquated brown, very dreamy and vintage, while the cake was golden speckled with sunny lemon zest and purple from the crushed lavender flowers. The latter coupled with the dark chocolate ganache was just beautiful.

We watched the oven together!

Lovingly filled with chocolate ganache

The liners were fairly large so we managed to fit 6 into my regular box. Chi Anh brought it to a party for a tasting. The result—everyone declared that it was a simply sophisticated cake! Yayy, it turns out that two girl pals who wanted to create a simple cake representing their friendship actually managed to pull off sophistication.

Our final product! Buy one! Save kitties!

Chi Anh and I share another aesthetic—we believe that food is beautiful and can bring joy to our world. That is why we share our recipes freely. What is the point of creation if it is intangible to another? Hence we have decided to share this recipe with everyone. This particular recipe can be found on Chi Anh’s blog entry. She has done a wonderful job with the pictures! In addition we would be donating 50% of the profits of this cake to save kitties at Cat Welfare Society. We chose this charity because we love cats! It is also in honour of our little kitty Ping An who passed away 8 years ago.

Here are the details

A Box of 8 would cost you $25. This comes with a little handmade gift card.
I would be taking orders until the 21st of September 2010 (Tuesday)
You are able to arrange for collection from the 24th of September 2010 (Friday) to30th of September 2010. (Friday
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Requests for an alternative collection date will depend on Sugar Rocks baking schedule.
A $10 deposit per box is required. This can be transferred to a bank account which will be given upon receiving your order. Orders are confirmed once this deposit is received and a confirmation email and text message will be sent.
To place an order, kindly email me at oli.greenwood@gmail.com with the following information:

Name:
No of boxes:
Preferred Collection Date and Time:
Contact No:

Spot the Cupcake !

Cruella De Vil—Natural Red Velvet Cupcake

    

I love a red velvet cake frosted with cream cheese. However I am just appalled at the amount of red colouring iused. Was watching the Cupcake Wars and I also noted that everyone just dumped red colouring in their batter. Gosh even Magnolia Bakery’s recipe requires tonnes of that stuff. 

                                                   Soft peaks of cream cheese with chocolate chips.. yummy

I have thus been spending the last few days trying to find a way to make a red velvet cake without colouring. I suck at chemistry but basically red velvet cake is a devil’s food cake dyed red. However because of the acidity of lemons, the cocoa in the cake also takes on a red sheen, hence the bright red colour. I decided to incorporate beetroot in this cake, so as to give it a natural red. Why beetroot? Erm basically the stuff never comes off your clothes, could be a great dyeing agent. The truth is I LOATHE beetroot. I hate the taste! I used to cry so bad when I find them in my food. So for the first time in my life I actually purchased beetroot from the grocers. I thought it could not be so bad, sugar does come from beetroot and it would possibly keep the cake moist. Plus beetroot supposedly lowers your cholesterol! A healthy red velvet, who would have thought?

After a few trials, I finally came up with a good batter for this cake. A certain Miss M tried the cake (I did not tell her it was beetroot). Miss M was a good choice because she has zero affinity with beetroot too. She was quite surprised when I told her it was beetroot and was quite delighted with the taste. The truth is, the cake isn’t as red as I envisioned it to be (more magenta with red sparkles under yellow light) however the taste was so moist and it was velvety smooth alright. I like beetroot now…only in my cakes though.

                                                      Cruella De Vil baby cake

Why is this called Cruella De Vil? I am preparing for the Halloween season (quite wussy, cruella is scary enough for me). Red velvet cake is essentially devil’s food cake  with red colouring, I have paired the red velvet cake with its traditional cream cheese frosting. I have also added drops of chocolate chips onto the pipped cream cheese stars—Now doesn’t that look like a cake Madame De Vil would approve of!

Please contact me if you would like to order these cakes. The baby cakes go for $1.80  a piece with a minimum order of 24. All orders come with a gift box and a card. Pricing for standard size cupcakes depends on customisation , so please email me for a consultation

P.S. I can use red dye if you really really want that RED look heh 

                                         how cute are my IKEA liners (email me for a quote!)

When fusion food is a thing of neccesity-- Black Pepper Crayfish with Spaghetti

A foodie friend of mine from Australia sent me a message on Facebook today declaring that he wanted to eat Chicken Rice after watching a Singapore special on “No Reservations”. Oh and he wanted Laksa too!  Isn’t it just so wonderful when someone else in the world acknowledges the beautiful food your country has (or am I the only one who feels like this). Well most of us who have guests from overseas would take them to our favourite eating places in Singapore, not necessarily famous but it must be one of a kind. Have you ever thought about whether these raving guests would want to eat our delicacies everyday if they were to live in Singapore?

Sadly for Ryan, the answer was “no”. Ryan and I had such a wonderful time eating our way when he first came to Singapore. However this enthusiasm and spark for Char Kway Teow, Chilli Crab and Murtabak has now dropped to, “Honey can we have steamed veggies with pepper for dinner tomorrow, rice is optional.” I know plenty of Singaporeans who eat out everyday, but I think eating out gets slightly too jalat for Ryan after a while. At the same time, I get so sick of eating roasts, soups, salads and pastas all the time (I LOVE RICE). Our different cultures and diets have resulted in the birth of fusion food in our kitchen.

Before I started cooking for Ryan, my foray into fusion food was limited to Doc Cheng’s, one of my dad’s favourite restaurants. I always thought that place mystical with its chic décor and the strange concoctions they served! It always seemed elusive, excessive perhaps a little unnecessary. It is hence quite disconcerting for me that I have ventured into preparing fusion food because of necessity and practical reasons. One of these dishes we have “invented” is Black Pepper Crayfish served with Spaghetti! If you don’t feel squeamish about killing crabs you can try this with crabs. Family can’t decide if you want Western or Asian? Simply prepare this and you can have your cake and eat it!

This recipe yields 2 servings

Ingredients;
1) 3 Crayfish (scrubbed clean and chopped in half)
2) 3 tablespoons of butter
3) 1 red chilli seeded and finely chopped (you can use more if you want it spicier)
4) 2 sprigs of curry leaves
5) 1tablespoon minced garlic
6) 1 tablespoon of minced onion
7) 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
8) 2 tablespoons of Hu Tiao Jiu (Chinese cooking wine)
9) 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
10) 5 tablespoon water
11) 2 teaspoon of sugar
12) 1 tablespoon of blackpepper
13) 1 teaspoon cornflour
14) Cornflour for dusting Crayfish
15) Oil for frying Crayfish (maybe 2 tablespoons)
16) Instant Spaghetti

Method

1) Cook Spaghetti following instructions on packet till al dente. Pour into a colander after it has been cooked and rinse under cold water. Set aside
2) Heat oil up in a wok
3) Dust cleaned and scrubbed Crayfish with cornflour and fry in wok
4) Fry till Crayfish has turned orangey and set aside (you can blot the oil with a paper towel)
5) Add 2 tablespoons of butter into the wok (the same one you previously fried your crayfish in), fry chilli and curry leaves until fragrant.
6) Add garlic and onion to the wok and fry till fragrant
7) Mix ingredients 7—13 together and add combined mixture into the wok.
8) Cook until the sauce has reduced
9) Return fried crayfish into the wok and cover the wok while you turn up the fire (about 3 minutes)
10) Take Crayfish out and arrange on your serving plate.
11) Heat up wok and add another tablespoon of butter to the rest of the sauce. Add spaghetti into the wok and stir with sauce.
12) Dish out spaghetti and serve it with your Crayfish
13) Enjoy!

This is basically a one-pot meal which is really satisfying and can be very impressive!