Sunday, August 31, 2014

火腿芝士蛋治 egg✢ham✢cheese sandwich box

簡單又好味的三明治。
我已經把步驟都放進照片裡,其實和普通的火腿芝士蛋治沒什麼不同味道,但過程就好特別。
過程特別,吃的時候,感覺當然也特別,haha

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Lemon Pudding Strawberry Cake 檸檬布丁草莓蛋糕

同事們要求我做個蛋糕慶祝boss birthday, 跟上次那blueberry yogurt cheesecake一樣的老闆, 只不過上次是和朋友們慶祝,今天的是和公司同事們。

很高興,因為大家都很喜歡這蛋糕,給予以下的稱讚:
~ 蛋糕裝飾很美
~ 很可愛的mini strawberries
~ 沒有牛油,竟然可以那麼軟
~ 口感有點像芝士蛋糕
~ 很香很開胃的檸檬布丁
~ 蛋糕給人感覺很健康
~ 好吃,真的好好吃。。。

這蛋糕是我自己的創意,用了草莓醬(放中間),加上感覺清新開胃的檸檬布丁,四個字:太好吃了❣

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Ingredients: 食譜用英文,方便大家 ^_^
❀ 7 egg yolks
❀ 100ml corn oil
❀ 100g fresh milk
❀ 150g all purpose flour
♧ 7 egg whites
♧120g castor sugar


Method:
1) mix well ingredients (❀)
2) beat (♧), until it reaches stiff peak
3) fold in (♧) to (❀), in 3 batches
4) 9" round mould, 165°, 55 minutes 
5) invert the cake after its out from oven.
6) cut the cake into 2 layers


In between the two layers of cake - Strawberry puree/jam:  bought from baking ingredients shop, with real strawberry dice

Lemon instant pudding: JELL-O brand, lemon flavor. Just need to add in 2 egg yolks, sugar and water, stir altogether till its broiling over medium heat. Just follow instruction on the box. I personally prefer JELL-O instant pudding, but its not available at all supermarket or hypermart, i only can see this in Village Grocer and Ben's. 

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Blueberry Yogurt Cake 藍莓優格蛋糕

今天特別做了這blueberry優格蛋糕來賀我老闆兼朋友的"cow one", means "牛一", 也就是生日啦。。。

蠻趕的,從office赶回家around 5pm, 然後再從家回到bdr utama, 又塞車,又擔心蛋糕。

吃過晚餐,當侍應把蛋糕捧出來時,我蠻擔心的,不知道蛋糕還ok嗎,有塌嗎,會不熟嗎,等等。還好,蛋糕完整美美的,而且很好吃哩 

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Ingredients:
✿ 3 egg yolk
✿ 120g plain yogurt (room temperature)
✿ 35g butter (melted)
✿ 30g plain flour
✿ 15g corn starch
✿ 20ml whipping cream
❀ 3 egg white
❀ 50g caster sugar
♥ some fresh organic blueberries ♥

Method:
1)  combine melted butter and yogurt together
2) add in egg yolk and whipping cream, mix well
3) sift in both plain flour and corn starch

** preheat oven at 160°**

4) beat egg white till bubbles are formed
5) add in sugar in three batches
6) beat until soft peak is formed
7) fold 1/3 of the egg white into the yolk mixture (use a spatula)
8) pour the yolk mixture slowly to the remaining egg white, fold gently.
9) pour half of the batter into baking tin,  mine was 7".
10) put in some blueberries
11) pour in the remaining batter.
12) bake (water bath) for 50minutes or until cooked.

My decoration:
~ i have sprinkled grated cheddar cheese on top (4邊,方形)
~ i spread some mixed-berries yogurt at the center of the cake
~ more blueberries to put on top of the mixed-berries yogurt.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Butterfly butter cookies蝴蝶牛油曲奇

Made these butterfly cookies for bb megan, as to see her happy smile, loud laughters when saying: "butterfly❣", just make me feel that im the happiest and lucky mom in the world... priceless ♥
I was actually thinking of doing a simple but nice melt in mouth cookie, while i flip through my recipe notes, i saw this recipe which was saved long time ago but almost its existence, so i decided to make this using a butterfly cookie cutter, and just mix 1drop of red coloring to part of the dough, to design the cookies.
I have cut the ingredients to half, as i do not want to make so many (too many recipes yet to try out, haha).
This recipe is not melt in mouth type, but crunchy. While baking, hubby said:"the butter aroma just make me feel hungry", and he comment the cookies i made not enough for him.
Ingredients:
♧100g butter
♧ 75g all purpose flour
♧ 25g icing sugar
♧ 25g corn flour
Method:
1) mix butter and icing sugar (i have double boiled the butter to melt it faster)
2) sift in both all purpose and corn flour
3) knead until dough in formed
4) put in fridge for around 15 minutes
5) take out and cut the cookies with any mould you like. I have also used hand to shape few cookies like a braid :)
6) baked in preheated oven at 180° for 15minutes (i find it abit too hot, and caused some of my cookies brown very fast, will reduce to 160-170 next time and set for extra 5 minutes baking time)
Note: i used Tatura Butter, and this was the first time i try this butter, hmm, i think SCS still the best ^_^
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Bonsai Mooncake 盆栽月餅

This is my new bonsai ^_^
我的新盆栽,美嗎

花朵:strawberry yogurt
葉子:green tea
泥土:cocoa

The filling are all the same: red bean, as there are some balance from previous batch of black sesame snow skin mooncake 黑芝麻紅豆冰皮月餅.

I have used the same recipe here, just changed the black sesame powder to green tea powder and cocoa powder. As for the pink (the flowers), i have used strawberry yogurt to replace the cold water. Since i do not wanto make so many, i have reduced the amount of the ingredients too.

You may notice the green tea one look abit darker in color, in fact the taste is abit heavier too, therefore, i suggest to cut half for green tea powder.

搞搞新意,就弄了個盆栽出來,還ok吧 ^_^
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Black Sesame Redbean Mooncake (snow skin) 黑芝麻紅豆冰皮月餅



很開心第一次做冰皮月餅,hubby 說好吃,明天會帶給家人試試,希望大家會喜歡。我特地選黑芝麻因為mom in law 不能吃有奶的食物,而且黑芝麻也是健康的選擇。下次我會嘗試matcha 抹茶,也就是green tea 綠茶的。

♥♥♥♥♥♥

Ingredients: 
❀75g ko fun 糕粉
❀85g icing sugar 糖粉
❀20g black sesame powder 黑芝麻粉
❀15g shortening 白油
❀100ml cold water 冷水
❀One pack redbean paste

Method:
1) mix all ingredients together
2) mix well until dough is formed
3) knead the dough until its abit elastic
4) put in fridge for 30minutes
5) weigh the snow skin around 30g
6) weigh the redbean paste around 20-25g
7) wrap the redbean paste with snow skin
8) press it into mould (sprinkle some ko fun into mould, easier for mooncake to be taken out from the mould)
9) press few more times before take out from mould
9) keep in fridge for few hours, enjoy ❣

♥♥♥♥♥♥

Note:
❀The weight of snow skin and filling depends on mould, gotto try one piece before weighing the rest of the snow skin and filling. Just make sure the filling is 5-10g lesser than the snow skin



Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Organic Soya Beancurd Pudding

After reading so many different different recipe of Laoban beancurd and beancurd pudding post on fb, i finally tried this: "soya beancurd pudding", which the recipe was found here.

I have followed the second recipe in ancoo's blog, and used Super Organic Soya Powder (instant one, different brand). I believe different brand of soya powder will give slight different of texture and color of the pudding.

Hubby and bb Megan love it, and this definitely something i would love to do again and again.

Note:
這是布丁的质感,不是豆腐花
The texture is pudding, not taufufa :)
To get smooth taufufa texture, will be another recipe, which need lesser ingredients and the method also easier.

Peach Chiffon




很喜愛peach, 也喜歡做chiffon cake帶來的滿足感 (當然是成功的chiffon cake才有滿足感), 所以就嘗試做个peach chiffon蛋糕。

其實一点都不難,但由於我只用了兩粒雞蛋,所以,蛋糕矮矮的。不過,蛋糕味道非常好喔,我放多了peach, 讓蛋糕更加moist.

**食譜我大多会用英文,方便不会看華語的朋友們**

Ingredients:
♡ egg x 2 (separate yolk and white) 
♡ 100g peach slices 
♡ 20ml peach syrup 
♡ 60g self raising flour
♡ 1tbsp caster sugar (for yolk mixture)
♡ 35g caster sugar (for egg white) 
♡ 2tbsp corn oil
♡ 1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Method:
1) For egg yolk mixture:  Blend 80gm peaches with syrup, and dice the rest of the peach slices. Combine with sugar, flour, and oil in a mixing bowl, mix well

2) For egg white : Beat egg whites until frothy,  add in cream of tartar and beat until soft peak formed, add in sugar gradually, beat at higher speed until stiff peak formed.

3) Gently fold egg white into egg yolk mixture, in 3 batches.

4) Pour batter into ungreased tube pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked.

5) Invert the cake, and you may remove the cake after it is completely cool


Saturday, August 9, 2014

Chocolate Icecream Banana Cake

08.08.08 was a very special day for me + hubby, that was the day we started our relationship, and therefore, 0808 is our "paktor anniversary" ^_^

I have made this cake to celebrate this very special day:
❤Chocolate Icecream Banana Cake❤

Nice mou??

Look easy, but not really (for me), maybe due to i was slow and very particular to small small thing, so i end up standing in the kitchen with stress for long, hahaha...
Ingredients (cake):
(A) 7 egg yolks, 100ml corn oil, 100g fresh milk, 150g all purpose flour
(B) 7 egg whites, 120g caster sugar

Method (cake):
1) mix well (A)
2) beat (B) till it reaches hard peak
3) fold (B) gently into (A) in 3 batches
4) pour batter into a 8" square mould (if you wanto make a round one, then use a 8" round mould)
5)  bake in a preheated oven at 170°, for 45minutes

**Prepare some banana slices too**
Ingredients (icecream):
❀ 200g icecream mix, chocolate flavor 
❀ 560g full cream milk

Method (icecream):
❀ mix both ingredients and beat in high speed for 5-6 minutes, or until it reaches 1.5 or double in size. 


Making the Chocolate Icecream Banana Cake:

1) cut the cake smaller. In fact if u have bigger square tin, then u can just put the cake in the bigger tin. Not too big, 1-2 inch bigger just nice
2) now, cut the cake horizontally into half, and put one slice into the center of the bigger tin
3) pour the icecream to cover all over the slice of cake. 
4) lay some banana slices on the cake layer (refer picture at the bottom) 
5) repeat step 3
6) put the other slice of cake, and repeat step 3
7) now pour icecream to the side/fill up the gap.
8) freeze the cake for 1/2hour before decoration
9) enjoy the cake after frozen overnight ❣

Monday, August 4, 2014

♡ly breakfast for my ♡

Another simple yet lovely breakfast for my love, my hubby.

早餐是一天中最重要的一餐。有時,只需要花少少心思,小小心意,足以讓人擁有快樂的早上,繼而影響一整天的心情,同意嗎?

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Lemon Snow White Chiffon

Looking for something simple with lemon taste, when i looked through my recipe notes, i found this recipe which i have actually saved for quite some time.

The original recipe used a round cake mould, but i decided to give it a try by using a chiffon tin.

While baking, the cake rised slowly but also sinked back to its original level slowly. So i thought mayb this does not work with chiffon tin. Yet, out of my expectation, when the oven "ding" me to take out the cake, i saw a nice white cake. 還好最後看到一个美美的chiffon形,felt so reliefed. The edges started to come out itself, but i stil invert the cake, and unmould it after 15minutes (等不及) 

To my surprise, this cake is soft, light, and moist inside (the outer ring may look not very smooth, but in actual fact, its very moist when you put into your mouth). The moistness is superb after few hours, so, if you prefer a dry chiffon texture, this recipe may not suit your preference. 

For the lemon taste, i think half lemon (grated skin) giving the cake quite heavy fragrant of lemon, for those who prefer lighter lemon fragrant, should reduce half.

Oya, i omit a pinch of salt for this recipe, you may add in, try and see :) 

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Ingredients:
- 5 x egg white 蛋白
- half lemon skin (grated) 檸檬皮絲
- 70g super fine flour 特幻粉
- 110ml fresh milk 鮮奶
- 40ml corn oil 玉米油
- 70g castor sugar 細糖
- 1/2tsp cream of tartar 塔塔粉

Method:
1) warm up fresh milk + corn oil in a pot. Just warm up, do not reach boiling point [把鮮奶 + 玉米油弄熱,稍熱就熄火」

2) add in grated lemon skin  [加入檸檬皮絲」

3) add in flour, combine well [加入特幻粉,攪拌均勻」

4) beat the egg white with cream of tartar. Add in sugar gradually. Beat until soft peak formed (please refer photo) [蛋白打至起泡加入塔塔粉。分几次加入細糖。打至"軟尖" (請看圖) ] 

**you may preheat oven at 160° now 现在可以預熱烘炉  160° ** 

5) fold in 1/3 egg white to the milk mixture [把1/3蛋白加入剛才的 奶+油+粉 的混合体。用spatula 慢慢fold (折疊式)  ] 

6) pour the milk mixture into remaining egg white. Fold well, gently [將剛參好的倒進剩下的蛋白,用spatula 慢慢 fold ] 

7) pour the batter into chiffon tin (or round baking tin), gently tap the baking tin to release air. [將蛋糕糊倒入蛋糕模,我用chiffon tin] 

8) bake for 40minutes (i reduced to  150° for the last 5minutes, as i saw the edges started to brown, i prefer a snow white cake ^_^) [烘40分鐘,在最後我減低到150°,因為我看到邊緣开始有点黃,但我要白白的蛋糕」

9) use a skewer to check the cake, invert the cake once its done, before you unmould the cake. [用木牙签檢查蛋糕熟不熟,倒扣,待冷脫模」

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Steamed Egg With Fresh Milk

My BB charlize loves chawanmushi, unlike BB megan, who just eat abit sometimes.

I have kept a recipe of chawanmushi in fact, but its not as easy as just prepare a simple Steamed Egg with Fresh Milk. Since its for babies, i dont need to put meat chunk, and no mushroom is needed like a usual chawanmushi loh.

There are a few steamed egg recipe from google but this is the one i tried, and gives a very nice and smooth texture of steamed egg ➟ chawanmushi山寨版,haha

For topping, i didnt put anything for previous time, but some crab meat slices for this time, as BB Megan loves it ^_^


Ingredients:

♡ 1egg

♡ 120ml fresh milk

♡ pinch of salt (i omit)


Method:

1) boil fresh milk until its warm, off your gas before it reach boiling point

2) crack an egg and whisk

3) mix well fresh milk + egg + salt (do not beat, just stir lightly) 

4) sift the mixture twice, to ensure smoothness of the texture

5) boil water in wok, put in the egg mixture bowl only when the water is at boiling stage

6) steam for 8 minutes, and let it stay in the wok for another 2minutes after its done. 

***cover the bowl with a cling wrap paper***


Saturday, August 2, 2014

Luncheon Meat Egg Sandwich 午餐肉雞蛋圓三明治

今天老公一早就去一个training, 我想想還是弄了个稍為花点心思的早餐給自己,當然也弄了steamed egg with fresh milk 給兩个公主 ^_^

其實這luncheon meat, 一直以來都是我的最愛,超愛的。而這包luncheon meat, ermm, 稍為好点,沒長肉劑,沒防腐劑,所以貴点啰。

我用煎蛋的圓模來定雞蛋為圓形,因為luncheon meat 都圓形的,當然,我也將麵包切成圓形。

麵包里灑cheese絲,煎熱,然後夾着一片luncheon meat, 雞蛋 (灑parsley flakes),再一片luncheon meat. 正冇?好吃啰。。
okla, 老公不在家吃,外觀不用太美啰,haha...

Pandan Fl❀wer Bun 饅頭❁花卷

This is the second time i make 饅头mantou, but this time i followed "flower bun 花卷" recipe, which i adapt from here.
I didnt follow his way of twisting the dough, as i was thinking of the flower bun i have tested before at one of the restaurant, so i made the bun according to what i remember i ate before. But i also "hand itchy", also made different designs which more to "饅头 mantou".
For color, i planned to mix white and green, but i forgot to take out half the dough, before mixing in the green.
For ingredients, these are the changes i have made:
- plain flour ➟ i changed to pao flour
- cooking oil ➟ i used butter instead
- fresh milk or water ➟ i used fresh milk
- pandan paste ➟ i used pandan flavor + green coloring
Overall, im satisfied with these flower bun for:
❀ softness
❀ nice texture
❀ butter fragrance
❀ and its so much lighter than my previous batch of 饅头 mantou
So, what's next? For next 饅头 mantou or flower bun 花卷 making, i shall mix color i.e green & white, cocoa & white, and also to put in some filling and make it a 包 pau ❣