15th JUne 2010- Yogurt Butter Cake

I've some leftover plain yogurt and its almost expire!. So I quickly google on the net to find a simple recipe that can utilise the yogurt. Finally, i found this blogger www.cake.bake.love.blogspot.com.

After reading her blog and immediately fall in love with her 'Blueberry Yogurt Buttercake' as it seems so simple and easy to do it. So i decided to make this cake tonite after work.

Since its a weekday and have no time to buy the blueberry, i obmit this from the receipe.

I'm really apprecaite and likes this recipe as its so tasty and healthy. The taste is like a cheese cake !...hmmmm its really delicious. Since, I've made a big cake and feel so proud to share these with my colleagues and boss. All of thme like it so much.

Here's the receipe i got from this blogger .

Ingredients:-

(A)

125gm butter

I cup sugar

(B)

3 eggs

(C)sift together

2 cups plain flour

2tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

(D)

I cup yogourt + 1 tsp lemon juice

Method:-

1) Beat (A) till creamy & fluffy.

2) Add (B) once at a time, mix well before each addition.

3) Fold in (C) alternate with (D) in 3-4 additions. beat till just incorporated. Do not overmix.

4) Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 50-60 mins or until a skewer inserted and comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Hope u all will give a try as i think nobody can resist the tasty yogurt cake...

Cinnamon Bun

It has been a busy month for July as my assistant has resigned and I need to cover her work for time being. Beside this, July is our company financial year and everyone are rushing to meet the sales target and year end stock take. I've been going thru this momentum with the same company for 13 years..
Every time reach home, i feel so tired and really have no time to update my blog. Nevertheless, I never give up my baking pratice over the weekend.
Here is my first trial baking Cinnamon bun. Since I've been follow www.dailydelicious.blogspot.com and realised her detailed method is really workable and i seems successful most of the time i follow her receipe. Same for this Cinnamon bun recipe, I modified one of her receipe call Almond and Apricot Chelsea bun. This Cinnamon bun taste really good, soft and i really enjoying the smell of the cinnamon...i should have put more cinnamon powder in it..

To cut short my long winded blog, here's the modified recipe.

Ingredients for dough :-
225gm breadflour
7gm instant yeast
1/2 tsp salt
25gm sugar
100ml warm milk
25ml water
1 small egg
25gm butter, melted and keep some for greasing

Ingredients for filling:
13gm softened butter or margerine
10gm sugar
2tbsp honey
2tbsp cinammon powder
1/4 cup brown sugar

Method:-
1. Put the flour, yeast, sugar and slat into a large mixing bowl & mix well. Make a well in the centre and pour warm milk, water beaten egg & melted butter (i mix all of these in a jug & pour them all at once).

2. Using the dough hook on medium speed, mix everything together to form a dough. If the dough is too dry, add a little more warm water. If is too wet, add more flour. Knead until the dough becomes smooth & springy about 5- 7mins.

3. Take the dough out of the bowl & shape it into a ball on a floured surface. Transfer to a clean lightly greased bowl and cover loosely with a clean damp tea towel. Leave in a warm place to let it proof to doubled size , about 1 hour.

4. Preheat oven to 180C, greased a 18cm cake tin.

5. Take the risen dough out, punch out the excess gas from the dough. Take out on a lightly floured surface and knead a few seconds.

6. Roll out the tough to a roughly 20x30 cm rectangle, spread the butter evenly over the dough. Then sprinkle the cinnamon powder & brown sugar. Roll up firmly like a swiss roll. Cut into even slices with a sharp knife, shapw into 8 round pinwheels. Then arrange in the tin.

7. Cover with clean damp tea towel, prove for about 20mins (about double in size).

8. Bake the buns for 10mins, then lower the temperature to 160C and cook for 10mins until golden brown.

9. Melt the honey with 1tbsp warm water, brush all over the buns to set the moisture of the bun, when served.

till then, i hope you all will like this recipe and happy baking!!

NO Bake Chocolate Cheese Cake

22.06.2010

This is a rush day for me as I just invited to have a dinner on 23.06.2010 to celebrate a belated birthday of my friend. Since is so rush, I have to do something that fast & easy. So i found this recipe from 'All Recipes'. Simply made a few Chocolate Cheesecake in a cup. Below is the balance of the ingredients and I just pour it in my heartshape bowl like this....

The texture is very rich and honestly is not bad at all... So, i done this up within an hour..Luckily, I've standby biscuits crumb in my kitchen so is rather handy whenever i need it. Anyway, hope my friend will like it ..

Recipe as follow:-

150gm of biscuits crumb (either digestive or shortbread biscuits)

45gm butter

100gm castor sugar (melted)

120ml whipping cream

150gm drak chocolate, melted and cooled

2tbps of cocoa powder and mix well with a little hot water

1 tub (200gm) cream cheese

1) Mixed the crushed biscuit crumbs with the melted butter until well and add in 1tbsp of castor sugar. Put into the papercup and use the spoon to make the suface smooth. Leave in the refrigerator for 30mins.

2) Whipped cream until soft peak and mix in the cooled chocolate and cocoa powder. Blend well and set aside.

3) Whisk the cream cheese and remaining sugar , fold in the mixed chocolate cream and mix thoroughly.

4) Pour the chocolate cream cheese into the cup and chill it in the fridge till its firm.

Mango Mousse Cake with Sponge Fingers

18th June 2010,

This day is my friend's birthday and she have organised a party at Neway karaoke. Well, I didn't expect she request me to make a cake for her instead of giving her a present. The moment i know about this, I was so stressful as I never do a cake for outsider. I mean a complete big cake for birthday occassion. I only did it for family members..Although, i feel stressful but I willing to take the challenge. So, i tell myself i must make it and overcome this 1st step.

I've taken 3 days to prepared . I bought the ingredients on 1st day, then 2nd day baked the sponge cake, prepare the mousse etc..and chilled the cake. 3rd day, take 1/2 day leave from work, prepare for the decoration as well as my emotion to get ready for the nite..

Here it comes...my mango mousse cake ..!!! Well, although is not that beautiful but i can tell you is really tasty and is purely homemade. Using the freshest ingredients to make tis up.

Im glad that my fren and others like the cake...the mango taste is so strong ..is delicious..

In fact, I have so many ideas to decorate the cake but just lack of ingredients at home and still lack of the skill to make it nice..

Since this mango mousse cake is so delicious, I will be proud to share the recipe as follow which I adapt it from dailydelicious blogger (http://dailydelicious.blogspot.com/) and HHB (http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/). I mix & match their recipes as follow.

Mango Mousse:-

400gm fresh mango

25ml lemon juice

80gm sugar

10gm gelatine powders

240gm yogurt (im using the Nestle mango yogurt)

230ml whipping cream

Method:

1) Bloom the gelatine. Mix the mango and lemon juice in the blender & blend it.

2) Pour mixture into a pan and mix in the sugar. Cook until the sugar is melt.

3) Put the gelatine into the mango mixture and stir until smooth, let the mixture cool at room temperature.

4) When its cooled, pour in the yogurt and mix it well.

5) Whisk the whipping cream till soft peak and fold in the mango mixture.

6) Pour over the cake and keep in the refrigerator for overnite.

Recipe for Sponge cake (20cm round pan):

4 large eggs (room temp)

100gm castor sugar

4g salt

140gm cake flour (sift it)

30gm salad oil ( I used melted margerine/butter)

30gm fresh milk

Method:

1) Whisk the egg and sugar till double in volumn and ribbon-like.

2) Add sifted cake flour into the batter, and gently fold it till is well blended.

3) Use a spatula, mix 1/3 of the batter with the oil in a separate bowl . Then pour back the mixture into the batter and fold it well (this method is to ensure the oil is well blended with the batter).

4) Add in fresh milk and mix it gently.

5) Pour it into pan and bake it for 35mins or until the skewer inserted in the center and come out clean .

6) Unmould and cool it.

7) When it cooled, put the cake into the ring type pan, assemble the sponge fingers around the cake. Then, pour in the mousse and keep in the refrigerator.

Lollytot Online Store 17.06.2010

Today, i happen to see this link in my facebook and after reviewing their page ..I immediately become their fan of the page.
I've boon looking for such page/online store for quite sometime and honestly is not easy to be able to find a good one like Lollytot locally in Malaysia. Their dresses, accessories are beautiful and most importantly , the prices are quite reasonable too.
We are a working mother who really do not have much time to shop around and with this online store is really helps and save a lot of time .

I personally, like it a lot and I've actually added their link at the bottom of my blog. Those who interested, please feel free to click on it and have a look.. enjoy shopping ya...

Cheers

My 2nd attempt bread baking - Delicious Mini Milk Bread

15.05.2010 - Saturday

Hello friends...guess what, I finally makie it ! Yes I did it!. After the last failure on breadmaking, i never give up. I found another recipe from a blogger and with her detailed steps and easy ingredients, I finally managed to made the bread succesfully.

The texture of the bread is so fluffy, the mini size make it look cute. My daughter is so tempted to try it after she seen it out from the oven...so happy now.

If anyone of you would like to try this bread, please refer to this blog htttp://dailydelicious.blogspot.com and look for the recipe call Pain au lait : Delicious Mini Milk Bread.

Till then..happy baking!!

11.05.2010- My first homemade bread

Hmm...im not sure whether you all have this sudden mood to bake cake or bread? Myself do have such sudden moon which rather scary..especially to my maid cos she need to help out the washing part when im done ..hahaha.

As i said sudden mood..so this happen on Wednesday and i tried to make a bread and with no surprise, my bread is a total failured one. The bread is not fluffy and with strong yeast smell.

Sigh..so sad..

After google the bread problems, i reckon the following issues that caused the failure.

1) Recipe might have error - too much of yeast

2) Kneading time is not enough. As per other blogger, the kneading time at least 25mins.

3) Undercooked the bread . My oven temperature needs to be reviewed again.

4) Oven temp too hot and cos the bread gets brown quickly and the inner texture is not fully rose.

After knowing the above problems, i will give a try again. I've set in my mind that i must successful in bread making..worst scenario, invest a breadmaker...hahaha