Sunday, January 26, 2014

Spagethi Aglio Olio with Sauteed Mushroom

I prepare this Spagethi for dearie because he want to try my Spagethi Aglio Olio.. i add mushroom....
There is no exact how many to use for the ingredients.. Because i just have a very quick look on how Table for 2 recipe.. and then i just go to my own version "agak agak" for it.. haha..


Sautéed Mushrooms
White button mushrooms
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste

1. Heat a pan on medium heat. Put in oil and butter.
2. Saute garlic until fragrant and lightly golden.
3. Put in sliced mushrooms (turn heat to high) and cook until they wilt and slightly caramelized.
4. Season with salt. Dish up and set aside.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio
200gm spaghetti (to be cooked al dente) I put enough for 2 person
2 dried chillies, coarsely milled, or you can use 1 tsp those pepper flakes in bottles (reserve some for garnish) I use dried Chilies
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 Tbsp olive oil
Some parsley for garnish

1. Bring a pot of water to boil, put in some salt and cook spaghetti until al dente. Drain and set aside.
2. Use a clean pan, put in on medium low heat. (I read, do not use high heat, unlike Chinese cooking, let the garlic slowly infuse the oil)
3. Put in olive oil and garlic, cook until garlic is fragrant then put in chilli flakes.
4. Cook until garlic is slightly golden, put in 1/2 tsp salt and put in cooked spaghetti.
5. Toss spaghetti in the fragrant oil. Taste, if not salty enough, add more salt.
6. Put sautéed mushroom into the spaghetti and toss. (Or you can skip this step if you want to top the spaghetti with mushrooms instead of mixing them in)
7. Dish up and top with some chopped parsley. (I omitted because i don't have this in my kitchen)



Black Forest Cake

My 1st Blackforest Cake (although the topping design should not be like this).. Because i failed to done the chocolate shaving part, so i just last minute on top of all the cake with cream.
I purchase the Non-Dairy Whipping Cream and seems like when i beat the whipping cream to stiff peak, it still feel little bit soft when i decorate it the cake. Is it we should put any more things to stabilize the whipping cream?


For your information, i am using the sponge cake from this recipe...
And then i decorate it with some canned cherries and whipping cream... A birthday cake must not necessary be perfect, as long as you do it with your heart, anything outcome will still be the best (in our heart).



Happy Birthday to my special dear... This cake specially make for him..
Dear love the cherry filling with the whipping cream.


Saturday, January 25, 2014

Basic Chocolate Sponge Cake

Last week Saturday i have try to bake this Chocolate Sponge Cake. It turn out really really moist chocolate sponge cake, and is a nice cake to use for making Special Occasion cakes such as birthday cakes..

Thanks to Nasi Lemak Lover for sharing the good recipe.

Ingredients :
4 egg yolks (large)
20g caster sugar
50g corn oil
60g milk
15g cocoa powder I use Vanhouten Chocolate Powder
75g cake flour

4 egg white (large)
1/4tsp lemon juices or 1/4tsp cream of Tartar
60g caster sugar


Method
1. Lightly whisk egg yolk with sugar.

2. Add in corn oil, stir to combine.
3. Add in milk, stir to combine,then add in cocoa powder, mix well.
4. Add in cake flour, mix well, set aside.
5. Add lemon juices into egg white, beat till foamy.
6. Gradually add in sugar, beat till stiff peaks  

7. Take 1/3 portion of egg white mixture and use hand whisk to mix with egg yolk mixture till light.
8. Fold the balance of egg white mixture into egg yolk mixture using a spatula, combine well.
9. Pour batter into the pan (do not need to line with baking paper and do not use a non-stick pan), bake at pre-heated oven at 140c for 25mins (at lower rack), then increase to 170C and continue to bake for 25mins. Remove cake from oven and cool on a wire rack (don't need to invert the cake). Once cake is slightly cool down(10-15mins), remove cake from cake tin (use a think and flat spatula to run around the side and bottom of the cake pan) and let it cool completely on a wire rack.    


So here is the egg whites beaten to stiff peak and also the chocolate batter.









Fold and Fold... Remember on this step do not over fold the mixture.
 

The chocolate batter after mixture with egg white.




Starting to rise up......


When i raised the temperature to 170c, it started to raise higher more...



After cooling off for 10 - 15mins later i use spatula to remove out the cake.
Was so happy that there is no crack found above the cake..



Tadaa..... Here is the final outlook of the Chocolate Sponge Cake..
So moist and is a good sponge cake recipe to keep with..
Do try everyone.





Saturday, January 18, 2014

Kuih Bangkit [Failed Ver]

Haha, i am so careless.. Because i was too over-excited to trying out this recipe, i realize that i forgot to put egg... That caused the Kuih Bangkit came out very stiff hard and not even melt cookies also... Then all of it throw to rubbish bin... Hmmp, i will try again re-baking back this Kuih Bangkit. 

Do not Give Up spirit!!!!


Cornflake Cookies Recipe

After baking Butter Cookies, then i move to next baking session cookies. Is going to be Cornflake Cookies and it was my 1st time doing this. Luckily turn out very well than i expected one. Is just when i coincidentally found this recipe from No-Fills, i tell myself this is the one that i need to bookmark. So happy when the cookies turn out well, but slightly burn on the bottom cookies. 



Ingredients
  • 250gm Butter (I use Buttercup)
  • 310gm Plain Flour + a pinch of salt + 1tbsp baking powder [Sift Together]
  • 165gm Caster Sugar
  • 1 egg (I use Large)
  • 65gm crushed cornflakes
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla essence
  • Around 180gm medium crushed cornflakes for coating
Method

  1. Sift the flour with salt, set aside.
  2. Cream  the butter and sugar till light till fluffy.
  3. Add in the eggs, vanilla, mix well.
  4. Fold in sifted flour and crushed cornflakes.
  5. Let the mixture rest for a while in the fridge for about 20 - 25mins.
  6. Lightly roll them into balls and toss them into the crushed cornflakes to coat.
  7. Place them onto paper lined baking trays, about 1 inch apart.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg C for about 20 to 25 mins., or till light golden brown.
  9. Let them cool on the  baking tray for about 5 mins. before removing them to cool completely on a wire rack.
  10. Store cooled cornflakes in air-tight cookie jars.
  11. Makes 100 cookies.

So this was the batter which already mixed all butter, crushed cornflake, flour and etc... I do put in the fridge to rest a while so that the batter more nice to shape later.


Tadaa.....  Here is the final outcome baked brown and nicely done....


My Verdict :
Very crunchy, and cornflakes is all over inside and outside of the cookies. Definitely a good recipe for Cornflake cookies.



I am submitting this post to Bake Along #57: Theme - Chinese New Year Cookies organized by JoyceLena and Zoe.


Danish Butter Cookies from Anncoo

Because CNY is coming like bout 1week plus, is time to bake some CNY cookies.. This year would be different becoz me... is going to bake cookies... Becoz i got the new oven already ma, so do everything baking also easier lot jo... I get the recipe from here 

The recipe say using Lurpak Brand, eventually i feel like want to buy Buttercup brand (although is cheaper but the quality is very nice). I don't know if you realize that, previous of all the baking cookies and cakes i am using Buttercup brand except when i baked Mrs. Ng SK Vanilla Butter Cake which use SCS Butter and also the Moist Banana Cake using SCS salted Butter too. So i think different recipe requires different Butter type to suit the outcome taste.

Ingredients :
1 egg 60gm (I use Large Egg)
200gm Soft Butter - Lurpak Butter Brand (So i follow Lurpak Brand, because tesco only available those in spreadable packaging, so i buy this)
320gm Plain Flour
130gm Icing Sugar
2tbsp Vanilla Extract



When i was bout starting to pipe those batter out, halfway when doing it you can feel the oil is like coming out from the piping bag.... And the more you do, the more the oil butter seems like squeezing out. I'm not sure whether is it i use the spreadable type one so thats why like this?

Picture Courtesy from Google


So here is my mixing bowl, i not even dare to fridge it a while because worry that the batter might more stiff and hard to pipe it out (although the recipe did not call to fridge for a while). But when i fridge it and take out to pipe again it become more worsen. More stiffer... ohh damm it... i shouldn't so pannai put in the fridge at first place.. Is not suitable if you want to pipe it out.


I pipe those Butter Cookies into this design because i don't have the tip that Anncoo using..



Bake for like 9mins or golden brown..


There it goes...


My verdict :
Buttery taste and fragrance.. Good Cookies for CNY..


I'm submitting this post to the Bake Along event hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids,





Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Types of Egg Grade, Size and Weight

Ok everyone know that there is different types of Egg Grade... From A ~ F grade... But do anyone really know in details regarding the weight of this egg, and actually the category of the egg is not important where else the weight of the egg itself the most important... So this post is a note to myself, and also for everyone just for knowledge sharing....

Grade AA (more than 70g)
Grade A   (65g - 70g)
Grade B   (60g - 65g)
Grade C   (55g - 60g)
Grade D   (50g - 55g)
Grade E   (45g - 50g)
Grade F   (Below than 45g)

Happy Baking.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Pineapple Roll

Hello Bloggers, How is your New Year Day so far.. ?

Omg for the first time i try baking the Pineapple Rolls, and surprisingly the outcome is very good! My family everyone is praising this pineapple roll is damm good...although the outcome is not that-so-pretty, but the taste is there....

Specially thanks to Nasi Lemak Lover for this wonderful recipe. You can get it from here.


Ready-made pineapple jam 680g
Condensed milk (susu manis pekat) 100g -I use F&N Sweetened Creamer(Krimer Pekat Manis)
Butter 375g
All purpose flour 570g
Egg yolks 2

Egg yolk for egg glaze -2

1. Cream butter and condensed milk till light.
2. Add in egg yolk one at a time, and beat until fluffy.
3. Mix in flour, mix till become a firm and non-stick dough.
4. Put mixture into a Nastar mould and press out into strips about 5-6cm long.
5. Place pineapple jam filling on the edge of a strip and make a small elongated roll.
6. Cut off excess dough, brush with egg glaze.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 180c for 13-15mins or till golden brown.
8. Cool on wire racks before storing.

 Here's the mould... Just need to keep on pressing and pressing out the dough...in Nastar mould...


 There it goes the 1st tray successfully completed! Yay or Nay...?


 I bake it till the top starts to brown then only take it out, about 20mins..... with 170c.

There it goes the outcome..... So happy for this 1st trial of baking.... I'm going bake it next 2weeks later for the CNY...





Enjoy happy baking~


I'm submitting this post to the Bake Along event hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids,