Fresh From the Oven...

Fresh From the Oven...

What I've baked for CNY so far:

..::Green Tea Jewels::..


..::Green Peas Cookies::..


..::Pineapple Cookies::..

That's it... The cookies are ok.. The Green Peas Cookies taste the best.. The Pineapple Cookies are ok, Hubby commented that the filling are a tad too hard.. I find the crust too crumbly too.. I added a little too much water, because it was so hard to press it out from the cookies presser. My arms are still sore now.. Wanted to make more.. Arghhh.. too tired (lazy) to do so.. :)

On a brighter note:

My Fatt Koh/Huat Kueh smiled!!!! I did it this morning..

..::Fatt Koh/ Huat Kueh::..

Yay! So happy!! I'm trying 'proving' a batter for something else right now.. If it works out I'll post the picture.. :)

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No QC Lehz!

No QC Lehz!

..:::Layered Strawberry Jam Spongecake:::..

I used the exact same amount of ingredients lehz... but it turned out very sweet... No QC!!!!! And my decorating skills still sucks! Arghh!

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Spongy Cup Cakes

Spongy Cup Cakes

Got this recipe from fellow blogger Baking Mum. Do check out her amazing blog!

This is really easy to do! The texture's really light and fluffy, and if you're into cakes like Ji Dan Gao, you should really try this! If you're not just add a drop or two of vanilla essence or any other flavoring, I'm sure it's just as nice!

..:::Paper cups lined with baking paper:::..

..:::The ingredients ( recipe below ):::..

..:::The cakes in the oven:::..

..:::Cooling the cakes:::..

..:::Viola! Great to whip up and serve if you have unexpected guest coming over:::..

The recipe:

Ingredients:

4 eggs
100 gm cake flour
100 gm castor sugar
12 gm spongecake stabliser (about 3/4 tbsp)
25 gm milk
90 gm melted butter

1. Put all the ingredients except the melted butter into a mixing bowl.Beat everything on high for at least 7 mins until ribbon stage. This means that if you use your whisk with batter to write an "8" on the batter won't sink in but will appear visible for a while. This will be the right constitency for your batter.
2.Add in melted butter at this stage and mix in thoroughly.
3.Line some waxed papercups with baking paper. Pour batter into the lined cups abt 3/4 full and bake it in a preheated oven at 190C for about 20 mins.
4.When done, remove the cake from the cup immediately and leave it on wire rack to cool.
5. Makes about 10 cups depending on the size of the paper cups.

Recipe from http://bakingmum.blogspot.com

So, I was so happy of my success that I made another batch, only this time I bake it in a 8" round baking tray.

The moment after I took this photo, the cake deflated like a balloon! I've never had success with cakes... Arghhh!! Don't ask me why... Darn! And I've prepared the whipping cream too! So, I cut it into half and did up half a cake......

My decorating skills sucks too.. as you can see in the pictures below.. Hur Hur..

Oh well... I shall try again.. Sigh..

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Shanghai Mooncake

Shanghai Mooncake

..:::Shanghai Mooncake with Green Tea Paste Filling:::..

Not a very satisfactory result.. :(
The filling's too small, the crust is hard as rock! Not flaky enough.. no buttery taste! Will try again next week. Will post the recipe if it turns out better...

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MidAutumn's Cookies.

MidAutumn's Cookies.

Mooncake Biscuits/ Koong Chai Pneang.

This is my first attempt making the biscuits. It's really easy actually, but takes a lot of time.
Makes about 15.

Ingredients:

200g golden syrup
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3/4 tbsp alkaline water
50g corn oil

300g plain flour, sifted
Thick soy sauce (for colour)

1. Combine golden syrup, alkaline water and sifted bicarbonate of soda in a basin. Add oil and mix with a wooden spoon and allow to rest for 4-5 hours.

2. Add thick soy sauce and stir well. Fold in sifted flour gradually and mix evenly to form a smooth, soft dough. Do not knead. Let dough rest for another 6-7 hours.

3. Divide dough into small portions. Dust with flour and press into figurine mould. Knock out and place on greased baking tray and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 8 minutes. Remove tray from the oven and leave for 1-2 minutes. Brush biscuits with eggs glaze and bake again 6-7 minutes or until golden.

Recipe from At Home with Amy Beh.

..::: Before baking:::..

It took much longer for the mixture to stand than stated in the recipe. I waited about 4 hours before mixing in the flour. Then another 6 hours when I first tried putting the dough into the mould, but it was much too soft to be moulded. In the end, I left it overnight, before moulding and baking it. I added the heart shaped Quins for fun.. Ha!

..:::After Baking:::..

..:::After cooling the biscuits:::..

No comments on these biscuits yet as no one has tried them yet.. except for me.. I find them quite ok...

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Clumsy Me...

Clumsy Me...

It's Anna's birthday today. Happy birthday girl.. Have a wonderful year ahead..

So, I made a batch of cupcakes as a suprise for her last sunday... When it was done, I dropped half of them on the floor.. Arghhh! How clumsy is that??

Blueberry cupcakes in ice cream cones.

Topped them with blueberry buttercream... see the bits of blueberries in there?

Half of them on the floor, and later, in the dustbin... Sighz...

Dave made Choco Cheesecake for Anna! Hehe... now you'd just need to start cooking for her too!! Lol..

The crust was super yummy! The cheese melts a little too quick though...

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Berry-Nice

Berry-Nice

Just finished baking for the day! Phew! A very hot sweaty day to spend in the kitchen...

Baked a little cake for my daddy for Father's day. The cake's in green tea flavour because both my dad and mom loves green tea!

Saw some really nice juicy strawberry in the supermarket and decided to give strawberry cupcakes a try too. It turned out berry-nice! Lol.. wanna try?

...:::The strawberry cupcakes in the oven. I put mashed strawberries in them.. turned out yummy!:::...

...:::Decorated them with fresh cream with a dash of strawberry flavour...:::...

...:::And topped with half a fresh strawberry... yummy!:::...

...:::My Father's Day Green Tea Cake.:::...

...:::Anna helped with the fresh cream, I was hopeless at it. The dark green's green tea cream cheese.:::...

...:::The leftovers I made into cupcakes...:::...

The next time I'm baking will probably be for Anna's birthday.. yeah it's coming soon.. lol.. so stay tune!

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Cupcakes Galore!

Cupcakes Galore!

Jolene's birthday's coming soon.. and she made me promised her some pretty cupcakes.. well since it's her 21st birthday and she had been such a wonderful and helpful sister lately.. I'd gladly oblige..
Here's some test runs me and Anna made last night.. We're going to the Midsummer's Nights Dream in Fort Canning this Sunday.. These will be dessert!

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Of names and cookies and invites..

Of names and cookies and invites..

J	Jolly
A	Arty
I	Influential
M	Misunderstood
E	Explosive

Name / Username:

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

Explosive sums it all.. ask hubby and he'll readily agree with all four of his hands and legs up!

We went online and decided to try pineapple rolls...guess what?!? It worked!

Have been busy baking these past few days.. me and Nana first tried baking cream cheese cookies and guess what?! It failed. Then we tried almond crisp and guess what again... we failed!! We're totally blaming the stupid cookbook I bought a few years back but have never used. We went online and decided to try pineapple rolls...guess what?!? It worked! It's so totally the books fault! They look kinda nice.. we can't seems to get the size the same... well, they're not only edible.. I would say they are rather delicious actually.. Muahahaha...

Now nobody can say we didn't put the oven into good use.. lol..

Was digging something for hubby in the unpacked boxes a few days ago, and came across the invitation card we used for our ROM. It's by Hallmark and came in a pack of 6 sets. Each set consist of a outer pink velum cover, two empty cards to personalize yourself, and a ribbon.

Me and hubby are still at odds on whether to use the invites given by the restaurant for our wedding dinner or to get them printed ourselves.. We've discussed and have a few great designs in mind.. now we just need to check out the cost.. will update on the outcome...

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