Green green birthday....

Never to test a recipe on an important day!!!!!

My dad birthday around the corner. Instead of the usual strawberry cakes or chocolate cakes. Think my family are bored with these flavor. Wanted to make something special for dad. 

After searching high and low..... Finally decided on pandan kaya cake. 

This is the first time I am using a cake ring to set the cake.. I am so clumsy and small incident happened and nearly spoilt the cake. 

 Finished product after the kaya set. 

I got a cake ring which is expandable. Like the idea coz need minimum storage space. But I was wrong as its difficult to use. ( not sure if I use it correctly or not as I feel it's so messy.. ) 

Anyway I adopt the recipe from Aunty yochana blog

Verdict: kaya too strong coconut taste as it uses purely coconut milk . Or Is it me who dump all coconut milk in as the recipe calls for. By the way I uses those ready squeezed coconut milk bought from supermarket. Not too sure if tat makes it too coconut milky haahaa 

Cake base wise not too bad but lack of the pandan smell as

I uses essence. Lazy to prepare the pandan juice.   The kaya  taste too strong coconut milk and no pandan coz no pandan juice added as recipe did not call for.  

Anyway we still finished the cake heehee. I tell my self not to be lazy when making pandan cake. Must must make the pandan juice no matter what. Also to try receipe before important day!!!! 

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Unbelievable

Eight is my hubby and nephew birthday. Both if then born in the same day but different year (obviously rite)
Done a cake for each of them. But m too adventurous wanted to complete it within a nite.

Luckily baked the cake two days before and left one day for decorating. No no it's one nite to decorate it. Didn't sleep and decorate it till the nxt morning. Pack up, wash up and go to work. A zombie at work.

Here is some pix to show my work :) it's the first time doing and lots of area for improving.

Can someone advise me on how to avoid the fondant from "sweating" & "melting...

Here is the cake for Hubby. He specially request for boxing glove design and I got to figure how to do it. The cake is chocolate sponge with dark bitter chocolate ganache.

The original glove next to the cake heehee..... Proud of myself to be able to complete it within a few hours. Really lots of room for improvement.

This is the cake for my nephew. A Liverpool lover that y though if this cake for him. But the icing image color runs and the logo blurred. Sad that can't produce a nice cake when deliver to the recipient. Nevertheless, he is happy of reviving the cake. That at least warm my heart. Got to think of a way to avoid it. Anyone out there can advise?.??



Once again I push my limits on decorating the cakes. Thus round gif me confidence to make even more adventurous cake...

Craving for pie!!!

Suddenly craving for chicken pie....
But dun feel like buying one from shops and its been a long time since I bake chicken pie to eat...

To satisfy my craving, I when marketing to get the ingredients. It's simple to put everything together..

Was also thinking about the crust, short crust pastry or puff pastry.. Home made or ready made for the puff pastry.

As I wanted to make it for breakfast and its already mid week. To cut the process short, bought a packet of puff pastry to make. Craving stronger and lack of time,
I jus use the store bought pastry.

Here is the ingredients for the method for the filling:

1 whole chicken drumstick( skinned & diced)
250g of mixed vegetables ( can be found in frozen section)
1 cup of heavy cream ( I use heavy whipped cream)
1/4 cup of milk
2 dsp of flour
1 med onion, chopped
3-4 shitakie fresh mushroom, diced
Salt and pepper

Method:
1) put some oil in the pan and fry the onions till it turn transparent. Put in the chicken and fry till cooked.

2) add in mushroom, mixed veggie and fry awhile and add milk and cream. Simmer a while and volia.... The filling is done. It's a versatile filling as it can be use for pasta as well.

Here is the end product. I feel that better to have the base using short crust pastry and the top puff pastry as the filling make the bottom soggy. Or I have to try cook it not so wet hm..... Will try to experiment again.

CNY mood

It's end of cny... 十五 n I still do not have much time to post my creation for Chinese New Year and some cakes....

Busy with making goodies to packing house to taking care of my little one. 24 hrs dun seems to be enough..

Ooops with a blink of the eyes CNY is ending..... Here is some glimpse of the stuff u bake which I manage to snap some pix

Hope this year will be a good year for me.

Chinese New Year Bakes

Chinese New Year is around the corner and most are busy baking new year goodies....

This year is a different year for me. Every year I will bake with my mum for the new year goodies without fail... Pineapple ball, peanut cookies and some special bakes I can lay my hand on new recipe...

But this year, with a new addition to my family, my mum help me to take care of him. The taking care of him part take a toll on my mum's energy thus this year
I bake alone....

Nevertheless l still try to pull through...
Here is the first bake: Cornflake cookies!!!!

The ingredients are simple and it's smell wonderful with every crunch in the bite.

Here is the recipe I obtain from with slight modification to my own liking

RECIPE FOR CORNFLAKE COOKIE
Adapted and modified from Food-4tots.com (http://food-4tots.com/2011/01/20/cornflake-cookies/2/)

Ingredients:
120g unsalted butter
75 icing sugar
1 egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla extract
120g plain flour
30g corn flour/ corn starch
30g milk powder
50g raisins*
150 cornflakes*

Methods:
-Transfer softened butter to a mixing bowl. Add icing sugar. Use a rubber spatula to combine well the ingredients.
- use mixer, beat them at high speed till light and fluffy. Do not overbeat the mixture.
-Add in egg yolk and vanilla. Beat until light and creamy.
-Add in flour mixture in 2 to 3 batches. Use a rubber spatula to roughly mix the flour mixture with the butter mixture (until no traces of flour). Do not stir the mixture in a circular movement. Use a mix of “cutting”, “pressing” and “scraping” actions to combine the ingredients.
- add in raisins to mixture to combine well.
-Use your measuring spoon, scoop 1 teaspoon mixture (make sure to include raisins) and drop it into mini baking paper cups. Repeat until the mixture is used up. Transfer the mini baking paper cups to a baking tray
-Bake in a pre-heated oven at 160°C for 18-20 minutes or until light golden brown and crispy. Rotating the baking tray towards the last 5 minutes.
-Remove the baking tray from the oven. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Then store them in an airtight container.

Yum yum.... Here is the finish products


All packed nicely ready to be given... But wait there are more goodies on the way....


This is my first post to join this baking blog.. hope i got the link right.

* I am submitting this post to  Chinese New Year Delights 2013  hosted by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover

All time favorite cartoon character

Mickey Mouse.....an icon that is known by young and old.

Got a request from my friend to help do the cookies for her son birthday giveaway..

Good reason for me to get the cutter ... Was thinking if its worth to buy this cutter as I do not want to have too much baking stuff lying in my drawer. *space constraint* and this idea knock me and  volia !!! Here it is the cookies in process ......

Taking done time out from my new year bake to do this cookies. Hope I dun disappoint the birthday boy.  Here is the picture of the cookies pack nicely in a bag with ribbon.

After baking this cookies my small 6 years old oven gave in. Time to change new one for the new year?!?? Haahaa I still have to continue the Chinese new year bakess..... Time is running short...

Strawberry Cake...caki... Cake

Wohoooo baking frenzy this month ....

Bake this last min request. Phew manage to pull through...

Request came in the evening around 6 plus for next day dinner. I was like "oh my god, where got time to coordinate design... Buy ingredients....etc."

Wanted to turn down but was thinking maybe gif myself a challenge... Complete the cake within such as tight time and still need to work the next day due to not enough leave to take wahhaahaahaa

Luckily manage to pull the ingredient together by running to NTUC to grab strawberries , eggs and most importantly good whipped cream .

Started to bake the cake at around 11pm and finish decorating by 3am... Yes correct 3am! Here is the first cake without wording...

This round no recipe provided due to this cake is learnt from Glace cake shop. Thus not too nice to show the recipe out. Taste wise, small as what we bought from the shop.

At 3am can't find my "happy birthday" chocolate tag to be place on the cake. Haizz too tired and brain not functioning properly..

Before the dinner.... Did a last min pipping of words on. Eeeeek wrong move, coz difficult to pipe while strawberries are on it. nevertheless continue it.. n here is the final look. From professional to kiddy work arghhhhh.

Taste wise not too bad. Even hubby comment the cake is light n cream not too heavy... Another the Birthday boy is happy with the cake and keep snapping the cake using his mobile. Psst..... its not a small boy though... heehee

Anyway I have some left over batter and made some cupcakes... here is the cuppie for my breakfast. yum yumzz... light and fluffy but not as fluffy as the main cake coz i left it at the counter top till the main cake is cooked before sending it to the oven. Oven too small, only able to contain one cake.

Hm... the next challenge...... to make a 3D cake. wondering wanna to take the challenge or not.