Juice recipe

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First Attempt to make mooncakes- Traditional Mooncake and Snowskin

I was inspired to challenge myself to make mooncake this year. It was fun baking with my son. We had great time chatting while making the mooncakes. He was very helpful. He apportioned the fillings and pastry while I shape the mooncakes. We baked from afternoon to morning 3am. Altogether we made about 100 mooncakes. Mixtures of both traditional mooncake and snowskin, Though it was alot of hardwork, it's all worth it.

Here's the recipe:

Traditional mooncakes

500g plain flour
340g golden syrup
100g oil
2tsp alkaline water.

Mix the above ingredients.
Let is rest for at least 1 hour.
Divide into 20gram
Can make about 30 mooncakes

Im using a 50gm mooncake mold.
Apportion fillings 30gm and pastry 20gm

Fillings : Lotus/Pandan/Red bean ( Buy from Phoon Huat. Save alot of time!)

Wrap fillings with mooncake pastry. Roll into a ball and press it into mooncake mold.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree for 10 minutes
Remove and let it cool.
Brush the top with beaten egg. Bake again for another 10 to 15 mins until golden brown.
(Filter the egg first)


Snowskin mooncakes:

100 gram cooked glutinous rice flour ( koh fun)
135 gram icing sugar

25gram shortening

80ml cold water

3 different colours :
1) Lemon yellow and durian flavour. 2 tsp
2) Pink rose colouring . 2 tsp
3) Pandan flavour colouring 2 tsp

Fillings :
Red bean/ Pandan/Durian  (buy
 from Phoon huat. Save lots of time!)

Mix the ingredients together
Divide the dough into 20gram each
Divide the fillings into 30gram each

Flatten the snowskin and wrap the fillings with snowskin.
Press it into the mooncake mold.

Put the snowskin mooncake into the refrigerator .

Ta-da.. home made moocakes !
Happy Mooncake Festival. Have a special celebration  with your loved ones.

Garlic Butter Buns

Ingredients :
500g bread flour
1 1/2tsp instant yeast
100 caster sugar
1tsp salt
270ml water
50g soften butter

Fillinf
250 butter
10 pips garlic, chopped
50g grated cheese

Glazing
1 egg
some chopped parsley

1) Put all the ingredients into the bread machine.
     Start with the wet ingredients then flour. Make a well in the flour and pour in the yeast

2) The machine will knead the dough for 10 mins

3) then proof the dough for an hour. Double the size of the dough.

4) Then remove the dough from the bread machine

5) Divide the dough into 20 equal portions and form into rounds. Rest for 10 mins

6) Filling:  Cream butter till smooth.  Add garlic, grated cheese and mix well. Divide into 20 portions. Chill in the fridge for 30 mins till firm.

7) Flatten the dough and wrap up the garlic filling.

8) Arrange the buns onto a grease baking tray.

9) Glaze with beaten egg, use a sharp blade and but a slit across the centre and sprinkle some parsley on top.

10) Cover and leave prove till double in bulk.

11) Bake at 200 degree Celsius till golden brown, about 12 mins.  Remove and leave to cool.

Marble Butter Cake

It's pretty easy to bake butter cake compare to making sponge cake or chiffon cakes.
Here's the ingredients:

250g butter
200g sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
250g plain flour
2tsp baking  powder
4tbsp milk

1 tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp hot water and mix into paste

Method
1) Put the butter and caster sugar into a mixing bowl.
2) Use low speed to mix until even. Change to medium speed and beat until light.
Add in the first egg.
3) Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy.
4) Scrape down the sides for even mixing.
5) Add vanilla and mix well.
6) Divide flour into three portions, use the lowest speed to mix in.
7) Finally add milk.
8) Mix until well combined.
9) Pour into 20cm lined and greased baking tin.
10) Bake in a pre-heated over at 180 degree for about 45 mins. until golden brown and cooked.
11) Remove from oven and leave to cool...

Happy baking... :-)

Raisin Bread 山形パ－ンーUsing bread machine

Ingredients :

Bread flour 360g
Butter 25g
1 egg
Warm milk : 240ml
Salt : 1 teaspoon
Sugar: 50g
Raisins about 1 cup.
Yeast 2 teaspoons

Use the basic white bread function: 

Instructions:

1. First pour the warm milk. 
2. Put in the sugar and salt 
3. Put in the egg 
4. Put in the butter.
5. Pour in the bread flour 
6. Make a well in the flour. 
7. Pour the yeast into the well.

Press the basic bread function and you will have fresh home made bread in 3 hours.



To make the shape of the bread:

After the dough had rised, cut the dough into three equal parts.
Roll out each dough, removing any gas.
Then roll the dough and place it into the mold.
Do the same for the rest of the dough.

Cover the mold with the wrap.
Let it rise again for another 30mins.

Glaze the bread with egg.

Bake at 200 degree for about 20mins.

Bon Apetit! 

Pandan cake recipe

My mum mentioned that her favourite cake is pandan cake. Hence I've decided to bake  one today.

 It was my first attempt hence I thought it won't be as perfect as i thought. The smell of the pandan cake filled up the whole place and I was really looking forward to see how it will taste. 

I was really happy and surprised that the cake tasted so good! 

Like those sell in the shop... :-) 

Here's the recipe that I used. 

I have used the 21cm chiffon tin. Do not use non-stick ones. 

Ingredients : 

Part A:

100g pandan leaves

70g fresh coconut milk 

Part B:

180g egg whites 

1/2 tsp cream of tartar 

50g sugar 

Part C:

60g egg yolks 

50g sugar 

60g vegetable oil 

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pandan essence

Part D:

100g cake flour, stifted with baking powder 

1tsp baking powder. 

Instructions : 

1) Reheat oven 180 degree Celsius

Part A:

1) Wash the pandan leaves thoroughly. Cut the pandan leaves into smaller pieces. 

2) Blend with coconut milk and 1 tbsp water. 

3) Strain and pressing the leaves hard. Discard pulp. The green liquid should weigh 95g. 

Part B:

1) Whisk egg whites with sugar and add cream of tartar till just reaching stiff peaks. Set aside 

2) In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar till pale, thick and creaming.

3) Add green coconut milk, then vegetable oil, whisking till evenly mixed. 

4) Add the pandan essence.

5) Add flour gradually, along with the salt, whisk till just evenly mixed

6) Add the whisked egg whites in 3 batches.

7) Fold in the egg whites gently.

Pour the batter into 21cm chiffon tin slowly. . Bang the tin 2-3 times to remove the bubbles. 

Run  a chopstick round side of tin to remove more air bubbles. Smooth the top. 

Put the cake in the bottom of the oven for about 15 mins. 

Then place a baking tray on top of the oven to block the top heat. 

Continue to bake for about 20 minutes or so. 

Remove the tray from the top of the oven. 

Continue to bake for another 5-10 mins till inserted skewer comes out clean. 

Remove the cake from oven. 

Invert onto a bottle or onto a cup. 

Leave it to cool for an hour or so.

Cut the cake out of the tin. 

Enjoy baking ! :-)

Organic Black Eyed Pea

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                                                  Transformed into a side dish for my steak 

                                                       Black Eyed Pea Salad for my lunch


Organic Black Eyed Pea Salad Recipe : 

Ingredients: 

200gm of Black Eyed pea 
1 tomato 
4 celery stalks 
1 carrot 
1 cucumber 




Soak the black eyed peas into a bowl for about 2 hours. 
Then boil them for about 15mins or till they are soft. 

Chop the tomato, celery small into chunks 
Shred the carrots and cucumbers. 

Mix the boiled peas and vegetables into a mixing bowl. 
Add salt to taste. 

You may mix with your favorite salad sauce. 




Benefits of black-eyed peas. 

One of the main health benefits of black-eyed peas is their high fiber content. Fiber helps to regulate your digestive system, alleviate constipation and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. 

Fiber also helps keep your cholesterol levels healthy which reduces your risk of developing heart disease. High-fiber foods keep you feeling full  which is important for weight control.