Sunday, October 12, 2014

Pink Cake Pop

Today, i have tried a new recipe. It is very time consuming but the whole process is so enjoyable. Although, the end product is not that successful and the 1st batch had went into Mr Bin but i never intend to give up. Tried the 2nd batch again but it is overly sweet. Other than that, it is soooo beautiful.

Cake Pop is a cake in lollipop style and dip with strawberry chocolate. First, let's us start with the cake base. It is a Vanilla Cake.

INGREDIENTS THAT YOU REQUIRE


Unsalted Butter - 85g
Caster Sugar - 60g (Reduce the sugar to 30g if making cake pop)
Eggs - 2
Cake Flour - 175g
Baking Powder - 10g
Vanilla essence - 1/2 Tsp
Fresh Milk - 85g


PROCEDURES

1. Cream Butter and Caster Sugar till light and fluffy. 

2. Add in Vanilla Essence and mix well.

3. Add in eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition. 

4. Sift in Cake Flour, baking powder alternate with fresh milk. (Start & end with flour)

Preheat the oven and bake @ 180°C for 25 mins

VIDEO OF THE PROCESS - VANILLA MUFFIN 


MAKING A CAKE POP 🍭


1. Smash the muffins (Used 4 muffin)

2. Melt 150g of white compound chocolate

3. Add into the smash muffin

4. Use your hand to mix into a dough

You are ready to roll into a small ball now...


5. Melt the strawberry compound chocolate

6. Use the lollipop stick to dip into the chocolate and pop in gently into the cake

Note: Make sure the chocolate become harden before dipping the cake into the chocolate.


Homemade "Pink" Cake Pop !!!


VIDEO OF THE PROCESS


Enjoy Baking!

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Bear Chocolate Bread & Doggy Hotdog Bread

I'm addicted to "Bread Making" nowadays especially those in cute shape. As seen from others bakery shop, they don't make cute bread to attract customers, maybe is too time consuming. As a homebaker, i love to make it into cute shape to attract anyone in the family or friends so i have been goggle for various types of bread and intend to use the 40mins recipes again.

Research is very important in baking when you are totally out of the idea. With sufficient research and passion, the outcome will be very beautiful.

Since i have chocolate chip and hotdog at home, i intend to make this two flavour in cute shapes :D

How to make a cute chocolate bread in bread shape?

Making a big round face and pop in two eyes and a nose in the centre. Roll two small ball and attach on both side of the big round face.


My personalize "Bear Chocolate Bread". Does it look adorable? Everyone knows that this is a "Bear" and can't bear to eat it. Haa...

Next, how to make a hotdog bread in Doggy Shape?

Whenever i think of hotdog, i will think of doggy so intend to make this interesting shape.


Look at the above image, the doggy is biting on a hotdog. Interesting right? Cute right?

I'm using the same recipe but require sometime to make the shape. It is soo fun!! Try it if you have a time to do so.. (:



Sunday, September 21, 2014

Rainbow Cookies Pop

Flipping through my to-do-list and i realised that the lollipop cookies have been in the waiting list for quite sometime. Since i have some ingredients in my storage, intend to bake some butter cookies in lollipop shape. As i have some left over rainbow rice chocolate and compound chocolate, an idea comes into my mind. Why not just bake some "rainbow cookies pop".

Making a cookie pop is slightly time consuming and that's the reason why it has been pending in my waiting list till now. Finally, managed to find sometime to make a simple cookie pop.

First, we need to bake a simple butter cookie and use a cutter to shape it (based on your preference).
Next, we need to melt the compound chocolate and let it cool for a while before dipping the cool cookies into the chocolate.
Thirdly, spread some rainbow rice chocolate onto the cookies pop.

Sound easy right? It is time consuming too! Let me show you the recipe of the simple butter cookies;

INGREDIENTS (A);

Unsalted Butter - 100g
Icing Sugar - 60g
Salt - 1/4 Tsp

INGREDIENTS (B);

Egg Yolk - 1

INGREDIENTS (C);

Plain Flour - 200g
Milk Powder - 1 Tbsp
Baking Powder - 1/2 Tsp

PROCEDURES OF BUTTER COOKIES;

1. Mix Ingredients (A) and whisk till smooth
2. Add in Ingredients (B), mix well
3. Add in Ingredients (C), mix well
4. Chill in the fridge for 15 mins
5. Use Cookie Cutter to make the design
6. Insert the cookie stick into the centre of the cookies

Preheat oven and bake @ 170 degree Celsius for 15 mins. Flip the cookies after 8 mins and bake till slightly brown. Let the cookies to be completely cool before dipping into the melted chocolate.

RAINBOW COOKIES POP !!



Twinkle Twinkle Little Star :D

 Colourful rainbow everywhere!

What about some flowery rainbow? :p

Refer below for the process of the cookie pop;



Have a Rainbow Day ahead! :))

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Orange Chiffon Cake

It has been a long time since i baked a chiffon cake. Compare to butter cake, i still prefer the soft texture of the chiffon cake and it is not as sinful as butter cake so i get to eat as many as i can. 

A few months back, i had promised a friend to make her favourite pandan chiffon cake but since i have too many orange at home, i intend to make this Orange Chiffon Cake for her. Hope she will still love it :)

" ORANGE CHIFFON CAKE "


Look! The texture is super soft and the smell of the Orange is fantastic! We would like to share this super soft chiffon cake recipe here.

What are the ingredient that you need:

INGREDIENTS (EGG YOLK BATTER)

Egg Yolks - 4
Canola Oil - 2 Tbsp
Orange Juice - 2 Tbsp
Cold Water - 2 Tbsp
Caster Sugar - 20g
Cake flour - 65g

INGREDIENTS (EGG WHITE BATTER)

Egg Whites - 4
Caster Sugar - 80g

Step-By-Step Procedure:


1) Whisk Egg Yolks lightly and add in the wet ingredients in (A) followed by Sugar till well mixed
2) Add in Cake Flour (Sifted)
3) Use an electric mixer, beat Egg Whites till frothy and add in sugar gradually in 3 batches, beat till stiff peaks is formed
4) Fold in 1/3 of Egg Whites mixture into Yolk batter. Slowly fold in the rest of the Egg Whites mixture. * Do not deflate the Egg White mixture.
5) Pour slowly into the lined chiffon tin
6) Smoothen the surface and tap the tin lightly


Preheat the oven for 15 mins and bake @ 180 degree for 1hr (Check the cake after 40 mins and check it every 10mins, once it shrink and is done!)


Saturday, August 23, 2014

Hotdog & Char Siew Bread

I'm addicted to "Bread Making" nowadays. This is my 2nd attempt on the 40mins bread as it is quick and less time consuming. Totally fall in love with the recipe. There are too many variety to choose from so for this week, i intend to try making Hotdog Bread and Char Siew Bread.

The whole process is very enjoyable, although is a bit messy in the middle of the process but i still enjoy it. I make a total number of 19 breads at this time round (Seven Hotdog bread and 12 Char Siew Bread). 

My colleague said that my neighbour is very fortunate as they get to eat all the pastry when i baked. I agreed too! Today, the neighbour kids still ask for more and said "面包真好吃“ Haha.. Jump up with Joy!! :)

"HOTDOG BREAD"


This bread is very soft and chewy, well-liked by my neighbour kids! Do you think it looks like those selling at bakery shop? Anyone craving it?

"CHAR SIEW BREAD"

Look at those filling, it taste good!!! Drooling now? Haha.. i'm just kidding :P Not purposely show the filling to you guys as if i don't show it, others might think that this is a plain bread. :)

Please refer to the 40mins Bread for the recipe and refer below for the step-by-step image;


Give it a try and you won't regret!

Saturday, August 16, 2014

40 Mins Bread Recipe

I love to eat bread but I'm lazy to make because I always find that baking a bread is very time consuming. From Starter dough, main dough, proofing and baking. This process can last for a day which is quite tough for working lady just like me.

In retail shop, the price of the bread had increase and one bread can cost about $1.20 and above. In a month, it will cost around $24. If I'm going to make my own bread, i can make about 14 (50g) bread which can last me for 3 days.

Recently, i found a great recipe known as 40 min bread. Yes! It only takes 40 min for the whole process but not include shaping. I guess the amount of yeast increase the speed of the bread to proof faster. The texture is very soft and fluffy just like the 5K Recipe that i did previously. Most importantly, it is less time consuming.

 
Look at the internal of the bread! It is soooo fluffy and soft. I bake a total of 14 bread and gone in a few hrs time. Everybody love it :)
 Now, I'm going to share the recipe with you guys over here.

INGREDIENTS:

 280ml warm water
83ml canola oil
16g instant yeast
56g caster sugar
1.5 tsp salt
1 egg
476g bread flour

PROCEDURES:

1. Combine the water, oil, sugar and yeast in your mixing bowl, and allow it to rest for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, the mixture would become foamy.

2. Add in the salt, egg and bread flour into the yeast mixture. Knead it with your mixer with the dough hook attached, knead it for about 5~7 minutes on slightly higher speed. It will become a smooth dough, with a little bit stickiness.

3. Divide the dough into your desired shapes/portion, placed them on your baking tray, covered with a clingwrap. Allow them to proof for the 2nd time, for 10 minutes.

4. After proofing, egg wash your dough and bake them for about 10-12 minutes, or until your bread turns golden brown.

Preheat Oven @ 220 degree Celsius.

Recipes is from mimibakeryhouse@blogspot.sg 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Carousell

On last Sunday, while I'm clearing my drawer and I realised that I have lots of unused stuff which I bought on last year. Whenever I see cute stuff, I tend to buy, buy and buy without realising that my drawer had overload -_-" 

What's Next! Is time to clear away the unused stuff. I just sign up an account with Carousell. It is an mobile online shop where buyer will be able to buy cheap 2nd hand/new stuff. While we as a seller, will get to sell our unwanted/unused/Handmade(DIY) stuff. Sound fun?

Download Carousell (FOC) and search @ wendykiew to visit my mobile online shop :D 

 
Look! >> On the left.. 

I'm selling my baking books at cheap price. I don't earn profit as intend to clear some space for my drawer. Visit me and price is negotiable. 

Selling books @ $10 each

Limited edition @ $12 (on the top left)

4 Books selling @ $35

Free Postage / Meetup

Interested? Private chat me @ Carousell or email me @ wendykiew85@gmail for more details.

Do support me ^-^