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!)

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!

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 

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 ^-^ 

Ice-cream Waffles

Whenever I'm craving for Ice-cream waffle, i will always think of my waffle maker. I enjoy the process of making a waffle although it is time consuming but the outcome will always makes me satisfied. No matter how tired am I, i will always take out my maker and start to prepare the ingredients. Haha, this is called "PASSION" :D

Nowadays, most of the bakery shop increase the price of the waffle. The smell always attract me but I will always think of the price. I will be able to save a lot if i make it on my own. Just like today, I'm craving for Ice-cream, waffle, strawberry and nutella so i will think of combine everything into one pastry. Tata... here goes my Ice-cream waffle topped with Strawberries and nutella. What a good combination! Simple luv it ^-^

 

Let me introduce you my homemade waffle!

The Ice-cream is a lemon mint, a very refreshing ice-cream which is good to eat with this fluffy waffle. I just topped with strawberries and nutella that makes me fall in luv with this waffle.

This is my 3rd attempt on waffle and finally achieve the fluffy texture but it is still very thin. I'm unable to pour more than 2 scoop as the internal of the maker seem like not that deep. I seen the same maker via online but they are able to come out with a thick waffle. Wonder what's goes wrong with my maker. Hm.... O_o

Anyway, we would like to share this fluffy texture here;

INGREDIENTS;

Cake Flour - 90g
Caster Sugar - 2 Tbsp
Eggs - 2 (separate yolk and white)
Milk - 250ml
Corn Starch - 30g
Baking Powder - 1 and a half Tbsp
Salt - 1/2 Tsp (I put half of 1/2)
Butter - 60g (Melted)
Vanilla Extract - 1/2 Tsp (I put half of 1/2)

PROCEDURES (There will be no step-by-step yet);

1. Sift Cake Flour, Corn Starch, Salt and Baking Powder, set aside

2. Combine Melted Butter (Cooled), Egg Yolks, Vanilla Extract and Milk. Mix well by hand whisk

3. Using an electric mixer, whisk the egg white and sugar till stiff peaks

4. Add the Butter mixture (2) into the Dry mixture (1), mix to combine well

5. Fold in the Egg Whites (3) and mix well (Do not over mix)

6. Lightly grease the waffle maker and preheat for about 2mins

7. Pour in the batter and look out for you waffles, adjust the temperature accordingly


Topping:
- Honey and butter
- Fruits and maple syrup
- Ice-cream with fruits and nutella
- Dust some icing powder
- Any other topping that you can think of it.

Fruit Waffles

HAPPY 49TH BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE!!!

Share with us how are you going to celebrate Singapore Birthday.

Let me share my thoughts with you first. 

      I made a waffle that represent us and our home. 

 

  It is so amazing for us to be in a small island with the progres that we have today, peaceful and prosperity city with amazing technology We bake this fruits waffle to celebrate Singapore Birthday. The Strawberries are to represent "OUR HOME" and blueberries are to represent "US" in this tiny city. It reminds me of a song in this special occasion ~ HOME

Chorus:

This is home truly, where I know I must be

Where my dreams wait for me, where the river always flows

This is home truly, as my senses tell me

This is where I won't be alone, for this is where I know it's home

When there are troubles to go through

We'll find a way to start anew

There is comfort in the knowledge

That home's about its people too

So we'll build our dreams together

Just like we've done before

Just like the river which brings us life

There'll always be Singapore

We love you, SINGAPORE!

Honey Chicken Wing (Airfryer)

Other than baking, i'm interested in cooking now as inspired by my colleague. She is a good cooker who always show us her menu for the day and even sharing her recipe with me. By browsing through her recipe, i'm in love with the honey chicken wing using airfryer.

At first, i make a big mistake and there is a white smoke coming out from the fryer. Omg! Guess what i did? I should have spray some oil on the chicken and not soak the chicken into the bowl of oil. From there onwards, i learned my lesson. Only spray a little oil while using fryer in order to prevent the white smoke.

First, we need to marinate the chicken one day in advance so that the chicken wing will be more tasty. I added salt, pepper, oyster sauce, shu fen and marinate it. Next is to airfry the chicken wing.

1. Spray a bit of oil on the internal of the airfryer and chicken wing, fry for 5mins.
2. Spray some honey on both side of the chicken and fry for another 10mins.
3. Take out from airfryer and cool before serve.

Does it looks like BBQ chicken? Taste is fantastic and delicious. I shall try with teriyaki sauce on my next attempt!

Happy Cooking :D

Plain Waffle

After several months of market survey, I have found a cheap severin waffle maker at Lazada. Yea, my new toy!! Totally fall in luv with it at the first sight. Just like 一见钟情. Haha.. :D

As most of the retail shop sell the waffle maker at 100plus and I have been considering as it is too expensive and not really worth it since I'm not making everyday.

I'm glad that I found this cheap maker at $49 (special discount). Good Deal!! :D

 

Look! It is a flower/heart shape maker. Pretty?

I have a try today but it didn't turn out well. I believe that practice makes perfect so I will never give up ^-^

My 1st attempt of waffle. Too thin, over baked due to high temperature. I'm very disappointed but will try again on next week :)

Mini Durian Muffin

Are you aware that this month is a durian season? I seen many fruit stall selling durian and heard that the durian taste sooo good. This is where i started my craving! Haha.. :D

It has been a long time since i had durian, not sure when? o_O As durian is very heaty but it taste sooo good! I could not stop after eating one after another. See! How tempting it is. Suddenly, I'm thinking of making it into a pastry, durian muffin? durian puff? durian pudding? Among these three, i decided to make durian muffin. Sound interesting? I shall give it a try.

Ingredients that we require;

Cake Flour - 120g (sifted)
Baking Powder - 1 and a half Tsp
Caster Sugar - 50g
Eggs - 1 (Lightly beaten)
Fresh Milk (Full Cream) - 90ml
Melted Butter - 60g (cooled)
Durian Flesh (Mashed) - 125g
Some Durian Flesh for topping

1. Add Cake Flour, Baking Powder and Caster sugar in a mixing bowl. Lightly mix with hand whisk till well combined.

2. Add in Egg, Melted Butter and Milk into mixing bowl. Stir and mix all ingredients with hand whisk in same direction. (Mix until mixture are just combine, do not over mix)

3. Stir in 125g durian flesh. (Do not over mix)

4. Scoop mixture into muffin cup. Fill the muffin cup with some batter, drop 1 to 1.5 tsp of durian flesh, and cover with more batter. Bake at preheated oven (180C) for 20-25mins.


Nowadays, i'm using my mini muffin pan to bake all this minis. Less sinful but couldn't stop popping one after another. Haha... Like my mini durian muffin?

Original recipes >> efatrie.blogspot.com (Modified)

Nutella muffin

It has been 3 weeks since i last baked and suddenly, i'm craving for mini muffin. Since i have nutella at home and decided to use this new bought mini muffin tray, came up with an idea! It is Nutella Muffin topped with Coco Rainbow.

I'm using my old recipes and halve the ingredients since i'm making a mini muffin. Less sinful and cute to the max! Lol.. Before i start sharing the step-by-step procedure, refer below for the ingredients;

Cake Flour - 200g
Salt - 1/4 Tsp 
Baking Powder - 2 Tsp 
Unsalted Butter (Softened) - 140g
Caster Sugar - 146g
Pure Vanilla Extract - 1 Tsp
Full Cream Milk - 2 Tbsp
Eggs - 3
Nutella - (approx 12 Tsp)


Once all the ingredients are ready, start baking now ~

Above are the step-by-step procedure, follow closely and will be able to achieve the same result as me. Refer below for the procedures;

1. Combine Flour, Salt and Baking Powder, Sift and set aside

2. Cream Butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add Vanilla extract and milk, mix well. Add one egg at a time, beat well after each addition

3. Add in the dry mixture in 2 to 3 batches and beat till well combined
 
4. Scoop the batter into muffin liners halfway and scoop in 1/2 Tsp of Nutella.Top with more batter till 3/4 Full. Add another 1/2 Tsp of Nutella on top. Use a toothpick to swirl the nutella into the batter

Preheat oven and bake at 160ºC for 18mins or until cooked. Let the muffin cool completely on wire rack. Topping - Coco Rainbow, nuts, peanuts (depend on individual preference)

This recipe is a keeper! The end outcome will be .......