Orea Cookies

Recipe

Ingredients

140g butter
40g creamy peanut butter
85g brown sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
165g plain flour
20g hoen kwee or greenpea flour
1/2tsp baking powder
80g Orea biscuits (finely crushed)

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Sift flour, greenpea flour and baking powder together.
4. Mix in the flour and crushed Orea biscuits into Step.2 until a soft dough is formed.
5. Rest in the fridge for 15mins.
6. Roll out the dough.
7. Use a cookies cutter to cut out small cookies dough.
8. Place it on a greased tray, use a fork to poke on the cookies dough.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 15-20mins until firm.
10.Cool on a wire rack and keep in an airtight containers.

Marble Wheel Cake

Recipe

Ingredients
(A)
250g egg white
2 egg yolk
165g sugar
50g cold water
1 1/2tsp ovalette
1tsp vanilla essence
200g cake flour }sieve
3/4tsp double-action baking powder }together

(B)
1 1/2tbsp condensed milk
170g butter (melted)

(C)
1tbsp chocolate paste

(D)
butter cream / jam

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Grease and lightly dust the wheel pan with flour, shake away excess flour and leave it aside.
3. Whisk (A) at low speed until mixture well combined.
4. Switch to high speed and beat until thick and fluffy. (Do the ribbon test: Use the whisk to spoon some batter, drip some into the mixing bowl. If it stay visible for a while then this is the right stage.)
5. Add in (B) mix well.
6. Scoop out 1/4 of the batter and fold in (C).
7. Scoop some plain batter into 2 halves of the wheel pan.
8. Spoon some chocolate batter over it, use a chopstick and swirl around the batter.
9. Repeat Steps no. 7 and 8.
10.Bake in a preheated oven for 40-45mins if skewer comes out clean when inserted into cake then it done.
11.Let cake cool in the tin for a while then remove and cool it on the wire rack.
12.Slice away the crust.
13.Spread the butter cream on one half of the wheel cake and place the other half over it.
14.Chill and slice.

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Toffee Gateaux

Recipe

Ingredients
Sponge Cake:
3 egg (separated)
45g sugar
55g self raising flour (sifted)
35g corn oil
1/2tsp vanilla essence

Toffee Cream:
45g brown sugar
15g butter
40g whipping cream

200g whipping cream (whipped)
1tbsp bandy (optional)

Steps:
Sponge Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 200C.
2. Lined and greased a 10" by 13" tray, set aside.
3. Use a cake mixer and whisk the egg whites until frothy.
4. Gradually add in the sugar and whisk till stiff peaks form.
5. Change the speed to medium and gradually add in the egg yolks and whisk for another 1min until well combined.
6. Fold the flour into the meringue lightly in 3 portions until well combined.
7. Lastly fold in the vanilla essence and oil into the batter until well combined.
8. Pour the batter in tray.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 10mins.
10.Remove it from the pan and set aside to cool.

Toffee Cream:
1. Cook brown sugar, butter and whipping cream together until boil and thicken. (If syrup is over boil and too thick, just add 1tsp of whipping cream and stir till smooth.)
2. Set aside to cool.
3. Mix the syrup, bandy and whipped cream together until smooth. (Add half of the syrup first and taste, if you prefer sweeter then add more.)

Assemble cake:
1. Cut the thin sheet of cake into two or three pieces.
2. Sandwich them with the toffee cream.
3. Cut it into serving size and decorate as desire.

Strawberry Swiss Roll

I came across this recipe from 'Oh Taste' magazine, February issue. This is a simple and easy swiss roll recipe. The recipe used 2 egg whites and 4 egg yolks, and I disliked the after taste of the egg yolk. So I replaced the extra 2 egg yolks with 1 egg.

Recipe

Ingredients
3 egg (separated)
45g sugar
55g self raising flour (sifted)
35g corn oil
1/2tsp strawberry paste
5-6pcs glace cherry (chopped)

100g whipped cream
adequate strawberry jam

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 200C.
2. Lined and greased a 10" by 13" tray, sprinkle the chopped cherry on the tray and set aside.
3. Use a cake mixer and whisk the egg whites until frothy.
4. Gradually add in the sugar and whisk till stiff peaks form.
5. Change the speed to medium and gradually add in the egg yolks and whisk for another 1min until well combined.
6. Fold the flour into the meringue lightly in 3 portions until well combined.
7. Lastly fold in the strawberry paste and oil into the batter until well combined.
8. Pour the batter in tray.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 10mins.
10.Remove it from the pan and set aside to cool.

Assemble the cake:
1. Carefully transfer the cake onto a paper.
2. Spread the whipped cream on the cake, follow by the jam.
3. Gently roll the cake by using the paper to lift the cake and guide roll.
4. Rest the roll in the fridge to stabilize it shape.
5. Remove, slice and serve.

Prunes and Walnut Cake

Recipe

Ingredients
150g butter
150g sugar
1/4tsp salt
3 egg
1/4tsp vanilla essence
330g cake flour
4tsp baking powder
3tbsp honey
6tbsp milk
90g prunes (cut into small pieces)
45g walnut (chopped)

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Sift flour and baking powder together, set aside.
3. Cream butter, salt and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Slowly beat in egg, honey and vanilla essence until well combined.(If batter curdle add in some flour.)
5. Fold in flour and milk alternately until well combined.
6. Lastly fold in the prunes and walnut.
7. Pour batter into a lined and greased 8" square tin.
8. Bake for 45-50mins, if skewer comes out clean when inserted into cake then it done.
9. Remove cake from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Orange Sherbet

I really need a cold and refreshing dessert to quench my thirst from the hot weather. I ran through my fridge and found 3 oranges left. So I used that to make an easy yet refreshing sherbet. Simply mix 150g orange juice, 45g sugar and 50g whipping cream(35% fat) together and chill it. Pour it in the Ice-cream Maker and the next thing I know, I have a cup of cool...cool refreshing sherbet for a hot...hot day.

Fruity Wraps

I learned this from a baking class. I made two types of wraps, bananas and peaches. This tasted even better when it was cold from the freezer, taste just like ice-cream wraps. :)

Cookies & Cream Ice-Cream

Recipe

Ingredients
300g fresh milk
120g whipping cream (35% fat)
75g sugar
20g Fruttosa (milk stabilize)
2tsp vanilla essence
5-6pcs Orea cookies (crushed into small pieces)

Steps:
1. Whisk the milk, sugar and Fruttosa until dissolved.
2. Add in the cream and vanilla essence and stir until well combined.
3. Cover and chill in the fridge for about 1 hr.
4. Pour the chilled mixture into the Ice-cream Maker and mix until soft ice-cream is formed about 20-25mins.
5. Add in the crushed cookies and mix for another 2-3mins.
6. Scoop soft ice-cream into a container and freeze in the freezer until it is set, about 4-5hrs.

Honey Cake

Recipe adapted from YTower. I did make some adjustment here and there. The cake appeared to be more brown as it due to the honey I used, which is darker in colour.

Recipe

Ingredients
145g cake flour
145g butter
70g icing sugar
40g honey
1/2tsp baking powder
1tsp ovalette
1/4tsp salt
10g milk
145g egg

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and icing sugar together into a mixer bowl.
3. Add in the rest of the ingredients except egg and beat until thick and fluffy.
4. Slowly add in the beaten egg and continue to beat until smooth and shinny.
5. Spoon batter into a piping bag and pipe it into a greased mould about 80% full.
6. Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30mins.
7. Remove from mould and cool on a wire rack.

Note: You may sprinkle some almond flakes on the surface of the batter or place some roasted pine nut in the mould.

Ice-cream Maker

I wanted to invest in an Ice-cream Marker for quite some time and finally I found the right one. I bought this Ice-cream Maker (Venetto) from SUN LIK. It cost $95, it easy to use and the size is not too bulky for storage.

Firstly, freeze the mixing bowl in the freezer for 1 to 2 days. Mix up all the ice-cream mixture and chill in the fridge for 1hr. Then bring the mixing bowl out from the freezer and fix on the mixer. On the switch, pour in the ice-cream mixture and let it do it magic for 15 to 20mins. Lastly, chill the soft ice-cream in the freezer for 4 to 5hrs until it set. And next thing you know is a cup of homemade ice-cream. :)

Hazelnut Crunch Gelato

Black Sesame Ice-cream

This ice-cream may look awful like black ink but it taste awesome. I like the taste and aroma of the black sesame. :)

Hazelnut Cream Cake

Last Friday, I baked this cake for my Mum's birthday. So disappointed that I didn't do a neat piping for my Mum's birthday cake. :( The weather is so hot and it really get on my nerve when icing the cake. The whipping cream can't stay long in such a hot day so I have to bring the cake in and out from the fridge again and again. How I wished that I have a cold room.

But luckily my family loved the cake and gave a thumbs up for the birthday cake. :)

Pandan Kaya Macarons

I mixed some pandan paste and coconut powder into the butter cream. :)