STEAMED MARBLE BUTTER CAKE

Steaming with Alex Goh again :D Yeah!!! This morning my friends, Connie & Maggie came .. they tried my Steam Gula Melaka Cupcake! Happy with thier comments.. TQ my dear ji mui :D hehe..

Maggie & I dicided to make this Steamed Marble Butter Cake. Wow... It turns out great :D



The texture is exactly the same as baked cakes :D Too much chocolate batter on top... hahaaa... can't see the marble effets. hehe :D

A
280g butter
200g sugar ( reduced )

B
4 eggs

C
300g flour
2 1/2 tsps double action baking powder

D
1/2 tbsp chocolate paste (** I used 1 tbsp chocolate powder + 3 tbsps hot water**)

Method :

1. Lightly grease & line 20cm round or square mould.
2. Beat A until light & fluffy. Add in B slowly, cream until smooth & light.
3. Add in sieved C, mix until well-blended.
4. Take 1/4 portion of the batter, mix with D until well-blended.
5. Pour plain batter into greased mould. Use a teaspoon to spoon the chocolate batter over the plain batter & swirl it to make marble effects.
6. Steam at high heat for 10 minutes, switch the heat to low & steam for another 60 minutes.
7. Leave the cake aside for 5 minutes before moving out from the mould.

GULA MELAKA CUPCAKE

Hey,Gula Melaka AGAIN !!! hahaaa :D I'm back to my kitchen. It was been a long break since my last steam! My oven still under repair, really miss my oven :-( Anyway i cannot just wait for my oven to be repaired,so i keep looking for steamed food! Got myself some recipe books last 2 days.Here's something I'll like to share with you from one of my new collections. It's "Magic Steamed Cake from Alex Goh" Love this book so much...

Friends out there....no oven ??? So what are you waiting for? Let's start making steamed cake with Alex Goh :D This book contains butter cake, sponge cake, stir-mix cake & decorated cream cake !



The result is superb! The texture is fine & soft :D



Here the superb recipe :D

A
200g gula melaka
120g water

B
4 large eggs
80g sugar ( reduced )
1/2 tsp salt

C
150g corn oil
150g coconut milk

D
400g flour
1 tsp sodium bicarbonate ( avoided )
4 tsps double action baking powder

Method :
1. Cook A until sugar dissolved. Set aside to cool.
2. Whip B until sugar dissolved and slightly thicken. Add in A and C, mix until well-blended.
3. Fold in sieved D, mix until well-combined.
4. Pour the batter into 10cm cupcake mould lined with paper cup.
5. Steam at high heat for 10 minutes, switch to low heat & continue to steam for 15 minutes.

** Gula melaka can be replaced by brown sugar**

Happy Steaming :D

GULA MELAKA FATT GOU

Have been looking something to steam because my oven still under repair. :-( Take so long to reapair the door... almost 1 month .. sigh ! :-(

Got this recipe from my sister! I'm happy with the result because it was my 1st Fatt Gou. It's really FATT a..... hahaaa :D

But...i don't really like it because the taste of the yeast was too strong, it covered the taste of gula melaka :P Anyway.... if you are interested, do visit my sister's blog! http://http//reesekitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/gula-melaka-fatt-goh.html

HAVE A NICE DAY @->--

STEAM PAOS

Hi, It's been awhile since my last post :P Well... as my daughter keeps asking for red bean pao, so i decided to make paos for tomorrow's breakfast :D And so i make ' Vegetarian' Cha Siew Pao & Red Bean Pao !


To me & my husband, we like cha siew pao more than red bean pao. So i make only few tau sa paos for my daughter ! hehe @.@ This was my 1st time making 'Vegetarian Cha Siew' for the filling. It was great... I love it !!!! I can't imagine that my son loves it too !! hahaa..... @o@ Each bite comes vit Mmm..... !!!! cute rite ???? Kid's reaction is cute..... haha

Okay.... back to the recipe! You can get the pao recipe from my sister's blog http://http//reesekitchen.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-03-02T03%3A21%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=1
For the filling, i make some changes :

• 4 shallots (finely chopped)
• 3 pips garlic (finely chopped)
• 450g Vegetarian meat - diced
• 2 tbsps cha siew sauce
• 1 tbsps sugar
• 3 tbsps water

(cornflour solution for thickening)

1. Heat 2 tbsps oil and stir fry shallots and garlic till fragnant.
2. Add in vegetarian meat and continue to fry for awhile.
3. Add in all other ingredients and fry until cooked.
4. Stir in cornflour solution.
5. Keep aside to cool before using.

Have A Nice Day Everyone @->--

HEALTHY CHINESE NEW YEAR COOKIES

Another new recipe that i want to share with you all.... RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES. Whenever there is a mention of natural health food, oats would definitely come up at the top of the list.

So i made this cookies for my kids & my parents. For me myself... my LDL( bad cholesterol) is quite high, so oats tested to be very effective in lowering LDL.

My mother-in-law tried those CNY cookies i made.. but she said is too sweet for her, because she has diabetics. So, hopefully this will suits her taste.Oats are good for diabetics as well.

Here's the healthy recipe :

A

• 125g butter
• 90g brown sugar ( has been reduced )
• 40g castor sugar ( has been reduced )

B

• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

C ( sifted )

• 125g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate

D

• 70g quick oats

E ( mix until combined )

• 190g rolled oats
• 60g black raisins ( you may also use yellow raisins )

1. Cream A until light. Add in B slowly.
2. Blend in C. Add in D followed by E, blend until well combined.
3. Scoop about a tablespoonful of dough, drop onto a baking tray lined with baking sheet, lightly press to flatten the dough slightly.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 180c for about 15-18 minutes or until evenly browned.

EAT MORE OATS & YOUR BODY WILL REWARD YOU WITH GREAT HEALTH & LONGEVITY !!!!!

新年快乐。。。。HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Hi friends.... long time din't view my blog & post something here, due to my spoilt pc!:-( Chinese New Year is around the corner.... busy making cookies ! Taking orders from friends too.... so it took me 2 weeks to finish the orders. Ha ha... tiring baking everyday but have alot of fun too :D Received feedbacks from friends, they & their family love those cookies so much @.@ At 1st really felt nervous cause some recipes here i never do it on my own before. This year making 4 types of cookies.

These are Chocolate Rice HazelNut CooKies. It was an old post.. that u can view it from my previous post !http://happykitchen-janice.blogspot.com/2009/04/chocolate-hazelnut-cookies.html

Another 1 here ... Hap Tou Sou.This was my 1st time making it! It really turned out great!!!! :D Yippie.. Taught my friends & they tried it too... they said it's nice & simple to make ! Do try it @.@ Here's the recipe for Hap Tou Sou

• 600g flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 250g castor sugar
• 1 tsp fine salt
• 1 tsp Alkaline - 枧水
• 300g peanut cooking oil ( might not need that much - until u can shape into a ball & won't break when u make a hole on it )

1. Add all the ingredients together by hand accept oil.
2. Gradually add in the oil while the other hand mix the dried ingredients into a soft dough.
3. Shape into a small ball & make a hole in the middle of each cookies with a chop-stick.
4. Brush some egg yolk on the coolies before baking.
5. Bake at 150c for 20 mins or until golden brown.

3rd cookies.... CornFlakes Cookies .

• 230g butter
• 170g sugar ( has been reduced)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 egg yolks
• 200g flour
• 150g custard powder
• 50g corn flour
• 50g topioca flour
• 100g plain cornflakes (crushed - not too fine)
• cherries of deco

1. Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in egg yolks & vanilla essence.
2. Fold in sifted flour & all the flour ingredients.
3. Use a spatula to fold in cornflakes.
4. Spoon into a paper cups & top with cherries ( do not press the mixture while spooning, or else the texture will be hard )
5. Bake at 170c for 20-25 mins or until golden brown.

The final cookies will be my favourite... Chocolate Chips Almond Cookies. This also an old post ! If you are interested... do view it !http://http//happykitchen-janice.blogspot.com/2009/04/chocolate-chip-cookies.html

MY WORK

Today my daughter school having a party! I think most of the school having parties !! YEAH YEAH.... HOLIDAY!!!!!This is for my daughter..... all her friends's names on each cupcake. Nice?? For my daughter...... Amber ^o^

This was an order from a friend, Joey Ng for her daughter's school party !

Simple & nice..... A clown with a colourful dress.....

Have Fun ^@^