POTLUCK

Final exam are over :D All mummies are so happy & relax now. I'm waiting & counting down for a super nice holiday in Dec. Heehee....
Yesterday I had a wonderful "potluck dinner" with my neighbours. I prepared few dishes. The 1st dish i would like to share with you is Baked Salted Chicken Drumettes. I had post this before, so I will move on to the next new recipe :D

The 2nd dish will be " Baked Chicken Wings with Basil Leaf 九层塔烤鸡翼" adapted from "1 Chicken Appetit" by K.S.Lee. The original recipe used honay while baking.... the 1st batch, I brush with honey & the 2nd is without honey. Both taste nice... depends on your own preference.
Here you go for the recipe :

• 10 chicken wings


• 15g basil leaf ( chopped )


• some honey


• 1/2 tsp salt


• 4 tbps sugar


• 1 tbsp fish sauce


• 1 tsp garlic powder

1. Rinse chicken wings & marinate with salt, sugar, fish sauce & garlic powder, set aside for 2 hours.


2. Add basil leaf & bake at 180c for 20 minutes.


3. Brush the wings with honey & bake again for another 5 minutes. Serve :D

Here's the 3rd dish " Chicken with Salted Egg Yolk " also from the book i mentioned above.

Here's the recipe :

• 2 drumsticks ( de-boned & cut into pieces )


• 3 steamed salted egg yolk ( mashed )


• 2 springs curry leaf


• 2 bird's eye chillis ( chopped )


• 1 1/2 tbsp butter


• 1/2 tsp salt


• 2 tsp cornflour


• 1 tsp curry powder


• 1 tsp hua diao wine

1. Mix drumsticks with salt,cornflour, curry powder & hua diao wine & set aside for 1/2 hour.


2. Deep-fry in hot oil till fragrant.


3. Fry curry leaf, chillis, butter & salted egg yolk till fragrant.


4. Add in drumsticks & stir-fry evenly. Serve :D

Lastly, I prepared a fresh drink " Lemon Grass Juice " taught by my sister, Reese. Tq for the nice freshing drink :D

MY BIRTHDAY

A special day for me!!!! Happy Birthday To Me @-->-- I'm so happy on my birthday, i baked myself a cake " Matcha Green Tea Mousse Cake In Kyoto Style ", make steamboat & grilled chicken " BBQ Chicken Drumstick " :D Hahaaaa.... did anybody cook & bake for yourself on your special day??? The feelings is good.... enjoy it!!!
Invited my neighbour to join. Had a great mini party.

Here's the recipe for BBQ Chicken. I did some changes ( added lemon juice ) on the recipe from the book i bought last 2 weeks. " Chicken Appetit 一百味鸡 "

• 300g drumstick meat ( cut into thick cube pieces )


• green, red or yellow capsicum ( cut into pieces )


• 10 cherry tomatoes


• 1 onion ( quartered & peeled )

Marinade :

• 1 1/2 dried rosemary


• 1 tsp salt


• 1/2 tsp pepper ( optional )


• some lemon juice

1. Mix drumstick meat with Marinade & set aside for 3 hours or overnight.


2. Tread 1 piece of capsicum, 1 piece of meat, 1 clove of onion, 1 piece of meat, 1 piece of capsicum & 1 piece of tomato onto a bamboo skewer or satay stick.


3. Grill at 200c for 15 minutes or until cooked.

My cake!!!! Love it... taste nice & looks beautiful! Do you agree? Hahahahaa....... I mentioned before the book that i like it so much " 100 Desserts " . I followed the recipe exactly. Here, I'm going to share with you guys :D

Cocoa sponge cake :

• 2 eggs, at room temperature


• 60g sugar


• 45g flour


• 1/3 tsp baking powder


• 1 1/2 tbsps cocoa powder


• 1 tbsp cornstarch


• 2 tbsps melted butter

1. Sift flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder & baking powder together.


2. Beat eggs & sugar with electric mixer for 8 minutes.


3. Sift in the dry ingredients. Mix well. Pour in melted butter along the rim of the bowl. Stir well.


4. Pour batter into a 7" cake tin lined with baking paper. Bake in preheated oven at 180c for 20 minutes.

Matcha Mousse :

• 10g Matcha green tea powder


• 2 tsps cornstarch


• 2 egg yolks


• 1 cup milk


• 100g sugar


• 3 tsps gelatin powder


• 1 cup whipping cream

1. In a pot, mix Matcha powder & constarch well. Add in egg yolks, milk, sugar & gelatin powder. Mix well. Put the pot over heat. Bring to boil. Strain the mixture. Leave it to cool.


2. Beat the whipping cream until stiff. Stir it into the custard from Step 1.

Chocolate ganache :

• 80g dark chocolate


• 1/2 cup whipping cream


• some red beans, cooked in water until soft

1. Bring whipping cream to the boil in a pot.


2. Finely chop the chocolate. Pour the whipping cream into chocolate. Stir until chocolate melts & the mixture well blended. Leave it to cool & beat until fluffy & thick.

Garnish :

• 2 tsps Matcha green tea powder


• Dark chocolate ( melt & brush over a chocolate mould, leave to set & unmould )

Assembly :

1. Slice the cocoa sponge cake into 2 layers horizontally.


2. Place 1 sheet of sponge into a cake tin. Pour the ganache over the spaonge. Top with another sheet of sponge. Arrange red beans on top. Lastly, pour the Matcha mousse over the red beans & sponge. Refrigerate until set.


3. Spinkle Matcha powder over the set cake. Garnish with chocolate pieces. Serve.

Hope you like the recipe I shared :D Have A Nice Day!

ANGRY BIRD

Last week was my niece birthday. But we had no time to celebrate for her :( So we decided to celebrate for her on Sunday ( mean yesterday ). Between my eldest sister is coming back too :)
She requested a "Angry Bird Chocolate Cake" I promised i wil make for her :D

So I would like to try a new chocolate recipe from the book i bought " 100 Desserts "
French Hazelnut Chocolate Cake

Luckily it turns out great & taste nice :D heehee...
Here's the recipe :

• 3 egg whites


• 3 egg yolks


• 120g dark chocolate


• 1/2 cup sugar


• 160g butter


• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence


• 90g flour


• 3 tbsps milk


• 2/3 groung hazelnut

1. Finely chop the dark chocolate. Melt over a pot of simmering water.


2. Beat butter & sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg yolks & vanilla essence. Beat further. Add flour, ground hazelnut & milk. Stir to mix well. Add melted chocolate & mix again.


3. Beat the egg whites until foamy. Add 2 tbsps of sugar. Beat again until stiff. Fold the egg whites gently into the batter from Step 2. Pour the resulting batter into a 6-inch round cake tin lined with baking paper.


4. Bake in a preheated oven at 190c for 30 minutes. Leave to cool & decorate as desired.

BLACK SESAME PANNA COTTA 黑芝麻意式奶冻

Tried a new recipe from the book i bought & i had mentioned it in my last post " 100 Desserts". Last Saturday, my family & I attend my neighbour's daughter mini Birthday party : ) I made this Black Sesame Panna Cotta & Blueberry Cheese Tarts for the party.
The taste is nice, but the texture abit hard :( I cannot recall back how many I put for the gelatine powder. But I don't know was my mistaken or the recipe printed wrongly. Sigh..... Did anybody bought this book & tried making it before?
Or...... is't the texture should be like that for panna cotta? hahahaa..... who can tell me the answer?
From the actual picture, it is white with sesame seeds... But I kept stirring to prevent it from boiling... so it becomes grey.. hahaha :D

Here goes the recipe :

• 2 cups whipping cream


• 1/2 cup milk


• 3 tbsps sugar ( reduced )


• 4 tsps gelatin powder


• 4 tbsps ground black sesame

1. Mix all ingredients together in a pot. Put on low heat. Bring to a dentle simmer. Cook until the gelatin dissolves.


2. Leave the mixture to cool. Divide among small serving glasses. Refrigerate until set. Serve.

** Cook the ingredients over low heat. Keep an eye on it always because it tends to boil & overflow easily **

GINGER SOY SAUCE CHICKEN

This is my hubby's favourite. Everytime when I ask him what to cook for dinner? He will answer me this. Hahahaa....
I think most of you or your mummy knows how to cook this. Right?? I learnt this from my mum :D

Here I will mention what I used in the recipe :

• 2 drumsticks


• 3 wings


• 15 slices ginger


• 3 pips garlic


• 1 tbsp hua diao wine


• soy sauce


• dark soy sauce


• 1/2 tbsp sugar


• salt

1. Cut chicken into pieces, marinate with soy sauce ( about 3 tbsps )


2. Heat up 2-3 tbsps oil, stir-fry ginger & garlics until fragrant. Add in chicken pieces & stil-fry for few minutes.


3. Add in hua diao wine, soy sauce ( about 2-3 tbsps ), dark soy sauce, sugar. Stir-fry for 1 minutes. Cover & simmer for 20 minutes or until cooked. Open the lid every 5 minutes & stir-fry. Add water if necessary.


4. Add salt to taste & thicken with corn flour water.Dish up & serve.

END OF SEPTEMBER

Here I would like to thanks my friend, Shee Shee giving me this opportunity to bake a birthday cake for thier Church Sunday School kids. So happy with thier feedbacks. Tq so much :D

For the cake, I used sponge mix. There are 3 layers. 2 hazelnuts sponge sandwich with a chocolate sponge. In between the cakes I spread coffee cream & sprinkle some almond nibs & coat cake with whipped fresh cream. Here's the pix taken by my friend :D For the decorations, I really no idea what do draw on a 14" x 11" cake. At 1st I decided to draw the famous bird ( Angry Bird ). At last I din't due to the rough surface. I can't make the cream smooth :( Fedup with that, so I just make it simple. Here's I share with you the coffee cream recipe :

• 1 tbsp instant coffee


• 1 tbsp cold water


• 220 fresh cream ( whipped )


• 2 tbsp Kahlua

1. Stir instant coffee with cold water until melt.


2. Fold in whipped cream & Kahlua until well blended.

Another week gone. October is coming soon..... Haiz :( School exam just over not even one and half month, the final exam is coming again in 22 days ;(
Yesterday I went to take out my wisdom tooth... Syiok !!!! I still can feel uncomfortable now. Can't even chew :( To forget about the pain, I bake a new recipe from the book I bought that i mentioned it from my previous post " Almond Maple Syrup Cake " Haha..

It taste & looks nice... hehe :D Love it :) Here's the recipe :

• 120g flour


• 1 tsp baking powder


• 150g butter


• 90g castor sugar


• 2 medium eggs


• 4 tbsps milk


• 4 tbsps ground almond


• 3 tbsps maple syrup


• 1/2 cup flaked almonds


• butter

1. In a mixing bowl, beat butter & sugar until creamy. Add one egg at a time. Beat after asch addition. Mix in half portion of maple syrup.


2. Add in sift flour & baking powder & milk. Mix well. Lastly, add in ground almonds & mix again.


3. Grease the muffin tin with butter. Arrange flaked almonds over & on the sides of the tin. Pour in the batter until 3/4 full.


4. Bake in a preheated oven at 190c for 25 minutes. Take the cakes out & brush the remaining maple syrup over the area with flaked almonds. Leave to cool & serve.

** To have the best result, brush the maple syrup over while the cakes are till hot**
Makes 6 muffins

NEW BAKING BOOK

Every week I will go to the book store for new recipe books. Last week I found one. Love all the recipes in this book. Tried 2 recipes from here " Intense Coffee Cake " & " Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes "


Here, I just share Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes recipe because i forgot to take a picture of my Intense Coffee Cake :( Nevermind, I will make it again & post the recipe together :D


Here's the recipe that you are waiting for :-

• 240g flour


• 1 tsp baking powder


• 1/2 tsp baking soda


• 1/8 tsp salt


• 120g butter


• 3/4 cup sugar


• 2 eggs ( grade A )


• 2 large bananas


• 1/4 cup warm milk

1. Sift flour, baking powder & salt together.


2. Peel & mash the bananas with a spoon.


3. Add baking soda to warm milk & mix well.


4. In a mixing bowl, beat butter & sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add one egg at a time. Beat after each addition.


5. Add half of the flour & milk at a time to the egg mixture. Mix well after each addition. Repeat once. Stir in the mashed banana.


6. Divide the batter among the baking paper cups. Bake in a preheated oven at 190c for about 25 minutes. Set aside to let cool.

Peanut butter icing :-

• 60g butter


• 1/2 cup icing sugar


• 1 tbsp milk


• 1/3 cup peanut butter

1. Beat butter until smooth. Add icing sugar a little at a time while beating. Add in milk & peanut butter. Beat well.


2. Transfer the icing into a piping bag. Pipe over the cooled cupcakes. Serve.

Enjoy !!!