I was supposed to make these together with maid yesterday but she started first while i put the 2 terrors to nap. They took 1.5hrs to eventually fall asleep and by the time i was out, she was already done with the preps and they were already baking in the oven. She also did pandan cake which sank yet again. Really dont know why chiffon is so hard to bake.
We used 10 bananas and the muffins turned out bit sticky but still alright.
Taste was good as before.
I packed and brought one of these to office this morning.
See? It still sank but the texture this time was less kueh-like. Spongier but still far from chiffon-quality! Why??
I should just drop by bengawan solo and ask them what the trick is.
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お弁当タイムだよーん! My slight obsession with food glorious food. Baking & cooking.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Banana choc chip cupcake & an attempt at baked rice
Baked the yummiest banana choc chip cupcakes yesterday. Total of 24. This recipe is for keeps. Cupcakes turned out moist, banana taste is sufficient and choc chips added flavour. The size was just great for kids, though wasnt quite enough for me. I had total of 4 just in the afternoon and Ks had 2. Nana prob didnt like the look of it, so didnt even try. Chie had 1. By the end of last night, just 11 were left.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
New items from jjmamababy
Bought some new cookie/bread cutters last week and the package arrived yesterday!
I couldn't resist getting the cute car foodplates for the kids.
Cutters: Doraemon, Miffy, Anpanman & Rilakkuma.
I'm not quite a fan of doraemon but the cookies made from these cutters looked really nice.
I can't wait to start making cookies with them. Which should i start with??
You can't get these stuff from any of the kitty or sanrio outlets over here. I searched high and low on google to find these finally.
I'm still looking for shinkansen and melody cutters to complete the collection.
Can't wait.
I couldn't resist getting the cute car foodplates for the kids.
Cutters: Doraemon, Miffy, Anpanman & Rilakkuma.
I'm not quite a fan of doraemon but the cookies made from these cutters looked really nice.
I can't wait to start making cookies with them. Which should i start with??
You can't get these stuff from any of the kitty or sanrio outlets over here. I searched high and low on google to find these finally.
I'm still looking for shinkansen and melody cutters to complete the collection.
Can't wait.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Chocolate chip cookie
Decided to be adventurous and after sending the pandan to the oven, we prepared the batter to make chocolate chip cookies. My first attempt. It was pretty easy and fuss free. Didnt have to cut out the shapes or anything, so just had to drop spoonfuls onto the tray. I didnt really bother adjusting the shapes of the cookie batter or anything, they seemed to turn out alright in shapes, just that sizes not really standardised.
I got the recipe online, cant remember which website. Cos i had it printed out and filed into my recipe folder.
The first batter that went into the oven. I reduced the sugar by 30g so it wasnt too sweet.
The 2nd tray. Each tray could fill about 16 cookies. I did a total of 4 and a half trays.
Means about 70 cookies?
Recipe stated 10mins in the oven, but mine took about 20mins or so. Batter still looked wet after 10mins. Each time i peered into the oven to check on them, they just keep growing and growing in size! I must have added too much baking powder? They were like close to touching each other. The batter was like 50cents coin size when prepared..but they grew more than double.
Pandan chiffon that didn't happen
For some reason, I'm unable to cut and copy the photos and texts so the photos are bit out of sequence here. The below pic was of the cake, after leaving to cool for an hour or so. It sank, sadly.
Finally the weekend is here and I can bake the pandan i've been wanting to. Unfortunately, the pandan chiffon cake turned out to be pandan kueh! What a joke. I guess it must have been the wrong flour used. Recipe stated top flour and i used plain flour. Should have used cake flour instead. However the texture of the pandan kueh was really nice and the pandan fragrance filled the house. We blended the pandan leaves to get the juice. Was a dark green colour.
I used the recipe from Happy Home Baker again.
The batter of pandan before popping it into the oven. The colour looks bit artificial here.
The toothpick turned out clean after pricking it into the cake. Felt soft and moist at the top.
Pandan fragrance was filling the entire house and kitchen. Really nice.. I love pandan!
Removing the cake from the pan. I burst out laughing when i saw how thin it was and realised
my chiffon was a flop! hahaha. When cut, it was not fluffy at all, it was like springy texture, like kueh lapis.
My parents and brother loved it though. The taste was truly pandan. Not sure if it was due to the leaves or the pandan paste/essence that I added.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Miffy, Mickey & Kitty cookies
Finally had time to bake at parents' place over on Saturday. I bought these cookie cutters from kai kai and was delighted that they were pretty easy to use and cut out. The miffy cutters were old ones i ordered online previously. I got the recipe from happyhomebaking.blogspot.com - from her cinamoroll cookie cut out recipe. Don't know how to link it to her website so anyway her blog is the above address.
Chie who didnt nap that afternoon and she was keen to help me cut out the shapes.
This is how they looked after cutting out.
On to the pan..didnt have parchment paper so just greased the pan.
Fresh from the oven and left to cool.
Packed the cookies onto the lock&lock container. Made about total of 6 batches. Total of 80 cookies or so i think? Used van houten cocoa powder for the brown cookies and normal butter for the plain ones. Also added in some maple syrup cos I like the smell of it.
Chie who didnt nap that afternoon and she was keen to help me cut out the shapes.
This is how they looked after cutting out.
On to the pan..didnt have parchment paper so just greased the pan.
Fresh from the oven and left to cool.
Packed the cookies onto the lock&lock container. Made about total of 6 batches. Total of 80 cookies or so i think? Used van houten cocoa powder for the brown cookies and normal butter for the plain ones. Also added in some maple syrup cos I like the smell of it.
Gave some to niece yesterday and also brought some to 4 colleagues this morning. Didn't quite have enough so next time will definitely bake more. The kids love them too, cos been asking to eat every now and then. More popular than the cupcakes or muffins. Guess cos it's easy to eat and great for tiny fingers.
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