Happy Birthday!

Yo! Let's sing along with these kittens, shall we? Ready.... one, two, three.

"Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to CATHY,

Happy Birthday to you " 

For a change I baked muffins for my birthday this year *^_^*
 

Corn & Bacon Muffins
(Recipe adapted & modify from 'The complete magnolia bakery cookbook')
  
Ingredients    
1 1/4 cups corn meal

1 1/4 cups flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

1 1/2  sticks melted butter 
1 cup frozen butter corn
6 strips bacon (fried until crispy)

Method
1. Mix eggs, milk & butter together in a bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, corn meal, sugar & baking powder together.
3. Add (1) into (2) & mix until combined. 
4. Stir in corn & bacon. 
5. Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for 20mins.

Parmesan Yorkshire Pudding

Parmesan Yorkshire Pudding
(Recipe adapted & modify from here, Video here ) 

Ingredients  
2 Eggs

1.5 cups milk 

1 cup flour
3 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese powder 
Butter

Method
1. Whisk flour, eggs & milk in a medium bowl. Add in cheese powder. Let stand for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 400F. Placed a 1cm cube of butter into each muffin tins, then place in oven for 1min. Carefully pour batter into cups, filling each 1/3 full.
3. Bake until puffed & golden brown, about 30mins.

Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding
(Recipe adapted & modify from here)
  
Ingredients    
6 pieces of bread

1 cup brown sugar

4 Eggs

2 cups milk 

1 big banana- sliced

Sauce

1 stick butter
1/4 cup brown sugar

Method
1. Mix together sugar, eggs & milk in a bowl. Pour over cubed bread & let sit for 10mins.
2. Pour bread mixture into prepared 11x7inch pan. Add sliced bananas on top of the mixture.
3. Sauce: mix together the sugar & butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir together until the sugar is melted. Pour over bread pudding.
4. Bake @ 350F for 50mins.

Pumpkin Poppy Seeds Muffins

Pumpkin Poppy Seeds Muffins
(Recipe adapted & modify from here)
  
Ingredients 
3 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 cups brown sugar

4 eggs 
1/2 tsp salt 
1 can Libby's Pure Pumpkin
1/2 cup corn Oil
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup poppy seeds 

Method
1. Mix eggs, orange juice & oil & pumpkin puree together in a bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt & baking powder together.
3. Add (1) into (2) & mix until combined. Stir in poppy seeds.
4. Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for 20mins.

Corn Muffins

Corn Muffins
(Recipe adapted from flour package)
  
Ingredients  

1 cup Corn Meal

1 cup Flour

1/2 cup sugar

3 tsp Baking Powder

2 Eggs

2/3 cup milk

1/2 cup Corn Oil  
1 cup frozen butter corn (optional)

Method
1. Mix egg, milk & oil together in a bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, corn meal, sugar & baking powder together.
3. Add (1) into (2) & mix until combined. Bake in a preheated oven of 350F for 15mins.

Annapolis

We drove 1.5hrs to Annapolis & visited the US Naval Academy

I love this! Isn't it cute? We saw this while browsing at the gift store in the Academy

Our tour around the Academy begins

Church inside the Academy

Students' Hostel

US Naval Academy Museum

After the tour, we had a very full lunch & walked around the harbour & along the streets.

We came across these yummy but yet super sweet & sinful dessert ;)

Colourful apples ;)

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Cupcakes
(Recipe adapted from 1001 cupcakes, cookies & other tempting treats)
  
Ingredients  

2 cup Flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp Baking Powder

pinch of salt

2 Eggs

3/4 cup milk

6 Tbsp Oil  
3/4 cup peanut butter

Method
1. Mix egg, milk, peanut butter & oil together in a bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt & baking powder together.
3. Add (1) into (2) & mix until combined. 
4. Spoon batter into muffin pan & top with a slice of banana.
5. Bake in a preheated oven of 400F for 20mins.

Corn Bread

Corn Bread
(Recipe adapted from flour package)
  
Ingredients  

1 cup Corn Meal

1 cup Flour

1/4 cup sugar

3 tsp Baking Powder

1 Egg

1 cup milk

1/4 cup Corn Oil  

Method
1. Mix egg, milk & oil together in a bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix flour, corn mean, sugar & baking powder together.
3. Add (1) into (2) & mix until combined. Bake in a preheated oven of 425F for 30mins.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie
 
Ingredients  
3/4 cup sugar 
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 can (15 oz) LIBBY'S 100% pure pumpkin
1 can (12 fl oz) CARNATION evaporated milk
1 unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie shell 
 
Method
1. Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger & cloves in a small bowl. Beat eggs in a large bowl.
2. Stir in pumpkin & sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
3. Pour into pie shell & bake in a preheated oven of 425F for 15mins. Reduced temperature to 350F & bake 40mins.

Enjoy!

勿忘我。。。。

在八月中的时后，hubby 告诉我他要到美国工干几个月，并且希望我随他一起去时，我心里有一股末名的焦虑。一向习惯新加坡'安居乐夜'生活的我，是否能够适应新的环景? 要我放下这里的工作与我热爱的烘焙（目前我也在某个地方做兼职教烘焙），我心里更是有千百个不愿意，难以取舍。

‘嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗’。。。。最终，我还是得‘牺牲’！原本应该九月就远赴美国，但hubby的公司却一直更改行程。左盼右盼，我终于会在十一月十二日奔向美国的怀抱！目前，我以经把家中的烘焙材料都用完了，冰箱也只是个空壳 ;P

接下来的两个月或许没有机会烘焙，在此就献上我的最后一个'佳作‘。大家可别忘了我哟。。。

Have an early Merry Xmas *^_^*

Roti Boy again....

 Butter fillings 

Roti Boy 
(Recipe adapted & modify from Lucky Inn 幸福小站) 

Boomerang Kopi Buns ;)

Rosemary Bacon & Cheese Bread

Baking together

Hanushi (from Simply hanushi) & I had a great time baking together at my place this afternoon! We were cracking our brains last week thinking of what to bake. Hanushi suggested baking 'Roti Boy' & green tea buns (she is a green tea lover!) while I suggested to do Ang Ku Kueh since 'kueh' is the theme for Aspiring Bakers this month. 

Black Glutinous Ang Ku Kueh
(Recipe adapted & modify from Happy Flour)

Ingredients
Dough:
130g glutinous rice flour
20g black glutinous rice flour
50g sweet potato (steamed & mashed)
125g water
1/2 tbsp oil

*Any fillings of your choice (we use yam paste from PH)   

Method 
1. Mix all the dough ingredients together & knead to form a soft dough.
2. Wrap the dough up & rest it in the fridge for 10mins.
3. Weigh 28g of dough for skin & wrap 14g of filling into the dough & seal opening.
4. Place the kueh into a greased mould & press it to set the shape. 
5. Knock out the kueh & place it on a piece of baking paper.
6. Steam for 10mins & brush some cooking oil on the surface of the kuehs.
  
** We are submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #12: Traditional Kueh (October 2011) hosted by Small Small Baker.


Roti Boy / Green tea buns
(Recipe adapted & modify from Lucky Inn 幸福小站)

 Both of us heart these Roti Boy. The crust is thin & crunchy while the bun is so soft inside.  
 

 

 Green tea buns for our breakfast tomorrow ;)

I'm a barbie gal...

Times really flies! Year 2010 is coming to an end in 2 months time! I will be away for a long holiday & be back next year 2012, thus I decided to bake a birthday cake to pre celebrate my niece's birthday (she's turning 2 yrs old in Dec).

Last year, I did a Teddy Bear cake for her. This time, I wanted to try something different. I bet it will be interesting to have a barbie doll birthday cake?! This is my 1st attempt in barbie doll cake & I must say the assembling part of the cake layers are not as difficult as I thought. I am pretty satisfied with the end product ;)

I am so excited & wanted to bring this cake over to my mum's house to celebrate this occasion together but Oops.. wait a minute! This little barbie doll cake is slightly 'too tall' to be placed in the fridge (my mum's fridge do not have adjustable compartments). Transportation of this cake seemed a bit tricky as well. This is a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. But, my family don't really eat cream cakes (they will scrape away the cream), so it may be a bit wasteful if they throw my cream cheese frosting ;P

Well.. I shall keep the cake for myself then. Wahahaha.... take it as a pre celebration for both my hubby (Nov baby) & my birthday (Dec baby) this yr. Guess what? I had emailed my sister this barbie doll picture & she mentioned to me that when my niece saw it she said she like it very much! Aww.. such a darling isn't she? She really makes my day *^_^*

Rosemary Garlic Focaccia

 
Did you notice that I have been doing lots of bread lately? 
Yup, I gotta confess... I guess, I am truly, madly & deeply in love with bread making. 
My parents & hubby are all bread lovers, so this motivates me to make more bread for their consumption!

Do hop over to Alan's (travellingfoodies) & John's (PapaCheong's 拿手好菜) blog for their fantastic Focaccia recipes

Rosemary Baguette

  

 

Both my hubby & I simply heart this little crispy slices of baguette with garlic rosemary spread. What about you?