Monday, December 30, 2013

Saturday, December 28, 2013

My Birthday Celebration with Totoro Catbus!

Happy Birthday to me! *^_^*

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Roar!


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Christmas Tree Salad

How about making some potato salad & decorate it with mushrooms & broccoli for this coming Christmas dinner for your friends & loved ones?

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas Fruit Cake


Christmas Fruit Cake
(Recipe adapted from Anncoo Journal)   
 
Ingredients:
500g mixed fruit 
100ml Rum 
2 Tbsp orange juice
*Combine everything & let it soak overnight in the fridge.  

250g butter
125g sugar
4 eggs
200g plain flour + 1 tsp baking powder

100g chopped walnuts   
Orange juice& zest from 1 orange
extra rum 

Method: 
1. Cream butter & sugar until light & creamy.
2. Add in eggs one by one, beat well after each addition. Add in orange juice & zest. Mix well.
3. Sift flour into the butter mixture & beat on low speed until no clumps are seen.
4. Fold soaked fruits & all the remaining liquid into the batter. Add in nuts.
6. Pour batter into pan & bake in a preheated oven @160C for 40mins.
7. Remove cake from oven & immediately drizzle Rum over hot cake. 


 

 See, I added in a big 'Christmas tree' on top of the cake

I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #38 - Boozy-licious hosted by Jaslin of Foodie Baker

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Christmas Stollen


Christmas Stollen 
(Recipe adapted from carol)   

Ingredients:
160g bread flour
140g plain flour
3/4 tsp yeast
2 eggs
40g sugar
90g milk
80g shortening

160g mixed fruits soaked in 50g Rum (do 1 week in advance) 

Method
1. Put all ingredients into a mixer & knead into a dough.
2. take out the dough from the mixer & knead in the mixed fruits slowly.
3. Proof the dough for 1hr.
4. De-gas the dough & roll it out into a slightly rectangle shape. Fold dough lengthwise. Proof again for 1hr.
5. Bake in a preheated oven @ 160C for 20mins.


I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #38 - Boozy-licious hosted by Jaslin of Foodie Baker

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Friday, December 13, 2013

Ah Pooh

Ah pooh cake for my niece's 4th birthday!

 My niece brought her piglet to the chalet to celebrate her birthday *^_^*

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Kinako Pumpkin Waffles


Kinako Pumpkin waffles 
(Recipe adapted & modify from Bernice Kitchen)

Ingredients:
200g pumpkin puree
50g brown sugar
2 eggs
150ml soya milk
100g plain flour
100g kinako
120g Liv salted butter, melted  
*Batter is slightly thicker due to the kinako
*Serve waffles with gula melaka syrup

Method:
1. Whisk pumpkin puree, eggs & milk in a bowl.
2. Add in sifted flour & kinako. Mix until well combined.
3. Add in melted butter.  

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Rugelach

This post is sponsored by LIV butter. Try a Liv butter today!
 


Rugelach
(Recipe adapted & modify from here)

Ingredients:
Dough
115g cream cheese, soften
115g Liv unsalted butter, soften
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup plain flour

Fillings 
creamy peanut butter

Method:
1. Add flour & salt in a mixing bowl with soften cream cheese & butter. Knead into a dough & divide into 2 portions. Placed in fridge for at least 2 hrs.

2. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a circle. Spread peanut butter over the dough.

3. Using a pizza wheel, cut the dough into 8 wedges. Starting at the base of each triangle, roll the dough up so that each cookie becomes a little crescent. Arrange the roll-ups on baking sheet. Repeat with the 2nd portion of dough.

4. Baked in a preheated oven @ 170C for 20mins.

 

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Have a Beary Happy Birthday

Did this cake for a friend's son 1st birthday! =)