Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Butter Cookies

I made these cookies specially for my niece as we are both Doraemon fans! whahaha *^_^*

 Butter Cookies (recipe here)


Friday, September 23, 2011

Mushroom Pot Pie


Bread recipe here
 

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Spaghetti in pumpkin carrot sauce


Basic pasta Dough recipe here 

Pumpkin carrot sauce 
Ingredients
100g pumpkin
2 small carrot
1/2 small onion
100ml water
50ml milk
10g butter

Seasoning
1/2 tsp salt
black pepper

Method
1. Remove pumpkin skin & cut into 1cm cubes.
2. Peel & cut carrots & onions into cubes.
3. Melt butter in a big saucepan.
4. Add in onions & fry over low heat for 5mins.
5. Add in carrots & pumpkin & fry another 3 mins.
6. Pour water into the saucepan & cover with lid to let it cook until the vegetables are soft.
7. Lastly add in milk & seasoning. 
8. Blend the soup after it had cooled down.
 
I simply love the combination of sweet pumpkin carrot sauce with the slightly salty cheesy beef sausages. Purr..fect meal  *^_^*

Monday, September 19, 2011

Chocolate Cuppies


Chocolate Cuppies
(recipe adapted & modify from My Baking Milestone)

Ingredients

20g cocoa powder
120ml boiling hot water
90 g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
55 g butter
80g sugar
1 egg

Method:
1. In a small bowl, stir cocoa powder with hot water until smooth. Leave to cool.

2. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder & baking soda.

3. In another mixing bowl, cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Add in egg & whisk thoroughly.

4. Add in flour mixture & stir until just incorporated.

5. Add in cooled cocoa mixture & stir until smooth.

6. Fill cups until 2/3 full & bake in a preheated oven @ 160°c for 20mins

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Lemon & Vanilla Pound Cake


Lemon & Vanilla Pound Cake
(Recipe adapted & modify from dailydelicious)

Ingredients

100g butter
90g icing sugar
2 eggs 
100g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
20g milk
1 tsp lemon juice
1 vanilla pod
1/2 lemon zest 

Method
1. Scrap the beans from the vanilla pod & put them into the sifted icing sugar.
2. Sift together flour with baking powder & set aside.
3. Beat together butter & the icing sugar in a bowl until pale & fluffy. Add lemon zest & eggs. Add half of the flour mixture then add milk & lemon juice. Add the rest of the flour mixture, fold to combine.
4. Pour batter into silicon mould & bake @ 180° about 20mins.


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Matcha Pound Cake

 
Matcha Pound Cake (Recipe adapted from Cotton & Cloud)

Ingredients

3 eggs
100g sugar
140g oil
40g full cream milk
180g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp matcha powder

Chopped nuts 

Method
1. Using a mixer, whisk eggs & sugar together until white & fluffy.
2. In a small bowl, mix the oil & milk together.
3. Drizzle the oil & milk mixture to the batter (1). If possible keep on whisking.
4. Sift flour & matcha powder into the batter. Carefully mix using a scraper not to burst any air bubbles.
5. Pour the batter into the cake tin & sprinkle chopped nuts.
6. Bake at 160C for 30mins.



Saturday, September 10, 2011

Pumpkin Cake



Pumpkin Cake 
(recipe adapted & modify from My Kitchen)

Ingredients
250g salted butter

180g sugar
3 eggs
150g steamed pumpkin, mashed
300g plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
20g corn flour
1 tsp cinnamon powder
70g milk
150g pumpkin, peeled & diced


Method 
1. Cream butter together with sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time & cream until light & smooth.

2. Stir in mashed pumpkin & mix until well blended. 

3. Sift together flours & cinnamon powder, fold into the mixture alternate with milk. Mix until well combined then stir in diced pumpkin.

4. Bake in a preheated oven @ 160ÂșC for 60mins.