Moist Chocolate Cake

For those chocolate lovers just like me...... ^_^

Chocolate Paste-

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tsp instant coffee (optional)

1/4 cup castor sugar

1/2 cup hot water

1/4 cup evaporated /fresh milk

pinch of salt

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125 butter, softened

1 cup castor sugar

1tsp vanila essence

2 large eggs

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1 cup cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

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1. Combined all ingredients for chocolate paste, except MILK in a mixing bowl. Hand whisk misture until sugar are fully resolved.

2. Add in milk, stir to mix well. Set aside.

3. Shift cake flour and baking powder together for later use.

4. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add vanila essence and continue with egg ( one at a time). Beat until well combined.

5. Gentlely fold in flour mixture, alternate with chocolate paste, for few times until well mix.

6. Pour batter unto cake pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, around temperature 150 degree celcius.

7. Leave it cool before unmould cake.

I baked again!

I am back to baking mood again.

So many recipes wish to try but end up I baked lemon butter cake again, cause it is the easiest one. Hahaha...

I did mistake on the oven temperature setting. But its still taste good. Credit goes to recipe. ^_^

Sunday is baking day

上星期尝试了从网络上找到的马来糕recipe，想用牛奶代替椰浆希望可以比较健康，结果味道不好，鸡蛋味道略浓，牛奶不能掩盖鸡蛋的腥味。相比之下，还是觉得妈妈每次用的recipe味道比较好。
今天原本只想跟妈妈学做她的马来糕，可是我又从食谱看见NESTUM CAKE，心痒痒地。家里的侄女们却只对Chocolate Cake有兴趣，结果叻，我今天一口气做了三种蛋糕! ^_^

1) Honey Nestum Cake -


近来我对健康的蛋糕蛮有兴趣。这个RECIPE很好，淡淡地麦香和蜂蜜的甜，我还是觉得略甜，下次我会减少糖的份量。

2) Chocolate Nestum muffin-

其实只是从上面的NESTUM CAKE加上CHOCOLATE POWDER和CHOCOLATE CHIPS。有点想要骗小孩的感觉。^_*

3) Mah-Lai-Kou (马来糕) -
第一次跟妈学她的拿手糕点。有着浓浓地焦糖香，因为用糖煮成糖浆，再加上粉，鸡蛋和椰浆，大火蒸15分钟就搞定。简单又快捷！

Banana Cake

Yes, I baked again today. Have a try on one Banana Cake (known as Banana Bread in United States) I found at Rasa Malaysia. This recipe is easy and the result is nice.
Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated white sugar (I slightly reduce it)
1 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 ripe large bananas (approximately 1 pound), mashed well (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. With a rubber spatula, lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients just until combined and the batter is thick and chunky. (The important thing is not to over mix the batter. You do not want it smooth. Over mixing the batter will yield tough, rubbery bread.)
Scrape batter into prepared pan and place the slices of banana on top of the batter for garnish. Bake until bread is golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool and then remove the bread from the pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Makes 1 - 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf of banana bread / banana cake.

p/s: photo from SE C902 hp.

Double Choc Muffins

I am back to baking madness lately.

Maybe is kind of baking therapeutic....

Charlene will join her school trip to Taiping Zoo on Sunday.

I volunteered to bake this rich double chocolate muffins for her.

-Before send into oven....

-After 20 mins...

- Baby JH is eying on it......

p/s:This is a very rich chocolate recipes. But I slightly over bake this time due to setting wrong temperature. Opps...

Lemon Butter Cake

My first try on month of July- Lemon Butter Cake!!

几个月前在报纸上看见的recipe,到现在才尝试。是的，近来我的确有点懒洋洋的。

-刚烘培好的蛋糕，迫不及待po上来了。-




-加点糖粉装饰- ^_^

我很爱吃牛油蛋糕，可是牛油吃多了总会很腻。可是这个recipe就恰到好处，淡淡的柠檬味刚刚好可以盖过牛油蛋糕的甜腻，赞！

New recipe

I am back into baking madness again lately.

This is my first try on a new recipe yesterday, Nutella butter cake!!


Many ideas popping in my mind and I just can't wait to try it out .
Might want to try out a simple ice-cream cake on next. Stay tune.... ^_^

Bread Pudding

Suddenly have an idea to bake after a tired work tonight. As a theraphy to release my tenses on work. Simply use ingredients ready at home and try out a Bread Pudding recipe. Indeed this is a very quick or instand bake as the prepation is less than half an hour! The taste is quite nice but it could be better if I put enough raisins and cinamon. It is very easy and suitable for those look for a quick preparation. You must have a try especially your house have day-old breads!



The texture is in between cake and pudding...





Ingrediants

6 slices day-old bread
2 tablespoon butter, melted
4 eggs,beaten
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
2 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar (I replace it with brown sugar as I prefert the aroma and taste)
1 teaspoon ground cinamon
1 teaspoon vanila extract

Direction:
1)Break bread into small pieces into baking pan. Drizzle melted butter over bread. Sprinkle raisins if desired.
2) Mix eggs, milk,sugar, cinamon and vanila in mixing bowl. Beat well and pour over the bread. Slightly push down bread with folk until it is soaking in the mixtures.
3) Bake in preheated over for 45 minutes.

Baking Craze

I am in baking craze lately. Many crazy ideas keep popping in my mind. Sometimes just can't wait to go home after work just to try out my ideas. All the kids at my home, my nieces and nephew, just can't wait to be my next white mice.Now they even keeps holding the baking recipes book and 'act' like profesional to give comments on the photo. >_<
I baked some muffins this evening after work, upon special request by mom,to pray sister-in-law tomorrow.Chocolate and vanila muffins...This is the 3rd times I baked in a week. Crazy me, isn't it? Though not every of my bakes is successful, but I really enjoy it. Let's see what I had bake for tonight.

Before send to oven >>



After>>>



More>>>>


Chocolate one>>>>



Yummy....the fresh and hot muffin from oven is really irresistible..perfect match with a cup of coffee (even just instant coffee)....and this become my heavy supper for the night and draw a perfect ending for the 'FLY'day ;). Oh gosh.... the only disadvantage is >>>I am going to gain weight again..... >_<