Crepe

A:
55g Sugar
5g Salt
6 eggs
20g honey
35g butter (melted)
135g all purpose flour (sifted)
500 ml milk

Mix all the ingredient above, stir till fully combined
sift thru the batter.
Pour in a spoonful (40g) of the batter to non-stick pan (6' or 8')and fry it over till golden brown

To make around 24 pieces of crepe.

Apple Crumble

Adapted and modified from The Australian Women's Weekly Baking

A:
5 large apple( 1 kg)
55g caster sugar
60 ml water

crumble: B
75g self raising flour
35 plain flour
110g brown sugar (I reduced to 80 g)
100g chilled butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Peel, core and diced the apple to your preference size
2. Combined A and cook over low heat for 10 minutes , drain
3. Crumble: blend or process B until all combined
4. Place the apples in dish and sprinkle with crumble. I divided to 7 ramekins.

Bake in 180 C for 20 to 25 minutes

Best serve with vanilla ice cream

molten Lava Cake

Adapted from here

Ingredients:
125g butter
1 cup chocolate chip (high quality)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
3 large egg + 1 egg yolk
1tsp vanilla essence (optional)

melt the butter and chocolate over the double boiler (or microwave)
mix until smooth
add in flour and sugar
then egg and vanilla
divide batter between 5 ramekins (4-oz)- oiled and powdered
Bake in 425F /220 C for 8 to 10 minutes
Run knife at the edges ramekins and then upend on a plate.

Serve while still hot with ice cream or whip cream

milk flower bun

Adapted and from here

A:
500g pau flour
220 ml milk - room temperature
50g sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
30g butter - soften
3 tbsp of oil - i used olive oil

B:
50gm water
2 tbsp instant yeast
pinch of sugar

combine B and let it proof. You will see the bubbles and water froth

combine all the dry ingredients in A: flour, sugar, salt ,baking powder

Pour in the yeast water, milk and butter in the middle of the dry ingredients

mix until they form a dough and continue knead until smooth

Cover with a wet cloth and let it proof until double the size (1 hour)

Divide dough equally, I got about 20

I mould it to the shape that I want, some flower bun, some with nutella inside

Let it proof for another 45 minutes inside the steaming tray. Cut a small oil paper to put underneath the dough.

Steam under medium high fire for 10 minutes.

3 cup chicken

Adapted from here

Basically the name of this dishes tell it all, 3 cups are for 1 cup sesame oil, 1 cup rice wine and 1 cup light soya sauce (I reduce slightly as I don't like too salty).

If I only cook half chicken, I will reduce the above to half too.

Put in the sesame oil, fried with some thinly slice ginger. Add in the chicken and then pour in the rice wine. fried for one minutes and pour in the light soya sauce. Simmer in medium flame for about 10 minutes or until the sauce thicken. stirring occasionally.

I add in some ear fungus too. I put it in together with the chicken.

Serve immediately

Blueberry Pound Cake

Adapted from here

120g butter

180g cake flour (sifted)

100g sugar

3 eggs

1tsp vanilla essence

250 ml whipping cream

250g blueberry ( coat it with 1 tbsp flour)

Steps:

1) cream butter and sugar till fluffy

2) add in eggs one by one, mix well

3) add in vanilla, flour and cream

4) lastly add in blueberry (mix with spatula)

5) pour into baking pan and bake it 180 for 35 minutes

Banana Chocolate Cheese cake

(Adapted and modified from here)

Ingredients:

A)

150g mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas)

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

75ml vegetable oil

75 g brown sugar

B)

200g self raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

30g cocoa powder

* sifted all the above

C)

200g cream cheese

30g sugar

1 egg

Methods:

1) Put A into a bowl, mix well

2) Fold in B to A, fold to combine, do not overmix.

3) Pour to 8"round/ square pan

4) Beat cream cheese and sugar till fluffy. add in egg and beat till well incorporate.

5) Pour over the cream cheese over the chocolate batter, swirl it

6) Bake in oven, 180 for 25 minutes

No bake cheese cake

A very simple and yet devilishly nice

Ingredients:

A:

10 slices of digestive biscuits (crushed)

50g butter (melted)

B:

250g cream cheese

1/2 cup UHT cream (whipped it)

1/4 cup sugar

*optional 1tbsp of lemon/lime juice

C:

Optional topping of blueberry, fruits or chocolate

I used chocolate this time, 1/2 cup cream and 1/2 cup milk chocolate (melt in hot water)

1) mix A and press firmly on cupcake or baking tray

2) Beat cheese and sugar till fluffy then add in the juice and whipped cream (gently)

3) pour it over the tray or spoon it into the cupcake

4) add on topping and give it a swirl

5) chill in the fridge before serving

Chewy Brownies

(adapted from here )

preheat oven 160 C , and line a lamington tin with baking paper

Ingredient A

250g butter

250g dark chocolate ( i used milk chocolate)

1 cup brown sugar ( i used half cup sugar)

put in double boiler and melt the above

Ingredient B

4 large eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 t salt

beat well all ingredient above and add A to B

Ingredient C

1 cup flour

1 cup walnut (chopped) or other nut to your preference

add the flour to the mixture and lastly the nuts, stir well

pour into tin and bake 160 C for 25 to 30 minutes, do not over bake it.

serve hot, best with a scoop of ice cream

cheese bake fried rice

Ingredient for the fried rice:

fish fillet

prawn

garlic - thinly slice

chicken ham

can add some diced vegetables

seasoning:

1/2 cup chicken stock

1 tbs light soya sauce

pepper

3 eggs

topping:

1 cup mozzarella cheese ( quantity up to your preference)

2 slice cheddar cheese, shredded

Fried half of the garlic with prawn, fish and ham, set aside

fried another half of the garlic with the rice and add in the rice ( better to used yesterday rice), add all the seasoning and eggs

scoop the rice to baking dish, top it with topping, baked in oven 230 c for 10 minutes or till the surface turn golden brown.

serve immediately while still hot

Steam Horlicks / Milo Cake

(adapted from here)

Steam Horlicks Cake

Ingredients:

(a)

250g butter, room temperature

120g caster sugar

5 eggs (medium)

(b)

120g condensed milk (I use homemade condensed milk)

50g Strawberry jam or kaya

70g Horlicks (can subsitute it with Milo, but I prefer Horlicks)

(c)

130g plain flour - sifted

1 tsp baking powder

Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy

Add one egg at a time till well blended, then strawberry jam and condensed milk, mix well

Lastly fold in Horlicks and flour till well blended

Spoon the batter into pan cake and cover the top losely with a piece of aluminium foil

Steam medium high for 50-60 minutes

Spaghetti Carbonara

(adapted from here)

stir some bacon/ ham with onion with olive oil. set aside. I add some garlic too (thinly slice)

Serve for One person:

70g spaghetti

1 egg yolk

30g heavy cream, i used whipping cream

black pepper

parsley flakes

salt

parmesan cheese

1. boil the spaghetti in a boiling water with salt, according to packing instruction

2. while waiting for the spaghetti to cook, take the yolk, add in pepper and salt and parsley , add in the cream and whip it well with a fork.

3. once the noodle is cook, drain it and pour the cream mixture to the noodle and mix it well

4. add in the bacon and onion and sprinkle in parmesan cheese

5. add a bit more parsley as garnishing

I fell that the noodle a bit diluted, i put on a pan and stir it over the stove for 1 to 2 minutes to thickened it, you can omit this, depending on your preference.

After tasting the spaghetti, i think adding some mushroom will be nice, will try that next time.