Apple Crumble Cake

Ingredients:
adapted from here
(modified slightly)

Apple filling:
5 Gala apples, peeled and chopped
1 ½ tbs unsalted butter, room temperature
½ tsp ground cinnamon

Crumble topping:
185g Self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
130g unsalted butter, room temperature
140g brown sugar

Base:
100g unsalted butter, room temperature
80g brown sugar
1 egg
150g self raising flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking soda, sifted
1 tablespoon milk
icing sugar, to dust (i omit)

Preheat oven to 160ºC/320ºF; butter a 20x30cm (8x12in) pan and line with non-stick baking paper or foil (if using foil, butter it, too) extending paper/foil over the edges of pan.

Start by making the filling: place the apples, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan over low heat and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Allow to cool.

Now, the crumble: combine flour, baking powder, butter and sugar in a bowl and mix using your fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Set aside.

Make the base: place the butter and sugar in an electric mixer and beat until creamy. Add the egg and beat well. Fold through the flour, baking powder and milk. Spread into prepared pan – it will be a thin layer - top with the apple filling and crumble and bake for 40 minutes until golden. Allow to cool, unmold using the foil “handles” and cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Serves 6-8 – I made ¾ of the recipe above, used a 20cm square pan and got 16 bars

I used cupcakes and make 7 cups

Otak-Otak, Muar

Among all the otak-otak I have ate before, this is my favorite, spicy and the taste just perfect.
If you plan to buy those stick type, then got to book earlier. But to get the packet type, then is ever ready.

Just steam for 20 minutes and serve it warm.

Custard Tart

I like it!! I always like custard cream, adapted the custard cream recipe from kuali. The rest are my own combination.

Bottom:
150g Digestive biscuit
100ml Butter

Crunch the biscuit then melt the butter and combine it. Press it at the bottom of the paper cup

Custard Cream:
2 eggs yolk
180g sugar
60g custard powder
30g corn flour
400 ml UHT fresh milk
300 ml water
1 tsp butter

Sift custard powder and corn flour in a bowl.
Whisk egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl for 3–4 minutes, then stir in flour mixture.

Bring milk and water to near boiling point. Pour the hot milk into the egg and custard mixture, whisking well.

Return mixture to cook over low to medium heat, stirring constantly till mixture takes on a thick consistency. Remove from heat and stir in butter.

Wait till cool down slightly then spoon into the cup

I added some blueberry puree on top, like this


I used 2 different cup, small and big. Of course if you has the time to make the small ones, it do taste better. Probably of the bite size and the big ones I cut it before serving.

Salmon in Char Siew Sauce

I marinated the salmon for 2 hours with Char Siew Sauce, I used Lee Kum Kee. With a dash of pepper.

With some olive oil, pan fry for 2 minutes or till the skin soft. Do not turn the fish



Then bake it 180 C for 10 to 12 minutes....


Served immediately.

That's it... so simple and yet taste so good. my kids love it

butter cupcakes - sugarless

This label will be all the cakes that i make for my mother..... sugarless. Will try more recipe without adding sugar to it.

this is a most plain butter cake,

Ingredients:

a)
150g salted butter
2 eggs

b)
150 g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking soda

c)
80ml fresh milk

some peanut butter (no sugar added peanut butter) and dark chocolate chips (optional)

1) beat butter till fluffy, add in eggs one by one and continue to beat
2) fold in the flour add milk
3) spoon to to cup 3/4 full
4) spoon 1tsp of no sugar added peanut butter into it and swirl it
5) sprinkle 5 dark chocolate chip on top....not so many ya.....

bake 180 C for 25 minutes
Make about 6 cupcakes

taste a bit salty with rich butter, I think I will try to used unsalted butter next time

custard steam cake

Ingredients:
a)
180 g sugar
5 eggs

b)
100 ml vegetable oil
130 ml milk

c) - sifted
280g flour
80g custard powder
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Some chocolate chip for sprinkle (optional)
1) whisk sugar and eggs till fluffy
2) fold in b and c till combine

Pour into pan/paper cup and steam on high heat for 30 minutes

Deep Fried Fish

Above was the dory fish I brought at frozen food (previous post here) They have many types of packaging for dory fish fillet, 20% to 50% water.....best quality, for home consumption 20% water.

Come with 3 packs (2 kg) per box. Yes, must buy one box

Most simple recipe, deep fried it

marinate with a bit of salt and pepper (2 hours in the fridge)

Batter:
6 tbsp of self raising flour (or plain flour with 1 tsp baking powder)
2 tbsp of corn flour
1 egg
pinch of salt
mix the above with ice water till batter form
then deep fried it

taste so good, crispy outside and juicy inside, kids love it

waiting for my sis to post a recipe for batter.......which can stay crispy for many hours