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

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

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

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

Cream cheese banana cupcakes

Still got some bananas sitting in my fridge..... wondering what cake should i do and while looking through I saw some cream cheese.... been there for quite some times.....

So instead of making a cake with butter, I change it to cream cheese which I feel is much healthier. Surprisingly, it do taste good and moist

Ingredient:
250 g cream cheese
250 g self raising flour
150 g sugar
300g mashed bananas
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
100 ml milk
some chocolate chips for decoration

Sift flour together with the baking soda and baking powder

1) beat cream cheese and the sugar till fluffy
2) add in egg one by one
3) fold in the flour and milk
4) then the banana
5) spoon into paper cup 3/4 full
6) sprinkle some chocolate chips on top

Bake 180 C for 35 minutes

make about 15 cups

My kids love it with some whip cream on top

Chocolate chip Banana Cupcakes

Adapted the recipe from here.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe, so fluffy and rich in flavour

Ingredients:
250 g Butter
200 g sugar
300 g self raising flour
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tbsp cocoa powder
200 ml milk
250g chocolate chips
300g mashed banana
some banana wedges (cut into quarter)

1) Beat butter and sugar till fluffy
2) add in egg one by one
3) sift in sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder alternately with the milk
4) then the banana and the chocolate chips
5) spoon into the paper cup and put in the banana wedges in the middle of the batter

Bake for 35 minutes, 180 C

Make about 20 cups. You can reduce all the ingredient by half to make 10 cups

Chiffon Cake - Orange

My 1st attempt to bake a chiffon cake. I always feel that baking chiffon cake are so hard because of the fluffiness, must be gentle so that the cake doesn't sink back down once taken out from the oven
Thanks to Peng's kitchen that have so much variety of chiffon cake. gonna try more.

Ingredients:
A:
4 eggs yolk
100g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp corn oil
90 ml orange juice

B:
7 eggs white
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
100g castor sugar

combine A in a bowl

Beat B until soft peak form. pour in sugar gradually

Fold 1/3 of the B onto A and stir gently.
Once mix, Fold back A onto B, and stir gentle will all mix

Slowly pour into chiffon baking tin and bake 180 C for 30 minutes.

take our from the oven and turn upside down till cold

Chocolate chocolate-chip muffins

See the amount of choc-chip inside the muffin. so nice.

The recipe above name are Nigella's Chocolate chocolate-chip Muffins
(recipe adapted from Small small baker) change slightly. Thank you for sharing the recipe

Ingredients:

(A)
250g self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp cocoa powder
150g sugar
150g chocolate chip (save 1/4 of the chips for sprinkling)

(b) (mix all together)
250 ml milk
90 ml vegetable oil
1 large egg

put A in large bowl and mix well.
add in B
Mix the A and B together with slow and gentle stokes. stop stirring ince the last traces of flour disappear. Do not overmix. A lumpy batter will ensure the muffins stay moist and fluffy
spoon the batter into muffin cup 3/4 full and top with the balance choc-chip
bake 200 C for 20 minutes
make about 10 to 12 cups

Yam Cake Steam

One Medium size yam (dice)
1 bag of rice flour
dried shrimp (diced and fried)
Small onions (fried)
anchovies (diced and fried)
Spring onion (finely cut)
Chillies (cut)
Mushroom (can omit is you don't like)

dissolve the bag of flour into the pan that you want to used for steaming, 3/4 full and add in salt to taste.
in a wok, put in yam and some fried shrimp, anchovies, mushroom and fried till fragrant.
Pour in the flour mixture into the yam and fried till sticky. the more sticky it is, once cold, the more harden it become (up to your taste)
Then you pour back the mixture back to the pan and flatten it. to make the surface nicer, put some hot water and press it nicely with a spoon.
steam it for 45 minutes.

Once cold garnish it with the balance of anchovies, shrimp, fried onions, spring onion and chillies.

Banana Cheese Cupcakes

As you can see, almost all my cakes are covered by rainbow sprinkle and chocolate chips. Reason is my kids are waiting to do their part, they will be more of (same topping) cake coming soon. Another recipe from kuali



Very fluffy




Ingredients:
200g Butter
150g cream cheese
140g brown sugar
2 tbsp honey
2 eggs
400g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
80ml whipping cream
350g ripe bananas

make about 15 cups

cream butter ,cheese,brown sugar and honey till light. add in eggs, fold in flour and baking powder.
add in cream and bananas
fill the cups till two-thirds full and bake 200C for 25 minutes or golden brown

Pineapple Tarts

Brought 2 very ripe pineapple today for the pineapple tarts. cut it clean and blend it until puree.



I was lazy to cook it on the stove, so i cook it in microwave. for about 1 hours stirring constantly.
add in sugar up to your taste. I put in a bit only, about 50g brown sugar. until thick.


make the paste like a ball


As for the pastry, I used :

250g plain flour
50g milk powder
250g butter
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
50g sugar

Rub in the butter to the flour, sugar and milk powder while the butter still cold
after that using mixer with pulse, blend in the egg
Put in the fridge for 30 minutes

use the pastry molder to do as below. brush the top with some egg yolk


Bake for 200C for 20 minutes, or when the top turning yellow

Chocolate Cheese Cake

Yummy recipe from Kuali. Taste like a mousse cheese cake, so rich and best serve chilled.

Ingredients:
250g dark chocolate
250ml whipping cream
450g cream cheese
150g sugar ( i reduce to 120g)
2 large eggs + 1 egg yolk
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp Tia Maria (I omit)

bring cream to just a boil over low heat.
add in chocolate. make sure melt and set a side for cool
Beat cream cheese and sugar till creamy
add in eggs one at a time and the yolk
then the flour and the tia maria
add in cooled chocolate mixture
beat till well incorporated

Bake the cake in hot bath for 180C for 40 to 50 minutes
off the oven and leave the cake inside for another 40 to 50 minutes.
then remove to cool and refrigerate overnight. served chilled

* if you are using spring-form pan, wrap a double layer of aluminium foil around the base to prevent the batter leaking out.

chocolate chip cookies

260g flour
170g butter
100g brown sugar
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
200g or more chocolate chip (depends)

beat butter and sugar till fluffy
beat in egg and egg yolk
fold in flour then chocolate chop

180 C for 20 minutes

Cream Cheese Brownies Fudge

Thank you Peng's Kitchen for this wonderful recipe. Taste just right and so moist

190g Dark chocolate
50g butter
2 eggs
60g sugar
70g plain flour
40g self raising flour

cream cheese layer:
90g butter
250g cream cheese
60g sugar
3 eggs
3 1/2 tbsp floor, sifted

melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. set aside to cool
whisk eggs till thick, add sugar gradually, beat till creamy
fold in flour, then chocolate mixture
pour into tin

top with cream cheese:
beat butter and cheese till creamy
add in sugar and beat till fluffy
add eggs on at a time
fold in flour
pour on top of the chocolate filing

180 C for 30 minutes

PoPiah

Today' menu,

Popiah:Spring Roll



Of course we need a spring roll wrapper. Brought the ready made from the supermarket



1) layer it with some lettuces


2) Spread some sauce


To make the sauce:
a)Minced bean paste (tauchu)
b)Blend small red onion and garlic with some oil
c) Blend one carrot and 2 tomatos (remove the skin and seed)

cook b till fragrant then add in a then c. Keep frying until thicken. add in sugar up to your taste.

3) Add some eggs. optional


4) the vegetable


The most important ingredients for the Popiah
a) minced meat (fry)
b) dried srimp (fry)
c) long bean (boiled in hot water)
d) turnips (shredded)
e) carrot (shredded)
f) bean curd (diced)

After prepare all the above. Mix the above and cook till the vegetable soft, add some salt for taste.

Then arrange as below:


Top the popiah with, Fried onion (small red onion)


Garlic oil


Coriander (optional)


and if you prefer more meat, can add some Pork (char siew)

Blueberry Cheese Tart

Got the recipe from Kuali. Thanks for the easy making blueberry recipe. Of course I modified a bit....

For the crust:
200g Butter
180g sugar
2 eggs
450g flour

Beat the butter and the sugar till mix. then add in eggs one by one and last the flour. It will look like a dough now. Put to chill in fridge for 30 minutes.

Roll it to the thickness you like and put into mould. I used the disposable aluminum



Remember to used a fork to make some hole at the bottom before bake it. 200 C for10 minutes
wait to cold before pour in filling

To make the filling:
300g Cream Cheese
120g Sugar
45g Flour
2 eggs
120g Butter
45g whipping cream ( i used milk)

Beat Cream Cheese, butter and sugar till fulffy.
beat in eggs one at a time
pour in flour and milk
Then fill in the tart.

Last, spoon some blueberry in the middle and swirl it with a toothpick



easy right.......taste good too....yummy

Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak. Most important is the fragrant rice. I brought the ready made chili paste which are very disappointing.

For the rice:
One whole coconut - squeeze the coconut milk with added one cup of water
to cook about 3 to 3.5 cup of rice
Cook together with
1) One lemongrass (smash)
2) Ginger (size of a thumb, smash)
3) dash of whole black pepper
4) salt

Add some water to the desire measurement

served warm with hard boiled egg, fried chicken, freshly slice cucumber, some anchovies and some peanut too (if you like it)