Durian Chiffon Cake

After trying the durian cupcakes, I had leftover durian puree.. So I decided to try baking a Durian Chiffon Cake. My friend Eileen had given me 2 durian recipes to be attempted, and this is the 2nd one... Let's see how we fair in this Durian Chiffon.

 I had added fresh durian puree, not too sure how much 1/2 cup of durian puree will be, I had used about 125g of them. The batter came out abit stiff, very difficult to combined, but after adding in the durian puree, it became more manageable.
There wasn't any durian smell after I added in the puree, so I was crossing my fingers to see how this chiffon will turn out to be....

Mmmmm, not too bad... While baking half way through, the fragrant of the durian came by... and the whole house was smelling of durian. Nic on the other hand was telling me that it was so smelly... whereas for me, I was waiting for the outcome of this chiffon...:))

The texture of the chiffon came out not too bad, soft & fluffly, but it was a little little dense. But overall of it, it was very tasty!

So if you like durian, you might like to give this a try too?

Recipe as adapted from My Kitchen,

Ingredients (8"):
A
4 egg yolks
20gm caster sugar
40gm vegetable cooking oil
30ml milk (I used 40ml)¼ tsp salt
½ tsp durian essence (optional) (I omitted)
B
100gm cake flour (or 85gm all purpose flour + 15gm cornflour)
½ tsp baking powder

C
4 egg whites
100gm caster sugar
⅛ tsp cream of tartar

D½ cup durian flesh, pureed ( I used about 125g)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 170 degree C.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together ingredients A until combined.
3. Sift together ingredients B, then add into (2) and mix well. Set aside for later use.
4. In another large mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks. Add in sugar and cream of tartar and continue to beat until stiff.
5. Take ¼ of the meringue and mix with (3) until well mixed. Gradually add in remaining meringue, and lastly stir in durian puree. Stir until just combined.
6. Transfer batter into chiffon pan and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
7. Invert the cake immediately after taking out from oven, and cool on rack completely before turning out from mould.

Passionfruit Ogura Cake白香果相思蛋糕

I tried baking this Passionfruit Ogura Cake白香果相思蛋糕 a couple of weeks back. Now I am posting up all the post-bakes recipes that I had baked before I had misplaced the recipes..

I had seen alot of people baking these Ogura Cake, and the texture of the cake looked extremely yummy, soft & spongey... But I am not sure if I had gotten my texture right...??

This cake had to be baked in a "steam-bake" method. Else, method wise will be quite similar to chiffon cake. Instead of using the pandan recipe that I had gotten from a lady, Teoh from Baking Wonderland, I had used passionfruit.

Her ogura cake was so tempting and they simply look so soft, moist & spongey...

Whereas for mine, I think it was a bit "wet", though it had a soft texture. Seems like unbaked to me...:-p
Perhaps, I will try again soon to get the right texture...hahahahaha...

Here is the recipe for those of you who are keen:

Ingredients:

(A)

45g Canola Oil

60ml milk

1/4 tsp salt

6 egg yolk

1 whole egg

65g plain flour

20g pandan juice (I used 20g passionfruit pulp)

(B)

6 egg white

75g sugar

1/2 tsp cream of tar tar

Method:

1. Beat the oil, milk, salt, egg yolk & whole egg until frothy.

2. Fold in the sieved flour until well blended. Mix in the pandan juice, mix well & set aside.

3. Whisk the egg white+cream of tar tar+sugar until stiff peak.

4. Mix the egg white meringue into the egg yolk batter, mix untill well combined. Pour into a 9" baking mould.

5. Steam-bake in a prehated oven of 170C for about 45mins

Steamed Pandan Peanut Cupcakes

I have a busy weekend... I had been to SG Popular Book Fair at the Expo Hall on Saturday. But it didn't thrill me much as the cookbooks were as cheap as they were supposed to be... So yesterday, I headed down to JB and I decided to go to thier Popular Fair at Danga City Mall. I did not know where it was, but luckily the lady boss of the nail shop was kind enough to let me use her wifi to check the location. It was pretty easy to find the mall in the end. And of course I had grabbed at least 7 books which were so valued for money!!! Needless to say, my gals & my niece bought their loot as well...

Adding another steamed cupcake to the November Aspiring Baker's theme, this is a Steamed Cupcake I had gotten from Alex Goh's Steamed Cake.

These cupcakes had caught my attention as it was pandan flavor and they looked very pretty. But of course, Alex Goh put red bean filling whereas hubby suggested to use peanuts instead.

It was a little difficult to put the peanut fillings in the centre as "it" will "run" everywhere else in the cupcakes... So I had actually "dug" a hole in the centre and put in the peanut fillings, and fill them up with the remaining batter.

So, what do you think of them?

Recipe as adapted from Magic Steamed Cake by Alex Goh
(slight modifications)

Ingredients:

(A)

4 eggs

250g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

120ml canola oil

(B)

2 tsps pandan juice

few drops of green coloring

200g coconut milk

(I had used 2 tsp pandan paste instead of the pandan juice & green coloring)

(C)

400g flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

(I had omitted all and used self raising flour instead)

Method:

1. Whip A until sugar dissolves and slightly thicken. Add in B, mix until well blended.

2. Fold in sieved C, mix until well blended.

3. Pour the batter about 1/3 of the 7cm cupcake mould lined with paper cup. Steam for about 2-4mins.

4. Remove from heat and place the peanut fillings in the centre & press lightly.

5. Top with the remaining batter and steam for another 15-20mins over high heat.

Fillings can be omitted or changed to your preferred fillings like red bean paste, etc.

Have Fun:))

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #25 – Steaming Hot Cakes (November 2012) hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders. 

Swan Cream Puffs / Cream Puffs

I know I am always late... late for my postings...

Seeing my fellow baking friends whom had already baked cream puffs in September for the Bake-Along theme, Lena  and Mui, both of them had also attempted on the swan puffs. When I saw their puffs, I was envy, admiring how beautifully their swan puffs had been baked.

Recently, I had also saw some FB bakers, baking these swan puffs too... So pulled up my socks and started my challenge once again!!!!

These swan puffs recipes were adapted from Kevin Chai's. His recipe had stated 3-4eggs..., so I had used only 3eggs. I guess it would have been better to use 4eggs instead, as my batter was rather thick and it did not had the smooth, sateen feel...  Ended up the cream puff texture was abit tough, but overall was quite alright... :-D

So let me try 4 eggs in future...:-D

As I couldn't buy the instant custard cream, I had use the vanilla cream that I had used for the Hokkaido Cupcakes.

So how did I fare for these swan puffs?

Recipe as adapted from Kevin Chai's Dainty Desserts

Puff Ingredients:

200ml water

25ml fresh milk

80g butter

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar

170g high protein flour(cake flour)

3-4 eggs

Method:

1. Combine water, milk, butter, salt and sugar. Bring to boil.

2. Add in flour, use a wooden spoon, vigorously stir over medium heat until mixture leaves side of pan. Remove from heat.

3. Beat the dough in a mixer until cool completely. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth and satiny.

4. Spoon dough into piping bag and pipe out a big rosette and swan's head & neck. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C(200C) for 25mins. Leave to cool.

Custard Ingredients:

100g instand custard powder

120ml fresh milk

200g fresh whipped cream

1/2tsp vanilla essence

Method:

Stir instant custard powder with milk, then combine with the whipped cream and vanilla essence until well-combined.

To assemble, cut the puff into half, trim the top layer to form wing shape and fill the bottom layer with custard.

Garnish with fruits, wings and head.

Dust with icing sugar.

Have fun:-D

Passionfruit Chiffon Cake

I have been so lazy... I haven't been baking for probably a month... Been feeling too relaxed with my holiday to Bangkok last month, and busy waiting for my next one in November to Taipei... Gosh am I so excited!!!!

Today I suddenly got the mood... The mood to bake... hehehehe...

And here we have, a Passionfruit Chiffon Cake!!!

 I have already wanted to make one but I hadn't had much chance to buy the passionfruit till my colleague helped me bought a pack of them from the supermarket..:))

 So these passionfruits are compliments from my colleague, Carol... :-p

(pardon my passionfruits as I has left them too long in the fridge, thus the "wrinkled"skin)

And to my surprised, this passionfruit chiffon cake was awfully delicious!!!! 

The sour taste of the passionfruit had complimented well with the whole chiffon...

  And they are sooooooo soft & fluffy....

But this chiffon cake ain't my girls' favorite as there are "seeds" inside the chiffon cake... hahahaha....

Recipe as adapted from

Fruity Cakes by Alex Goh

Ingredients:

(A)

4 egg yolks

50g sugar

1/4tsp salt

50g canola oil

50g passionfruit pulp

20g water

(B)

100g cake flour

1/2tsp baking powder

(C)

4 egg whites

100g sugar

1/8tsp crream of tar tar

Method:

1. Mix (A) until well blended. Add in (B), and mixed well until well combined.

2. Whisk egg whites in (C) until soft peak forms. Add in cream of tar tar & sugar. Continue whipping until stiff.

3. Take 1/4 of the egg white meringue from Step 2 and mix with the mixture in Step 1 until well combined. Add in the remaining meringue and fold until well blended.

4. Pour the batter into a 22-cm chiffon tin and bake at 170C for about 40-45mins.

5. Immediately invert the cake tin after removing it out from the oven and let it cool completely.

Hope you will like this Passionfruit Chiffon Cake as much as I do:-D

Have fun!!!

Roasted Pandan Chicken

It had been quite a fruitful long weekend for me... I had been trying out new recipes and cooking, and visiting the wet markets in the morning. And I love going to the wet market in the morning because there are so much things to see, and BUY of course. Besides the food, there are also stalls selling plentiful stuffs like kids wear, adult wear, utensils, pots, mop, etc, etc.... Sometime I find myself getting good deals in the wet market... Do you too?

Today I have here a Roasted Pandan Chicken.

These days I find myself wanting to go to Johor Bahru for early breakfast & head off to Giant to buy some groceries, especially our ice-creams!!! So last Sunday, I came across this "Yum Yum" magazine & I decided to buy a copy. I was surprised, they have lots of yummy recipes indeed. This Roasted Pandan Chicken was one of them.

The marinating ingredients were rather simple, such as chilli boh, curry powder & coconut milk.

And the whole chicken was marinated and would be ready to be roasted in 1hrs time.

I have roasted the chicken for about 1 hour, and do make sure to turn sides so that the chicken will be fully roasted in the inner parts.

The smell of this Roasted Pandan Chicken was great...

But I did find it abit bland. Hubby on the other hand said that the roasted chicken was very tender and the taste & frangrant of the chicken was there.

But overall, with a twsit of the lemon juice, it compliment the whole roasted pandan chicken, making it very tasty & refreshing.

Perhaps you will like this dish as much as my hubby did??

A very quick & simple dish to prepare with no fuss.

Here is the actual recipe as adapted from the Yum Yum magazine, Issue 79, pg 13.

Roasted Pandan Chicken

Ingredients

1 chicken (about 1.5kg)

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp curry powder

1 bamboo skewer

Marinade (mixed well)

2 tsp salt

1 tbsp chilli boh ( I use belacan)

1 tbsp curry powder

3 tbsp thick coconut milk

10 pandan leaves

Method:

1. Spoon the marinade into the chicken cavity and place pandan leaves inside.

2. Rub the salt & curry powder over the chicken and marinate for 1 hour.

3. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C for about 45 mins. Remove chicken from the oven and cut into pieces. Serve.