Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Red Bean Paste Chiffon Cake



Left over red bean paste is in good to use here. It turned out well, loved the flavour.  We find it best eaten after chilled, it is more moist somehow.





I ran out of the original Cake flour, this came in handy since it has stayed untouched in my pantry for awhile already.  I normally use 1 tablespoon of baking powder with 1/4 teaspoon salt if I use the cake flour.


You may decide whether you need to reduce the sugar if you are using the sweetened red bean paste like I did.  For mine, I did not reduce the sugar as my paste was not that sweet.
nice colour from the red bean paste


24cm Chiffon cake pan
Ingredients (yolk batter)
7 egg yolks
30g castor sugar
60g canola oil
120ml room tempreature milk
150g  white self-raising flour ( low protein)
250g red bean paste
1 tsp vanilla extract

Meringue 
7 egg whites
90g castor sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Method 

 For the Yolk Batter (step 1)
Whisk in all ingredients (except the flour). When all well mixed,  fold in the flour.
Set aside.

For the Meringue (step 2)
Using your mixer, beat in  egg whites with lemon juice.
When it gets foamy, add in sugar in a few batches.
Continue to beat until it reaches just stiff peak.

(step 3)
Take 1/3 of the Meringue and mix in the yolk batter, this is to lighten the texture.
With the remainning 2 batches of Meringue, continue to fold into the yolk batter until all completely done, ensuring no lumps appears. Tap the cake tin against the kitchen counter twice to remove air bubbles.

(step4)
Pour into the prepared pan (ungreased) and bake at preheated oven of 160C for 55 minutes. Test by inserting a skewer deep down in the centre, if it comes out clean, it's done.

(step 5)
Invert the cake pan immediately and let it cool completely. To release the cake out from the tin, run a knife through all edges of the cake to loosen it.














Penang Tau Sar Piah


Great experience, it all took me 2 long sessions to complete the task ( nearly 70 pieces), but it was all worth it.

Red Bean Flower Bun



Italian Semolina Bread



Quite interesting bread as this is my first time using semolina flour here. It is the kind of durum wheat that is used for pasta.  Good texture, quite a dense loaf with a nice flavour.  

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake


                                       A very moist cake with light chocolate taste.




Recipe from Women's weekly
Ingredients
300g self-raising flour
220g castor sugar
35g cocoa
250ml water
160ml bottled whole egg mayonnaise



Method
Grease deep 20cm round cake pan, cover base with baking paper.
Combine all ingredients, whisk until all ingredients are combined, smooth and changed in colour.
Pour mixture into prepared pan, bake in preheated oven of 160C for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Stand for a few minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.




Honey Oatmeal bread ( whole wheat)

 A light, moist healthy bread.

Pan fry Pork Chop (Asian style)



Ingredients (12 pieces)
3 tbsp light soya sauce
3 tbsp rice wine
6 tsp sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 + 1/4 tsp five spice powder
1 tbsp garlic mince
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 egg, lighten beaten
drizzle a bit of sesame oil
6 tbsp cornstarch