Steamed Coffee Layered Cake

Kek Lapis Kopi Kukus

Since yesterday was Sunday,I was free to make one cake.That one cake was to have coffee flavour added inside.

....And as if adding coffee was not enough,i added in some oreo biscuits into two of the layers.You can always skip this step.It's optional.

Sometimes,If I'm lazy,I can have only two colours instead of using
more colours.This way,I don't have to wash up a lot of utensils and
plates.

Although you can use 3-in-1 coffee powder,it is however,advisable to use strong black coffee for a more coffee taste.If you really are a coffee lover of course!

Now,the ingredients needed:

450g anchor butter

180g caster sugar

220g Hong kong flour,sifted

10 eggs

1 small tin kaya(170g)

1 small tin condensed milk

4 tbsps strong coffee powder + i tbsp hot water to mix(or 2 pkts 3-in-1)

1 tbsp vanilla essence

a pinch of red,green colouring,yellow,brown/black

Method:

1..Beat butter and sugar until creamy.

2..Add in eggs one at a time,but preferably in alternate with condensed milk so that the mixture won't be so lumpy.(egg,then milk,then egg,then milk) until both are used up.

3.  Add in vanilla essence,follow by kaya and condensed milk.

4.  Then add in sifted flour.Mix well to combine.

5.  Divide mixture into 4 portions.Each portion add in desired colouring.

6.  Steam layer by layer over high heat,making sure each layer is set first               before adding in the next layer or colour.

7.  After the last layer,steam the cake a bit longer to properly cooked through.

8.  Take the cake out from the steamer to cool.Wait until it is properly cool,then
     cut to serve.

9.  The cake can be chilled in the fridge.
        

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Basic Bread Machine Bread

When I think of no cholesterol bread,I go for the basic.One that is without animal fats.Just the basic of water,sugar,salt,veg oil,flour and yeast.

Combine all these together into the bread maker to make a healthy bread.No eggs,no milk and no butter.

Start with the liquid ingredients first into the bread pan of the bread machine.Choose basic or dough or soft and press start.The machine will do all the work.


Remember to take the blade out as soon as the machine stops working.This is to prevent the bread having large hole at the bottom of the bread.

Use your hand to press lightly the top of the dough evenly and smoothly so that your bread won't look like this:

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Sometimes the bread machine don't do the bread nicely.We have to manually use our hands to do it.

I use medium loaf setting.It is ready in 3 hours.

I like to  toast my bread.

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.


Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

3 tbsps sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsps veg oil

3 cups bread flour

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

Method:

Place liquid ingredients first into the bread pan,follow by the dry ingredients.Yeast comes last.

Press dough or basic according to your bread machine.Colour.Start.

When machine stop spinning,take out blade or you can just leave it inside but it will leave a big hole.

Leave the dough inside the machine.Smooth the surface for a better looking bread.

When the machine done baking the bread,cool on a wire rack.

Baked Cheesecake

Okay! Forget about about my ugly pictures.Think about a nice cheesecake for tea time.This cheesecake is super yummy and easy to make.Great snack with a cup of tea.

My family can't get enough of this

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Found this recipe from an old book.

Ingredients:

Crust:

130g marie biscuits,crushed into crumbs

70g melted butter

Cheese Filling:

500g Cream cheese,at room temperature

60g castor sugar 

3 eggs,separated

75g nestle cream(coconut cream can also do)

30g plain flour,sifted

1 tsp vanilla essence

pinch of salt

Method:

Grease well 22 cm spring form cake pan.Mix biscuits crumbs with melted butter and spread on base of cake pan,pressing mixture down with the back of a wooden spoon.Refrigerate 
while you prepare the filling.

Put cream cheese,half the sugar,egg yolks,cream,flour and vanilla essence into an electric blender or mixer or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.

In a clean bowl,whisk egg whites with salt for 2 minutes until fluffy,then add remaining sugar 
gradually and beat just until stiff.

Carefully mix cream cheese mixture with beaten egg whites and pour onto chilled crust.

Bake in pre-heated 160°C oven for 50 minutes or until cake mixture is quite firm.Turn off
oven and leave cheesecake to cool inside the oven with door ajar.

Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight.

Fried Radish-Yam Cake

I love this triangle-shaped kueh all through my childhood and adult years till now.One of my favourite local fritters.Some are shaped in square.

My children also love to eat this kueh.Whenever they see stalls selling,they will point at it
and ask to buy.

Ingredients:

150g radish-shredded

150g yam-shredded

30g dried prawns

1 clove garlic

Seasoning:

salt/sugar to taste

some dash of white pepper

oil


Batter:

1 cup rice flour

1/2 cup water plus 1 cup hot boiling water

Method For cooking:

1.Heat up 2 tbsps cooking oil.Fry the dried prawns and garlic.

2.Add in the radish and yam.Cook until softened.Dish up and set aside.

Method For The Batter:

1. In a bowl,mix rice flour with 1/2 cup of water.Add the seasonings in.Stir to a smooth 
    paste.

2.In a pot of hot boiling water,pour the flour batter in to mix until it thickens.

3.Now,mix the batter to the radish and yam.Mix well.

4.Brush baking tray with some oil.Pour the mixture in spreading with the back of a spoon.

5.Steam in the wok of boiling water at medium heat for 20 minutes until cook.

6.Take out and leave to cool.When it is already cooled,cut into triangle or square shape.

7.If you want to dip-fried,pour enough oil into the wok so that you can dip-fried the batter.

8.For not so crispy type,just use a few tablespoons of oil in a non-stick pan and fry the batter
   until it turns brown,turning on both sides.
    

If you only fry it with little oil,it will become like the picture above.

Honey Ginger Drink

Try this ginger with honey drink.Drink it either hot or cold.
You can also go with cinnamon stick-that is,honey,ginger and cinnamon if you don't mind the taste of the cinnamon 
which is I don't like.I only go for honey and ginger.Honey acts as a sweetener to the ginger which in turn taste nice and palatable.

Honey and ginger has some health benefits.
Google up and you will know.I'm not going to talk long over a recipe post.

Instructions:

Place the ginger in a cup,(a few slices about 4).If cinnamon stick is use,add it together with the ginger.

Pour hot boiling water full into the cup.Let it sit for 15 minutes.Then add in honey to taste,1-2 tablespoon.

Add some ice cubes if prefer to drink cold.

How To Make Roselle Drink

This is roselle drinks.Last week I went to the night market and this red,beautiful fruits caught my attention.I then ask the woman selling this to confirm whether this is roselle and she said yes.I was told by the woman that it can be made into juice and jam and many other uses.
To find out more,read here: 
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/food/features/2015/04/12/roselle-makes-you-feel-blooming-marvellous/

I've ever heard of roselle but don't know much about it except that it can be made into drinks and a relative of mine had once grown plenty at her backyard.
Happily,I bought the roselle back and immediately went to the kitchen to cook.The woman told me to de-seed first,that is take the seed out from the red calyx and boil only the calyx with a pot of water and add in some sugar for sweetness and taste.

Above is a short clip showing how I made my roselle juice.

Ingredients:

25 roselle(calyx)

1400 ml of water

5 tbsps castor sugar

Instructions:

1.After deseed,boil the calyces(roselle) in a pot of water.

2.Add in sugar and continue boiling for 30 minutes.The water will turned red.

3.Leave to cool and chilled in the fridge.After chilling,the drinks will taste nicer.

Ermm......It taste like ribena.

Baked Kuih Bingka Ubi kayu/Tapioca Cake/Cassava Cake

Everyone said this is the easiest local cake to do and I had to agree more. It's all mix and bake.

The hard skin are peel off,washed clean of any dirt,then using a grater to grate,then when 

the grating is done,mix all the ingredients in a big bowl,place on a baking pan, and bring to the oven

to bake.there is also a steamed version to this cake.Both are very nice.

Ingredients:

520g tapioca,grated

170g coarse sugar

120g thick coconut milk

1 egg

50g melted butter

1/2 tsp salt

Method:

1. Peel the tapioca skin off.Wash the tapioca clean removing any dirt.

2.  Grate the tapioca using a grater.

3. Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl until well-combined.

4. Pour into the greased  baking loaf or lined with a banana leaf brush with oil.

5. Bake in the pre-heated oven top and low heat at 190°C for 45-50 minutes until brown and cooked.

6. Leave to cool then cut to pieces and eat warm preferable with hot tea.

Matcha Chipsmore Cookies

 I have nothing much to say about this.just the love of matcha green tea and chocolate chips,so combine together to form matcha chocolate chips cookies.

 This is a treat for my daughter who loves matcha more than me and she loves chipsmore cookies when she was a little girl.

Ingredeints:

226g Unsalted Butter(room temperature)

120g Caster sugar

60g Milk

30g Egg Yolk(2 eggs)

240g Cake Flour

1 tbsp matcha powder

Methods:

Beat the butter until smooth.Add in the sugar and milk.Beat at medium speed until fluffy.

Add in the egg yolk and continue beating.

Add in the sifted flour and gently fold in using spatula to mix thoroughly.

Then add in the matcha powder.Mix well.

Take small dough.Make round shapeLightly flatten it and put chocolate chips on the top.

Arrange on lined baking tray.Bake in oven 170°C for 15 mins or until baked.Cool on wire rack.Store in air-tight container.

German Cookies-Dog Shaped

Dog Shaped Cookies-The year Of The Dog-2018

Cutie Cutie doggies

This recipe was from Baking Tai Tai. http://www.bakingtaitai.com/2014/06/german-butter-cookies.html 

I double the recipe and shaped in the form of dogs since it's the year of the dog.I saw pictures of this cute lovely doggies posted on facebook and also seen the cookies being sold by some cookies seller.At first,I weren't thinking of making because it's going to be a tedious job.That was until I went to buy some baking needs that the cashier recommended me.She thought that I was going to make some dog cookies when she saw my koko crunch

and chocolate chips on the counter.My daughter had wanted to buy the koko crunch home to eat.The cashier kept telling me that the koko crunch was way too big for making the dog's ears.Feeling blur,she show me a card with dogs pictures and recipe on it.Finally,I understood what she meant.Though I have seen people posted on facebook,I weren't too keen in knowing what they uses to make the nose,eyes and ears.This cashier made me feel interested.Why not since I have the koko crunch and chocolate chips,I can just add in two more things,that is the love for the tongue and chocolate rice for the eyes.You can do without the tongue.It's optional.On the cashier's advised,I changed the koko crunch into smaller one.My daughter won't be eating that much.The rest would be for me to make dogs 

cookies.Feeling excited I went home to bake.

At first I made this types, then  I changed to bigger ears because I see it more cutier and lovelier.

This is also my first time baking with potato starch.

This german cookies are very soft.

Ingredients:

250g unsalted butter(I prefer salted,so I used)

80g icing sugar

2 tbsps vanilla

250g potato starch

160g plain flour/all purpose flour

Methods:

1. In a mixing bowl,use electric mixer to beat butter and icing sugar till creamy.Add in vanilla

and continue beating till well combined.

2.Add in sifted potato starch and plain flour with a spatula to form a soft dough.

3.Make small balls and tiny balls for the nose attachments.Then attach the koko crunch as 

ears,the chocolate chips as nose,the love as the tongue,and chocolate chips as the eyes.

4.After all done,bake in oven 150°C,fan forced with top and bottom heat.Bake for 15-20 minutes,but your oven temperature may varies.(know your own oven).

5.Let the cookies to cool on the baking tray first to prevent breakage before transferring to wire rack to further cool.

Love Pineapple Tarts

With love from Pineapple tarts 2018

Chinese New Year is round the corner.Every year I made pineapple tarts.This year I sealed my pineapple tarts with love.

This recipe below is just great for making the roll and closed pineapple tarts.

It's just a random recipe for every year from:https://cocomintt.blogspot.my/2014/01/pineapple-tarts-for-chinese-new-year.html

226 grams butter

3 tbsp sugar

11/2 tsp salt

1 egg yolk

21/2 cups flour(330g)

2 tbsp milk powder

2 tbsp corn flour

21/2 tsp custard powder 

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

Beat butter with sugar until fluffy.Then add in egg yolk.Mix the flour,corn flour,custard flour,milk powder and salt together.Then add to the butter mixture.Add in the vanilla essence and beat again evenly. Make into dough and roll,then shape with cutter.Fill the pineapple jam.Bake in a preheated oven,180°C until cooked.

With love from pineapple tarts 2018