2016年2月2日 星期二

My first handmade buns

After the bread class on 31 Jan 2016, we made our own dough and brought it home. I created 4 plain bun using the dough and the kitchen filled with the smell of butter and yeast which made you feel so good on a cold night.

My mom prepared some eggs and I inserted them in the middle of the bun and ate them as breakfast the next morning. They were so yummy!




(Handmade: 1 Feb 2016)

低發寶寶造型麵包班

低發寶寶造型麵包班,一個麵團一次過做三款港式麵包:千島醬芝士帶子包,大公司菠蘿油,豬柳漢堡。班上同學都很nice, 交換整包心得。今日大豐收! Spent 3 hours in baking class and made 3 kinds of Hong Kong style breads.


(Class: 31 Jan 2016)

Buttermilk Pancake

I love pancake. And to use up the buttermilk, I decided to make buttermilk pancake as my Sunday breakfast. It tastes so good and so easy to make! Highly recommend the recipe by Sweetheart Kitchen: http://sweetheartkitchen.com/recipes/blueberry-pancakes/



(Homemade: 31 Jan 2016)

法國藍帶QUATRE-QUARTS AU CITRON

Louis s Bakery 的食譜所製作的法國藍帶QUATRE-QUARTS AU CITRON (檸檬磅蛋糕). 第一次用Microplane zester (刨絲器), 刨出來的檸檬絲很幼細,又不會刨到白色苦的那層,焗的時候很香。味道跟Madeleine小貝殼蛋糕相似。

食譜:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1053869711331734&substory_index=0&id=787388524646522



(Homemade: 29 Jan 2016)

Golden Butter Cupcakes

Among cake mix, Golden Butter Cake by White Wings is one of my favorite. To use up the buttermilk which is about to be expired, I used it for making cupcakes this time, and this took shorter time than baking a whole cake.

Buttermilk tastes really much better than normal milk. The cakes often come up with special aroma.


柚子棉花蛋糕

After the failures of making cotton cake, I finally discovered another recipe which suits my small oven and the cake turned out beautifully!







































麵粉糊
1. 低筋粉 50g
2. 無鹽牛油 35g
3. 蛋黃3隻 + 全蛋1隻
4. 牛奶 50g
5. 韓國蜂蜜柚子茶/柚子蜜 50g
6. 雲尼拿油 1茶匙 (隨意)

蛋白霜
1. 蛋白3隻
2. 砂糖 45g
3. 檸檬汁數滴

做法:
1. 焗爐預熱160度。烤盤加室溫水入爐開機預熱。(我的爐是細爐,23 升)
2. 將牛油放鍋中加熱成牛油溶液後關火,倒入已過篩的低粉拌勻備用。
3. 蛋黃及1隻蛋在打蛋盤在打勻,加入牛奶,柚子蜜和雲尼拿拌勻。(柚子皮較重身會沉底,可用少些柚子皮多些柚子蜜)
4. 把鍋中麵糊倒入蛋糊中拌勻備用。
5. 蛋白用低速打起,加入檸檬汁。砂糖分三次加入打成蛋白霜,不要打太硬,起勾便見好收手。
6. 將1/3 份蛋白霜混入麵糊中輕手拌入,再將所有蛋白霜加入拌勻。
7. 將混合物倒入蛋糕模中 (活動模要先用錫紙包好外邊以防滲水。另外我在模底加上一張圓形牛油紙方便起模). 輕震走氣泡後入爐。
8. 160度焗30分鐘後,轉140度焗30分鐘。用竹籤測試熟後關掉焗爐焗5分鐘後取出。
9. 取出後待一會等糕邊收縮少少後便甩模放架上放涼。

(Homemade: 24 Jan 2016)

2016年1月10日 星期日

Cotton Cake 原味棉花蛋糕

With reference to the recipe from Chef Chu''s Kitchen, I pulled up myself and gathered my ingredients to make the cotton cake. The recipe is very simple with only a few ingredients, but skillful technique is needed.

Let's look at the ingredients first.
 
Ingredients:
(6 inch mould)

1. Unsalted butter 48g
2. Cake flour 65g
3. Whole egg 1 pc
4. Egg white 4 pcs
5. Egg Yolk 4 pcs
6. Milk 65g
7. Cane sugar 63g

Method:

1. Preheat oven at 180 Celsius. 
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan until boil. Turn off the heat and put in the flour and mix.
3. Pour 1 whole egg, 4 egg yolks and milk into the flour mixture gradually and mix.
4. Beat the 4 egg white with sugar into meringue.
5. Mix the meringue with the flour mixture until fully mixed.
6. Pour the mixture into a lined cake mould. Bake the cake at 180 Celsius for 15 minutes. Then bake for 65 minutes at 150 Celsius.

And this is my first cotton cake - crack at the top and uneven inside:









And this is my second trial - no crack this time but raise high at one side (sigh!) but great that it dropped down finally (baked this especially for our friend Johnny and Ming last night and I am so glad that they said it tasted good!):






I've consulted Chef Chu and he said that the temperature of the oven is uneven as it is a small size one. What I can do is to move the cake quickly to another side. I will try again and see when I can get the desirable result!