Monday, November 30, 2009

Brownie with Swirl Cheese




Aunty is coming from KL with her little daughter, Jasmine. I know for sure, Jasmine will play with my eldest daughter, Megan. They are closed as relative and as friend since they are at the same age. I intend to bake something for her and my Aunty.

I still have the last block of cream cheese left in the fridge, so i decided to re-follow one of my favorite recipe. The cocoa taste so...so rich that everyone love it! My husband even request me to bake another one on the following day, as he love cocoa a lot!

Please refer to my previous baked at Cream Cheese Brownie. You might be wondering why i named the same recipe differently, huh?? I wanted to try the marble effect, which i think i need practise. I pour 1/3 of the brownie batter into baking tray, following by cream cheese batter. Then, drop the balance of the brownie batter on top. Use plastic knife to draw swirl.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Horlicks Doggie
















For my boy's sake, i bake again this tedious doggie cookies. See how noble i am, haha! He brought the cute doggies to kindergarten to celebrate children's day this morning. :)

Surprisingly, this time is much more faster and easier than last time. Maybe it's the magic of CO-OPERATION!!! waahaha... I made an exception last night, to let my kids "hands-on" to produce all the cute doggies.

I would like to share with you a secret! Shhh....
Now then i know, Milo妈咪和Horlicks妈咪生出来的狗狗,真的是有差别的!!!
Horlicks doggies just taste so..so, somemore very sticky to teeth.
Milo doggies are so chocolatey.... too nice to resist!!!

For recipe, please refer my last baked Doggy Milo Cookies. I just substitute the milo to horlicks (with same amt)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Mini Chocolate Tarts


I miss pastry. I want something with chocolate. Here comes the mini chocolate tarts. :)
Trust me, the chocolate custard is very nice!!! Give this recipe a try!

But there's something troubling me..... i think this pastry (from my previous apple tart recipe) seems not so suitable for the chocolate custart! It's too easily "breakable" type of pastry.
You may try this mixture to form the pastry:-- melted butter mix with crushed biscuits. OR, use your favorite pastry recipe.
I made 18 mini tarts in two hours. Guess what! They are all finished within 1/2 hour. "You see, now you don't" haha.......

Mix and match recipe from Pink Lady :P

Filling:
120g baking chocolate
3 tbls butter
1 tbl sugar
1 1/2 eggs

Methods:
1. Melt the baking chocolate with butter using double-boil method. Let it cool, set aside.
2. Stir eggs and sugar, slightly beat.
3. Pour the egg mixture into cooled chocolate. Stir until combine.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Milo Muffin with Cheese Filling






Hsling's muffin recipes has never disappointed me! This muffin recipe has a very soft and fluffy texture. The original recipe use 2 tbls cocoa powder, but mine has finished, so i just substitute with milow powder.
It's sad that i am not very satisfy with its look. Other bloggers's cheese filling muffin looks nice; but, see mine? my cheese filling is not "hiding" in the center of the muffin, and the cheese never "burst out" from the top of the muffin..... :(
I guess i need to make a well in the muffin batter,to put in the cheese filling..... next time! Yes, next time..... to recover its original looks :)

Recipes from Hsling (but i made some amendment)
Cheese Filling:
Cream Cheese 120g
2 tbls castor sugar
*Just mix well.

Muffin:
85g butter
70g brown sugar
2 eggs
70ml fresh milk
140 self-rising flour
4-5 tbls milo powder

1. Mix butter and brown sugar until well combine.
2. Add in one egg, beatin until combine, then follow with the second egg. Continue beating.
3. In another bowl, mix the flour and milo powder together. Pour in half the flour mixture to the batter. Beating.
4. Pour in the fresh milk, beating until dissolve.
5. Again, pour in the balance of the flour mixture to the batter. Beating until well combine.
6. Scoop one big spoon of batter into muffin cup. Then, one scoop of cheese batter in the centre. Finish with another spoon of muffin batter.
7. Bake at 160 C for 25 mins.

Monday, November 2, 2009

简易花生糊




My hubby is craving for 花生糊 since 2 weeks ago. We tasted a very rich peanut flavour and creamy dessert at Restoran JinJin during a gathering after my dear grandmother's funeral.

He has been searching for stall that sells this dessert. At the same time, i am searching for the recipe thr net. The traditional methods is tedious. It requires to fry the peanuts, leave it cool, blend with white rice, before put to the gas to cook. Luckily and finally, i got a very simple methods from my Aunty-Hua. It is express and simply, yet i got the creamy taste!!!

Recipes:

Ingredients:
5 tbls brown rice powder
3 tbls peanut butter
300ml water
sugar

Methods:
1. Stir the brown rice powder with 300ml water until the powder fully dissolve into water. Put to the gas to cook on low heat, continue stiring until thicken.
2. Stir peanut butter with 1 tbls of water. Pour it into the brown rice mixture. Continue stiring.
3. Lastly, put some sugar for your taste of sweetness.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Durian Cheese Cake
















Ehmm..... it's not only rich, but dense!!

This is specially posted for those durian fans. The taste of durian has fully covered the taste of cheese. It's just like eating durian! The mixture of cream cheese and durian flesh make it too ..... dense and rich! If you are not into durian, do not try this!
Be prepare, your hands, your mouth and fridge will be full of durian smells.......

Recipes
Base:
160g crushed chocolate marie biscuits
80g melted butter

Filling:
500g cream cheese
80g caster sugar
220g durian flesh
3 eggs
80ml milk
2 tbls flour

Method:
1. To make the base, stir all ingredients until combined. Press mixture into base. Set aside.
2. To make the filling, beat cream cheese, sugar and durian flesh until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Beat in milk and flour until blended.
4. Bake in oven at 160C for 35minutes or until light brown.
5. Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely. Chill in fridge 5 hours or overnight.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Orange Chocolate Cheese Cake





I am craving for Cheesecake since my last bake. I forgot which recipes books i came across with this idea, which i had copied down in my note. But, i just wanna to taste how chocolate and orange be together. And, i wanna try the recipe with flour added in making cheesecake.

This time, i am using oatmeal biscuits. I didn't crush until very fine, very small pieces which are bitable. The base turns out very crunchy! Well, i don't really taste the orange flavour in the cheesecake. Maybe juice from only one orange doesn't enough. I suggest to squeeze in 2 oranges and skip away the milk. Flour added cheesecake do taste a little bit like cake.

Recipes
Base:
1 pkt Oat biscuits, crushed
120g melted butter

Ingredient:
90g sugar
3 egg whites
600g cream cheese
3 egg yolks
50ml milk
50g flour
juice from 1 orange

Toppings:
Melted chocolate
whipping cream

Methods for cream cheese batter:
1. whisk egg whites and sugar until creamy, set aside.
2. Beat cream cheese and egg yolks until well combined.
3. Add in milk and orange juice, continue beating.
4. Fold in flour, and stir well.
5. Pour in egg whites micture into cheese batter in 3 times, gently and slowly stirring until fully combined.
6. Pour the batter on top of biscuits base.
7. Bake 150C for 45mins. Leave in the oven for another 1 hour with door slighly open.
8. Keep in the fridge for at least 4 hours. Spread the chocolate topping and garnish with oranges.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

花旗参炖田鸡



This soup is specially made to my dearest son. He is very pitiful, "torturing" by skin problem for nearly a year. I have to be very careful for his eating habbits. Eggs and chickens are strictly prohibited. My Indon maid even told me that in her kampung, people with skin problem also cannot take fish. SO, my poor son can only take pork and vegetables. Can you imagine, how boring is his meals?

My mom-in-law suggested me to give him edible frog (田鸡), which helps in skin healing. Here is the soup i made for him. He enjoy it eventhough it's a bit bitter, with the herb (花旗参). GOOD BOY!

材料:
花旗参 两小包
红枣 一手把
枸杞子 少许
300克 田鸡

三碗水