Honey Orange Chiffon Vs Old Fashion Butter Cake

Made a Honey Chiffon cake for my SIL's family,

As her hb cannot take too sweet stuff, I tot honey and fresh orange should be a good replacement from sugar and milk.  Sound so much healthier right...  Anyway end product is so light but too moist, think I need to reduce on the juice or bake longer.

The above is a bit too light for my liking I decided to make a butter cake.

Got the Recipe from Nasi Lemak Lover

But I change a bit due to I only have Unsalted Butter and don't know what is Vanilla, so I replacing it with vanilla extract.

Butter cake turn out to be more fluffy and moist compare to the one I did early this month.

Brought some for my colleagues and they are said that is yummy!

Think people will think that I am crazy to make 2 cakes in a night about 2.5hrs.  With more practice I can actually reduce the things to wash as well as the baking process.  Very proud of myself.

Dec 2013 Trip Planning

Told Michelle I will leave early on 20th Dec as hope to reach KL before 9pm.

We will be staying in KL for 2 days before going to Penang on 22nd Dec.

Leaving Penang on 26th Dec and Spend 2 nights in Ipoh and 2 nights in Port Dickson.

Can't wait for my long holiday...

My Chiffon 心路历陈

See my pandan cake who prefer to be a Kueh...

 Tried so many times and finally succeeded, is it due to the new Oven?
Anyway love my new oven who bought by my dear.

He is always so supportive on what I am doing, buying tools for me and clean for me after the mess I made in the kitchen as well as finished all those Kueh Kueh.

Gula Melaka Chiffon Cake

Sister in law told me that her 1st chiffon cake is not successful.

Actually is quite normal for beginner as baking a chiffon cake is not very easy as it look.

From the egg selection to egg beating, folding, and bring it into oven...

Tips on Making a nice chiffon :-

• Egg must be room temperature
• No egg yolk should be swimming in egg white
• Egg white should not touch with water or grease
• No lining of paper is required
• Temperate should not be too high, but if not high enough it will not rise nicely. (this is by trial and error as the user know their oven best) For my oven I set it at 160c, wanted to try on a higher temp to test water.
• all the ingredient adding with Egg yolk can do it in any order but not for egg white.
• Egg white only need to beat till soft peak.
• Folding the egg white partially into the yolk mixture.  This is to prevent air from escaping from the egg white mixture.
• Hit a few time after batter is transfer to the container.
• Put it into the pre heated oven
• Bake till done!

Back to my Gula Melaka Chiffon Cake, I put 1 whole pc of palm sugar into the coconut mixture and double boil it when the sugar is going to melt I added egg yolk and remove it out of the heat.  Mix it with flour.  This portion can anyhow mix, as it won't affect the final product.  Tested as I put the oil last.

No changes on ingredient for egg white mixture.

Love the end product very much as it is soft and spongy with nice coconut favor.

You are my guests...

How to finish my pastries that I bake daily... I can ask my colleagues to help 8)

Waiee :- I never eat Chocolate Chiffon Cake before, I never see it selling in stall...  (Thanks, you make my day)

Jai Ling :- The Pandan Cake is tasty, the smell is nice too.

---- BTW I try to stall my chiffon cake in the fridge overnight, and it still tasty 8)

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Chocolates are my hb and kids favorite so I must try doing it, I don't like to look at recipe, just change and switch the ingredient and "ta ta" here is my yummy chocolate chiffon cake.

Replacing Milk to Chocolate Milk
120g of flour to 100g flour and 20g of cocoa powder

Only problem I am facing now is that all my chocolate chip sink to the ground.

Pandan Chiffon

Making 2 pastries today, Pandan Chiffon cake using the same recipe for Lemon Chiffon...

Initially when I put the batter into the mold I am so worry that it might become a Kueh again.  As the mixture is more watery compared to Lemon Chiffon due to the 1 tsp of pandan paste that I added.

End result was satisfactory... MIL say that it is spongy and moist.

Milk Bun with Sausage and Cheese

I don't really weigh my ingredient for Bread making... Making 3 times per week for the last 8 mths I can tell you that I am very confident on my bread and bun.

I enjoy seeing the dough dancing in the machine.  Enjoy the rising process too...

To ensure the bun is fluffy all we need to do is to knead longer... 

After seeing the dough become shining and smooth is the right time to let it rise.

I need about 1 hr to make the dough chubby.

Adding extra flour to ensure the dough don't stick on our hand.

I will cut my dough into 12 portions.

Roll it with sausage and add cheese on top of the bun.

Wait it to rise for another 30 mins

Bring into oven and bake for 20 mins or until it is browish.

Brush it with butter so that they will look shiny and yummy!

Recipe :- 3/4 cup of Milk, 2 cups of Bread flour, 3 tbsp of Sugar, 30 gm of Butter, 1 tsp of salt and 1.5 tsp of yeast.

Lemon Chiffon Cake

I tried many time on making a Chiffon cake and always failed.

End product always turn into kueh.

I love the texture and the taste of it, I love the ingredient which is not so sinful as butter cake.

I have all the ingredient stated in the book and follow step by step in the guide.

Finally my 1st Chiffon cake is born.

The Lemon favour is very strong that kids don't really fancy it, but is ok I can always convert it into a Cheese

Chiffon cake or a Chocolate Chiffon cake to win their heart.

My New Oven n a cake turn into a kueh...

I just bought a new Europac oven on Sunday, as my old mistral's door is unable to close fully.

I am adventure, trying to make a Rainbow Cake with my new oven.

Mission failed as I over folded the flour it become a kueh...

Kids are happy with my invention and finished for me.

Got to thanks them to give me the courage to more on.

Love them always. 

The Rainbow Kueh look pretty before it bring into oven.

This is the weighing machine bought in Taobao, very cheap less than S$8...