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Honey chocolate Herman Chiffon

October 29, 2017 at 4:47 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes, chiffon/sponge ·Tagged , ,

Honey Chocolate Herman Chiffon

Ingredients:

90g All purpose Flour
50g Herman Starter
80g Corn Oil
70g Milk
30g Honey
1/4 tsp salt
6 yolks (from 65g eggs)
10g flour
10g cocoa power

6 egg whites
60g caster sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, place yolks, oil, Herman starter, milk, honey, salt and use a hand whisk to whisk until combined. Sift in 90g flour and mix again until lump free and smooth. Divide into two equal portion. One portion add 10g for flour and the other portion with 10g cocoa powder. Set aside.
2. Beat the egg white until frothy before adding the cream of tartar and continue to beat while gradually adding the 60g of sugar until a firm meringue is achieved. Divide into 2 equal portions.
3. Fold in 1/3 of one portion of the meringue into the plain yolk batter using a hand whisk until fully incorporated. Add the balance in two portions and towards the end, switch to a spatula to gently scoop from the bottom of the bowl and fold up. Keep folding until no streaks of egg yolk batter can be seen. Do the same for the cocoa portion.
4. Finally scoop both batters alternatively into a 20 cm chiffon pan to form zebra strips. When completed, tap gently to break big bubbles.
5. Bake at 160C for 85-90 minutes steam bake method. Place your tube pan into a seamless pan before placing into another bigger pan filled with hot water. Temperature and baking time is a guide only, so adjust accordingly. Remove the water bath at the last 5-10 minutes of baking.
6. Once cooked, remove from oven immediately and invert to cool before unmoulding.

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Marble Butter Cake

October 12, 2017 at 3:32 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes ·Tagged , , , ,

2nd attempt using 230g butter

Marble Butter Cake
Recipe adapted from Barry Apek’s Batik Butter Cake

Ingredients:

230 gm salted butter
100 gm caster sugar
200 gm self raising flour (sifted)
4 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)

4 whites
70g caster sugar
¼ tsp cream of tartar

liquid:
45 gm milk for plain batter
45 gm cocoa liquid (dissolve 10gm of cocoa powder in 35gm of warm water)

Instructions:

1. Beat butter, salt and the 100gm of sugar until light & fluffy. Add in egg yolks, one at a time, beating well until incorporated before adding the next one. Add vanilla extract. Add sifted flour in 3 additions, mix until fully incorporated.
2. Divide the batter in (1) into 2 equal portions.
3. Add the 2 liquids into each of the 2 batters; mix well until combined. Set aside.
4. Whisk the egg white until frothy before adding the cream of tartar. Continue to whisk and gradually adding the sugar, to firm peaks. Divide equally into the two prepared butter batter and gently fold in using a spatula.
5. Spoon the batters randomly into an 8″ round bottom lined pan.
6. Bake in preheated oven at 165C for 55-60 minutes or until golden brown. I wrap the cake pan with several strips of baking paper wrapped with foil to achieve an even and crackless top.

This is baked using 250g butter
a bit of dense streaks

 

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Carrot Cake

October 12, 2017 at 3:13 am · Filed under Anything about food, cakes ·Tagged , , , , , ,

Carrot Cake

240g cake flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder
160g fine sugar
120g corn oil
2 eggs
160g blended canned pineapples
200g shredded carrots (can replace with bananas to make it a hummingbird cake)

50-60g of roasted chopped walnuts for decoration

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C middle rack. Grease and line 2 x 8 inch round pans.
2. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and use a hand whisk to stir until combined. Set aside.
3. In another bowl add corn oil, eggs, blended pineapple and mix till well combine. Finally using a spatula, fold in the shredded carrots until combined.
4. Divide the batter into the 2 pans and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the pans half way through the baking to achieve even browning.
5. Remove and cool on wire rack for a few minutes before unmoulding to cool completely. Frost your cake if desired.

For frosting:

250g Cream Cheese, softened
100g non-dairy topping cream
40g Icing Sugar
1 tsp lemon juice

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Method:

1. Whip the cream cheese with the icing sugar until soft, add the lemon juice then set aside.
2. In another bowl, whip the topping cream to soft peak then add the prepared cream cheese and continue to whisk until smooth and creamy before use. I did the open layer frosting and have some left over cream.

 

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Sourdough starter Soft Sandwich loaf

October 2, 2017 at 1:46 am · Filed under Anything about food, bread, Natural Yeast Starter, Uncategorized ·Tagged ,

 

 

Sourdough starter Soft Sandwich Loaf

Ingredients:

330g Japanese Bread flour
2 Tablespoons of whole wheat flour
66g Sourdough Starter (fed 15g:45g:45g)
264g liquid – 2 Eggs and top up with full cream milk to the required weight
30g Sugar
50g lightly salted Butter, softened at room temperature
4g Salt

Method:-

  1.  In a stand mixer bowl, place all ingredients except butter and mix until dough is smooth and pliable.
  2. Add butter and continue to knead to window pane.
  3. Remove from bowl, and place on lightly floured tabletop. Divide into 3 portions.
  4. Take one portion, roll flat to about 8 inch long then roll into swiss roll. Set aside to allow it to relax. Continue with the other 2 portions.
  5. Take the first portion and roll out flat again then roll back into a swiss roll shape. Place into greased and flour baking pan. Repeat with the balance.
  6. Allow the dough to proof until it reaches the rim of the pan before baking in preheated oven at 190C for 35 minutes. Tent if it gets too brown.
  7. Remove from pan once cooked and cool completely on wire rack before slicing.

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