Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Carrot Walnut Cake



My version of the carrot walnut cake in cups...

Ingredients A
2 medium-size eggs
150 ml sunflower oil
100 caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Ingredients B
125g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder

Ingredients C
165g grated carrot
60g chopped walnuts

[1] Beat A till well-mixed
[2] Sieve B and stir into A
[3] Fold C into mixture
[4] Bake at 175 degrees for about 40 minutes.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Black Sesame Milk Cake







This recipe was adapted from a book "Romancing with cakes" which you will find an interesting array of ingredients used to bake cakes. This cake is the healthiest I have baked so far being one without the use of butter and egg yolks. The texture is fine and soft. My sister said that it looks like the cross-section of a dragon fruit!

Ingredients A

50g black sesame (toasted & blended)
100g low fat milk
60g sunflower oil

Ingredients B
150g cake flour
60g egg whites

Ingredients C
300g egg whites
80g sugar

[1] Warm oil and milk. Stir in black sesame and mix well.
[2] Add flour and egg whites in alternates to [1].
[3] Beat Ingredients C till stiff peaks.
[4] Fold half of [3] into sesame mixture and fold in the rest.
[5] Bake batter at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Pandan Chiffon Cake



One of my many attempts at making a chiffon cake. The above picture was snapped right after it came out of the oven. It sunk by 1-2 cm after that. The recipe comes from My Kitchen My Laboratory.

Orange Cupcakes





I love this recipe for orange cake; it was soft, moist, and healthy. The recipe comes from All Recipes which I reproduce below.

250g flour
3g salt
15g baking powder
300g sugar (I reduced by 50%)
120ml milk
120ml orange juice (I used fresh juice)
120ml oil (I used sunflower oil)
3 eggs, beated
2g orange zest (optional)

1. Mix all the ingredients
2. Combine the wet ingredients and add to the dry mixture and mix well
3. Bake at 175 degrees for 35 minutes

Red Bean Buns





A variation from my earlier attempt using the red bean paste purchased from Daiso...