Cream Cheese Chiffon

It's been awhile since my last post. I still bake and cook but with all repeated old recipes. Sometimes we need to taste something that we tried long time ago especially those we really like. 

Today, something new to add into my list here, a Cream Cheese Chiffon Cake. First try and it taste good and texture is really soft but.....as you can see my first picture here...all CRACKED!!!...hahaha!

Well, don't judge the book by it's cover right?!..(@@)"

Self-created recipe that I'm quite please with...hehe! It was a melt-in-the-mouth texture that I'm looking for. ^^

Recipe calls for a 9" tube pan.

6 egg yolks
150ml fresh milk
4 tbsps cornoil
1/4 tsp salt
150g cream cheese (lightly beaten)
2 tsps lemon juice
140g cake flour
50g castor sugar

6 egg whites
100g castor sugar

Method:
~ Preheat oven at 170'C
~ In a mixing bowl lightly beat the 50g sugar and salt with egg yolks until bubbles formed.
~ Add in corn oil and milk, mix well
~ Add in beaten cream cheese and lightly whisk until all well blended.
~ Add in flour and mix well. Set aside.
~ Beat egg whites with 100g sugar until soft peaks formed.
~ Gently fold beaten egg whites into the egg yolk batter until blended.
~ Pour batter into a 9" tube pan and bake at 170'C for 40 minutes.
~ Remove from oven and invert the cake onto the table until completely cool.

Cheers!

Cotton Cheese Cake

Cotton Cheese Cake also known as Japanese or Sakura Cheese Cake was popular in Malaysia more than 15 years ago, at that time emulsifier was used to give a better texture for the surface. There are lots of recipes posted in the web about this cake, and I just love it my way as adapted from one of my favourite books..."The Joy Of Baking by Bake with Yen"

Japanese Cotton Cheese Cake

I didn't share this recipe when I first baked this long long time ago because at that time I have not started to blog yet. So just imagine how long was that be....I can't recall too!
With little adjustment on the sugar and some changes of the recipe, here is the recipe to share with you and also for my own reference.

Ingredients:

135g fine sugar
6 egg whites (size B)

50g butter
250g Philadelphia Cream Cheese
6 egg yolks (size B)
100ml fresh milk
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

60g Superfine Cake flour
20g Cornflour

Method:
~ Line a 9" round pan with parchment paper and wrap the outside of the pan with aluminium foil.
~ Preheat oven at 160'C and place a slightly bigger tray filled with hot water for steam-bake.
~ Sieve both flours and set aside.
~ Melt cream cheese, butter and milk over a double boiler. Slightly cool down and add in egg yolks and lemon juice. Use a egg whisker to mix gently until well mix. Set aside.
~ Whisk egg whites with sugar until slightly stiff (don't over whisk)
~ Mix in flour mixture into egg yolk batter and stir until well combined.
~ Mix in the whisked egg whites slowly until well combined.
~ Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and place the pan into the prepared tray of hot water.
~ Steam-bake at 160'C for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

If you want to have a cheese cake but a lighter one, this is what you should try.
Love the soft texture, the light taste of cream cheese and a tinge of lemon, perfect for afternoon tea or supper...hehe!

Cheers!

Chilled Oreo Cheese Cake

It's a great day with good mood because my stress has finally over!!!..haha!! Why?! Maybe you'll say I'm crazy....:p It was a "stress off" day just because my daughter's school exam has finally over...LOL!! It seems like I'm the one who is sitting for the exam huh!! Anyways, all done and I can relax and start to bake alittle more and go shopping!!

Here the first cake after the stressful days....an Oreo Cheese Cake for a dear friend's son's birthday.

We had a simple but a very happy and relax celebration for the boy....:))

Very creamy and delicious, and most of the kids asked me whether it's an ice-cream cake!! So you can imagine how's it taste like. It does taste exactly like the McDonald's Oreo Mcfluffy!! The kids love it!!

Here'e the recipe,

Ingredients for the crust:
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup fine sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg (size B)
3/4 cup plain flour
1/3 cup wholemeal flour
3 tbps ground oreo biscuits
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

- Beat butter, sugar and vanilla essence together till well mix.
- Add in egg and mix well.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients and beat well.
- Press into a 6" round ring pan.
- Bake at 180'C for 20-25 miunutes or till done. Set aside till cool.

Ingredients for the filling:
1 tbsp gelatine + 1/4 cuphot water
375g cream cheese
1/2 cup condensed milk
1 cup dairy cream
3 tbsps ground oreo biscuits

- Mix gelatine with water then bring to double boil until the gelatine are all well melted. Set aside.
- Beat cream cheese, condensed milk and cream till smooth.
- Add cooled gelatine and beat in ground oreo biscuits.
- Pour into the cooled crust and refrigerate till firm.
- Decorate with oreo biscuits at the side and top as you desire.

The picture of the sliced cake was not too clear and it was almost melted by the time we cut the cake. So it is the best to serve right after taking out from the fridge. Hope you guys like it ya!

Cheers!!

Rapsberry & Cheese Delight

Special treats for my niece! Thinking what to bake for her on her birthday but instead of cakes that will make her fat....so this light desert is what I think will suits her since she's on a diet...LOL!! Anyway...cheese...hmm is fattening though...haha!

Well, this is not very special from any special chef's recipe. It's just something she loves..."rapsberry & cheese"...so I just combined them and put it in a cup. Looks tempting though....^^

Very easy and it was done within an hour. No bake and no fuss!! I personally like the combination and the colour of the cream cheese...beautiful! The tatse?!...PERFECT!!

Ingredients:
170g rapsberries
250g cream cheese
100g whipping cream
75g sugar
150g digestive biscuits
30g butter (melted)

Method:
~ Mashed the rapsberries and keep aside.
~ Beat cream cheese, sugar and whipping cream till fluffy.
~ Mix in the mashed rapsberry and sti well.
~ Smashed digestive biscuits into crumbs and add in melted butter and mix well.
~ Scoop the biscuits follow by the rapsberries cream layer by layer into a cup.
~ Chill before serve.

See the biscuits and the cream?! Melt in the mouth and appetizing...wonderful!!
Try it and you'll know. Its easy as ABC...:))

Cheers!

Cakes for him.....Pandan Layered Cake & Tiramisu

It was my husband's birthday 2 days ago, and we had a great celebrations on his big day. I've made 2 different birthday cakes for him...one "Pandan Layered Cake" for the family celebration in the morning and another "Tiramisu" to celebrate with his friends at night. Both cake were well received and they were gone on the day itself..:)

First, the Pandan Layered Cake. It was my first attempt and I had a good praise by my hubby. He loves the cake and took 2 big pieces right away. It was not that difficult as I thought though...^^

 The recipe:
(A)
2 egg yolks
60g cake flour
35g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 pandan essence
1/2 tsp baking powder
40ml thick coconut milk
1/4 cup corn oil

(B)
2 egg whites
35g sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

(C)
500g thick coconut milk
35g brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 egg
50g Hun Kwee flour
1 tsp agar agar powder

~ Cook till thicken!

Method:
~ Mix ingredients (A) together with a whisk and keep aside.
~ Beat ingredients (B) till fluffy and firm.
~ Gently fold in (B) into (A). Mix well.
~ Bake in and ungreased 7" round tin at 180'C for 25-30 minutes.
~ Sliced cake into 3 to 4 layers and topping each layer with hot frosting (C)
~ Cover the whole cake with the hot frosting (C) and sprinkle with some desiccated coconut.
~ Chilled the cake before serving.

I didn't do a good job slicing the cake properly. So you can see the thickness of each cake was uneven here.
Anyway, he didn't notice that...LOL!!

Then I was told that he'll be celebrating with his friends at night too. Without any hesitation, a Tiramisu was the most simple one to bake...hehe! So the cake was completed in 2 hours time and I'm off to the hair saloon to beautify myself for the night...hahaha!!!
If you like this Tiramisu, please refer to my older post here.

Cheers!!

White Wine Cheese Cake

A special cheese cake for a special friend!! This was bake a day before the celebration, and I has been cracking my head for what cake to bake for my dear friend for her early birthday celebration. Then she requested a cake with alcohol...hmm, tiramisu? No no...not again! Then when I was searching through my recipe books, this cake just came to my mind! Yes!! a wine cake!!
I've baked this cake more than a decades ago for my dear vocal teacher, which I remembered that his comment was "GOOD"!!! So I've decided to bake this for the birthday gal...:)

Got a good quality white wine from the store nearby and got some fresh rapsberries for decoration. Well, not much decoration here, and I don't think a rich wine cheese cake will go well with cream or chocolate. So, lets just made it simple!

This recipe was actually founded from the web long time ago. (really more than a decade)
Here comes the recipe....

200g digestive biscuits
100g butter (melted)

~ Wrapped the 9" round ring pan with aluminium foil.
~ Crushed the biscuits and mix well with melted butter and press it formly onto a 9" round ring pan.
~ Leave it aside while prepare the cheese fillings.

500g cream cheese
2 eggs
90g sugar
2/3 cup plain yogurt
1&1/3 cup white wine (get the best one)
2 tbsps cake flour

~ Cream the cheese and sugar till light.
~ Add in eggs one at a time. Blend well.
~ Add in yougurt and wine and mix well then fold in the flour.
~ Pour into prepared tin with the biscuits base.
~ Bake at 170'C for 60-65 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool before chilling in the fridge overnight.
~ Remove from pan and decorate as desire.

The texture was really rich and if you like wine, this is the recipe you must try. Trust me, you'll love it!! So what are you waiting for, this is best to serve during X'mas gatherings after your turkey meals...hehe!

Cheers!!

Passion Fruit Cheesecake with Chocolate

Its the last day of school holiday in Malaysia. Everything will be back to normal tomorrow...:( How I wish my holidays don't ends..;p Well, to celebrate the last day of holiday, I created a cheesecake but its not a cheesy type cheesecake..haha! What am I talking about...;p
Okay, the idea just came across my mind when I was shopping at the groceries yesterday. So here is it..Passion fruit Cheesecake with Chocolate!!


I just mixed and matched the recipes from here and there then I feel like eating it with some chocolate. Then was thinking to coat the whole cake with chocolate but it seems like too sweet or too heavy, so at the end..layered them is my final decision.
Want to try this out? Here's the recipe ...


Composition: ( recipe fits for a 7" round pan)
2 slices sponge cake ( I've cut into small rectangles to fit into 2 small rectangle pans )
** Recipe refer here.


Cheese filling:
250g cream cheese
70 caster sugar
80 fresh passion fruit juice
3/4 tbsps gelatine powder
2 tbsps water
250g fresh cream (whipped)
100g melted semi-sweet chocolate


Method:
~ To make the filling, beat the cream cheese with sugar until smooth, stir in passion fruit juice.
~ Melt gelatine powder with water over a simmering water. Stir into cheese mixture, then fold in whipped cream and mix well.
~ Place a slice of sponge into the prepared pan, spread about half an inch cream cheese filling on top of sponge, spread a thin layer of melted chocolate then place another layer of sponge on the chocolate. Lastly cover the top with cheese mixture. (as shown above)
~ Chill overnight and serve cold.


The texture of the sponge is soft, and it's like eating an ice cream cake! My whole family loves it especially my daughter. She has been asking one slice after another, that really please me..:)

Want to have a bite..hehe! I'm going to share with my dear friend later and see what she says..;p

Have a good start tomorrow!!

Cheers!!

Cheese & Ham Rolls

Aaahhh....buns finally!! I managed to make some today...heehee! So proud of myself..wakakaka! It's been a looooong time since my last bake (bread/buns), and I can't remember when. I've planned to make this quite some time ago, but only today I managed to do it....why? I'm lazy!..haha! Okay, about this buns....limited time and limited ingredients, I just make it with whatever its in my fridge.

Oooo...see the cheese....oozing out from the buns...yummy!
It my version of buns..;p Using those kraft cheese, turkey hams and chicken hams, well it was exceptable..:) The buns are still soft..;D I just roll it up like a swiss roll like the picture shown below.

The recipe for this bread dough was from my previous red bean buns. Wanted to try out my dear friend (h0neybeesweets)'s recipe but I don't have enough ingredients for that. So will wait for next round.

I always choose to use this recipe cause the buns always turned out soft , and it was still soft the following day. I'm the kind of person who really afraid to try something new, so once I got the right recipe, I always stick to it...heehee..;p

Some red bean buns for my daughter (her favourite)..:)

Soon, there'll be another post of buns and breads...:) Chao!

Durian Cheese Tarts

Hi there, how are you? I've been absent for sometime, and friends have been asking why there is no new post lately..;p I did bake but all old stuffs like chiffon cake and baos. (requested by my daughter) With only 3 of us, those food need some time to finish..;)
Alright, enough for my excuses...bla bla bla..;p

Are you a durian fan? I am, and I'll go crazy with this fruit! The past 2 weeks I've been craving for durians. I just can't let it down..haha! Yesterday while my daughter and me went out for dinner at the nearest mall, I saw some durians!!! And I was like walking faster and faster to that stall, and my girl asked me "mummy why are you rushing"? I told her I saw durians!..haha! Crazy me!



After almost 20 seeds of durians, I thought of saving some for these tarts. Aren't they look lovely..;)


Transform my blueberry cheese tarts's recipe into durian cheese tarts. And top with fresh cream and durian....Wonderful!

Did a small tiny one for my girl to try. She doesn't really like durian, hopefully she'll like this.

A peep the inside of this tart, the soft and creamy fillings are just right to match with the crust pastry.

Here's my version of the fillings:

250g Cream cheese

50g Durian flesh

50g castor sugar

20g butter

1 egg

~ Beat the cream cheese, sugar and durian until light and fluffy.

~ Add in egg and beat well.

~ Transform the cheese mixture onto the baked tarts shells.

~ Bake at 180'C for 15 minutes.

~ Cool and pipe cream topping on top.

~ Chill before serve.

Topping:

250g Fresh cream

20g Durian flesh

~Beat together until its almost stiff.

Cheers!!

Happy Teacher's Day!!

"Happy Teacher's Day" to all teachers out there and "Happy Teaching"...;)

My girl has been asking me to bake a cake for her teachers to celebrate Teacher's Day today at her school. Well, its a last minute notice actually, so I searched through my house, all I can bake is a cheese cake I told her. She said ok, and she start looking for the decos for me..haha! At the end we did went out to get some fresh blueberries and mint leaves.;p



Just something simple here coz I don't have enough time to whip some cream to it. Well, guess cheese cakes doesn't need any cream though. A similar recipe from the Chocolate Marble Cheese i did previously. Only spoons some blueberry fillings in the center of the cheese batter before cover it with the remaining cheese. Then bake, cool, glaze and deco..:)



Packed and sent to school this morning and asked teacher to reserve a piece for me to take a picture inside..hee hee..;p

Here is it...a look at the yummy cake! Hope the teachers enjoy the cake and once again I'll like to wish all Teachers...."HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY"!!

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Well not to forget about myself..;) Made myself a yummy Mango Cheese Cake for tea!

A simple recipe adapted from my aunt's friend. Well she demonstrated this cake while selling her mixer. Anyway, we didn't buy that particular mixer but took home this lovely recipe..hahaha!

Share it? Sure....here is it!

Base:

300g Digestive Biscuits (crushed)

100g Butter (melted)

Filling:

(A)

200g Mango Puree

50ml Mango juice

1.5 tbsps Gelatine

(B)

375g Cream Cheese

100g Castor sugar

1 tbsp Lemon juice

200g Whipping Cream

~ Mix the melted butter with the crushed biscuits and press onto a 9x9" loose base pan. Freeze.

~ Cook (A)-double boiling, until gelatine disolve and cool.

~ Beat cheese and sugar till creamy

~ Add in lemon juice then (A)

~ Beat whipping cream until firm and mix into the cheese mixture.

~ Pour onto prepare pan and chill until firm

Topping:

300g mango puree

75ml mango juice

1 tbsp Castor sugar

3 tbsps Cornflour

~ Cook ingredients in a pot until sugar disolve and turn slightly thick.

~ Cool slightly and pour onto firm cheese cake, chill again until the topping turns firm.

~ Cut and serve!

Hmmm....its just too delicious to say no for 2nd and 3rd piece..;p

Have a nice weekend everyone!!!

Cheese Sticks Fun

I had a great day today. Morning had such a "BIG" breakfast with hubby then lunch with buddies and then "FUN" in the kitchen with my daughter in the evening..:) We ( my girl & me) had been thinking what to bake for today. It has been a long break since her last baking fun with me. Yea, she's been asking for it..;) Guess she has the interest in it and hopefully she is so that I can pass down all my collections to her..hee hee!

Alright since she wants to bake so much today, we found something easy and nice for her. Cheese sticks it is! I have this recipe kept for a long long time, think its more than 10 years. (Adapted from the magazine, Women's Weekly)





Look at all the shapes! All created by my girl..haha! (except the twisted ones). And she even packed some to share with her friends tomorrow in school...^-^

Oh the recipe, here is it...

Ingredients:
(Makes 20 sticks)

1 + 1/4 cup Plain flour
1/4 cup Self raising flour
1 tsp Salt
75g Butter, chopped
1 cup Grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg yolk
2-3 tbsps Water ( may need more - add slowly)

Method:

~ Sift all flours and salt together into a large bowl.
~ Rub in butter. Stir in cheeses.
~ Make a well in the center and add in egg yolk.
~ Add in water slowly to form a soft dough.
~ Knead in a floured surface until smooth (about 5 minutes)
~ Wrap with cling form and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
~ Roll dough into desire shapes or just twist it and place on a tray lined with parchment paper.
~ Bake at 180'C for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
~ Cool completely before storing.




The exact amount of water you need depends on the quality of flour you use. I need about 3 tbsps today actually. The texture is good, and its so cheesy when baked....yum yum!

Happy baking everyone......!!!!!!

Chocolate Marble Cheese Cake

Do you like cheesecake? I love it...:) It has been my pleasure to make a cake for my dear friend, Bee Bee. She has come visit us again...YEAH!! We really miss her alot since she left last December. And I've lost a great baking companion since then...;p So glad that I can bake something for her today...:) Although the outlook is not what I expected (alittle overbaked on the top), but the inside still can be excepted. Hee hee...pai-seh larr!



We actually had an expensive dinner before we had our dessert. What I mean expensive is really over charged. Just imagine we spent almost RM200 at the restaurant just serving chicken rice and some normal dishes. The food, hmm....can be excepted but not the price.

Anyway, after the dinner we head to the nearest A&W to have our dessert. Yup! My cake...haha! Luckily nobody complain that we brought our own food to serve there. We did order some rootbeer and fries for the kids though...^-^ A very nice chat at a very nice place...:)



Here's the recipe for you....

(A)
120g crushed Digestive biscuits
120g melted butter


(B)
1 kg cream cheese
4 small eggs
1 lemon rind (grated)
70g plain flour
280g sugar
100 double cream (lightly whipped)
1 tbsp lemon juice
20g melted chocolate

Method:
~ Preheat the oven at 150'C with a tray of water.
~ Mix (A) together into a 9" round loose base pan which wrapped with aluminium foil outside. Keep aside.
~ Cream cheese and sugar together until light, slowly add in eggs.
~ Then add in lemon rind and juice and mix well.
~ Finally add in double cream and flour.
~ Spoon out 3-4 tbsps (or more) to mix with the melted chocolate.
~ Pour the plain cheese batter into the pan with (A) at the bottom. Then top with the chocolate cheese batter. Use a chopstick to make a marble effect.
~ Bake at 150'C for 2 hours over a tray of water.
~ When baked, chill and demould.





Chocolate with cheese, a lovely combination. Agree? And goes with a cup of coffee. haha! Yea, I actually ordered a cup just now...;p

Hope everyone like it............Cheers!