Kiwi White Roll

This afternoon I finally got the time for myself. Means I'm back baking for myself! I have been quite busy baking for visitors and others instead for the past 2 weeks. Well, what's in my mind today....its swissroll. It has been quite a long time since I baked a swissroll. And I've finally got the book for swissroll by Kevin Chai.
Here is it, the very first recipe from the book, but with a little modification...;D

I admit that the swissroll look ugly but it does taste wonderful. I need a 2nd attempt to improve on the rolling though...;p
Here's the recipe (adapted from "Elegant Swiss Roll by Kevin Chai")
(A)
3 egg whites
45g sugar

(B) 4 eggs
1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
100g Plain flour
60g Butter (melted)

(C) 120g Fresh Cream (whipped)
1 kiwi (peeled, quartered)
Method:
~ Preheat oven at 180'C, grease 10x14" baking tin, line with baking paper and grease on the paper again.
~ Beat (A) until stiff peaks form. Spoon into piping bag fitted with round nozzles and pipe onto the tin in parallel lines (2cm apart)
~ In a mixing bowl beat eggs and sugar from (B) until light and fluffy. Add in essence, mix well.
~ Gently fold in plain flour, add in melted butter and mix well.
~ Spread mixture over the piped white meringue. Bake at 180'C for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.
~ Transfer cake onto a paper (top facing up), spread with whipped cream and arange the kiwi on the cream (as pic. below). Roll gently from narrow end, and refrigerate before cutting.

Cut into slices and serve..:) I should have spread all the whipping cream *sigh*..:( Worry that it might have too much cream in the center so I just spread half of the portion, and that the kiwi doesn't stick to the cake after cutting. So if you are making this, do remember to spread the whole portion of the whipped cream in it.

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Here's one of the projects I've been working on last week. A football/soccer for a bityhday boy..:)

The piping were really stressful, but a good practice..;D

Happy Baking!!

Chocolate Bread with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips

Finally I got my bread done! When was my last post of bread? Hmm, it must be quite some time ago. With a last minute go and a last minute request, here's a last minute simple loaf...;p
Alright, it is a simple one but it's a super delicious one I ever had. I wonder why I didn't try this out since I have this recipe with me all the while.

Simple Chocolate loaf with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chips!!

Oooo sounds interesting yea...haha! I've done it with a super simple bread loaf recipe and mixed in the wonderful peanut butter chocolate chips and cocoa powder....the result was excellence!!

Want to know how simple it is? Here it goes......

Ingredients:
20g castor sugar (already been reduced)
1/2 tsp salt
15g beaten egg
165g cold water
5g instant yeast
40g condensed milk (already been reduced)
5g Cocoa powder / Chocolate powder
250g Bread flour
50g Cake flour
5g milk powder
30g butter

Method:
~ Mix everything in a mixing bowl except butter into a dough.
~ Add in butter and knead till smooth and elastic dough.
~ Cover and leave to prove for 30 minutes.

~ Divide dough into 2 and shape into balls, let rest for another 10 minutes.

~ Then roll out each dough and sprinkled with some peanut butter chocolate chips.

~ Roll up like a swiss roll and arranged into 2 greased mould (3X3X7)".
~ Leave to prove double in size (30 minutes)

**After 30 minutes, it was already doubled in size.

~ Egg wash the top of each loaf, then bake in preheated oven at 180'C for 30 minutes.

Ta-da....the loaf is done!! All you need to wait was about 2 hours then you can taste this yummilicious bread...:) It's super soft and the peanut butter chips was the perfect combination with the chocolate bread.....YUM YUM!!

Cheers!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival / Tiramisu Cake

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival or Happy Mooncake Festival or Happy Lantern Festival......whatever, today is the day, and we had great fun..:) What about you?
Besides all the mooncakes I've made, this was the last which I made for today's celebration. Well, it was actually from my previous post "Cendol Agar-Agar". Instead of the 2 layers, this time I've transfered it into the mooncake mould. Hmm....Pretty!!



The filling inside was the gula melaka instead of those lotus paste. We had enough mooncakes with those fillings (lotus, red beans, pandan...etc. etc.) so I think some refreshing ones should be suitable for the party..:)

Once again, wishing everyone has a wonderful and memoriable time..:)

中秋节快乐

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Besides that, it was my dear friend's birthday too. We decided to celebrate with her at her house so the kids may have fun playing with their lanterns too. And that I've made a cake for her...Tiramisu. Inspired by the restaurant, Alexis @ The gardens. I've came out with my version..haha! Not bad leh..;p

The ingredients that you need were as below..

Ingredients for Chocolate Sponge:

250g eggs (weigh without shells)

125g fine sugar

110g Plain flour

50ml water

13g emulsifier

15g Cocoa powder

60g Melted butter

Method:

~ Whisk at high speed eggs, flour and emulsifier until light and fluffy

~ Lastly fold in the melted butter which is already mixed with cocoa powder.

~ Bake in a 9" round lined cake tin for 40-45 minutes at 180'C. (I used two 7" round pan)

~ Cool completely then sliced. ( I sliced into 3 for each 7" cake)


Ingredients & Method for the Cream:

1/2 cup Fresh Cream (Whipped)

250g Mascarpone cheese

30g sugar

~ Cream the cheese then add in sugar. Then fold in whipped cream.

Coffee-Rum Syrup:

1/2 cup hot water

2 tbsps sugar

2 tsps good quality instant coffee powder

1 tbsp rum paste

~ Mixed all together until sugar disolved. Brush onto the sliced sponge before spreading the cream.

Topping / coating:

~ Cook 2 cups sugar into caramel, and add in some chopped almonds (amount depends to individual). Spread thinly on a sheet of parchment paper and let cool.

~ Crushed into small pieces for decoration.

Happy Birthday my dear friend,

Hope you like this cake...^^