My First Log Cake

My actual plan is to bake swiss roll for my relative.However,my swiss roll turn out to be too thin and cracks when i roll it.So i decided to turn it into a log cake.There goes my first log cake.

Challenge 4- Custard Puff

Custard puff is always on my lists of baking as my granpa likes to eat.I find my choux pastry crispy when it come out from the oven and it is quite dry.Maybe I should shorten the baking time but at the same time i am  afraid it is not cooked. Get conned by the recipe book as it say mixing custard powder with milk can form custard.However,it turn out to be some kind of liquid,i beat it for a very long time and still get liquid.All the milk are wasted . Luckily manage to get a recipe in a short time and it turn out to be creamy and yummy.

Choux Pastry                         

Ingredients:
65g plain flour
150ml water (I replace 1/2 them with milk)
50g butter
2 eggs,beaten

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200deg.C
2. Melt butter,water and milk over medium heat.When the butter melted,bring the liquid to boil,then remove from heat.
3. Add all the flour mixture and beat quickly until the mixture sticks together and becomes thick and glossy while leaving the side of the pan clean.Leave the mixture to cool slightly.
4. Gradually add the eggs to the mixture and beat with an electic whisk or wooden spoon (i used electric whisk) until the mixture become glossy.
5. Spoon the mixture on to the greased pan or non-stick baking paper at bake at 200deg C for 25-30 mins(depends on the size of puff:small,shorter time; big,longer time) unil golden brown.Make sure there is some place for them to rise.
6. When the choux pastry is done,make a small hole in each puff to allow steam to escape.Leave it cool and put the filling u desired.

creamy and yummy custard

Recipe of custard filling adapted from baking mum

Second Lesson of Japanese Food Course

Cake Challenge 3- Pandan Chiffon Cake

Taste not bad,with pandan fragrance and quite soft.but i think i overbeat the egg whites and it end up sinking. Besides,the bottom of the chiffon cake is not fully cooked. :(

Cake Challenge 2- Japanese Sponge Cake

Failed this cake as it is partially cooked (a bit wet at the bottom of the cake) and sunk.

First Cake Challenge-Chocolate Swiss Roll

From now on,i will treat every baking session as a challenge. My first cake challenge is Chocolate Swiss Roll with Chocolate Buttercream. The swiss roll turn out soft and chewy but the side cracks when i roll it.Another bad thing is my buttercream. I missed the key word "light and fluffy" when i beat the buttercream and directly apply the buttercream .It turns out very "liquid" when i apply it.So when i roll,the buttercream oozed out from the swiss roll. In order to save it,I quickly roll it and put into the fridge. I let it stay in the fridge for 45 minutes and luckily the buttercream did turn creamy.
Overall,the swiss roll was delicious.I feel happy but not satisfied as I will try another time to make it better.

For the swiss roll recipe,i adopt from here. & the recipe of chocolate buttercream is from here.

First Sushi Attempt

yummy cake

Finally get to try out the Clear Water Cake 清水蛋糕 recipe that adopt from here . At the same time,found another website that use the same recipe that provides step-to-step instructions.It does not turn out as expected but it does have a soft and airy texture .美中不足的是 found some flour that is not well incorporated in the cake.

                                    just decorate for fun~~~

weird cake

baked a marble butter cake and brownies today. The butter cake does not turn out as expected.The texture is bouncy(like rubber) and has a crispy crust and i think i put too little sugar.i wonder how to get a soft theture and taste like what i eat outside?

marble cake wth crisoy crust and bouncy texture...(failed cake)

The brownies taste not bad just that it is a bit dry.....guess not enough butter or other reasons