Pandan Coconut Sponge Cake

Tried another flavour for my sponge cake today, I was so happy it turned out well! The next day brought to office, did not expect it to be so well-liked by the colleagues. Felt very accomplished indeed...

For this sponge cake, I used:

70g Coconut Milk (Ayam brand, reduced fat)

30g Corn Oil

1 Teaspoon Pandan Paste

6 Egg Yolks

10g Caster Sugar

110g Cake Flour

6 Egg Whites

60g Caster Sugar

Mix the Pandan paste, corn oil and coconut milk in a bowl 

Add the Pandan mixture to the yolks and sugar, whisk.


Add in the cake flour and mix.


Beat the egg white and sugar in a clean dry bowl, using electric mixer, on high speed, until soft peak


Fold 1/3 of the meringue into the yolk mixture


Fold in the next 1/3 meringue


Lastly, pour the mixture back to the last 1/3 of meringue and fold until just mixed


Pour into a cake pan (I used a rectangular one here), bake 25 to 35 min at 190C (my old Tefal oven does not have a fan function)


Cake is done!


Loved the sigh of the fluffy texture and the Pandan fragrance..

Definitely going to bake some more sponge cake in future...

Passion Fruit Yuzu Sponge Cake

Saw this post Yuzu Chiffon Cake on My Mind Patch. It prompted me to try it out, as the bright yellow colour of the cake gives me a happy feeling.

I did a trial using the exact recipe, felt that i could reduce further the amount of sugar. Also I decided to double the recipe to feed the hungry kids...

Passion Fruit Yuzu Sponge Cake

Adapted from My Mind Patch

Ingredients A :

6 egg yolks

10g caster sugar

30g passion fruit pulp and seeds (you can use citron peel or any citrus fruit peel)

40g Corn oil (or Rice Bran oil) 

80g Yuzu Juice (I used Peel Fresh Yuzu Juice)

110g cake flour

Ingredients B:

6 egg whites

60g caster sugar

Method:

Preheat oven to 190 deg C. 

For Ingredients A - 

(1) Mix passion fruit pulp and seeds with the Yuzu Juice and cooking oil in a bowl, set it aside.

(2) Use a whisk to beat the sugar and egg yolk, then add in (1)

(3) Add in the cake flour and mix evenly.

For Ingredients B -

(1) Beat egg whites and sugar till soft peak.

(2) Fold 1/3 into the egg yolk mixture. Use gentle folding method.

(3) Fold another 1/3, and the pour this mixture back to the egg white (meringue), and fold till combined.

(4) Pour the batter into a bottom-lined, non-greased cake pan, and bake at 190 deg C for 25 to 30 min.

(5) When done, leave the cake to cool on a wire rack.

The cake bloomed after 10 minutes of baking

At 15 minutes of baking

Done!

I like that the cake is not too sweet and it's definitely not oily. I suppose it would go well with some jam or icing as topping...

These are the photos taken from the previous cake I baked last week, it looked 'burnt' on the side because I experimented baking using the rice cooker instead of the oven:)

Home Improvement project, and an afternoon tea

It's nice to take a day off from work, just to spend some quality time with my little sister. We had made plans to get some stuff from IKEA for home improvement "mini projects".

Wow, it's more than a trolley full of things! 

It was 3pm when we were done, boy, were we hungry!

Decided to have a pampering treat at the PS Cafe@Harding Road (Dempsey). 

The place was pleasantly hidden behind some bushed and greenery on Dempsey Hill, we got a minor shock when an iguana made its way across the lawn just beside our foot path!

Had some of their famous Truffle Shoestring Fries, Tiger Beer-battered Fish & Chips and a very large portion 6-layered Double Chocolate Blackout Cake. By the time we were done (we did not get to finish the food, by the way, so we request the fries to be packed home), I think both of us decided not to have dinner!

PS Cafe Truffle Shoestring Fries

Tiger Beer-Battered Fish n Chips (Yummy)

Double Chocolate Blackout Cake, this was one HUGE piece of cake!

Well, time for some workout, gal!!!

PS Cafe (Harding Road Cafe)

Address: 28b Harding Road, S 249549Telephone / SMS: +65 9070 8782

Cheesy Chive Scones

In the mood of making another batch of scones, so I decide to finish up the bowl of chopped chive, I added a lot of Parmesan Cheese to this batch, since my son is always mentioning about cheese scones.....

The recipe is the same as here... except that I replaced the raisins with Parmesan Cheese.

Rub the butter into the flour, then add the dry ingredients

Add the milk and egg

Mix lightly to combine

My dough was a bit wet and lumpy, as a result, the scones were more like cheese biscuits

Bake in a preheated oven for 25 min at 190 deg C.

The aroma from the cheese is simply tantalising!

Cucumber Omelette

My kids love eggs cooked in many ways. Just sharing another of our favourite breakfast dish.

It's so simple, you do not need a recipe for this:)