HELLO!

im back to blogging. if not, it will gonna collect dust! hahhahahhaas

ok. last post, i said i will blog about BAKING! yep yep, here is it. ALL at one go. (^^,)


BLACK FOREST

i tried my first baking of a WHOLE cake for my mum's birthday. HAHAHHA. and i tried the black forest! partly because i think the whole recipe book, this cake is the more easier ones. =P

cant expect much especially this is my first time baking a cake right!

together with my sister.. we successfully bake a cake! YAY. therefore, im gonna share with you this recipe. (^^,) i know, so sweet of me right! hees. xP

INGREDIENTS
5 eggs
125g sugar
125g flour
30g cocoa powder
60g melted butter

filling:
1 tin black cherries
2 ozs sugar (2ozs = 60g)
1 tbsp corn flour
whipped cream
chocolate rice

METHOD!
1) Beat eggs and sugar together till thick. Fold in flour and cocoa powder. Add in the melted butter.



2) Bake at 450 oF for 45 minutes.



HAHAHAHA! i know the cake looks very disgusting and flatten. that's because i use the wrong flour. i THOUGHT i saw the flour was plain flour. but it was actually self-raising flour. LOL. so it ended up in a weird manner. BUT, still, consumable. =P)

3) Boil cherries to a syrup with sugar and corn flour, keep stirring until mixture thickens.

for convenience purpose, i went to a nearby supermarket and bought the tin of cherries. so all you need, is to boil the cherries, add in corn flour to thicken the mixture.

4) Slice the cake into 3 layers. Spread cherries through the cake (every layer).



additional step:
prepare whipped cream.


dont you think the whipped cream looks very nice! =P


NICE RIGHT?! =D

5) Cover top and side of cake with whipped cream.


because my cake is uneven, the whole cake looks like a small hill. ):

6) Cover the side with chocolate rice and decorate top as desired.




i decorated the remaning whipped cream all over the cake.


and the remaning cherries on top of the cake. well, it's actually topped with chocolate. but, shall not waste food eh? (:



TADA! there's my cake. WAHAHAHA. even though it doesnt look that appealing, but it tastes good!

but alittle too sweet and too creamy. =X so tips, dont put too much sugar.. and the whipped cream as well. xP

credit: cakes and desserts.


other than the cake, we bought my mum SK-II!




this is really damn ex. rahh. hopefully is really that 神奇 like how they say in the advertisement. =X



after some time, i tried baking cake again!!

MARBLE CAKE

i didnt know marble cake is actually simple butter cake. LOL.

INGREDIENTS
250g butter
200g-250g castor sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
250g self-raising flour
4tbsp milk

METHOD!

1) Get ready all the ingredients.

2) Put butter and caster sugar into the mixing bowl.


when i was melting the butter. looks nice lah! =P

3) Use low speed to mix until even. Change to medium speed and beat until light (as sugar has not dissolved yet). Add in the first egg.

4) Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy.


LOOKS GOOD! =D

5) Scrape down the sides for even mixing. (:

6) Add in vanilla and mix well.

7) Divide flour into 3 portions, use lowest speed to mix in the flour. Scrape down the sides for even mixing.

ehh, for me, i just add in the flour slowly. like a tablespoon by a tablespoon. (:

8) Finally, add in milk.

9) Mix until well-combined.

10) Pour into a 22cm lined and greased baking tin. Shake lightly to distribute cake mixture evenly. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 oC for about 45 minutes until golden brown and cooked. Remove from oven and leave to cool.



for marble cake,
1) keep 1/4 portion of cake mixture and mix in cocoa paste.



cocoa paste: 1tbsp cocoa powder and add in 3tbsp hot water and mix into paste.

try to keep less than 1/4 of the cake mixture. because, you only need A LITTLE.



this is the result of too much cocoa mixture. HAHA. dont have the marble effect on top. but inside still have!

Use a spoon to scoop the cocoa mixture on top of the plain mixture. Use a small knife to draw lines vertically and horizontally to get the marble effect.





TADA! here is the marble cake!! although it doent look appealing, but it's nice!! but then too sweet even though i only add in 190g of sugar. THEREFORE, add lesser. i think around 175g to 180g would be great. (:


then i tried the same butter cake. but this time, i added RAISINS and MIXED FRUITS.




but the top split open. =( think the sugar havent totally dissolved.

this time i added 180g of sugar. and i think it taste DAMN GOOD! everybody who tried says so!!


OK. today, end of lesson. HAHHAHAHA. GO TRY!!

i will be blogging about my malaysia trip soon! =D SEE YAS!

♥ 5:44 PM