Cheesecake
If u notice.. I have been baking cheese related stuff... oh well.. I was too greedy..bought too much cream cheese.. it will be a pity if I throw them away whenthey expired.. so keeping my finger cross that my lil noise box will cooperate w me when i need to bake my stuff....
With another 2 block of cheese to clear.. and I haven got much time left.. I saw Bakerela recipe and tot its easy =) and thus.. here goes...
I cut down the sugar fr 1.5 cup to 1 cup thou and I omitted the sugar in the crust.
Bare cheesecake are boring.. no time for decor? oh well... I topped it with physalis which I got the other day.. its 1 of my favourite fruits =) I think some people call it gooseberry?
At least it looks good on the cheesecake yea..
Classic Cheesecake
Oh yes... the cheesecake arent exactly yellowish in colour. cos I use mix berries yoghurt in it instead of sourcream.. and I forgot myvanila pods int he cake mixture.. I added 2 pods into the crust thou ...~happiness~
thank you lil noise box for cooperating thou mummyhave to split the whole baking process to 2.. crush the biscuit 1st... then aft she nap again and I start baking hehe.. and here Im having it as brunch... the cake is a tit sweet to mi thou despite the sugar reduction.. I wonder why..
Happy 7th Anniversary
Its our 7th wedding Anni...
this year I haven got much time to do a pretty cake as comparable to last yr..
With the assembly of my new toys I acquired over the last few months I got my butt down to do some decor for 3 nites after my lil noise box have gone to bed...
I resorted to using ready made fondant as it save me a lil time... yes...every second counts now
Baked a Lime Tea Cake as its firm enuff to be covered with fondant.
Used my script lettering set for the wordings... tough job!
Cake was dusted with pearl dust for the final finishing....
And used my new flower mould for the roses....
After I added gold dust on it =)
Happy Anniversary... May we have many more 7 years to come...
Steam Glutinuous Rice Wine Chicken
My dinner for yesterday!
Its a relatively simple dish... yes.. I need to cook simple dish now that my lil noise box.. or rather muscial box as some friends called is around... I need to do every swift n fast...
Since I have half a chicken left in the freezer n I do seriously need to clear the stash to store other stuff... I tot it be nice to try this out.. oh yes I got 5 bottle of rice wine in fridge to clear as well!!!
Wats even easier is that.. I even have frozen diced spring onions, minced and julianned ginger in the freezer! yea.. this is my post confinement stuff haaa.. loads to clear manz...
Strangely while this dish uses almost the same ingredients as the yellow wine chicken .. it sure taste different.. The Yellow wine chicken is good for cooking mee sua soup while tis is good for going with rice =)
Heres the very simple recipe....
Ingredients:
Chicken, chopped in small pieces
half to 1 cup of glut rice wine (I added 1 cup so I get more gravy for the rice)
2 teaspoon of sesame oil
salt to taste
minced ginger
julianned gigner (my preference to get some ginger bites)
cornflour
Method:
Mix everythg together n steam for 20 mins.
Garnish with spring onions and serve hot..
I use my pressure cooker to steam so the chicken will b softer
Steam Glutinous Rice Wine chickenNxt time round I shall add some black fungus as well =)
Cherry Streusel Tart
I been back to bake something once in awhile.. thou I admit that I been lazy in posting up the pics...
Thanx to myself for setting up the strict routine.. I have some me time for myself even thou there is a lil fellow bugging ard at home... *grin*
The other day NTUC was having a promotion on cherry... for 2 box.. it only cost $5!! I told myself by hook or by crook I will buy even if it means eating it just as it is...
But I have no idea what I want to do with it =(
the onli thg I have done w cherries r blackforest cake and I definitely no time to make any since its quite tedious...
Suggestions poured in.. cherry cheesecake, tarts, chocolate cakes etc...
I decided to do a cherry tart... the challenge for me is to make the filling since I have never done cherry filling from scratch.. J gave mi some agaration on the steps to do it.. and I tweak it a bit more.. by using amaretto as well as kirsh to cook it.
I used my lemon bar recipe for the tart shell..
After baking it.. I tot it looks bare.. and decided I shall add on streusel topping =)
Heres how the tart look like
Cherry Streusel TartA pity the tart mold was a bit too big.. so my filling was kind of miserable.. .but it sure tasted too!!!! esp w the topping =)
Dear added that if its eaten with icecream it will be even better.. hee =)
In any case before my Preg brain strikes... I am documenting down the rough guide on hw I did the cherry filling as well as topping... all by eye power only...
Filling:cherry, pitted
sugar to taste
corn starch
lemon juice 3tsp
kirsch
amaretto
almond extract, optional
Method: 1. Sprinkle sugar and corn starch over cherry .. add in the remaining and bring to boil in low fire till thicken.. off the fire n let cool..
Topping:1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
cinamon powder
1/2 cup butter
Method:Mix well till crumble n sprinkle on top of the tart filling.
I used my fav William sonamas tart shell recipe =)
Tart Shell:155g plain flour
30g icing sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1tsp grated lemon zest
125g cold butter, cubed
Method: 1. Sift dry ingredient together, add in butter and blend till crumbly.
2. Press mixture evenly on a tart mould measuring 13 inch by 4 inch (I had use mini tart mould instead)
3. Bake at 180 degree for 25 mins or till golden.
Lil Miss Baker
Introducing lil Miss Baker to everyone here... *applause*
She's the reason for why I been missing in action here... busy coaching her how to bake n cook haha...
Will be back soon...
