Nostalgia

I like this series of pictures. Probably my better half loves it more.
It has the soft vintage effect that brings out the feel, a walk down the memory lane back to the 70's.
As washed out as the picture, this was his school bag he carried for school, way back when he was a student in St. Stephen.
Comparing it with my boy's ergonomic haversack, this sure looks kinda... retro.
A treasure to unfold, it turned into my props today.

Look at those stickers he sticked on his bag. duh!

 treasures unfold: his badges, ties, NCC beret bearing the crest, watch & more which he kept neatly.

 classical cupcake with splash of good vanilla, topped with blueberry whipped cream.

♥   ♥   ♥

Next to share my joy is dslr with another set of wide aperture prime lens, hubby bought for me recently as a surprise pressie. My dslr dream finally realised. Along with my love for food, i'm gonna take more pictures. Not forgetting shots of my bundle of blessings. Will be attending the classes to learn more indepth into photography. Yes, those ISO, aperture are technically confusing, for a right-brainer me. But, that's not gonna stop me from baking more with so many things to do with so little time ~

Classic Vanilla Cupcakes

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Ingredients: 

225g Unsalted Butter (softened)

*225g caster sugar (reduced to 200g)

225g Self-raising flour

1 tsp Baking powder

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

topping: Blueberry Whipped Cream

*If you have vanillar sugar, use half caster and half vanilla caster.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 175deg.

2. Place paper baking liners in muffin tins.

3. Place all ingredients in mixing bowl and whisk until smooth & pale.

4. Spoon mixture into the liners.

5. Bake about 20mins

6. Remove cakes from oven and let it cool on rack.

7. Decorate cupcakes as per preference.

Recipe reference: 500 cupcakes & muffins

                                                         

Can't get enough!

I just love my buns in croissant shape.
Right after my croissant-shaped butter roll  is yet, another.
Adapted from the butter roll with the addition of cocoa powder, wrapped with choc-chips are these chocolatey rolls. The kids love the most!

* have put up the ingredients list for butter rolls, will update the method & adapted recipe for these chocolate rolls at later time. Stay tuned!

Butter Rolls

Croissant-shaped butter rolls.

Sandwich with a slice of cold salted butter, sprinkle with sugar and a hot cuppa.

Some drizzle with chocolate sauce for my kiddos.

Ingredients:

高筋面粉260g
低筋面粉40g
酵母粉4g
砂糖20g
盐5g
蛋黄2个加牛奶…拌匀 (210~220g)
无盐奶油30g

egg wash： 蛋半个加一小匙水

*i put up the ingredients first, will update the method at later.

Recipe reference: 简单又好做小烤箱面包

I'm having the macaroon fever now as high as my boys who are having their exam fever! Will post it up real soon and follow up with recipes for my past entries and not forgetting my backlogs. Please bear with me. I'm buzy busy but happy ;)

I just can't get you outta my head!

As i shared earlier, i have couple of backlogs.
In the mood of Aspiring Bakers Mid-Autumn Treats challenge, allow me to jump post. 
I need to rave this as fast as my cravings curbed on the very same night. I was like a preggie crazy over food cravings!
You see, i have decided to just settled with snow skin for this year Mid-Autumn. Period!
Well well well,  not until I went Taka Mooncake Fiesta. I was intrigued with the moonies galore.
Not tough guess, you knew what came next yah?!
Was out in town running errands the whole day till i reached home past 7pm on Friday. Somehow, there's just this one thing that kept running in my head! Yes, i was singing Kylie Minogue "I just can’t get you out of my head...!" and lala the whole day! Hey! Stop that music in my head and lets get working, i thought!
There i was, all geared up with Nike famous slogan "Just Do It!"
I'm glad i did. A good pot of chinese tea and fresh from oven flaky mooncake within two hours.  It was a marvelous night romancing under moonlight with my better half. Cravings curbed! What's next? i shall leave you in your own imagination *cheeky smile*

Thanks Jane! I always find confident with my first trial working with your guide. Will certainly make this again irregardless if the moon is round ;)

Recipe reference: Jane's Corner

I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September) hosted by

Happy Home Baking.

面包超人來了!

食谱取自: 爱和自由

Rolling Good Time ~

Busy busy! Many backlogs to clear, I'm gonna speed up with my posts. More bread and cakes coming up next. Recipe following up soon. Stay around!

思念

时间已逝，事物变千， 人已改变。
如今我已是你三个孙子的妈妈， 有个疼爱我既照顾家庭的好丈夫。你离开时的孙子也个个长大成人。
唯一不变的是。。。我对你的思念和爱。时间越久， 那痛越深。
怀念， 那曾经牵着我的小手，对我疼爱有加的你。。。
不时都会在夜晚哭泣，希望能在梦中见你一面， 心如刀割。
每逢月圆时，遥望天空， 仿佛看到你慈祥的微笑。
亲爱的爸爸， 你过得好吗? 我，好想你，好想你。
如果牛郎织女能在中秋圆梦见面，那能否就在这月圆的忌日来探望那思念你已久的女儿？

爸爸我爱你。

今夜，我等你。。。

在此祝大家中秋节快乐！

八月十五中秋~

八月十五中秋。
一个对我很重要的节日。一个对我非常重要的人。
我将在下一篇和你倾诉。。。



冰皮月饼    

Ingredients:

(A) 150g koh fun

      150g icing sugar

        50g shortening

(B) 180ml iced water

for filling

600g lotus paste

20g toasted melon seeds

Method:

1. Toast the melon seeds and set aside.
2. Weigh lotus paste of 30g each. Add some toasted melon seeds, shape into rounds and set aside.

3. Sieve koh fun and icing sugar into a big bowl. Rub in the shortening and add in iced water, mix to form a   dough. Remove and roll into a long strip. Scale at 25g each and roll into rounds. Flatten and wrap in lotus paste balls.
4. Place the moonies dough into a dusted mooncake mould. Press firmly, dislodge imprinted mooncake from mould.

I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September) hosted by

Happy Home Baking. Thanks for hosting this event.

Recipe reference & adapted : Y3K cookbook

                                              My secret recipes series volume 11

哆啦A梦 doRayaKi

kawaii~neh!

 

 

铜锣烧  Dorayaki

50g 低筋面粉
50g 全蛋
20g 牛奶
30g 细砂糖
蜂蜜少许
1/4 tsp 小苏打
果酱或红豆沙

1. 将牛奶加热 放一边。
2. 将全蛋 加糖，蜂蜜搅拌均匀。
3. 加入面粉，小苏打 和热牛奶拌成面糊。
4. 加热平底不粘锅，将面糊倒入，扩散成小圆片。
5. 用小火煎约一分钟，等面糊起泡时翻面再煎约一至二分钟。
6. 内夹上红豆沙或喜欢的果酱。我夹了孩子喜欢的蓝莓。


食谱取自: 廖敏云著
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