Crazy about Cakes

Dark chocolate cake

2009-05-23T11:12:00.008+08:00

An update after 5 months......

Crunchy crumbles on top bounded to a rich layer of dark-chocolate....making it exceptionally sinful indulgence

A rating of 3.5 out of 5 for chocolate fanatics

Christmas Fruit Cake

2008-12-13T19:16:00.004+08:00

Ting ting ting.....yes... Christmas is round the corner....Tried my hand at making a "Dunken Fruit Cake".....

Added to much Brandy in....

Cappucino Mousse Cake

2008-10-05T23:19:00.006+08:00

Can you see the 3 layers...took quite awhile to get them equal in thickness...no lever meter used....

Frozen Strawberries on the top left as I had left it in the freezer for half a day...

Oreo Cheescake

2008-08-02T15:37:00.003+08:00

The oreo cheesecake....yummy....

2008-07-27T21:53:00.003+08:00

A 1st attempt at making bread, turn out still alright...taste is there but not the texture...

Bread dough ready for the oven....

Marshmallow brownie

2008-07-27T15:10:00.005+08:00

With a little decorations, it makes the food looks better.....

Brownie coated with a "double doze" of chocolate fudge on top of the colourful marshmallow.... it may not look appealing but the taste is great...

Apple Muffin

2008-06-29T10:13:00.004+08:00

Finally, a successful version of apple muffin with rasins...Appeared too brown as I had baked too long....will update the receipe soon...

Blueberry Muffin

2008-06-10T21:38:00.002+08:00

Hahaha, an unsuccessful attempt to make muffin...turns out to be rubbery and chewy.....anyone has better receipe....do let me know......

Walnut Cake

2008-06-07T20:45:00.004+08:00

1 hour of preparation + 1 hour of baking = loads of enjoyment to satisfy one's craving....

Lots of walnuts....good for those "NUTS" lovers....

Cream Puffs

2008-05-29T14:32:00.003+08:00

No wonder why its so costly outside.....very tedious in the preparation....

Recipe for cream puffs: (Make 6 puffs)

FoR puffs:

Ingredient A:

95ml water
50g unsalted butter
1/4 tsp sugar
Pinch of salt (if you are using salted butter, you can ignore this)

Ingredient B:

50g bread flour
20g cake flour
1/2 tsp baking powder

Ingredient C:

2 eggs (lightly beaten)
1/4 tsp vanilla essence

For custard cream:

Ingredients D:

75g Fresh milk
1 egg yolk
30g corn flour

Ingredient E:

180g fresh milk
30g butter
50g sugar

Ingredient F:

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method (puff):

Mix well ingredient A in saucepan till bubbling hot. Turn off fire.
Add in ingredient B in one go and mix with a wooden spoon till a dough is formed.
Transfer dough to a mixing bowl and beat till it is lukewarm.
Add in ingredient C slowly and mix till well-blended and smooth
Place the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it onto a lined pan in rounds of 7cm in diameter.
Bake at 200 degree for 20-25 mins till golden brown.

Method (cream):

Mix ingredient D till well-blended.
Bring to boil ingredient E, then slowly add in the mixture in step 1.
Allow the custard cream to cool down before adding in the ingredient F.

Now you are ready to pipe the cream into the puffs....chilled before consumption....

2008-05-27T21:01:00.000+08:00

Just before entering the oven......

30 minutes later......fresh from the oven....

Looks like a giant donut from the top without all the colourful icing and decoration....

Very rich in coconut and pandan flavour....texture is smooth.....perhaps should have baked abit longer to get the outer layer golden brown.....

Triple layer cheese cake

2008-05-21T22:21:00.000+08:00

Close-up of the layering: Semi-sweet chocolate followed by white chocolate layer, and finally the coffee layer....

Banana chocolate fudge cake

2008-05-20T23:13:00.000+08:00

Aerial view of the Banana chocolate fudge cake before it end up in my hungry stomach....

Added some white chocolate button to decorate the sides and toppled it up with diced almonds.

Hot chocolate fudge dripping....covering the whole sponge cake