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[Anna Ng]

Dear expert here:

Got a recipe and using 3g of yeast, how to measure har? 3g only so little. :?

[dasalo]

Anna Ng:

Dear expert here:

Got a recipe and using 3g of yeast, how to measure har? 3g only so little. :?

Yeast is very light in weight. 3g = 1 tsp. What are you making? If you are making bread, than 1 tsp to 3 cups or 4 cups of flour should suffice. Same as in making dough starter for steam Buns.

[Anna Ng]

oh! thanks! i am making "mantou" - chinese steam bao.


How abt water? if 260g of water = cups?

[dasalo]

Anna Ng:

oh! thanks! i am making \"mantou\" - chinese steam bao.


How abt water? if 260g of water = cups?

250g approx =250ml/250cc

15g = 1 tbsp.

If you want accuracy than weight it, otherwise convert into cups and spoons would be approx measurement. For 260g I would use 1 cup and 1 tbsp water.

FYI, all measuring cups differs slightly in vol. Even manual weighing scale, unless it's digital.

[Anna Ng]

thanks for the information. Will find time to try it out!

[Funz]

Haven't been trying out any new recipes. What with DS going for his circumcision and my helper on home leave for a month, so just making the usuals.


Stumbled across this recipe, saw the pictures and I thought Rowntree Fruit Pastilles! I love those and simply had to try making it.

Pate De Fruit

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The end product? NOT Rowntree Fruit Pastilles. Kinda disappointed. :roll: The kids love them though. I find them too sweet and not at all chewy. While trying to find out more about the recipe, I realise that I was successful as this is how Pate De Fruits are supposed to be, not with the consistency of pastilles or gummies.

I've still got all the ingredients left over, maybe will try experimenting.

[BlurBee]

:salute: Funz.


I dun hv sweet tooth but these look :drool:

[Mvm]

dasalo:

Mvm:

if you want really yummy choc cake, dont use normal cocoa powder use Valrhona cocoa powder. Its super rich. You can buy it from sunlik at seah street.

Is this Valrhona same as the one in 360 at ION? I think it is super ex too right? Sunlik sounds really familiar, where were they before? They are a baking ingredients supplier too? Ehm...interesting.

Yes it's the same valrhona, but price wise for baking supplies is a little cheaper. The cocoa powder makes a big difference to the richness of the choc cakes I bake.

Yup sunlik is a baking ingredients supplier, and has been at seah st for the last 10 years or more. but small scale compared to phoon huat.

[jtoh]

Does anyone have a chocolate cake recipe that’s similar to that of Lana or Awfully Chocolate?

[autumnbronze]

Funz,


The pate de fruit look absolutely divine :drool: