All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[Funz]

Still baking whenever possible. Just that they are repeats so not posting anything.

[EatNonStop]

Hi Baking Kakis,


Have been MIA for a long while............but I am reading the thread quitely too

Just to share some of the bakes....

[EatNonStop]

here is the pic

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[ammonite]

AliceHiew:

why must add buttermilk to make chocolate cake ?


Can I make any chocolate without buttermilk or sour cream?

Thanks for answer.
Alice.

Buttermilk/sour cream makes the cake more moist and it keeps better in the fridge / dry weather.

But you can definitely bake without it, it is not a must-have.

Eatnonstop,
that looks good!

[Jennifer]

Has anyone made a raspberry buckle before?


http://www.oprah.com/food/Raspberry-Buckle-Recipe_1

how does it taste like?

[longmao.029846irene]

Jennifer:

Has anyone made a raspberry buckle before?


http://www.oprah.com/food/Raspberry-Buckle-Recipe_1

how does it taste like?

Hmmm it said spooned..& Judging fr d ingrediant tik b sometig like bread pudding??? Mushy type?

[moom]

dear avid baking mummies- funz, blessed homemaker etc ( sorry, only read back 10 over pgs of topic)


please advise what brand ovens you are using for baking? ours needs to be replaced and cant decide which to get. thinking more likely a table-top for us…

any advice is much appreciated.

[Funz]

Hi Moom, I am using the Sharp Healsio Steam oven now. Previously was using a Panasonic convection oven. No space in my kitchen so cannot have separate oven and microwave.


So far, both works pretty well.

[Jennifer]

Jennifer:

Has anyone made a raspberry buckle before?


http://www.oprah.com/food/Raspberry-Buckle-Recipe_1

how does it taste like?

I could not find small tub of vanilla ice cream at NTUC, so I changed the recipe as follows:

200g cake flour
1 n 3/4 cup fresh milk
100g unsalted butter
1 tsp baking powder
1 box of Korean strawberries

As I started to mix, I realised I forgot to add sugar. Thought it was too late, so I substituted with golden syrup 2 Chinese tbsp. Baked for 25 minutes.

Result: cake is soft n the strawberries were sweet n moist. Unfortunately, the cake is not sweet enough.

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[zeemimi]

Funz:

I used Pampas Butter puff pastry. Comes in a pack of 3 sheets. Bought it from NTUC. Have never been truly successful in making puff pastry, you need cold hands for that, mine are too warm. Cooked the custard and apples myself. No whip cream for the custard, I used low fat fresh milk.


For this batch that I made I used the following estimates

Apple filling
3 Fuji apples cut into small cubes
2 tbsp sugar
50g butter
juice of 1/2 a lemon (add the zest in if you like)
dash of cinnamon powder (add more if you like a stronger cinnamon fragrance)

Dump everything into a pot and cook till the apple is soft. If there's too much liquid, thicken with a little corn flour solution.

Custard
1 egg
1 cup low fat fresh milk
1/4 cup castor sugar
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
25g butter

Whisk the egg, sugar, flour, vanilla and about 1/3 cup of milk. Heat the balance of the milk and add that to the egg mixture while stirring. Put the whole mixture into a pot and cook over low fire. Be sure to keep stirring or it will burn or curdle in lumps. Once the custard thickens, turn off the heat stir in the butter and let it cool.

Follow the baking instructions on the packing of the puff pastry. Once the puff pastry is done, all you need to do is assemble and dig in.

Do adjust the amount of sugar according to your taste.

Funz,

this recipe is really good! not too sweet. thanks so much for it!

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