Club Breadmakers

[Happy Mama]

peterch:

twinklejoy:

oic Thanks for the advise.
that's mean better to buy multi purpose flour..so can make cake and bread, right? :oops:

Hehehe, you have to use bread flour for making bread. All purpose flour meant for cakes or pao.

What's the difference or effect you get when using multi purpose flour vs cake flour to bake a cake?

[twinklejoy]

peterch:

twinklejoy:

oic Thanks for the advise.
that's mean better to buy multi purpose flour..so can make cake and bread, right? :oops:

Hehehe, you have to use bread flour for making bread. All purpose flour meant for cakes or pao.

:oops: thks for the info!

[Twins]

twinklejoy:

[quote]

Hi TwinkleJoy

I'm also an owner of the same Severin model....eh, since last year actually but due to non-success, it's slowly becoming a white elephant.

I'm now re-encouraged by your pics. Can I ask a few qns:

1) Which recipe did you follow for above bread? Is it the one on White Bread/French bread in the manual - pg 28?
Sorry, I don't have the manual recipe with me now..but I think it should be correct, the White/French bread page..is using mode 2 right?


2) What brand of yeast did you use?
bought from NTUC..was it Bake King or King Bake?..it's in the white plastic small bottle.

3) What brand of wheat flour did you use?
also bought from NTUC, Prima bread flour.

4) Milk brand too?
my dh is drinking M. fresh milk so I used this to substitude water.

I'm trying to get precise here cos my last few attempts (before I gave up), the bread turned out too chewy/rubbery :oops:

Looking forward to your advice and thanks!!

hello hello Twins,
I'm so happy that my ugly bread pics re-encouraged you wor! I'm definately not an expert..cant give advises lah :oops: ...but am willing to share my experience!!
I started my virgin bake only last wk. so far my 4 loafs of bread were kinda edible.
I followed the Severin's recipes stictly...only to replace water to milk.[b]

here's my answers to your questions in bold.

just curious, you mentioned that the bread turned out chewy and rubber...did you leave the bread inside the baking tin too long?

don't give up! Jiayu Jiayu Jiayu!! :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:
Hope to see your bread pics soon! :imanisland:[/quote]

Thanks a lot TwinkleJoy!!

Yes, mode 2 is what I'm referring to.

For the milk, you mentioned you substitute water with milk. But the recipe in the manual says to use BOTH water and milk...

So are you saying if need 180ml milk and 145ml water in recipe, you just used 180+145= 325ml of milk?

Thanks much again! Really appreciate!!

[peterch]

Happy Mama:

peterch:

[quote=\"twinklejoy\"]
oic Thanks for the advise.
that's mean better to buy multi purpose flour..so can make cake and bread, right? :oops:

Hehehe, you have to use bread flour for making bread. All purpose flour meant for cakes or pao.

What's the difference or effect you get when using multi purpose flour vs cake flour to bake a cake?[/quote]When you use multi purpose flour, you could get more chewy structure than the cake using cake flour

[Happy Mama]

peterch:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"peterch\"]
Hehehe, you have to use bread flour for making bread. All purpose flour meant for cakes or pao.

What's the difference or effect you get when using multi purpose flour vs cake flour to bake a cake?

When you use multi purpose flour, you could get more chewy structure than the cake using cake flour[/quote]Thanks. So in this case, wouldn't it be better to use a cake flour for cakes, since cakes aren't supposed to be chewy?

[twinklejoy]

Yes I used 325ml of milk instd..

[jtoh]

Happy Mama:

peterch:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]
What's the difference or effect you get when using multi purpose flour vs cake flour to bake a cake?

When you use multi purpose flour, you could get more chewy structure than the cake using cake flour

Thanks. So in this case, wouldn't it be better to use a cake flour for cakes, since cakes aren't supposed to be chewy?[/quote]Yes. Cake flour is lighter.

[Happy Mama]

Thanks jtoh…

[peterch]

My choc chip bread :


http://postimage.org/image/2dtebe6ro/

Smooth crust, moist and nice flavor choc bread. Too much choc chips I guessed but the kids love it. Won't last till b'fast :lol:

Had to buy the bread knife soon.....

It's better to use bake stable choc chip. The choc stick on the knife and make the cutting very messy.

[jtoh]

peterch:

My choc chip bread :


http://postimage.org/image/2dtebe6ro/

Smooth crust, moist and nice flavor choc bread. Too much choc chips I guessed but the kids love it. Won't last till b'fast :lol:

Had to buy the bread knife soon.....

Looks good! So your experiment worked.