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baking, Cake, chocolate

Walnut Cake with Chocolate Glaze

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Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.

Walnut 1 cup (toasted and finely chopped)

eggs 3

sugar 1/2 cup

flour 1/2 cup

baking powder 1/4 tsp

 

  1. Beat egg with sugar with  electric mixer for 6-8 mins. It will become like mayonnaise.
  2. Sieve in flour & baking powder. combine them.
  3. Fold in 1/4 walnut.
  4. Divide batter into 2 baking pans. And into the oven for 25 mins.
  5. Place cakes on rack to let them cool down.

 

Frosting:

1/4 cup butter (softened), 1 cup icing sugar, 1/2 tbsp milk.

Beat the butter with electric mixer till very light and fluffy. Add in icing sugar 1/3 each a time. Blend well. Add in milk at last. Mix everything well.

Make frosting into 2 part. Add 1/4 walnut into one of them.

Syrup: 1/2 cup warm water, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 1/2 maple syrup. Mix well.

 

Place one cake upside down. Brush it with syrup. Spread the frosting (with walnut) onto it. Then put the other cake upside down over it. Brush it with syrup too. Spread the other frosting over the top and side of the cake. Sprinkle the rest chopped walnut over the side of the cake.

Chocolate glaze:

3 Tbsp milk, 30g chocolate. Heat in microwave till chocolate melts. Cool down to room temperature.

Pour the chocolate over the top.

Garnish with walnut at last.

The cake is super. It is a bit complicated as I did the frosting and glazing this time, which I never did before. That’s why I think this cake is a bit complicated. And you have a lot of washing to do after that. 🙂

Both my husband and I love the cake. 🙂

baking, chocolate, Cookie

Double Chocolate Cookies

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Ingredients:

butter 110g

chocolate 120g

vanilla 1 tsp

eggs 2

sugar 220g

flour 125g

cocoa powder 60g

baking soda 1/2 tsp

salt 1 pinch

Chocolate chunks 200g

 

Preheat oven to 165 Degree C

  1. Melt chocolate and better over low heat till completely melted and mixed together.
  2. Remove melted butter from heat and cool down.
  3. Add in vanilla.
  4. Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl till light and fluffy.
  5. Add egg & sugar mixture into melted chocolate.
  6. Mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt) in another bowl.
  7. Add dry ingredients into melted chocolate and make it into batter.
  8. Fold in chocolate chunks.
  9. Drop 1 tbsp batter onto the baking tray.
  10. Into the oven for about 13 mins.

 

 

Crunchy outside but chewy inside.

baking, banana, Cake, Uncategorized

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

3 bananas

butter 130g melted

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

flour 1 3/4 cup

sugar 1 cup

baking powder 1 tsp

baking soda 1/4 tsp

cinnamon powder 1 tsp

chopped walnut 1 cup

chocolate chips 1 cup

 

Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.

  1. Mash bananas in a bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  2. Add melted butter into banana and mix well.
  3. Add in sugar and blend well.
  4. Sieve in dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and salt). Mix till just combined.
  5. Add chopped walnut and chocolate chips into the batter.
  6. Use a spoon or ice cream scoop to drop batter into muffin pan with 3/4 full.

https://flic.kr/p/2gY9iYL

Into the oven and bake for 20-25 mins.

Yum!

baking, pizza, Prawn

Prawn Pizza

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For the pizza dough, please check:

Double Cheese Pizza With Homemade Pizza Sauce

The prawns I used are very big, so I remove the head and shell, then cut prawn into halves.

  1. Heat a pan, add in 1 tbsp oil. Fry prawn head and shell. Gently squeeze prawn head with spatula. Then take all the shell and head out.
  2. Fry prawns with the same pan. Just fry each side for 1 minute or 2. Set aside for later use.
  3. Still the same pan, saute 3 chopped cloves of garlic. Then add in pizza sauce. Stir fry till prawn oil and sauce are completely combined.
  4. Brush fried sauce onto pizza dough. Sprinkle cheese. Spread prawns over it. And top with cheese again.
  5. Into 200 degree oven and bake for 10 mins.

https://flic.kr/p/2h6Lk5F

Very nice pizza.

baking, Cake

Carrot & Walnut Cake

Ingredients:

flour 1 cup

cinnamon powder  1 tsp

salt 1/2 tsp

baking powder 1/2 tsp

baking soda 1/4 tsp

brown sugar 1/2 cup

white sugar 1/4 cup

eggs 2

vanilla 1/2 tsp

vegetable oil 1/2 cup

grated carrots 1 1/2 cup

finely chopped walnut 1 cup

 

  1. Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.
  2. Cream vegetable oil with brown sugar & white sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
  3. Sieve all the dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder) to avoid any lump.
  4. Add dry ingredients into oil & sugar mixture 1/3 at a time, to make sure they are well combined.
  5. Finally add in grated carrot and walnut. Mix well.
  6. Into the oven and bake for 20-25 mins. Check with toothpick. If it comes out clean, then the cake is done.

https://flic.kr/p/2gLUou8

Very simple and the cake is really good.

baking, blueberry, Cake, Uncategorized

Blueberry Lemon Cake

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My husband and I are not big fans of fresh blueberry. But we both like food made from blueberry, like jam or cake. So if I buy blueberries from supermarket, it means I will bake something with blueberry.

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

Ingredients:

Butter 130g

Sugar 120g

Vanilla 1 tsp

Egg 1

Flour 190g

Baking powder 1 tsp

Salt 1/4 tsp

Zest of 1 lemon

Milk 1/2 cup

Blueberry 2 cups

Flour 1 tablespoon

Lemon juice 1 tablespoon

1. Cream butter with sugar till light and fluffy.

2. Add in vanilla. And eggs one by one.

3. Mix fry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt and zest of lemon) together.

4. Add flour and milk into butter mixture alternately. 1/2 flour and 1/2 milk one time.

5. Add 1 tablespoon flour and lemon juice into blueberries. Toss a bit.

6. Place 1/2 batter into baking pan. Over it spread 1/2 blueberries. Then add in the rest batter. And top it with rest blueberries. Light press blueberries into the batter.

The batter is done:

After 60 mins.

Cool down for a while.

I was too lazy to make any glaze. So i just sprinkle icing sugar over the top.

Cake is very moist.

baking, pizza, Uncategorized

Teriyaki Chicken Pizza Recipe

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1. For the pizza dough, please check:

https://foodrecipe33.com/2018/04/10/double-cheese-pizza-with-homemade-pizza-sauce/

2. Prepare a whole boneless chicken leg. Cut it into small chunks.

3. Heat a pan. Add in a little oil. Sear the chicken till brownish.

4. Add in 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine), 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tablespoon honey. Mix chicken well with sauce.

5. Pour in 1 cup hot water. Simmer chicken for 10 mins.

6. Set chicken aside. Turn to high heat. Reduce the sauce till very thick. You can add in a little starch water to help. The. The teriyaki sauce is done.

7. Brush pizza dough with teriyaki sauce. Sprinkle cheese. Then chicken and vegetable. At last another layer of cheese.

8. Into 200 degree C oven for 10 mins or till cheese melts.

https://flic.kr/p/2bAXhf9

baking, Cake

Super Easy Cheesecake

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I got this recipe when I was checking on China Weibo. And I believe the original recipe is from a Japanese APP called Cookpad. And the author’s name is Mari. This recipe is the easiest way to make cheesecake.

All you need are:

Cream 180g

White chocolate 40g

Cream cheese 200g

Eggs 2

Lemon juice 1/2tsp

1. Melt white chocolate with cream in a saucepan by low heat. Keep stirring.

2. Whip the cream cheese till light.

3. Beat eggs into cream cheese. Better add in 2-3 times.

4. Add lemon juice into cream cheese.

5. Add chocolate & cream mixture into cream cheese. Stir well.

6. Into preheated oven (160 degree C) and bake for 35mins.

Super easy. No extra tools are needed. No need to bake for a long time. And it also turns out not bad.

Solid and creamy.

baking, mushroom

Stuffed Mushroom

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My husband has a new hobby – gardening. He agreed to plant basil as I always use basil for cooking.

Today I asked him to cut off a little basil for me to cook pizza. He gave me a Bunch! So I used some of them to cook this stuffed mushroom.

Preheat oven to 170 degree C.

1. Prepare 200 g mushroom. Wash clean. Remove the stem. Don’t throw away stem. They can be used to make filling.

2. Chop stem into very tiny bites. Also chop 2 cloves of garlic.

3. Heat 1 tsp olive oil in the pan. Sauté garlic a bit. Add in stems. Sauté till aromatic.

4. Season with salt, black pepper and a little mixed herbs. Juice will come out from stem. Turn to low heat. Simmer a bit till it dries up.

5. Turn off the heat. Add in chopped fresh basil. Stir well. And the filling is done.

6. Put filling into mushroom with help of spoon. Press by finger.

7. Top with cheese.

8. Into the oven for 20 mins.

baking, pizza, Uncategorized

Pepperoni Pizza

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Recently, we are really busy moving to a new house. A new house means a new kitchen to me. I am so excited that I will have new cooking equipment.

Our new oven is Bosch with 3D hot air.

The first dish I cook by it is pepperoni pizza. We were so exhausted and I thought pizza is a simple dish for me to prepare.

1. Prepare pizza dough, please refer to:

Double Cheese Pizza With Homemade Pizza Sauce

2. I made pizza sauce by myself with cherry tomatoes.

Double Cheese Pizza With Homemade Pizza Sauce

3. Preheat oven to 250 degree C.

4. Press pizza dough into baking pan. Brush pizza sauce over it.

5. Sprinkle a lot of cheese.

6. Place pepperoni pieces on the top.

7. Into the oven and bake for 7 mins.

Taste really good. I’m very happy with my new oven.