Saturday, April 18, 2009

Passion fruits cupcake


Ingredients

Cupcake
200g plain flour
150g sugar
150g Butter (at room temperature)
3 eggs
1 drop vanilla essence
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp bi-carbonate soda
2 tbsp Passion fruit concentrate liquid

Gas oven: 4 (Preheat the oven)
Baking time: 20 mins

1. Put the butter and sugar into the mixer and beat till it light and fluffy.
2. Add the eggs, one egg at a time then follow by the vanilla essence. It may look like a curdled but don't worry.
3. Sift the flour, bi-carbonate soda and baking powder into the mixture and gentle fold it till it mix well.
4. Add the milk and passion fruit liquid, folding everything thoroughly.
5. Pour the cake mixture into the cupcake case. Bake it till the top feels spongy. Took it out, leave it cool and make the icing.

Icing
100g butter (at room temperature)
2 tbsp milk
200g icing sugar
2 tbsp passion fruit concentrate liquid

1. Soften the butter till it easy to stir.
2. Gradually mix the icing sugar. Mix it well
3. Add milk and passion fruit liquid whisk till it smooth.
4. Pop into the piping bag and pipe into your cupcake. Alternate way you may spread a thin layer on top of the cupcake with a palette knife. Decorate it with the sprinkle.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Lava Cake.



Ingredients
2 extra large eggs
1 extra large egg yolk
5 tbsp butter
3 tbsp sugar
3.5 dark chocolate (1 standard bar cooking chocolate)
3 tbsp flour
2 tsp cocoa powder

Oven: 425 F, gas oven: 4
Baking time: 15mins

1. Beat the eggs with sugar till it slightly puff.
2. Melt the chocolate and butter together in the microwave.
3. Let the chocolate cool a little before mix with the eggs and sugar.
4. Add flour and whisk it till it all mix well together.
5. Add cocoa powder and continue whisk it.
6. Put the batter into the fridge for 30 mins.
7. Grease the ramkins with butter, pour the batter inside.
8. Put the ramkins with batter into the baking tray, add some water into the baking tray.
9. 15 mins later, Lava cake is ready.


Tips: Put the batter in the fridge and bake lava cake in water are important steps.

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Salted veggie duck soup.

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