Sunday, November 25, 2012

Lemon Tart with Berry on top

Assalam..
Hari ni free sebab tak de order and decided to my sister and parents to come for dinner. Lauk pauk yang nak di masak ialah sambal sotong, ayam masak lemak cili padi, ikan masin goreng, sayur masak sos tiram , ayam goreng dan keropok.

As for the dessert...I am making lemon tart with berry on top. My mom pulak bawa durian and nangka and kueh koci. Basically ni dah macam hidangan buka puasa dah ni.

Ok here goes for the lemon tart berry on top recipe.


 Kesemua resepi di ambil dari Joy of baking.

Sweet Pastry Crust:
1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/LemonMeringueTart.html#ixzz2DFI2fyjE
1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
*1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
**1 large egg, lightly beaten
** Selalu gunakan telur gred A kecuali resepi tersebut menyatakan telur gred B or C.
*Kalau tak de unsalted butter, pakai sahaja butter or majerin tapi jangan letak 1/8tsp garam tu)



Sweet Pastry Crust:  In a separate bowl, sift or whisk together the flour and salt.  Set aside.  Place the butter in your mixer and beat until softened.  Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Gradually add the beaten egg, beating just until incorporated.  Don't over mix or the butter will separate and lighten in color.  Add flour mixture all at once and mix just until it forms a ball.  Don't overwork or pastry will be hard when baked.  (for your info, kalau buat cookies pun macam ni..tak boleh gaul sangat..nanti kanji banyak keluar dan buatkan pastry ..cookie tu keras macam batu)

Flatten dough into disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about 30 minutes or until firm.
(Make sure leperkan pasrty ni, lagi senang nak letak dapat pie dish nanti)

When the pastry is rolled to the desired size, lightly roll pastry around your rolling pin, dusting off any excess flour as you roll.  Unroll onto top of tart pan.  Never pull pastry or you will get shrinkage (shrinkage is caused by too much pulling of the pastry when placing it in the pan).  Gently lay in pan and with a small floured piece of pastry, lightly press pastry into bottom and up sides of pan.  Roll your rolling pin over top of pan to get rid of excess pastry.  With a thumb up movement, again press dough into pan.  Roll rolling pin over top again to get rid of any extra pastry.  Prick bottom of dough (this will prevent the dough from puffing up as it bakes).  Cover and refrigerate for about 20 minutes to chill the butter and to rest the gluten in the flour.

Lemon Curd:
3 large eggs
1/3 cup (80 ml) fresh lemon juice (2-3 lemons) (do not use the bottled lemon juice)
3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated white sugar
4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon (4 grams) lemon zest (saya tak add pun ni)

For Lemon Curd: While the crust is baking make the Lemon Curd.  In a stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and lemon juice until blended.  Cook, whisking constantly (to prevent it from curdling), until the mixture becomes pale in color and quite thick (like a hollandaise sauce or sour cream)( hollandaise sauce ni selalunya orang buat untuk pekatkan kuah / sup ) (160 degrees F or 71 degrees C on a thermometer).  This will take about 10 minutes.  Remove from heat and immediately pour through a fine strainer to remove any lumps.  Cut the butter into small pieces and whisk into the mixture until the butter has melted.  Add the lemon zest.  Immediately pour the lemon curd into the baked crust and smooth the top.
(Ok..kalau you all tak de thermometer..mmg kene praktis buat curd ni...tapi lepas je dapat buat curd ni...sebenarnya tak perlu pun pakai thermometer. :) )

Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).  Bake the tart for about 10 minutes or until the lemon curd is firm but still a little wobbly in the center.  Do not let it brown or burn.

Ok...bila dah keluar....saya pun letakkan pie filling kat atas tart. Ni main tipu sikit sebab cherry mahal nak beli..so beli je terus pie filling yang dah siap di tinkan. I use brand Saporito.
So....kesudahannya jadi lah ni..

Selamat mencuba
Let me know if you need help ok.

Sweet Pastry Crust:
1 1/2 cups (210 grams) all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten


Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/LemonMeringueTart.html#ixzz2DFDVuNly

Saturday, November 24, 2012

My First Buttercream Engagement Cake

This is the first time I have to make a Buttercream Cake for Hantaran. Just to share with you some of the preparations that I had to make in advance. First of all is my gumpaste to make the flowers. Thank you to baking project for the gumpaste recipe. Try it and you will find it easy and cheap way to make gumpaste.

Gumpaste ( suitable for flowers / figurine)
Ingredients
500 g icing sugar
1 tablespoon gum tragacanth
1 1/2 tablespoon cold water
2 teaspoon powdered gelatine
2 teaspoon liquid glucose
1 tablespoon shortening
1 egg white
Method :
Mix the icing sugar with the gum trag, and sieve. Put in a heavy duty mixer bowl.
Sprinkle the gelatine over the water, and wait until it becomes spongy. Then double boil until it turns into liquid again. Add the glucose, stir until it turns liquid too, then add in the shortening . Continue stirring until all are melted.
Remove from heat. Pour into the icing sugar, and mix in the egg white. Beat until the paste becomes white and elastic. Remove the gumpaste, put in an airtight container and let it rest for at least 12 hours before using.
If you notice, the method is very similar to making fondant. If you can make fondant on your own, I think you will have no trouble in making gumpaste. Its definitely cheaper than buying the mix or ready to roll type. You can make a large batch, divide into small pieces and keep it frozen. 

I tried Satin gumpaste but it didn't dry fast. Gum Tex from Wilton is just too expensive. Now I have this recipe...it is such a bless. Easy and cost saving. Thank you Baking Project. 

 Okay...ni lah rupa gumpaste  bila dah di uli. 

Homemade GUMPASTE
 And then...I bake my buttercake and start making flower gumpaste.




I learned making flowers from YOU TUBE.

After finished making flowers, time to make the buttercream. Here is the recipe.

Buttercream Recipe ( White colour buttercream frosting)
200 gram krimwell
150 gram shortening
50 gram butter / marjerin
200 gram icing sugar
2tsp vanilla or any flavour

Mix all in a mixer and whip till it become pale and fluffy.
As simple as that!

Dah siap...time to decorate ....and finally the finish cake is here.
ready to be delivered

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Hope you like it too!

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Butter Cake Recipe

Oh my....this butter cake is moist and buttery sesangat okay.

If u want the recipe...here goes...and thank you to Cooking Crave for the recipe.

Ingredients:
150 g Golden Churn Butter (softened)
1 tbsp corn oil/olive oil/ palm oil ( i use palm oil..corn oil habis)
110g sugar
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence/1/2 tsp vanilla paste
3 large egg
140 g cake flour
40 g corn starch
1/3 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp fresh milk


Sieve together twice cake flour, corn starch and baking powder into a large bowl. Set aside.
Cream butter, sugar, salt, oil, and vanilla till it's fluffy and pale.
Add in eggs one at the time, beat well to mix after each addition.
Add in the flour mixture and mix at low speed till well blended.
Stir in the whipping cream and mix well.
Pour the batter into a lined or greased 8"x4" loaf pan  ( i use 8 inch round pan ) and bake at 180C for 35 - 45 minutes or till it's golden brown and the toothpick inserted in the center came out clean. 

Enjoy!.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Fancy Cookie ?

hope you like it! :)

Sugar Cookies on Stick

Assalam semua,....just to share with you my latest design ni. Fancy cookie / Sugar cookie on stick. Maaf lah ya.....lambat betul nak try cookie on stick ni. Bukan ape..sticknye agak mahal. Nak jual pun segan segan nak bagitahu harga. Anyways....Hope you all like it and for mother's day sangat lah sesuai atau pun birthday untuk wanita yang berjiwa sensetip. hehe. ENjoy!

the final moment....Hope my customer like it!