Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Red Velvet sebagai Hantaran

Assalam and hi all,

Hari ni nak share with you pasal kek bertunang ni. Wanted to post it earlier tapi tak cukup masa. Either duduk di dapur or went out shopping tingkap ( window shopping ). haha.

Anyway...saje nak tunjuk how I did this cake.

First thing first, I did bunga untuk kek tu. This 4 roses ni took me around 1 hour to make and yang lamanya nak letak kat dawai dawai halus tu sebenarnya.


Lepas tu...buat kek and biarkan sejuk. Dah sejuk...Sapukan pipping gel sekeliling kek and now you are ready to cover it with fondant. Fondant kene uli lama lama ye sampai sebati sebab kalau tak fondant akan retak dan nampak kering semacam.

Finally...time to decorate...dah ni lah hasilnya. :)
Hope you like it!!!!

Suke tak?

Victoria Sandwich with Raspberry Frosting



Thank you for the order Julie!

Orange Souffle

Hi all and assalam,

Guess what I made yesterday....three things...Red Velvet Cake pop, Orange Souffle and Victoria Sandwich. I'm here to share with you my orange souffle recipe. Senang sahaja buatnya tapi kene pandai whip telur putih sampai naik. So here goes.


Orange Souffle - Taken from Group Recipes.com



1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed certainly the best for fresh flavor)
4 eggs separated (separate when cold, much easier to do when eggs are cold)
1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter to stabilize egg whites
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pure orange extract
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange rind
Well pre-heated oven at 425 with oven rack placed low in oven (not on the lowest, but not in the middle either)
1 UN-greased casserole dish 1-1/2 quarts size

How to make it

Note: you can bake this at two different oven temperatures...
If you want a soufflé that is evenly moist, then bake it at 325 for 50-60 minutes.
If you want a soufflé that has a thicker crust and a soft moist interior, then the quick baking method is for you: bake your soufflé at 425 for 25 minutes.

The above baking techniques work for all fruit soufflés that I post.
1. In a saucepan on top of stove on medium low heat, combine flour, sugar, salt and stir in orange juice a little at a time.
2.Cook stirring constantly until the entire mixture is smooth and thick.
3.Beat egg yolks under mixer until thick and yellow. Gently fold into cooked mixture and allow to cool on counter.
4.While that is cooling, add orange zest, pure extracts and stir.
5. Wash out your mixing bowl really well and beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Add cream of tartar and mix it in.
6. Fold one half of the beaten egg whites into the cooled down cooked mixture to lighten up the 'batter', then add remaining egg whites and gently fold in.
7. Pour into un-greased casserole dish and put into preheated oven at your chosen temperature.
    Try not to peak as this can upset the soufflé from rising. Let it do its thing.
  


Once baked, bring to table at once and serve it up with a soft dollop of whipped cream - to go extra fancy, add a little of cointreau (orange flavored liquor to your homemade whipped cream as flavoring) and add a fresh spring of mint on the serving for that "Martha look".
    And as mentioned above in the description, you can do all the preparing, and throw your soufflé into the oven when you are sitting down to eat your dinner. By the time you have finished dinner and you are making coffee, your dessert will be ready to eat!

Buat souffle tak lah susah sangat tapi delicate sangat prosesnya  tapi sangat berbaloi sebab rasanya sungguh sedap sekali. Hardly kita dapat jumpa di luar sebab dessert ni sedap makan selepas keluar dari oven. Yum!!!....

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Victoria Sandwich

Hi all...and As salam. Guess what I baked yesterday....victoria sandwich. Kek yang simple menggunakan bahan yang paling sedikit tapi susah nak dapatkan yang perfect. What I mean perfect is fluffy and moist. Anyways....I found this recipe and this is my third time trying out different recipes. Rasanya yang ini yang paling best. So here goes the recipe taken from UKTV.UK


Victoria Sandwich Sponge Cake

Ingredients
Cake
•    175 g unsalted butter
•    175 g caster sugar
•    3 eggs, beaten
•    175 g self-raising flour
Filling
•    3 tbsp strawberry jam
•    500 ml double cream

Method
1. Set the oven to 180C/gas 4. Lightly butter two sandwich tins, each with a diameter of 20cm.

2. Cream together the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, and then slowly add the beaten egg.

3. Fold in the sifted flour and spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tins. (Ayak tepung tinggi tinggi sikit supaya tepung itu di anginkan...sure kek jadi lagi gebu)

4. Bake for 20 minutes. Leave to cool and then remove from the tins. (Jangan buka langsung oven ..kalau tidak sure bahagian tengah kek mendap)

5. Whip the cream until thick and use it to fill the sponge with the jam.

6. Dust liberally with icing sugar to serve.


Gambar yang di ambil di atas tu only one layer. Kek ni kene buat dua layer dan harus di sandwichkan dengan cream and jem . Baru lah di namakan victoria sandwich. Hope you guys can give it a try.
:)

Sunday, December 02, 2012

Red Velvet Birthday Cake

Salam semua...guess wat.......hari ni terdeliver kek yang salah....bukan salah kek ...tapi kek design yang salah. Ade miscommunications lah pulak. Luckly this lady is very nice and said it is a small matter. Phew...so..inilah kek yang di sebut sebutkan itu.