Cookies: chocolate chips cookies

I have made some cookies and chiffon cake for my daughter school Christmas party. It is a simple and easy recipe, fast and tasty. Wish little gals and little boys enjoy their party and enjoy the foods.

Original recipe from Bettycrocker.com, with minor changes.

***Chocolate chips cookies***
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 tsp salt
220g butter at room temperature

1 nos egg
1 tsp vanilla essence

2 1/4 cups plain flour
1tsp baking soda
1/2 cup nestum

1/2 cup raisin
1 cup chocolate chips

(1)  mix brown sugar, castor sugar, salt and butter until light and fluffy.
(2) add in egg and vanilla essence and mix well.
(3) fold in plain flour, baking soda and nestum, and combine well.
(4) add in raisin and chocolate chips and combine well.
(5) shape the batter (any cookies shape) on baking tray.
(6) preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius, bake for 15 minutes until golden brown.

I have no time to take the chiffon cake photo. Will take a photo next time.

**Merry Christmas**

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Tart: Portugis tart

Tart: Portugis tart

A good starting point to learn some other tart.
My mini portugis tart... ya... look like a bit over cook. It take sometime to prepare the base.
Next time wanna try again, with adjust the baking time ... : D
Really enjoy the time in my kitchen and it will be great if someone help me take care my kids.

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Dessert: Palvova

Dessert: Palvova

Palvova is a cake?
I think nope because the main ingredient is egg white and without any flour.
A very simple and few ingredienst need and the finish good look nice.
Just can't eat too much...taste a blit like ice cream cake.

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Cake: Orange butter cake

Cake: Orange butter cake



This is a simply butter orange cake. I make it just because my kids love it.

This recipe is own by Amey Beh. Thanks for her simple and taste nice recipe.

Ingredients:

150g butter

100g castor sugar

grated rind of orange (one)

3 eggs

1.5 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice

 

Sifted flour:

125g self raising flour, 1/8 tsp baking powder, 1tsp milk powder

 

Suggest use 20cm round cake tim. * I use 7" round tin.

 

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add in orange grind.

3. Add in egg one by one and well mix.

4. Add in orange juice and mix until well combined. (* I didn't put orange juice).

5. Stir in flour and half portion each time.

* optional, add in some raisin

6. Pour batter into tin and level.

7. Preheated at 170 degree celcius, bake at 50-60 minutes.

8. Leave cake cool for 5 minutes and move to wire rack.

* my convection oven, I use 180 degree celcius for first 30minutes and follow by 160 degree celcius for another 15 minutes.



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Swiss roll: Green tea swiss roll

Swiss roll: Green tea swiss roll

Finally I make a swiss roll with using my small oven. Headache with my oven size which only able to fit 9 inch round mould or 8 inch square mould. With the limited oven space, I make a 8 inch swiss roll.

La la... my mini swiss roll here ... small and cute. The green tea flavour out of my expectation, taste good.

Ingredients:
3 eggs (grade B)
Sugar 70g
45g plain flour
17g corn flour
3/4 tablespoon green tea powder
25ml corn oil

Method:
Cream sugar and eggs until light.
Sift plain flour, corn flour and green tea powder and mix togather.
Fold in mix flour into egg batter and mix evently.
Add in corn oil and mix evently.
Pour the batter on 8 inch tray (make 2 swiss roll).
Bake at 200 celcius around 18 minutes.
Remove from oven and rest on a wire rack until cool.

Filling: (optional, can substitude with any other favorite filling)
1/2 cup fresh cream
1/2 tablespoon blueberryjam

Method:
Whisk fresh cream until form stiff. Add in blueberryjam and mix evently.

Spread evenlt the filling on the cake and roll it.
Keep roll in fridge before serving.

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Cake: Rainbow cake

Cake: Rainbow cake

This is a colourful cake, naming as rainbow cake. Actual fact it should have 7 colours. This cake had been simplified to 5 colours with 5 layers. It is just a simple recipe but take time to finished it as 5 layers sponge need to prepare. seperately.
Yummy!!!

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Home meal: Asparagus& Petai sambal

Asparagus, petai with sambal taste excellent! I love it so...

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Bread: home made bread - testing

I had make bread long time ago. It is about 13 years ago when my mom bought a bread maker. And I am the only one who interested to touch the maker. After sometimes, start getting bored on it coz not much reference at that time. My mom remind me that we have a bread maker at home. I use to tell her, may be one day will try make bread with different recipe... yep... I make it today, use the bread maker =) A good starting point.

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Tart: Egg tarts

Tart: Egg tarts

This is a easy egg tart recipe that I have try. It is just as simple as it look - bake once. There are few type of recipes. Some of the recipe with pre bake the pastry first. This recipe is combine the filling and the pastry togather which save your time especially for beginner who are not able to control the oven time. I get this recipe from "黑妈妈的祖传蛋挞" share by Mikiko.
As I have some extra pastry, I have additional bake some pineapple tarts. I use the pineapple jam from my regrigerator. It is very nice as you can get 2 type of tarts for one time deal task! 

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A meal at home: eggplant, bean sprout, chicken

A meal at home: 3 dishes without soup

I came to cook myself recently due to some personal reason. Learning that it is not easy to be a full housewife. Cooking is part of the routine job and it may become challenge when talk about nutritious, economical and delicious. It is not easy to cook the food at that delicious and have to creative in order to prevent get bored on the taste.
I get these 3 dishes recipes from "3 plus 1" book. It is a good book especially for beginner as the intruction really as simple as 3 plus 1. Thumb up!!

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