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Jun
22
2017

Chocolate brownie mousse cake

RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE BROWNIE MOUSSE CAKE
Adapted from Rasa Malaysia & Life Love Sugar
Makes: 12 slices
Bake time: 55 mins

Brownie:

280g dark cooking chocolate (broken into pieces)
100g Butter
100g Brown sugar
2 Eggs
70g Plain flour

Butter cake:

1 tsp + 1/8 tsp powdered gelatine
1 1/2 tablespoon water
250g dark chocolate chips
2 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Grease a 9 inch springfoam pan and line the bottom and sides with baking paper.

2. To make brownie base, melt chocolate and butter over low heat. Remove and leave to cool slightly. Stir in brown sugar until blended. Add in egg, mix well. Fold in flour, mix until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove and cool.

3. In a small bowl, sprinkle the gelatine over the water, let stand for about 5 minutes.

4. Place the chocolate chips in a medium bowl .Set aside.

5 . Microwave 3/4 cup of heavy cream until it comes to a full boil. Then add the gelatine mixture to the heavy cream and whisk until dissolved.

6. Pour hot cream over the chocolate chips and let sit for about a minute. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Set aside, cooling for about 5 minutes.

7. Whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups heavy cream at high speed with a mixer until it begins to thicken

8. Add powdered sugar then continue to whip until stiff peaks form.

9. Fold about a third of the whipped cream to the lightly cooled chocolate mixture until well combined.

10. Add remaining whipped cream and fold in until well combined.

11. Spoon chocolate mousse evenly over the brownie base and spread evenly. Optional: Decorate the top with some extra whipped cream or with strawberries if you wish.

12. Place in refrigerator for about 2-3 hours, until completely firm. Preferably overnight.

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Apr
15
2017

Profiteroles cream puff (choux)

CREAM PUFF – PROFITEROLES
Adapted from Donna Hay with slight modifications

Ingredients for choux
½ cup (125ml) water
¼ cup (60ml) milk
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon caster sugar
80g unsalted butter, chopped
¾ cup (110g) plain flour, sifted
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Whipped cream
¾ cup (185ml) thickened cream
2 tablespoons icing sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the water, milk, vanilla, salt, sugar and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring, until the butter is melted and the mixture is boiling. Turn off the stove, add the flour and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is all mixed through and smooth; and comes away from the sides of the pan. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed for 1 minute or until cooled slightly. Add half the egg and beat until combined. Gradually add the remaining egg and beat for 1–2 minutes or until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm star nozzle. Pipe into a rose onto a lightly greased baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Bake for 20–25 minutes or until puffed and golden. Allow to cool completely on the trays.
Place the cream, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk until soft peaks form. To assemble the puffs, use a bamboo stick to wiggle around the bottom of the pastries and then pipe the cream into the centre. Sift the top with icing sugar

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Apr
07
2016

This is by far the easiest & yummiest NO BAKE cake ever! The time is takes to make this cake is pretty much just 10mins. You just have to chill it overnight though, but hey, its worth it! It doesn’t have eggs unlike some recipes, so its safe for pregnant women too!

KEK BATIK (Hedgehog slice)

Adapted from here

Ingredients

120g Milo
100g melted choc
125g butter
125g unsalted butter
4 tbsp cocoa powder
1 packet of Arnotts Marie biscuits (broken in halves)
1 can of Nestle condensed milk

Ganache
1/2 cup cream
100g dark chocolate

Method

Line a square baking tin with baking paper or glad wrap (so you can remove the cake easily after it has been chilled). I used 2 loaf tins instead

In a large saucepan, heat the butter on low. Once melted, add the condensed milk and stir until evenly mix.

Add the Milo and cocoa powder and stir until it is thoroughly dissolved without any lumps.

Add broken Marie biscuits and mix it through.

Pour the mixture in the prepared pan and press to get an even top. Cover with glas wrap and refrigerate overnight.

An hour before serving, remove the cake from the pan and let it come to room temp slightly before cutting (as it can be quite hard to cut)

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Jan
30
2016

jaffa mousse cake

JAFFA MOUSSE CAKE RECIPE

Cake Base
Adapted from, myself! Literally just tasted and go!

Ingredients

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup almond meal
1/4 cup sugar
60g melted unsalted butter (more or less)
pinch of salt

Method

Preheat oven at 160 degrees, fan forced. Line the bottom and sides of a pan with baking paper.

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, then press into the pan base. Bake for 10minutes. Cool.

Chocolate Jaffa Mousse
Adapted from My Kitchen Rules, with slight changes

Ingredients

225g dark chocolate
1 sachet of gelatine, mix with 1/4cup boiled water
300ml thickened cream
1 tbs orange juice, squeezed and sift pulp out
3 tsp orange essence (more or less to taste)

Method

To make mousse, melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Set aside.

In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 cup water to a boil and mix in gelatine until dissolves. Let it cool slightly.

Meanwhile, whip the cream until soft peaks form.

Add the gelatine into the chocolate mixture.

Add orange juice and essence to whipped cream and mix evenly.

Then gradually fold in the cream into the chocolate gelatine mixture.

Spread over cooled cake in pan. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.

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Jul
09
2015

creme caramel | leche flan

I’ve never made a creme caramel before so the perfectionist in me, searched high and low for that what could be the perfect creme caramel! Some use milk, some use cream and some use condensed milk. So I thought I’d try the condensed milk recipe, after all, who doesn’t like condensed milk? :)

After chilling it, I was super anxious to turn it upside down to see if it had worked to be a success, or a disaster. Oh my! The relief I felt as I was cutting through this silky smooth custard pudding (whilst I was fasting) was such a joy! I just had to cut a slice for photos purposes before taking this baby out to an iftar we were invited to last night.

RECIPE FOR CREME CARAMEL/LECHE FLAN
Adapted from Russian Filipino Kitchen, with slight modifications

Prep time: 10 mins
Bake time: 45mins
Chilled time: 2hours (min)

Ingredients

Sugar caramel:
½ cup white sugar
2 tbsp water

Egg Custard:
4 eggs
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
1.5 teaspoon pure vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees, fan forced.

2. Combine sugar and water in a stainless steel sauce pan and dissolve on low heat. Stir until it melts, then increase the heat and stop stirring. Keep an eye as the sugar starts to turn light brown, turn off heat and mix evenly. Transfer quickly to 5 ramekins, or I’ve used a square baking tray 20x20cm.

3. Add sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla extract into a blender. Cover and “pulse” for 10-20 seconds until a uniform mixture is achieved. Do not be alarmed if there are a lot of air bubbles. Strained the mixture 3 times until you get rid of some impurities from the eggs and the bubbles have diminished.

4. Transfer the strained egg mixture into your ramekins/tray and use your fingers to pop up any stray bubbles on the surface. Put the mixture tray into another larger tray and fill the large tray with water, about an inch high . Like a water bath.

5. Bake for 45minutes and then cool for an hour before chilling it in the fridge. Chill for at least 2 hours before turning it over to a serving plate.