Sunday, November 29, 2015

Avocado Cocoa Smoothie


Here's something for a hot Sunday :) Something cold, creamy and chocolatey!!!  My first try at making this drink and it was quite yummy I must say, except that I could not taste much of the avocado - it helped to only thicken the drink. Call this a chocolate smoothie or avocado cocoa smoothie? Try and decide for yourself :)



Avocado Cocoa Smoothie
Serves 2

1 ripe avocado
1 tbsp honey
360ml fresh milk
1 tbsp unsweetened covoa powder
8 ice cubes

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend away.
2. Do a taste test. Add more honey to suit your own taste bud if the smoothie is not sweet enough. Likewise, add more milk if you want it more diluted.
3. Pour into serving glasses and serve rightaway.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Baileys Irish Cream Chiffon Cake

I am back (okay... was back since like 2 weeks back :P)! The much needed and looked-forward-to vacation in Japan has been done and I am once again back to this hot and humid country. Aren't I glad to not have to add the word hazy too. Hurhur.

This trip to Kyushu was good, like always! No disappointment, just fun and happiness.  Being my fifth trip to Japan, all things I see and people I meet there still impresses me.

Will you be amused if I told you I am still having the post holiday blues now???  And this explains the slow momentum in getting back into my kitchen! Reminiscing all good times made me lazy hahaha!  So expect slow updates.  All I have here after this are mostly photos of my Baileys Irish Cream Chiffon Cake. Simple, but yummy.

Be back soon!



Dig in!


Baileys Irish Cream Chiffon Cake

Egg yolk mixture
5 egg yolks
20g sugar
30g oil 
70g Baileys Irish Cream 
100g cake flour

Egg white meringue 

5 egg white
1/8 tsp lemon juice
60g sugar




1. C
ombine egg yolks and sugar and mix well with a whisk till sugar is dissolved.

2. Stir in oil and Baileys Irish Cream, whisk till combined before adding in sifted cake flour and mix well till no clumps are present.

3. In a separate clean and dry mixing bowl, add in egg white and beat till large bubbles are formed. In 3 additions, add in sugar. Make sure to beat till sugar is dissolved in between each addition. Stop when the white mixture reaches stiff peak stage.

4. In 3 additions, fold in egg white meringue into yolk mixture in a one gentle direction, taking care not to over fold and deflate mixture.

5. Pour cake mixture into chiffon tube pan and put to bake in a preheated oven and bake at 160deg C for 1 hour or till done.



6. Remove from oven and overturn to allow chiffon cake to cool before slicing.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Stir Fry Black Pepper Beef

Almost anything, or everything taste yummy when cooked in black pepper sauce.  With a bottle of Singlong black pepper sauce in the fridge, and a tupperware of beef slices in my freezer, let's do a quick stir-fry black pepper beef dish!


In no time, dinner was served, plain rice with stir fry black pepper beef and a simple stir fry vege with minced garlic. This is how simple our meals are, sometimes a soup and a vege with rice and that's it. No need for 3 dishes and 1 soup all day long :)


Stir Fry Black Pepper Beef

230g stir fry beef (sliced)
2 stalks of spring onions, sliced to 2 inches in length
1 medium onion, wedged
1/2 yellow/red/ green capsicum sliced into thin strips
1 inch ginger, peeled and sliced

2 tbsp Canola oil
3tbsp Black pepper sauce
1/2tbsp sugar
2 to 3 tbsp water

Marinate
1.5 tsp cornflour
1 tsp light soy sauce
2 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp Chinese cooking wine
1/2 tsp black pepper powder


1. Dry sliced beef with kitchen towel and place sliced beef in a bowl.
2. Add in all marinate ingredients and mix well with beef. Cover with clingwrap and let sliced beef be marinated in fridge for at least 30min. I let it be marinated for 3 hours.
3. Heat oil in frying pan (high heat).
4. Add ginger and onion and stir fry till fragrant. Add in spring onion and capsicum and stir fry till capsicum strips turn half cooked.
5. Add in marinated beef and loosen beef slices up before adding in black pepper sauce and sugar. Mix well to coat beef slices with sauce. Add in water and stir well. Beef slices should be cooked in 3 to 4min. Dish out and serve immediately with plain rice.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Espresso Chiffon Cake


Haa... so my obsession with baking anything espresso is still not quite done yet!  Whenever my mood to bake arises, the first thing that comes to my mind would be, "Can I do it espresso flavour??" Well, so here you are... my aromatic espresso chiffon cake! 



Not wanting my chiffon cake to have those instant coffee cake aroma, I baked this chiffon cake using 2 shots of freshly brewed espresso coffee. Up it to a more intense level by adding some cocoa powder and achieved this one chiffon cake that I will surely bake again. So looking forward to my breakfast tomorrow!  ♡♡♡



Espresso Chiffon Cake

蛋黄面糊 Egg yolk mixture
5个蛋黄 / 5 egg yolks
20克糖 / 20g sugar
30克油 / 30g oil 
60克浓咖啡 (不必加糖) / 60g espresso (no sugar added)
1 1/2 大匙 无糖可可粉粉 / 1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
100克低筋面粉 / 100g plain flour

蛋白霜 Egg white meringue
5个蛋白 / 5 egg white
60克糖 / 60g sugar


Almond flakes, for toppings (optional)


1. 准备浓咖啡, 在浓咖啡还没冷却时,加入可可粉拌均,放凉备用。

Prepare espresso, add in cocoa powder and mix well till cocoa powder is dissolved. Set aside to cool before use.

2. 蛋黄加入糖拌均。

combine egg yolks and sugar and mix well with a whisk till sugar is dissolved.

3. 加入油和凉了的浓咖啡搅拌均匀。再加入筛过的低筋面粉。

Stir in oil and cooled espresso mixture, whisk till combined before adding in sifted plain flour and mix well till no clumps are present.

4. 蛋白搅拌到起粗泡沫然后分三次加入糖搅拌至硬和带有光泽。
In a separate clean and dry mixing bowl, add in egg white and beat till large bubbles are formed. In 3 additions, add in sugar. Make sure to beat till sugar is dissolved in between each addition. Stop when the white mixture reaches stiff peak stage.

5. 蛋白分三次加入蛋黄糊里,轻轻的把蛋白和蛋黄拌至没蛋白粒存在即可。
In 3 additions, fold in egg white meringue into yolk mixture in a one gentle direction, taking care not to over fold and deflate mixture.

6. 在烤模里撒一些杏仁片, 然后将面糊倒入烤模, 放入预热烤箱以 160'C 烤 1 小时。

Place some almond flakes into chiffon tube pan and then pour cake mixture into chiffon tube pan and put to bake in a preheated oven and bake at 160deg C for 1 hour or till done.



7. 蛋糕烤好后从烤箱取出,倒扣待冷再切块。

Remove from oven and overturn to allow chiffon cake to cool before slicing.


The almond flakes added some munch to the chiffon cake.



Slice when cool and enjoy!