Strawberry Shortcake

OMG!!! "Strawberry Shortcake" it's my all time fav!!! Light strawberry fragrance ...

Vanilla Sponge Cake

Ingredients:

(A) Egg Batter

Egg yolk 4 

Sugar 50g

Oil 90g

Cake flour 110g

Baking powder 3/4 teaspoon 

Full cream milk 80g

Vanilla exact 1 tsp

Pinch of salt

(B) Meringue

Egg white 5

Cream of tar tar 5g

Sugar 50g

8" inch (Fixed) cake pan

Method

(A) Egg batter

-Using electric mixer, whisk egg yolks with sugar till well incorporated.

-Add oil,full cream milk and vanilla exact whisk it till creamy and bubbles formed. Beat until mixture is fluffiness .

-Add flour sieved it gradually into 3-4 addition, using hand whisk mix it.

-Add baking powder and pinch of salt. Well-mixed.

(B) Meringue 

-Using electric mixer, whisk egg whites for secs till bubbles formed.

-Add cream of tar tar.

-Add sugar gradually.

-Whisk meringue to firm peak.

-Add 1/3 (B) meringue to (A) egg batter at a time. 

-I'm using hand whisk to do folding.

- Using a spatula doing the last folding.

-Line a baking paper on the base of the cake pan.

-Pour down the batter slowly. Tap the cake pan on worktop a few times to burst the air bubbles inside.

-Preheat oven @160 degree.

(Mine Rowenta oven,tempt and baking duration still varies on individual oven performance)

-Using water bath baking, means emerge cake pan on a tray of hot water during baking. 

-Baking for 30mins @160 degree. 

(For Rowenta oven, after 1st 10mins place a tray on the TOP rack to block the heat from burning the cake)

-After 30mins, REDUCED tempt to 140 degree bake for another 10 mins. 

-Inverted let it cooled.

Sad... Cracked TOP!!! But never mind la no worries , coz later the TOP will b slice-off. Hahahaha..

Strawberry Frosting

Ingredients:

Whipping Cream 1 cup

Strawberry emulco 1/4 tsp

Fresh strawberries 2 small boxes

(For decoration)

Easy method:

-Chill the balloon whisk into freezer for 10mins. This is to whip the fresh cream faster.

-Whip the whipping cream to firm peak, lower down to lowest speed add strawberry emulco to well-mixed.

Spread fresh strawberry cube on every layering. (Optional)

Lastly frost the whole cake. Next.. time for decoration... That's my favourite!!!

Nicely sliced serving my guests.

Hope you'll like the "Strawberry Shortcake" recipe , and thanks for browsing ... See you soon!!! 

                  Surelicious Bakie

Blueberry New York Cheesecake

Trying something rich and creamy melt in mouth cheese cake? Try this recipe ... it's a inspiration from my hubby asking me baking a Starbucks New York Cheesecake... Lol!!! 

Here's the recipe ...

Blueberry New York Cheesecake 

Utensil: 6 inch removal pan

Ingredients:

Crust

Digestive biscuits 85g

Butter (melted) 60g

Cheesecake Filling 

Cream cheese 250g (room tempt)

Sugar 35g

Eggs 100g

Finely grated Lemon zest 1 tsp

Fresh Lemon juice 1 tsp

Sour cream 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract 1/4 tsp

Blueberry Topping

Water 50 ml

Gelatine powder 2 tsp

Blueberry jam 5-6 tablespoon or more

Method:

Crust 

-Crush the digestive biscuits in a plastic bag. 

-Add crushed digestive biscuit and melt butter into electric grinder, grind into fines sand crumbs.

-Press the crumbs into the base of the tin.

-Bake for 20mins @180 degree.

Cheesecake filling

-Cut cream cheese into cubes.

-Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.

-Add sugar gradually, stop and scraping the side and bottom of the bowl more often. 

-Add eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and sour cream at a time slowly.

-Stop the mixer and scrap the side and bottom of the bowl.

-Continue beat till smooth creamy stage. 

-Bang the mixer bowl on worktop a few times to burst the air bubbles. 

-Grease the pan with butter.

-Pour mixture into the cooled crust. 

-Wrap aluminium foil on the base of the tin . (I didn't use aluminium foil, coz I do not have a 6 inch removal pan, but I'm using normal pan, using baking paper to lift up the cheesecake)

-Bake for 40mins @180 degree using water bath method.

-After bake Please DO NOT take out from oven , leave it inside oven for another 50min. 

Topping 

-Add gelatine into water and stirs to a bowl. 

-Prepare a pan of water, medium fire boiled, place the bowl of gelatine mixture stir till it melts completely. 

-Take out the mixture, set aside till completely cooled. 

-Add blueberry jam stir into the gelatine mixture, spread evenly and gently onto the cheesecake.

-Place the cheesecake into the chiller for 45min or more... (I place into freezer for 30min to let blueberry topping set faster) and u can eat it immediately.

-Alternatively u can place the cheesecake into the chiller overnight for better taste!!! 

Thanks for browsing ... hope u'll like this rich and creamy melt in mouth Blueberry New York Cheesecake recipe !!!

** Ladies's philosophy: Eat first b4 u think of dieting...LOL!!! Am I right??? Hahahahaha .....

 

Ribena CheeseCake

It's a piece of AWESOME appetising desert that anyone with sweet-tooth should try it... My hubby, dad and Mother in law extremely LOVE it , it taste more like a pudding!!! Maybe next time should make into cups best serving to guests. 

Recipe credit to :

http://dingoozatfood.blogspot.sg/2014/08/the-modified-recipe-of-ribena-marble.html?m=1

I added black currant fruit jam on the topping for better taste with purée. 

Pour Ribena gelatine mixture . Refrigerate  for 45min-1hr b4 serve. 

Although I don't eat cheese even I dun dare to taste it coz I have a probia on dairy products, but I love to see the way my beloved ones eat with great gusto, this is the appreciation of my effort for them. 

Thanks for browsing my blog... Have a AWESOME baking!!! See u...soon!!!

Strawberry Fresh Cream ~ROSES Cake

My 1st attempt piping a Rose Cake!!! A bit messy for my 1st time but now I know the technique will do better next time!!! Hehehe... 

Specially made for my shop's Myanmar worker's Bday!!! Hope she leave a special Bday Sweet memories in sg. 

 

Here's the recipe.. [1] & [2]

[1] Dark cocoa cake [Cooked Dough Method]

Ingredients 

Cake flour 45g

Dark cocoa powder 15g

Milk 60g

Egg yolks 3 (Large eggs)

Corn oil 40g

Egg white 145g~150g

Sugar 60g

7 " (fixed) normal pan

** For Rowenta Oven

Baking @170 degree/ 25min

(1st 10min cover top)

140 degree / 45min

Method:

Sieve cake flour + dark cocoa powder together in a big bowl.

Warm the oil on a pan for 1-2mins.

Remove from heat, pour and stir into the cake flour + cocoa powder stir and mix well immediately using a hand whisk. 

Add milk and mix well followed by 3 egg yolks. 

Whisk till the mixture incorporated.

Whisk the egg whites until big bubbles formed. Add in sugar in 3 batches and beat until stiff peak. 

Line the base with baking paper, pour batter into 7"cake pan (No need grease). 

Gently tap the cake pan on the tabletop to get rid of big air bubbles. 

Bake at lower rack 170 degree / 25min, REDUCED tempt to 140 degree / 45mins using WATER BATH.

[Gentle Reminder...]

(Tempt & Baking duration till have to vary on individual oven's performance) 

** 1st 10min baking, place a baking tray to BLOCK the heat / cover ur cake with a aluminium foil IF ur oven has a heat element on TOP. 

Unmould and inverted the cake let it completely cool down. 

[2] Strawberry Fresh Cream recipe

Ingredients:

Heavy cream 2 cups

Icing sugar powder 1/2 cup

Strawberry emulco 4 teaspoons

Super simple method ...

Place ur balloon whisk into the freezer for 10mins. This method is to whip the cream easier and faster.

Whip the heavy cream in high speed, add in the icing powder in 3 addition. 

Add in strawberry emulco.

Whip the heavy till stiff peak. As like picture and u r DONE!!! Only takes less than 15mins to finish it!!! Very easy right??

Frost the strawberry cream on the layers and the whole cake. 

I'm sorry due to super late midnite... Feeling so lazy to slice off the dome of my cake. Hahaha.. Nvm la I like the round DOME~look too...!!!

Using tip822 to pipe medium size roses on my small 7"cake. 

Jux swirl circles on the whole cake, then use the same tip pipe a small star to cover the gaps between the roses. Actually it's an EASY deco method, but Jux need a bit more practice to make it more perfect!! 

Jux a simple cake a simple blessing...can make my 3yrs Myanmar friend feeling so love and touch for her 1st Bday celebration with a cake in her LIFETIME.... Happy Birthday my friend Zin !!! 

Hope u like my sharing of my "Strawberry Rose Cake"... Have a nice Bakie day!!!