Favourite pastries around

Swiss Roll Cake

2009-02-03T04:35:00.000-08:00

A spread for 3 good pals to enjoy
Time for preparation: 1 hr
Time for cooking: 1 hr

Ingredients:

500g cocoa powder
5 egg whites beaten
200g butter unsalted
1 kg self-raising plain flour sifted
3 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 cup coarse sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon yeast

Spread:
Chocolate butter cream
finely chopped soft dry cherries

Special Equipment:
1 square or rectangular baking tray

Why is it a favourite?

Adding cherries in the spread soften the whole traditional hard cake and delights the palate with a light and fresh taste.

Method:
1) In a mixing bowl, beat the ingredients except the spread till of a smooth consistence.
2) In a preheated oven of 200 degrees, bake the mixture in the tray for 40 minutes.
3) Cool the cake for 1 hour before applying the spread on one side.
4) Roll the cake and cut into slices for the trio to dine.

Teriyaki Chicker Burger

2009-01-27T04:30:00.000-08:00

Just enough for 2 spouses to enjoy
Time for preparation: 20 mins
Time for cooking: 10 mins

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Premium Teriyaki Sauce
2 x 150g Chicken Fillet split into one slab
Black pepper grounded
2 burger buns halved
2 tablespoon sugar
Mayonnaise
1/2 cup fresh crisp Lettuce Cabbage

Why is it a favourite?

Adding fresh cabbage refreshes the sweet burger and balances the whole creation making one to crave more.

Method:

1) Marinate the fillet with the sauce, pepper and sugar for 10 mins.
2) Grill the mixture for 10 mins turning the sides frequently and coating with more sauce.
3) Separate the 2 portions with the cabbage and mayonnaise each and in between the burgers.
4) Enjoy this favourite with fries or chips...

Ham and Cheezy Omelete Foldover

2008-12-28T06:25:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

300g Premium Black Pepper Leg Ham Shredded
5 fresh Eggs beaten
5 tablespoon Garlic Oil
3 cubes Premium unsalted Butter
2 tablespoon Cheese Powder
Ketchup
Chili Sauce

Method:

1) Heat up in a non-stick frying pan the Garlic Oil and Butter.
2) Put in the Ham and fry till fragrant.
3) Add the Eggs and fry for 2 mins. Flip to the other side and fry for 1.5 mins
4) Add the Cheese Powder for 0.5 mins. Foldover the omellete.
5) Serve immediately with Ketchup and Chili Sauce.

Double cheese burger

2008-12-16T07:05:00.000-08:00

It is a nice burger especially if you have not eat it for a long time.

Look at the cheese on it! That is what makes it good. Macdonald's Cheese burger plain is simply delicious.

Here is one recipe of cheese burger to make at home. Simple and tasty.

Ingredients:

1 burger halved
1 marinated meat pattie with diced onions
2 cheese slices
Ketchup
3 slices preserved pickles
Butter unsalted

Method:

1) In a heated pan of butter, sizzle the pattie and toast the burger.
2) Remove burger from pan when toasted. Sizzle the pattie till well done .
3) Replace the burger and place the pattie, cheese, ketchup and pickle in between the burger and remove from heat.
4) Serve hot!

Delicious blueberry cake

2008-12-11T06:34:00.000-08:00

Neat and tidy. The cake must have fresh ingredients to taste nice.

Spongy and soft. One bite and you will know how good it taste. Perhaps because it is spongy and soft it seems that a few pieces can be eat up pretty fast without filling full.

Ingredients:

8 egg white beaten
1 tablespoon of Premium Baking powder
1 tablespoon of Premium Baking Soda
1kg Premium self-raising flour sifted 5 times at least
400g small bowls sugar
Cocoa powder
1 cup hot water
2 tablespoon of salt
200g fresh ripe blueberries
100g sugar for toppings
50g wild honey
Fresh cream
1 bottle blueberry jam
1/2 bottle molasses
Black and White Chocolate flakes

Method:

1)In a mixing dish tray, mix in the beaten egg whites to mixture of flour,sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mixture of cooled dissolved cocoa powder in hot water.
2)Mix it till no flour is visible and of a smooth consistence. Transfer into choiced baking tray.
3)In a pre-heated oven of gas mark 4, bake the final mixture for 35mins. Test by inserting a spoke into the cake, it should come out clean, or else bake for 10-15mins more till fully baked.
4)For the topping, stir in fresh berries, wild honey and sugar into a pan till mixture thickens. Stir constantly throughout. Chill to room temperature.
5)For the syrup, stir in jam and molasses into heated pan and remove immediately from pan once it comes to a boil.
6)Cut into 3 layers the cooled cake on a flat surface. Transfer cake to a hard sheet base and place on a turntable.
7)Spread the cooled syrup between the layers. Coat the whole cake with fresh cream evenly. Make a boundary of of fresh cream on the top and pour in the toppings spread evenly.
8) Decorate with Chocolate flakes and chilled before serving. Enjoy.....

Vallina butterscotch ice cream cake

2008-12-05T22:46:00.000-08:00

Swensen's has been around for a long time and it is famous for its ice creams. They have a few kinds of ice cream mainly the same type but they are not bad. I like their ice cream cakes in fact it seems to me that they are the few restaurants that offer ice cream cakes readily in different sizes ice cream cakes taste good especially if you have not eat for a long time.

Famous amos cookies

2008-12-01T06:17:00.001-08:00

Famous amos really sell tasty cookies. Their cookies are baked in a different way they are crunchy and sweet ha.

A peek into the famous no nut chocolate chip. The no nut chocolate chip really serves as a good snack and a good tea time break. Eat it with milk may give a different kind of delicious taste.

Here is one recipe that is for such famous amos chocolate chip cookies:

Ingredients:

1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of
- salt
- cream of tartar
- baking soda
- vanilla extract2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Method:

1.Thoroughly cream sugars, margarine, oil, egg, milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and chocolate chips.

2.Drop by teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8-12 minutes. (Cookies are light in color when done.)

Rich chocolate cake

2008-11-28T06:40:00.000-08:00

A cake from secret recipe. This is in fact one of their more famous chocolate cake. Indulge in the rich chocolate and enjoy the moment. This cake can be pretty filling, if you eat it after having a meal there, you can eat it slowly to digest. Nevertheless it is worth to try. Good for a tea time break.

Where to find? Here is one of the outlets:

Secret recipe
Plaza Singapura
68 Orchard Road, Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore 23, Singapore‎

Ham bread

2008-11-25T22:54:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of butter
4 cups of all-purpose flour
200g of yeast
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
ham

Method

In a small saucepan, heat milk, water and butter until very warm, 120 degrees F (50 degrees C). Then in a large bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Mix milk mixture into flour mixture, and then mix in egg. Stir in the remaining flour. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Divide dough into 20 equal pieces. Shape into smooth balls, and place on a greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Cover, and let rise for 30 to 35 minutes. Insert the ham into the pieces of dough. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Tuna bread

2008-11-23T22:55:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of butter
4 cups of all-purpose flour
200g of yeast
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
tuna

Method

In a small saucepan, heat milk, water and butter until very warm, 120 degrees F (50 degrees C). Then in a large bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Mix milk mixture into flour mixture, and then mix in egg. Stir in the remaining flour. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Divide dough into 20 equal pieces. Shape into smooth balls, and place on a greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Cover, and let rise for 30 to 35 minutes. Insert the tuna into the pieces of dough. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Andersen's Banana bread

2008-11-20T03:10:00.000-08:00

Andersen's banana bread is one delicious pastry that is really good for a tea time break. I often heard about banana cake but not banana bread ha. From how it looks it does looks more like a cake than a bread to me ha. It has a strong banana aroma and taste and it is absolutely a favourite for those banana lovers!

Address:
IMM Building(1st floor)
2 Jurong East Street 21 Singapore 609601

Thinking of making yourself?

Here is one of the recipes to make banana bread:

Ingredients

2 cups of flour
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 cup of butter
3/4 cup of brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 cups mashed overripe bananas

Method:

1. Preheat oven to about 175 degrees C. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

2. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended and then stir banana mixture into flour mixture to moisten it. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

French toast

2008-11-18T23:11:00.000-08:00

I love fresh toast! The one you saw in the picture is the ya kun french toast set. It is the thin kind of fresh toast usually those that serve english breakfast have french toast that could be quite thick.

Here is one of my own recipe of making fresh toast.

Ingredients
2 eggs
bread(depending on how many slices)
Cooking oil

Method:
Beat the egg into a large bowl. After beating it, put the bread into the bowl of egg and soaked it. Put the bread into the frying pan. Flipped the bread over once one side turns golden brown. It should be fast for the french toast to get ready.

Ebi rice burger

2008-11-13T23:18:00.000-08:00

Delicious Mos burger! Mos burger is another type of fast food around. Their burgers are the Japanese style type. They have many different varieties ranging from the more common burgers such as cheese burger, hamburger although their beef patty is different as they are quite thick. They have the more special kinds such as ebi burger, teriyaki chicken and yakiniku rice burger. Yes it is called rice burger that is what make it special! Rice burger instead of the normal bread. So eating the rice burger is like eating the rice with the meat but still is not quite the same. It is still burger after all but nice.

Oreo cheesecake

2008-11-08T23:32:00.000-08:00

It was in the afternoon, I was walking around saw some cakes available at Andersen's. Why not have a little treat while waiting for my friend to come. I decided to have their oreo cheesecake and since they come in slices it is even better just to try out. If it is nice can order more, if it is not ok only have a slice to finish and eat it fast get a cup of water and leave hahaha. But of course as usual Andersen's stuff did not fail me. It was not bad but still prefer the other cakes such as their belgian chocolate chip cake.

Chicken pau

2008-10-20T23:27:00.000-07:00

It was pretty late in the middle night and I was feeling hungry. I decided to get to the nearest 24 hours foodcourt to get some food. I saw this tim sum stall and have decided to try their paus. Pau can make one full. I ordered the chicken pau and it was not bad. While eating it i realised they added some extra ingredient in it. They have egg inside and that instantly reminded me of old chang kee's curry puff but it was late at night and is closed. Tommorrow then ha!

Apple pie

2008-10-11T23:04:00.000-07:00

Delicious apple pies. Usually this kind of apple pies can be easily found at Macdonald's. I happened to saw this at Mos Burger and have decided to try it. It was tasty! One thing about such apple pies is that the crust must be real crispy and the apple filling fresh. But usually they cannot be kept warm for some time and when it turns cold it does not taste that nice anymore ha. So eat it while it is hot!

Ham cheese bread

2008-10-05T22:46:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of butter
4 cups of all-purpose flour
200g of yeast
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
ham
cheese

Method

In a small saucepan, heat milk, water and butter until very warm, 120 degrees F (50 degrees C). Then in a large bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Mix milk mixture into flour mixture, and then mix in egg. Stir in the remaining flour. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Divide dough into 20 equal pieces. Shape into smooth balls, and place on a greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Cover, and let rise for 30 to 35 minutes. Put ham on top of the bread. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Pour cheese over the ham on the bread. Cheese will melt fast to cover the ham.

Hot dog bread

2008-10-03T22:11:00.000-07:00

Hot dog breads are a common favourite among many. I like such miniature hot dog bread because of their cute shape and they are small to consume like a snack. Sometimes when we enter to a confectionery shop we want to try out more of the things there so if they are small we can try a few more variety without being full easily. To be full, we just have to eat more of these miniature breads.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of butter
4 cups of all-purpose flour
200g of yeast
2 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 egg
1 cup of milk
hotdogs

Method

In a small saucepan, heat milk, water and butter until very warm, 120 degrees F (50 degrees C). Then in a large bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Mix milk mixture into flour mixture, and then mix in egg. Stir in the remaining flour. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Divide dough into 20 equal pieces. Shape into smooth balls, and place on a greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Cover, and let rise for 30 to 35 minutes. Insert the hotdogs into the pieces of dough. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.