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Classic Butter Cookies (w glazed cherries)

Sticky little glazed cherries. Very Christmas-colour, don't you think so?

My mum was also a lazy baker. Comparing, she's even lazier than me. It must had been in the blood. Glazed cherries was something that never failed to appear in the kitchen during CNY baking because my mum will cut them up into small little pieces and place them on the pipped butter cookies. Just for that little touch of colours, she always said.

Botak-looking butter cookies

Another thing she love (because its time saving and fuss-free), pipping of the buttery dough instead of using cookie cutter. It's fast and easy. Looks easy, but its hard to get them all to look the same, at least for me. I'm a newbie!!! haha

That tiny little touch that add colours to life..

She can do this perfectly identical looking cookies. But for me? I'm satisfied just how these look like. Its my virgin try! At least they taste the same.

Recipe

250g good quality butter
336g plain flour
112g icing sugar
1 egg white
glazed cherries for deco

Method

1) Cream butter and icing sugar
2) Add egg white slowly
3) Add plain flour
4) Pipe the dough on baking tray
5) Bake at 170C for 20min


Verdict
Pipping made the cookies thin and soft, which melts in the mouth. And seriously, fuss-free to do.

Back to basic.

The simpliest form of cookie.
Butter, flour, sugar and egg.

If only life is this simple.

Aspiring Bakers #13: Enjoy Cupcakes! (November 2011)

I was very excited when I saw that the theme for this month Aspiring Bakers is Cupcakes hosted by Min of Min's Blog from Happy Home Baking ! New in having this blog, and having been very 'into' cupcakes recently, I decided to submit an entry too! *very excited me*

The base recipe I used is same recipe I used in the previous entry. The only difference is the favours I mixed in, e.g. desiccated coconut, almond flakes, jam, nutella. Lazy me is greedy for many different favours to satisfy everyone and this recipe is very welcoming of the extra twist I threw in. It's really fuss free!

Various favours of cuppies waiting to be bake (jam, almond flakes)

New kid on the block: Ah Boi Coconut Cuppy

Recipe (adopted from an old recipe from Planta Margarine passed down from my mum):

8 1/2 oz Planta (i used butter)

5 eggs

7 1/2 oz sugar

9 oz plain flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder (sifted)

Method

1. Cream Planta for 5 mins

2. Add sugar and cream for another 10 mins

3. Add one egg at a time

4. Fold in the flour mixture till well mix

5. Scope to individual paper cupcake till 3/4 full

For cupcakes - 325 F for 20 to 25mins

** for nutella, jam, peanut butter, drop half-teaspoon on the cupcake mixture in the paper cuppies and fold in with a toothpick. Or for surprises, can drop the favours in the middle of the mixture

** for coconut favour, fixed some cupcake mixture with a generous amount of desiccated and bake accordingly.

As the recipe was from ages ago and also good enough as a butter cake, I like to call them Old-Fashion Butter Cupcake (w a modern twist) and submit to Aspiring Bakers #13: Enjoy Cupcakes! (November 2011). (hope it get accepted as my first entry!)

Old-fashion Butter Cupcake (w a modern twist)

I'm super proud to introduce this cupcakes that I had made in 2hours (including baking time). The recipe only called for 5 items, but I always wanted to try swirling Nutella into cupcakes, I decided to add some toppings too!

This is like the perfect butter cake recipe! Its actually older than me! My mum used to write in to Malaysia to request for the Planta recipe and this was one of them. However, I didn't have any Planta at home, so I replaced it with butter. Just as good!

My little fairy cupcakes waiting to be bake..
The toppings I tried were Nutella (confirm to be a hot favourite), peanut butter (I didn't like the after-baking colour so there wasn't many of this), raisin (in the middle of course) and plain.

the girl-next-door Ms Original

the Sexy Ms Nutella

the Exciting Mr Peanut Butter

the Mini Babies

I love love the colour contrast between the butter cake and Nutella. Love it! Taste-wise, its superb too!

I hope you can see how soft the cake actually is! Just like store-bought. Seriously. Those old-fashion bakery but with a modern twist (e.g. Nutella). Its soft, yet dense.


Recipe

8 1/2 oz Planta (i used butter)
5 eggs
7 1/2 oz sugar
9 oz plain flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder (sifted)

Method
1. Cream Planta for 5 mins
2. Add sugar and cream for another 10 mins
3. Add one egg at a time
4. Fold in the flour mixture

For cupcakes - 325 F for 20 to 25mins


Verdict:

Loving it! Taking this as a base for cupcakes and adding different toppings is like adding a little excitement. I don't mind re-doing this any time! It's simply really easy. And making it into Mini Babies, one can easily pop them into the mouth. Simply irresistible. =)=)=)=) (4/5)

Little Mini Baby Cupcakes are simply irresistible.

Homemade BBQ-alike Mid Wings

Anyone saw the above machine before??? I have no idea what it's called. But I can say, it produces very good chicken (just add honey). I lined the bottom with a layer of aluminum foil for easy cleaning after cooking.

Marinated chicken lined nicely inside the pot waiting to be cooked healthy. I classified this as healthy cooking because no oil is involved. And part of the chicken oil was being forced out too! How other best ways to enjoy chicken with skin without feeling guilty?

The end product:

Marinate 15 mid wings:

3 big teaspoon of honey (i used the cheap types you can easily find in supermarket)

1 tablespoon of oyster sauce

dash of sesame oil (i swear by this to make any dish more fragrance)

1 tablespoon of chinese cooking oil

dash of black pepper

Cooking time: 40mins, 150 degree C to 200 degree C

It was longer than the suggested cooking time that came with the machine as I turned the wings and changed their positions every 10 to 15mins to have them evenly browned.

It's just so simple!

Verdict:

Everyone said it's good! Seriously. Having 15 pieces to share between 6 pax left them quite unsatisfied. But I have no idea how many the 'pot' can hold as we hadn't use it in the longest time! A pretty fuss free way to get BBQ-alike chicken at home to satisfy the craving. The only thing lacking was the charcoal scent. Other then that, the whole family pretty much love this dish. =)=)=)=)=) (5/5)

BBQ food at home cannot get easier than this.

Tiramisu (cream cheese) Birthday Cake

This is my first handmade birthday cake for someone special - Mr Boyfriend. It was his 24th and we are kinda on a tight budget. So instead of having the celebration outside, I made this for him. Somehow, he found out about it and it wasn't a surprise anymore! Kinda sad.

After knowing, he requested to do some decoration on the cake. Since it's his special day, he's the boss. His wish was granted. We bought some icing tube and had some fun decorating before cake cutting.

The end product:

Recipe adapted from Wen's Delight .

I had some slight modification for the coffee mixture which was simpler. A pretty comfy-food-worthy cake made with a large large dose of LOVE! Beat that! =D

Verdict:

It wasn't easy making this cake. There was quite a number of steps and took me 3hours x 2man to create this whole thing from nothing! But it was pretty much worth the trouble. Everyone love it! Most importance I guess is the Bailey's. A very smoothing touch to the cake. I seriously dislike those Tiramisu which uses Rum, which I find too strong. Unless there's a request, unlikely to re-do this cake. I'm a lazy girl remember? *wink* =)=) (2/5)