Lychee Almond Chiffon Cake

Lychee Almond Chiffon Cake... sounds like a weird combination??

Nah, they were delicious.

My girls were rather fussy in some ways and they do not usually like any "baked fruits" in their cake. More of the traditional and simple cakes. So very rarely that "baked fruits" cake would fancy them in anyway.

To my surprise, Nic tried this chiffon cake and she told me it was very delicious.

We all loved this Lychee Almond Chiffon Cake very much.
With its soft and fluffy texture, mmmm... yummy is the word...

Recipe as adapted from Kevin Chai

Ingredients:

Egg Yolk Batter

3 egg yolks

20g caster sugar

20ml cooking oil (i use canola oil)

50g canned lychee

(i use them as chopped lychee instead of blending them with the syrup to make a fine paste)

30ml lychee syrup

70g self-raising flour

30g ground almond

20g chopped almonds (omitted)

Egg White Batter

3 egg whites

1/4 tsp cream of tar tar

60g caster sugar

Method:

1. To make egg yolk batter, blend lychee with syrup until fine. Combine with egg yolks, sugar and oil in a mixing bowl. Fold in flour, ground almond and chopped almonds until a thick batter is formed.

2. Beat egg whites and cream of tar tar in another mixing bowl, until foamy. Gradually add in the sugar, beating at high speed until stiff peak form.

3. Gently fold egg white meringue into the egg yolk batter until well blended.

4. Pour batter into ungreased 7-inch(18-cm) tube pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 170C for about 30-40 mins or until cooked.

5. Remove from oven, invert cake onto the table until completely cooled.

"Oink Oink" Cookies

Another adorable cookie is here...

"Oink Oink" is here... Eat me!!!

I think my little Oinky has a squarish face instead of a round one...kekeke..
Nevertheless, they still looked good and tested GREAT!!!

Once you get the hang of "playing" with these doughs, you will not stop.

It is pretty fun actually:)

超可愛！小本廚房的手繪幸福餅乾(附贈30分

By 小本

Here is the cookie recipe:

(yeilds about 25 pieces)

(As the recipe is self-translated by me, do bear with me:-p)

70g unsalted butter

(very softened at room temperature)

50g icing sugar

1/2 beaten egg, room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp baking powder

130g plain flour

10g milk powder

Method:

1. Cream the butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl until pale yellow.

2. Add in the beaten egg in 2~3 addition, make sure it blends well.

3. Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.

4. Add in the sieved flour, baking powder and milk powder into the batter, using a spatula to mix to form a dough. Do not over mix the batter.

5. Freeze the dough for 1 hour before using.

I did not managed to snap shot the step by step tutorial of my own, as it was simply impossible as I am a one-man show. So I had attached the instructions and method as from the book.

Runny Rabbit Cookie is here!

Are you as excited as my girls to have these cookies???

These new cookies were a new treat to them. They were so excited about these cute little cookies, and having a fantastic taste, crunchy as well. It was really a hit for them when I attempted these cookies for them last weekend.

I had gotten this recipe from this book I had bought a couple of months ago.

I was really impressed with these cute little cookies but thought they were a hassle as there seemed too many steps to be done...

Finally plucked up my courage and started to attempt this challenging tasks.. Well, come to think of it, it wasn't that difficult. It was just like playing with "plasticine"or "clay". Probably needs alittle more patient than usual as well too.

So adorable ain't them...???
We all loved these cookies very much and the girls were also busy packing up some for the best friends and teachers in school. These cookies I baked over the past 3 days were easily gone in a nip nap.

Try baking some for your kids, and I am sure they will love them as much as we do... :-D

Do you too???

This is the book I had gotten my recipe from:

超可愛！小本廚房的手繪幸福餅乾(附贈30分

By 小本

Here is the cookie recipe:

(yeilds about 25 pieces)

(As the recipe is self-translated by me, do bear with me:-p)

70g unsalted butter

(very softened at room temperature)

50g icing sugar

1/2 beaten egg, room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp baking powder

130g plain flour

10g milk powder

Method:

1. Cream the butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl until pale yellow.

2. Add in the beaten egg in 2~3 addition, make sure it blends well.

3. Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.

4. Add in the sieved flour, baking powder and milk powder into the batter, using a spatula to mix to form a dough. Do not over mix the batter.

5. Freeze the dough for 1 hour before using.

I did not managed to snap shot the step by step tutorial of my own, as it was simply impossible as I am a one-man show. So I had attached the instructions and method as from the book.

So have fun with these cookies...:-D

For other cookies:

Bear, Dog and Watermelon Cookies

曹可爱的饼干。♡Bear Cookie, Doggie Cookie & Watermelon Cookie♡

It is a Cookie Weekend for us this week.

I was looking through some of my cookies book I bought a couple of months.

Finally pluck up the courage to do "such" cookies as I thought, these cookies were very challenging and tedious. Plus the last time I had tried another cookie recipe from another book but it didn't turned out what they supposed to be:-p

Took up this challenge and had a very fruitful result!!!

Ain't these cookies awfully adorable too???

My girls loved these cookies too. They were all waiting by the side to grab a cookie once I'm done with the photo takings...

The Bear Cookie

The Dog Cookie

And the Watermelon Cookie

(Does it looked like one anyway???)

As much as the girls were thrilled over the cookies, so was I.

After all, it wasn't that much of a challenge. All I ever need was time and patience.

Here are the cookies before baking.

 So, how would you like these pretty cookies too??

Not only they looked fabulous, they tasted delicious too!!!

So in ♡♡ with these cookies.

I will post up the step by step pictures in my next attempt.

As the recipe was in Mandarin and some of the the steps were stated wrongly and it took me quite a while to follow up.

Meantime, enjoy!

For other cookies:

Rabbit Cookies

Hello Panda - Adorable Panda Cookies

 How adorable are they??? 

Recently, I had just ordered a set of Panda Cookies cutter from Taobao. Ain't these Panda Cookies so cuteeee??? It came in sets as in 3 different sets of body and 4 different faces expressions. Nat was so excited when she saw these cutters and she was very anxious to help out.

 Did I also mentioned that I had bought a new oven too?

Well, this time round, I was able to put in all my cookies into the oven to bake, saving time and electric and this oven gave my cookies a good bake too.

 My friend had came out of his room as he smelt the lovely fragrance of these cookies.

He can't wait to try these adorable Panda Cookies. As much as the girls liked these cookies, so did my friend!!!

 These cute little Panda Cookies sure did brought joy to everyone.

Would you too??

And it definitely DID!!!

Look at Mimi:))

For sure, Mimi loved these cookies very much too. She knew I was snapping a pic of her and there, Mimi's enjoying her cookies while watching Shrek.

Cookie Recipe as adapted from

Easy Bake!  by 梁家榕

Lemon Cookies Ingredients

50g soften butter

70g sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp milk

5 tsp lemon juice (i use orange cos no lemon:-p)

150g plain flour

Method:

1. Cream butter and sugar till pale and creamy. Add in the egg yolk and mix well.

2. Add in the milk and lemon juice, mix well. Gradually add in the sieved flour.

3. Cut the dough into desired shape and bake them in a preheated oven of 180C (170C) for about 12-15 mins.