Piggy Mooncake

Piggy in a cage

Did not realized that today is already Mooncake Festival and I thought I still have time to make another batch of spiral mooncakes. The yam filling is all ready, just the pastry that is not done, better get it done tomorrow. I guess it doesn't really matter whether I'm on time, as mooncakes can be eaten anytime once you know how to make them. Made this piggy with coconut filling, should have taken the photos before boxing it up that is why it ended up looking like piggy in a cage.  As some of you might have seen some better looking piggy than mine at other blogger's site, you might consider mine a shoddy job. More practise. Will be posting more mooncakes as I haven't used up all my ingredients yet.

Super-Soft Pumpkin Butter Rolls

Real super soft and it stay ever so soft and spongy even after a few days.  I'm very happy at the result of this recipe.  Although it takes me more than three hours on the second proofing stage, it's well worth it. Only half a teaspoon of yeast to 270gm of flour....I was abit puzzle as to the little amount of yeast and a little doubtful whether it will rise but patience pay off, it turn out beautifully.
It's so good that I made another batch into buns with butter fillings the very next day.

Two-Tier Pineapple & Mocha Chiffon Cake

Have not been blogging since January, not that I have not been doing any baking, only following up old recipes or experimenting some new stuffs.  Some successful some gone into the trash bin.  One consolation was I came up with this wonderful chiffon cake, forgotten where I got this recipe from. The texture was just right and it rises magnificently.

Spinach & Bacon Bread

I was quite skeptical in making this bread initially, all because the recipe stated all purpose flour instead of high protein flour.  I've never tried any other flour other than high protein for bread.  Just for curiosity sake and since the review for this bread says that it's so tasty that it's a good idea to make double the quantity,  I had to try it out.  It doesn't look quite right when my machine was kneading the dough somehow it looks like it's not getting smooth and elastic. So....I took it out and manually knead alittle and it becomes smooth but not very elastic.  Anyway, I just shaped it and let it rised....come what may.  It came out very well and the aroma of the bacon was so distinct.  Thumbs up for this bread.

Mango & Blueberry Tartlets

Making tartlets requires alot of time and patience unlike making a big tart where you just dump the whole fillings on the pastry case.  What prompt me to make these was I happen to have a few days of free and easy time and because  there were two tub of fruits fillings waiting to be used before expiry.  Managed to make 8 mango and 12 mini blueberry tartlets.  The shortcrust pastry really melts in the mouth and the fruit fillings was not too sweet.  I guess, it's well worth the while for the work involved afterall.

Coconut Chocolate Cupcake

I,m not much into cupcakes until recently when I was watching a channel called Food Network Asia, and this particular cupcakes keep coming on and on. I suppose it just got into me, the coconut stuff and chocolate is a good match.   I just had to try it out and have a taste of it.  So, I took a basic chocolate cupcake recipe and made a cream cheese frosting, coat them with fresh grated coconut and whoa....la, here it is.  It taste as good as it looks.