Monday, July 28, 2008

molten choc cakes


I have been longing to make this molten cake. But seems like its not tat successful, didnt seems to make the chocolate flow out.. hahaha.. well.. since its a first time so its acceptable for myself.
I get the recipe from one of the blogger. How come he/she can make it looks so nice and yummy.. hmm.. so i guess i have to look for another molten choc cake recipe..
recipe is simple... just in case some one wanted to try it and successful.
350g chocolate,melted
4 eggs, beaten
50 g butter
50g sugar
50g all purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
a bit of salt..
1. pre heat the oven at 200 deg cel. Get ready the mould.
2. cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. add eggs then vanilla then salt, flour and lastly the melted chocolate.
4. scoop into the mould.
5. bake for 8 to 10 minutes. serve warm. top with some icing sugar. looks a bit nicer.. hehe
beat some whipped cream to serve with it...
actually, the pics shows 2 different version.
one bake for longer minutes(more than 10 minutes) and it turn out a bit dry(shown with icing dust on top). hmm.. sort of like super chocolateee muffin..
another one with shorter time (less than 8 minutes) so its more moist... ahh... like chocolate moist cake..
hohoho... a molten chocolate cake becomes muffins and moist cake..
hubby loves the moist version.. wooo...

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sausage n mushroom quiche



Another creation, actually i tried to make quiches before but i bought the crust pastry in the supermarket. As for now, I want to take the challenge to make the pastry myself. Well... its a simple ingredients and a simple ways to make it.

Short crust pastry:

200g flour (sifted) , 100g butter, 3 tbsp cold water

20g butter (for brushing the mould)

Filling:

1 or 2 pcs sausage (shredded),1 big onion(shredded), 3 eggs(whisked), 100ml milk, 3 to 4 pcs wild mushrooms (shredded), cut spinach (boiled)

Method:

1. Mixed the flour and the butter till it resembles bread crumbs. Mix in cold water one spoonful at a time to form dough. Rest for 30 mins before use.

2. Mixed all ingredient for the fillings in one big bowl.

3. Prepare the pastry mould and buttered inside. And press the pastry to the mould, later pour the fillings to it.

4. Bake the quiche in the oven for 25 to 30 mins at 190 deg. cel. till golden brown and cooked.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Mango Cheesecake


Well.. i m back with another cheesecake. Reasons for that, wat else, baked cheesecake is easier to make.. less stressful.. just make the base wit digestive biscuits and blend all the stuff in the pot, i was actually eyeing on the mango mousse cake recipe but i dun have the time yet.. as it take more time and energy to make it, also its not a mango season. I'm making this cheesecake with a bought mango which is so expensive. hopefully its nice. Hey, I just baked it so its takes time to cool down. :) and only get to try it tomorrow. Just have to keep my finger cross. I just feel like sharing this recipe and also for my future reference, in case my recipe book got lost. haha.. yah, i know the pics looks like chocolate cake more than mango.. haha... well.. wat to do... just loves chocolate too much...
Ingredient
Cake base
200g Digestive biscuit
100g melted butter
Filling
500g cream cheese
120g sugar
30g corn flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 lemon zest, grated
150g mango
3 eggs
150g whipping cream
Decoration(optional)
melted chocolate... hehe.. just dun know wat else to use...
Method:
1. Finely crush the digestive biscuit and add the melted butter. Mixed it together. And start to press the biscuit on the 22cm springform tin. refreigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
2. Put the cream cheese, sugar and cornflour in the cake mixer till light and smooth.
3. Blend the mango, lemon zest and the lemon juice. (it will turn into mangor puree)
4. Add the mango puree to the cream cheese till well blended.
5. Add the eggs one at a time and cream till smooth.
6. Add the whipping cream to cream cheese mixture till well combined.Pour the cheese filling over the prepared biscuit base.
7. Bake for 160 deg. cel. for 60 to 70 minutes or till firm.
8. Remove the cake from the oven and let the cake to cool. Refrigerate for 5 hours or overnite.
9. As for the topping.. its optional... u can decorate it with anything of your liking.
Happy trying...