» Monthly Archives: March 2008

Mar
18

Wilton gel colours

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My hubby was at home this morning and took me to this one really fantastic shop in Kepong called PastryPro. It’s like a dream come true shop for bakers, all sorts of cake decorating gadgets, ingredients and brands are available. Most are imported items, which explains why the price is quite high. Nevertheless, I splurged …

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Mar
18

High altitude baking

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Sometimes at the end of a recipe, we come across a small section on how to adjust the ingredients if we are baking at high altitude. This mention always makes me wonder. Do we really have to adjust our cooking or baking if we are living on high land, a mountain or if in outer …

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Mar
17

Min’s bread recipe

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I was going through some cook books this morning and got an inspiration to bake this bread. I don’t know what to call it, since I modified some of the ingredients (original recipe from Alex Goh ‘The world of bread’ book). Anyway, here’s my version : 150 g bread flour 150 g Hong Kong flour …

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Mar
16

Potato scone recipe

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To Kak Anie and Sara.. the recipe you wanted.   Potato Scones (refer to my post dated 10th Mac, 08) Ingredients : 300 gm all purpose flour (tepung gandum) 2 teaspoon double action baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 125 g buttercup, or any soft margerine 2 medium sized eggs 100 ml full cream milk 160 …

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Mar
16

Egg tart

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Do you like egg tarts ? I love them.. and always buy whenever I happened to pass by a bakery. Actually it is not too difficult to make egg tarts. I got this recipe from Bro Rozzan’s blog (check out my blogroll. Tq, bro). Ingredients for the pastry: 500 gm all purpose flour 125 gm …

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Mar
13

Herb Garden

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I’m back from Cameron Highlands, stayed there for 2 nights at Equatorial Hotel in Brinchang. It was so cold… and raining most of the time. There was nothing much to do except to go shopping for veggies, strawberries and hang around at the pasar malam (night market). Here’s me taken this morning in front of …

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Mar
10

Potato scones

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What’s for tea time today ? Me, my daughter and bibik baked some potato scones.. using the last few pieces of potatos left. The recipe is easy. Anyone who wants the detail, please let me know, ok. Here’s my little girl, Arissa trying to help out. She’s 9, by the way. My scones (somehow I …

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Mar
10

Focaccia bread

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I remember when I was working in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, KL, we always had lunch at Maju Junction at this one small cafe. I like to have their focaccia chicken sandwich. The bread was kinda chewy and not too fluffy, it felt like you’re not gobbling up too much carbs.. Anyway, yesterday I was …

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Mar
6

Apple Pie

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This is my apple pie recipe, I have made apple pies many times using this recipe and my family loved it. This recipe is enough to feed 5 hungry tummies. PASTRY FOR 2 CRUST PIE : 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4  cup shortening (for flakiness) 1/2 cup cold margerine or …

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Mar
3

Making leaf & cake decorating from buttercream

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Yesterday I have shown you the steps in making roses from buttercream. Today, to complete the picture, I’m going to make the leaf and show more ideas on basic piping. The tip used for the leaf is this one. The tip comes in a few sizes, the bigger the tip, the bigger the leaf will …

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