Saturday, December 31, 2011

Kueh Lapis Order (CNY 2012) 千层糕








Order Closed !!!
With great support from friends and relatives all my baking slots are fully booked for this Chinese New Year.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone
... for their orders.
... ...
And may this holiday season bring to you and your family joy and happiness .

Happy New Year!!
新年快乐!!

Feel free to email me bento.bake@gmail.com for enquiries。

        To all my dear friends and relatives , above are the details for my lapis orders.  Looking forward to your orders. And also thanks for the overwhelming supports for all these years !

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Kueh Lapis Order




       To all my dear friends and relatives , above are the details for my lapis orders.  Looking forward to your orders. And also thanks for the overwhelming supports for all these years !

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

X'mas Kueh Lapis 圣诞节千层糕

 





圣诞千层糕

在本地千层糕是过节过年必备的食品。它也是许多人当佳节送礼的好选择。

千层糕是以传统的方式一层一层地烘培而成,纯手工制作,也非常耗时与力的一个蛋糕。

每一个千层糕都需要耐心地一层层细心烘烤而成。

站在烤箱旁一刻也走不开耐心观察烘培进度,动作也要重复约十多回 ,才能完成一个颜色饱满香味四溢的千层糕。

 
Kueh Lapis is a all time favourite festive seasons and Chinese New Year delicacy in Singapore.

Also known as Layered Cake, the baking process is extremely laborious and time-consuming as the cake is baked layer by layer. It is important to monitor the progress of each layer meticulously in front of the oven, so kueh lapis bakers usually have ‘Patience’ as their middle names.

The layer is usually paper thin and on top of the great taste, it is really fun peeling it off layer by layer to eat them. Watch your kids do that !  They are bound to lure the adults to join in the fun !

Friday, October 7, 2011

Ang Ku Kueh 红龟粿

 






           最近忙着烘培一些千层糕,所以忙到没时间上载早些日子拍好地许多糕点。今天终于把手头上的东西完成了七七八八,所以忙里偷闲赶紧把照片上载。

    不知不觉中,自己在烘培这块也摸索了超过十年的光阴,但一直都主要在尝试制作西点。对于一些传统糕点反而很少尝试,总觉得难度会比较高。最近一直在阅读有关制作本地传统糕点的书籍。心里好想试试看做传统糕点的“红龟粿”。一大早起来之后,就窝在厨房开始准备材料。做红龟粿当然要先准备内陷,一开始就先把浸泡了一整晚的绿豆拿去蒸熟在加入所需材料。嘿。。。。馅料已经做好了,好像还蛮OK。  准备好了馅料,当然就来准备红龟粿的皮了。第一次做,所以不晓得面团软硬度是否适中。哎呀!不管了反正东西总是要做一次才知道对不对吗!我把皮包上适量的馅料,然后捏呀捏,嘿!好像还可以嘞!小心翼翼地放进红龟粿的模具里,在轻轻一敲,哈。。。。我的第一个超级迷你红龟粿成型了。哈。。。。感觉还不赖,觉得红龟粿比月饼的面团更容易操作。经过半个小时的努力后,我把一整盘的小“龟粿” ,放进蒸笼里蒸个三到四分钟。又一次带着紧张的心情掀开锅盖,哇!一个一个可爱的小“龟粿”就乖乖的躺在里面,实在太可爱喽!好想马上就吃一口,小“龟粿”我来哦!


 Ang Ku Kueh 红龟粿
 
Fillings
Cooked split mungo beans    300g
Sugar                                              180g
Pandan leaves                             2

Method 
1. Mashed cooked split mungo beans and fry with sugar till dry.
2. Leave to cool and then divide into small portions and set aside.

Dough Ingredients
Glutinous Rice flour                      300g
Oil                                                   80g
Icing Sugar                                     60g
Water                                             150g
Some red colouring

Method
1. Mix all the ingredients into dough , cut into small portions.
2. Wrap filling into the dough . Press into ,mould to form the shape.
3. Put onto banana leaf and steam for 5mins. (For mini size Ang Ku Kueh , normal size steam for 8mins)

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Happy Teacher's Day 教师节快乐





 








      每年的教师节,我一般会为小瓜的老师们烘培一些小点心做为礼物。最近有点小感冒,所以今年只能选择做一些较简单的饼干。因为在家自己也有亲自教小瓜的习惯,所以知道身为一名称职老师并不易,也知道教导小朋友需要许多的耐心 。今年的教师节的主题,我就把它定做“It's Teacher's Day...... Relax and enjoy." 乘着假期老师们就好好放松一下,吃块饼干,再加一杯咖啡或热茶,慢慢享用吧!好好充充电,假期后再好好继续教导这群可爱顽皮的小瓜们吧!

Chocolate Chips Chookies recipe here

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Durian Huat Kueh 榴梿发糕






小瓜一直说这是muffins!哈!也对,这是Chinese muffins.


家里简单的农历七月拜拜。


拜拜当然少不了水果。
 

也把这传统节日当成教育小瓜的好机会,所以全程都让他参与。




       这阵子好忙,不知不觉农历七月已到尾声。每年都有在家拜七月的习惯,所以今年也不例外。但今年不知怎么的心血来潮,好想自己动手做发糕来拜拜。其实发糕是很传统的食品,总觉的是很“妈妈做'的传统糕点,从来也没试过。昨天把材料预备好了,便动手做起来。当我把面团放进大蒸锅里开始蒸时,心里好期待,希望能蒸出像样的发糕来。由于对于蒸的糕点并不熟悉,所以我一刻也不敢离开炉子,我一直从玻璃锅盖里望进去,观察发糕到底蒸到什么样子了,心里有少许的紧张。滴滴!滴滴!一旁的闹钟响起了,时间到了,可以打开锅盖了。。。。。。嘿!我的榴莲发糕终于蒸好了,可以出炉了!

      在这之前曾经实验性地少量做过一次,但这次才算我正式的第一次,好高兴,样子还不赖!突然觉得自己也变的很“auntie”,我怎么也会做发糕了?哈!其实我本来就是“auntie”了嘛!


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Durian Birthday Cake 榴梿生日蛋糕



把洗好的水果做一次装饰排列


 
基本的海绵蛋糕体




美美的蛋糕当然要美美的盒子来配搭!
 


        这阵子是榴莲季节,朋友刚从泰国回来带来许多榴梿制成的土产。哈!自己也手痒想制作榴梿有关的糕点。几天前接到家人的简讯,要为其中一人庆祝生日,大家会聚在一起。哇!时机来了,我就来做一个榴莲生日蛋糕吧!那晚我们又赶紧跑到家附近的水果摊买了几盒“猫山王”榴梿,哈!我就开始来做起准备工作了!当然我要首先为蛋糕做一个设计构思,这部分我反而较花时间,我喜欢在动工前做好越多准备越好 ,临场反应较差,哈!但这次因为时间有限,所以也没法准备太多装饰用的小细节,我也只能拼拼凑凑尽我所能,希望能过关喽!


Durian Birthday Cake ( Recipe partially from Kevin Chai 《 My Birthday》)
Ingredients

Sponge Cake
Sponge mix        180g
Eggs            3
Milk            45ml
Butter (melted)        45g


Durian cream
Fresh cream (whipped)    120g
Durian fresh         300g


Decoration
Fresh cream (whipped)    150g
Strawberries
Blueberries
Sponge fingers

Method
1. To make sponge cake , preheat oven to 180C , line bottom of a 7" cake tin with greaseproof paper.
 

2. Beat the sponge mix ,eggs and milk in a mixer with high speed until light and fluffy. Turn to low speed , mix in melted butter until well blended.

3.Spread batter prepared tin and bake for 30 mins. Remove from oven and cool completely. Split into 3 layers.


4.To make Durian filling , stir whipped cream with mashed durian fresh until blended.


5.Spread durian filling over a layer of sponge cake , add the second layer of sponge cake and followed by durian filling for the 3 layers cake.


6.Coat cake with fresh cream and do the rest of the cake decoration with the fruits and sponge fingers.