Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Filling ~ Walnut butter cream

Walnut butter cream frosting
source : http://www.nosalty.hu/gazdag_diotorta_recept_1659

Ingredients
200gm ground walnut
1 Tbsp plain flour
250ml milk
100gm sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
lemon zest from 1 lemon
100gm margarine , room temperature ( I used butter)

Method
1) In a sauce pan, mix together milk, sugars, lemon zest. Heat it just until boiling point.
Add in flour and walnut mixture. Bring it to boil again. and set aside to cool

2) Beat margarine (butter) with elec. mixer. When butter is light and fluffy, add in walnut mixture cooked earlier. Combine well and it is ready to be used as cake filling.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Lemon curd cream tarts


Lemon curd recipe from Joy of Baking

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Easy no roll pie crust from Joy the baker

I've just combine 200ml of whipped cream with lemon curd (add gradually until you get the desired taste)

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tomata cream sauce

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My search on google for "tomato cream sauce" yield me this recipe by The Pioneer Woman . I have made this sauce twice now since last week - of course it was good !

As usual I 've adapted the recipe to what I have in the pantry. So go to the link above if you want the exact ingredients and methods. Here are what I've cooked with...

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 Tablespoons Butter
1 whole Medium Onion, Finely Diced
3 cloves Garlic, Minced
pinch of dried basil
4 medium very ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Salt And Pepper, to taste
Brown sugar , to taste
1 cup cooking cream (22% fat)
Fresh parley, Chopped
250g pasta

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Swedish Almond Cake inspired by Ikea


Ikea swedish almond cake....mmmm yumm, right? I thought it would be rather easy to find a compatible recipe to recreate at home ; but my google search gave too many different kinds of swedish almond cake. In the end, I gave this one a try.

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Erm... look nothing like the ones I ate in Ikea ; however, taste wise it was pretty close! So, next time I'll just need to search for an icing to go with this cake.

Swedish Almond Cake
http://www.danlepard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1914
75g unsalted butter
2 tbsp dry white breadcrumbs
1 large egg
125g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp double cream
100g plain flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
50g flaked almonds (didn't have any, sub. with roasted snack type)

Melt 50g butter and use some to brush inside an 18cm flan tin then dust generously with breadcrumbs.
Heat the oven to 180C (160 fan).
Break the egg into a large clean bowl and whisk until frothy. Slowly add 100g sugar and beat until thick.
Stir the vanilla and 2 tbsp cream in evenly, sift in the flour and baking powder and fold through, followed by the remaining melted butter.
Spoon into the tin and bake for 25 minutes until the middle is barely firm{*}. Meanwhile melt 25g butter in the same saucepan then add the almonds, 25g sugar, a tsp of flour and 1 tbsp cream and stir over heat until bubbling.
When the cake is cooked remove from the oven and turn the heat up to 210C (190C fan). Spoon the almond mix over the cake, return to the oven and bake another 5 - 7 minutes until golden. Remove from the tin while warm.
{*} the cake was already cooked after 20 mins. , I'll adjust baking time to 15 mins.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Filling ~ Walnut butter cream

Walnut butter cream frosting
source : http://www.nosalty.hu/gazdag_diotorta_recept_1659

Ingredients
200gm ground walnut
1 Tbsp plain flour
250ml milk
100gm sugar
1 sachet vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
lemon zest from 1 lemon
100gm margarine , room temperature ( I used butter)

Method
1) In a sauce pan, mix together milk, sugars, lemon zest. Heat it just until boiling point.
Add in flour and walnut mixture. Bring it to boil again. and set aside to cool

2) Beat margarine (butter) with elec. mixer. When butter is light and fluffy, add in walnut mixture cooked earlier. Combine well and it is ready to be used as cake filling.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Lemon curd cream tarts


Lemon curd recipe from Joy of Baking

P1180580
Easy no roll pie crust from Joy the baker

I've just combine 200ml of whipped cream with lemon curd (add gradually until you get the desired taste)

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tomata cream sauce

P1180569

My search on google for "tomato cream sauce" yield me this recipe by The Pioneer Woman . I have made this sauce twice now since last week - of course it was good !

As usual I 've adapted the recipe to what I have in the pantry. So go to the link above if you want the exact ingredients and methods. Here are what I've cooked with...

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 Tablespoons Butter
1 whole Medium Onion, Finely Diced
3 cloves Garlic, Minced
pinch of dried basil
4 medium very ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
Salt And Pepper, to taste
Brown sugar , to taste
1 cup cooking cream (22% fat)
Fresh parley, Chopped
250g pasta

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Swedish Almond Cake inspired by Ikea


Ikea swedish almond cake....mmmm yumm, right? I thought it would be rather easy to find a compatible recipe to recreate at home ; but my google search gave too many different kinds of swedish almond cake. In the end, I gave this one a try.

P1180536
Erm... look nothing like the ones I ate in Ikea ; however, taste wise it was pretty close! So, next time I'll just need to search for an icing to go with this cake.

Swedish Almond Cake
http://www.danlepard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1914
75g unsalted butter
2 tbsp dry white breadcrumbs
1 large egg
125g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp double cream
100g plain flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
50g flaked almonds (didn't have any, sub. with roasted snack type)

Melt 50g butter and use some to brush inside an 18cm flan tin then dust generously with breadcrumbs.
Heat the oven to 180C (160 fan).
Break the egg into a large clean bowl and whisk until frothy. Slowly add 100g sugar and beat until thick.
Stir the vanilla and 2 tbsp cream in evenly, sift in the flour and baking powder and fold through, followed by the remaining melted butter.
Spoon into the tin and bake for 25 minutes until the middle is barely firm{*}. Meanwhile melt 25g butter in the same saucepan then add the almonds, 25g sugar, a tsp of flour and 1 tbsp cream and stir over heat until bubbling.
When the cake is cooked remove from the oven and turn the heat up to 210C (190C fan). Spoon the almond mix over the cake, return to the oven and bake another 5 - 7 minutes until golden. Remove from the tin while warm.
{*} the cake was already cooked after 20 mins. , I'll adjust baking time to 15 mins.