February 2011 Daring Bakers’ Challenge # 49: Panna Cotta with Raspberry Gelée and Nestle Florentine Cookies

Simple dessert that many people love ^^, I must say that, because Panna Cotta is such an easy thing to make. You don't need any special equipment, just a saucepan and a refrigerator (I believe that we have it, haha).

Coffee Macarons with Caramel Coffee Ganache: Less sweet more delicious macarons

I think the taste of the macaron that everyone will talk about after the first bite is its sweetness, for me it's the reason why I don't make it often. But trying to adjust the recipe is not easy, baking is a science, esp. the macaron.

Peanut butter blossom cookies: Peanut butter and chocolate Kisses, don't you think it's so cute?

There are many reason for me to make this cookie, first I have a lot of Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses that I bought when I went to supermarket (haha, like I tell you, I just can't stop buying it even thought I can't eat them all), and second it contains peanut butter and third it's cute ^^.  

Chicken Farm Baker's Project # 31: My dream wedding Cake; baked and frosted my dreams, Traditional Fruitcake Wedding Cake

My dream wedding Cake; baked and frosted my dreams, Traditional Fruitcake Wedding Cake, I know that it's such  a long name, haha. Anyway for this month a month of Love and Love, we will go on dreaming.

How to make Fondant Rose

Fondant rose is very easy to make, and can be used in many occasion, ^^. You can use marzipan or molding chocolate too.

Macerated Dried Fruit Mix

For the dried fruits you can use4 pounds of your favorite dried fruits, anything that you like, but don't forget to cut them into the same size. And for the fruits I let it stand for 1 week before using it 

ROLLED FONDANT

I make the fondant myself. Well, if you can buy it'll more elastic than the homemade one but this one is easy to make and it's smell so good. I tasted it and I think it's great, not that it's delicious (the main ingredient is sugar, so it tasted like sugar, haha), but you can really eat it without feeling wried, ^ ^.

Home Made Marzipan

Home Made Marzipan

Make about 900g

1 ..................................... recipe of Home Made Almond Paste

450g .............................. Icing sugar

60g ................................ Corn syrup

 Put the Home Made Almond Paste and icing sugar into a food processor or using a stand mixer with paddle attachment, mix until combine.
Pour the corn syrup into the mixture and mix until combine, if using food processor, take the moisten paste out of the bowl and knead until smooth.
Warp the Marzipan with double layer of plastic warp, keep it in a cool place.

Home Made Almond Paste

Home made almond paste

Make about 400g 

150g ............................ Almond meal (or almond powder)

100-150ml ................. Simple syrup

150g ............................ Icing sugar

 Put almond meal and icing sugar in a bowl of food processor, and process until the mixture is powdery.
Pour enough syrup to make a soft but not watery paste, the amount of the syrup that you need will depend on the moisture of your almond meal.

Tartelette au Citron Meringue: My favorite flavor, my favorite fragrance turn into my delicious tarts.

If you browsing through my blog, you will see that I have a lot of recipes which contain lemon. And yes it's one of my favorite flavor and fragrance ^^. Whenever my friends ask me " What is your favorite dessert?" Lemon tart is always on my list.

White chocolate semifreddo with Strawberry Balsamic sauce: Sweet idea for your sweet Valentine's night.

I know that you will think that this one is very suitable for Valentine's day too. I hope that it's not to late, ^^". I just didn't have time for a past few days. Because of family reunion, haha. Anyway, I had a great time with my family, nothing more than eating (a lot of it) and for me, a lot of time in the kitchen. I had a chance to make chocolate bonbons, marshmallow and etc.

Grand Marnier Orange Chocolate Bonbons: Hand make chocolate that means I love and care for you.

I know that I fall in love with chocolate a long time ago, it's so charming, everything about it, flavor, smell, texture or even the bad temper of it ^^. I think the chocolate is bad temper because it reacts real soon to the temperature, like the people when can't resist anything that change so fast, like me, haha.

Chocolate macarons with Mars Ganache: Special gift for the one you love!

Are you still in love? ^^ I think that we are. Because love can be in many forms, and in many place, family, friend, lover, so this month is very good for expressing our feeling. For me when I made these macarons for my friends, and she really wanted to have the recipe. So I think giving her the recipe is my way for showing my love to. 

Valentine chocolate strawberry cupcake with Strawberry Mascapone frosting: Let's make baking more fun!!

I really love all the simple chocolate and candy bars , Kitkat, HERSHEY'S!, Mars and many things that you can find in the supermarket shelf, I always have them on my counter. I love to use them in my bake goods too, because people welcome them. Well we have to accept the truth that we don't need anything complex to make people smile, like me, I love the extra cocoa mass chocolate, but a bar of Milo (the chocolate lookalike, haha), still make me happy too. 

Guimauve à la framboise: Raspberry marshmallow, homemade gift for the one you love!!

Don't blame me for being very sweet, ^^, the Valentine's day is getting closer and closer, I believe that many people have the same feeling too. As I feel more confident about the Marshmallow, this time is my own adaptation, the sweet and fragrance marshmallow with raspberry.

Passionfruit Mousse: Refreshing and delicious mousse that you will love!

I think passionfruit is one of delicious fruit in the world ^^, well, may be because I like both the tangy taste and the intoxicated smell. I always have a bag of passionfruit puree in my freezer, so I can use it whenever I want. 

Basic: Yellow Sponge Cake

I got this recipe from ........................

It can be used in many kind of recipe, instead of plain sponge cake or as a light butter cake. For the fat part, if you want the cake to be softer use all oil instead half oil half butter. 

I adapt the recipe to be smaller, so you don't have to worried about the leftover (but it's delicious, I know that you don't mind to eat its crumbs ^^).

Yellow sponge cake

40g .................................. Cake flour

30g .................................. Cornstarch

2 ...................................... Large eggs

2 ...................................... Egg yolks

65g .................................. Sugar

½tsp ................................. Coarse salt

½tbsp ............................... Vanilla extract

¼cup ................................. Vegetable oil

¼cup ................................. Melted butter (warm)

Preheat the oven to 375°F or 190°C.

Sift the flour and Cornstarch together, set aside.

Line 25x25cm baking pan with baking paper.

Mix melted butter with vegetable oil.

Beat the eggs, egg yolks, sugar and salt until very thick and pale (thick ribbon).

Add the vanilla and beat to combine.

Pour the sifted flour into the egg mixture, fold to combine.

Pour the melted butter mixture (drizzling, if possible) into the batter and fold to combine.

Pour the mixture into prepared pan.

Bake for 18 minutes or until golden and spring when touch lightly.

Remove the cake from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack.

Basic: Yellow Sponge Cake