Friday, September 27, 2019
Pandan Cake With Gula Melaka Frosting.
Pandan cake is a favourite sponge cake of Southeast Asians. The cake is preferably made of chiffon recipe using pandan juice and coconut milk as it's main ingredients. I'm saying so as a pandan cake with no coconut milk lacks of flavor and fragrance. I tried making one using pandan juice and milk, the outcome isn't so welcoming & disappointing π, that I never bake my pandan cake without coconut milk.
Pandan cake with pandan swiss meringue buttercream (smbc) & gula melaka syrup.
This whole cake is filled with too much smbc. And I improved my frosting on my next cake.
A slice of the pandan cake with gula melaka smbc.
My family thought it was store bought. π
Baked a whole pandan cake, & divide into half.
This time, I used whipping cream as frosting & drizzled gula melaka syrup.
Yes, this cake was made for Mothers' day.
Yumz π. My mom enjoyed it.
I won't be providing any recipe for the cake as each of you has your own favourite recipe (if you are able to bake a beautiful chiffon cake without the tube tin). If this is your first time making a pandan cake, do watch YouTube channel.
I used chiffon cake recipe, thus if you failed to bake a successful chiffon cake without the use of tube tin... I suggest keep on practising getting the right stiff peak of your meringue, and fold the yolk and meringue batter as gently as possible. The well combined batter consistency must be thick. Do google or watch YouTube on how to bake a chiffon cake. Make sure you know how the consistency of the resulting batter is like. I hope these will help you if you are unable to bake a nice chiffon cake.
Remarks: I don't provide recipe as all recipes are good. Problems lie with individual not following the instructions & taste preference.Labels: #bake2eat, #Chiffoncake, #gulamelakapandancake, #pandancake
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 4:23β―AM
Monday, December 17, 2018
Iced sugar cookies
Christmas is round the corner. Time for christmas cookies.
The cookies I used is simple sugar cookies. Alternatively, you can use cookies of your choices. But refrain from melt-in-the mouth cookies, they are too fragile.
Royal icing I used requires egg white powder. The recipe is from Tinrry+.
As the recipe is in Chinese, I will do a translation here.
Ingredients for Tinrry+ Royal Icing:
- Egg white powder - 10g
- Icing sugar - 130g
- Drinking water - 20g
- Corn syrup - 5g
- Lemon juice - 10g
Steps:
- Sift egg white powder & a third of the icing sugar into a big bowl, mix well.
- Add in the drinking water, using the beater blade to gently mix the mixture such that the powder will not fly all over. Using the handmixer on medium speed, beat the mixer till the icing show streak of lines. Add the remaining icing sugar in two additions and continue to beat till stiff peak.
- Add in the corn syrup, lemon juice and beat on low speed till a 15sec consistency is achieved.
Cookies iced with royal icing.
That is all for today's post. See you next time~Labels: #cut_out_cookies, #simplechristmascookies, #simpleicingcookies
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 4:50β―AM
Friday, December 14, 2018
Strawberry shortcake.
End of year sale, the 12.12 sale is a great loot for baking tools and gadgets. Last year I bought a K.A 9-speeds handmixer, and a Europac 30-L oven. This year? I just bought a bottle of Bols grenadine syrup for baking.
So, what can I make from this syrup? I am not making anything, but using it for my syrup coating on the cake slices for any berries cakes, and here is the strawberry shortcake.
Wash and dry 5 strawberries before cutting (3 - sliced vertically, each to 6 slices; 2 - cut vertically into half). After cut, store in the fridge. If you have leftover after assembly, just eat them up π.
Use a cake recipe you love, and flavored it with strawberry or vanilla extract.
Whipped the cream till 70% stiff and set aside.
Start assemble after the cake is cooled and slice.
Place the bottom cake layer on a cakeboard on top a turntable.
Coat a cake slice with the grenadine syrup (I use a ratio of 1:1 syrup to drinking water for less sweeter syrup), spread evenly a layer of approx. 0.5cm whipped cream on top the cake. Then put the strawberries on top the cream. Apply another layer of approx. 0.25cm cream on top the strawberries.
Place the other layer of cake on top. Gently press down. Apply another layer of syrup coating on the cake top. Crumb coat the cake with the cream. You may chill the cake in the fridge after crumb coat for 30mins, then apply another layer of cream. Remember to leave about 80g whipped cream for the decoration.
When the frosting is completed, it is time to decorate the cake. I used a Saint Honore piping tip here. Pipe the remaining cream on the cake. Lastly, place halved strawberries as shown above.
This is a very simple Japanese style strawberry shortcake. It's very delicious. Do make it even if you are a amateur, as this is a basic class cake making.
Be confident and practise more if you failed.
That is all for the post. See you next time~
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 6:42β―PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Macarons, French IV
The 4th post on french macarons.
Today I feel like making macarons. As Christmas is approaching, today's macarons are dressed with green color and filled with plum ganache.
The recipe for the macarons is from youTuber Alisa TokyoSelect.
This is the recipe that I succeeded while making them the first time. I need to emphasize that I can't bake well during that time. Thus, I really highly recommend this instructional video.
Another reason is, this recipe is the same as I had obtained from a baking class.
Nice feets, and the shells peeled off nicely from the mat.
Filled with plum ganache for a christmas color (I insisted it is).
Matured the macarons overnight, and be ready to served them on tea break tomorrow.π
That's all for today baking. See you next time~Labels: #French_macarons, #macarons, #macarons_from_scratch, #macarons_making, #macarons_with_feets, #making_macarons
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 6:11β―AM
Friday, December 7, 2018
Saint SΓ©bastien (Checkerboard Cake).
This cake is awesome if you like chocolate. I wish I can share with you the recipe but, due to the class I am attending, I am told not to. Sorry about that. However, I can suggest to Google checkerboard cake if you are interested.
This cake is chocolatey as the whole cake is covered with ganache. Yumz. And in between the checkered layer is spread with a layer of ganache too.
The cake is made of almond pound cake & chocolate almond pound cake. The chocolate cake doesn't use cocoa powder but chocolate bar (of course, you can use conventure chocolates - the class uses that).
This is my 2nd time remaking this cake and it is a success.
It is really delicious. The cake is finished in 3 days (one day chilling in fridge overnight, 2nd day sliced it and left 2 pieces. The 3 day, all gone. π)
I am sure I will build this cake again, since I love it.
Hope to see you again in my next post.Labels: #bake_from_scratch, #bake2eat, #checkerboardcake, #homebake, #homebaking, #homemade
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 11:00β―AM
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Matcha white chocolate mousse cake.
I love mousse cake. But to make one from scratch would be a drag.
First, I baked the cake. Next, make the mousse. If there is a second layer, I need to wait extra time for the first layer of mousse to firm up before layering the 2nd slice of cake, followed by spreading the next layer of mousse. If it is of another flavour, there is another mousse preparation. π
So many steps = tedious baking β many washing.
But will I do if I wanted to eat & refused to buy? π
Of course, I have to make the cake π.
Despite all the efforts, I must say, I didn't regret spending time to build a simple mousse cake for the first time.
I will need to improve the assembly of the cake. Or perhaps, try out other methods. Let me work with my next mousse cake and I'll post in the blog.
The mousse cake needs to be chilled for at least 2 hours before serving. The picture above proven it. I only had it chilled for an hour. I can't wait, the eagerness to know how it looks when cut (especially when I first home-baked /made a cake)... π The mousse doesn't hold up well... Yet, it is delicious π. The intense matcha taste that lingers at your tongue and gets diluted when you taste the white chocolate mousse. I am now willing to make my next mousse cake. π
The recipe I refer to is from the link below.
Cookpad.com: Green tea & white chocolate mousse cake.
Remarks:-
Cake - I used the recipe of my choice.
White chocolate mousse - I omit the egg white.
Matcha mousse - I increase the matcha dosage.
Having chilled the mousse enough, the cake looks much presentable after sliced. π
I hope you will enjoy this mousse cake as much as I do. π
See you next time.Labels: #whitechocolatemousse #matchamousse #greenteamousse #moussecake #Tenjumatchawhitechocolatemoussecake
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 5:34β―AM
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Pandan sponge with salted caramel frosting.
Pandan sponge cake & salted caramel frosting, they do taste good when combined together.π
I will not write down the recipe for the sponge cake since for home-bakers, we will have a favourite recipe.
Thus, choose your favorite cake recipe, slice into 2 or 3 layers and frost it with caramel SMBC (swiss meringue buttercream).
For new bakers, I recommend the recipe links π:
1. Cake: Nasi Lemak Lover's Pandan sponge cake.
2. SMBC: Gretchen's Bakery Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
3. Salted Caramel Sauce: Sally's Baking Addiction Salted Caramel.
I hope you will enjoy the flavors of the salted caramel with pandan cake.
And... my old folks love this cake. ππLabels: #pandansaltedcaramelcake
W/ ♥, Jannis' Baking @ 7:30β―AM