What I Baked/cooked Today Thread

[Guest prehistoric]

CARMEL APPLES!

[Guest mango_love]

i just put this in my own thread... but it won't hurt showing it here, either (^-^)

homemade lasanga

[Guest poloblue]

^ can u post a recipe for the lasagna??? i love lasagna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest samarie]

hi poloblue and ilovetakeshi!

here's the recipe for the cupcakes, the buttercream topping are variations. Happy baking!

Buttercream (best buttercream recipe for me):

In a saucepan, bring to a boil:

1/2 cup water

2 1/4 cups sugar

Use a clean brush and cold water to wash down any sugar crystals that form on the sides of the pan as the water heats. When the sugar comes to a boil set a timer for 7 minutes, and let boil.

After 5 minutes, in the bowl of an electric mixer, begin to whip at high speed:

1 cup egg whites (about 13 large egg whites)

Whip until stiff. They should be done when the timer goes off.

With the mixer on high speed, slowly beat the sugar syrup into the egg whites, pouring the syrup to the side of the bowl to avoid the whip. Continue to beat until the bowl is cool to the touch, about 10 minutes. Slowly add:

3 cups unsalted butter at room temperature, cut into 1 inch pieces.

When the buttercream begins to jump out of the bowl, reduce the speed to low.

Mix in at low speed:

1 tsp vanilla extract

Beat until light and fluffy. At some points the mixture might look curdled. Just keep beating; it will become smooth again.

Yield: 8 cups

V a r i a t i o n s :Coffee Buttercream

In a bowl, dissolve 2 tbsps instant espresso powder in2 tbsps of hot water. Whisk in 3 cups of buttercream. Mix until smooth and completely blended.

Orange Buttercream:

For every cup of buttercream at 2 tbsp (or according to taste) orange marmalade.

Mocha cupcake:

Line muffin pan with cupcake liners, preheat oven 350 F. Have all ingredients at room temperature.

In a bowl of electric mixer, beat at high speed until light and fluffy:

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

Add at medium speed and beat well:

4 extra large egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla extract

On a piece of wax paper, sift together:

2 1/2 cups cake flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

In a separate bowl dissolve:

1 tbsp plus 1/4 tsp instant espresso powder

1/4 cup hot water

Add:

3/4 cup milk

Add the dry ingredients to the butter and egg mixture alternately with the coffee-flavored milk, beating at medium-low speed until the batter is smooth.

Fold in by hand:

1 1/2 ounces grated semisweet chocolate

Pour into cupcake liners 3/4 full. bake 18 to 25 minutes or until the tops springs back when lightly pressed.

When cupcakes are cool, top with coffee buttercream and chocolate chips.

Vanilla Cupcakes:Line muffin pan with cupcake liners. Preheat oven at 350 F. Have all ingredients at room temperature:

Sift into a mixing bowl:

1 3/4 cups plus 2 tbsp cake flour

3/4 tsp salt

Add and mix to combine:

1 cup sugar

Add:

1/2 cup plus 2 1/2 tsp warmed milk (110F)

2 large eggs

1 stick very soft unsalted butter

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Beat at low speed with the whisk attachment for 1 minute. Scrape down the bowl. Raise the speed to a medium-low and beat for 1 1/2 minutes.

Add:

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

Mix at low speed for 30 sec.

Fill each liner three-quarters full. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, or until golden. The tops should spring back when lightly pressed.

When cupcake are cool, top with orange buttercream and orange bits.

[Guest samarie]

My friend and I made this for a birthday party last sunday. Jack jack (topper) is made of fondant.

[Guest xxReminisce]

Me and two other friends decided to make sushi in our pajamas..

[Guest malevolent.]

Baked some more white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.

[Guest minie]

I need to learn how to cook.. I just moved out so no more food from my mommy... oh well, here goes nothing.

I'm having a friend come over for dinner so I decided to not look like a fool and practice what I am planning to serve first..

Cooked on 10/19: Cold Soba, chicken (precooked), and miso soup

It turned out pretty good (by good i mean eatable) so I decided to instead of buying precooked chicken.. I'll make some tempera.. My friend thought she was going to die and kept saying she was going to get food poisoning but at the end of the night she said she was impressed and the food I made was in fact pretty good!!! Maybe she was trying to be nice by saying it was good but hey, I’ll take it!!!

Cooked on 10/20: Cold soba and udon, shrimps and vegs tempera, and potstickers.

Sorry for the bad picture quality.. it was taken by my cellphone.

[Guest samarie]

boblovesbacon: started as a hobby now i do cakes for family and friends

mangolove: thanks! glad you like the cake

[Guest asukaxD]

C00KIES =D

[Guest asukaxD]

those cookies looks yummy! can i have the recipe pls?

CHIPITS Brownie Chip Cookies

Bake Time: 10 to 12 minutes

Yield: Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Ingredients 1 1/3 cup (325 mL) golden flavour shortening

1 cup (250 mL) packed brown sugar

2/3 cup (150 mL) granulated sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon (7 mL) vanilla

2 1/4 cup (550 mL) all purpose flour

2/3 cup (150 mL) cocoa

1 teaspoon (5 mL) baking soda

1/2 teaspoon (2 mL) salt

3 tablespoons (45 mL) milk

1 package (225g) (325 mL) CHIPITS White Chocolate Chips

1 cup (250 mL) chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F (180°C).

Cream together golden flavour shortening, packed brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla, until creamy.

Combine all-purpose flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternatively with milk.

Stir in CHIPITS White Chocolate Chips and chopped nuts.

Drop from spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

[Guest x_JenZ]

yay! finally took pictures of... 1/4 of the stuff i make at work =], i work at a chocolate store btw.

^ my pumkin patch, caramel apples dipped in orange flavored chocolate and then decorated with mint green leaves and vines.

^ for halloween, i added faces with dark chocolate.

^ bunny and pig ( white chocolate, and strawberry flavored chocolate caramel apples )

^ beaver ( all milk chocolate, same with the tail, caramel apple )

^ strawberry dipped in chocolate, but i added a chocolate heart on the side

^ S'mores with Caramel, we call them.."Brown Cows"

and heres a pic of me makin the apples =] .. all done by hand

^ sucha ugly pic.. bad angle

theres alot more, but i don't have pics of them...enjoy =]

[Guest aeroshaastranger :)]

These wedges are made with Mc Cormick's instant seasoning, so it's really easy XD

Before they were popped into the oven:

hey,do you have the recipe for the wedges. they look really good (:!

[Guest malevolent.]

These wedges are made with Mc Cormick's instant seasoning, so it's really easy XD

Before they were popped into the oven:

hey,do you have the recipe for the wedges. they look really good (:!

Yes yes, can we have the recipe?

[Guest ilovetakeshi]

Baked some more white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.

Oh wow! I absolutely LOVE choc macadamia cookies! Those look great! Could i have the recipe pretty please?!

[Guest PinkCee]

Made some cakes. WOOO FONDANT!! i'm taking these pics from my xanga...cuz I posted them there first. HAHA.

lemon cake w/ white chocolate truffle filling (sorry...no pics of the inside )

plain chocolate cake

hehe

[Guest asukaxD]

I didn't make all of these today... They were made from Friday-Today =D Its the first time i made these (except for the stirfry and tomato/egg) so they don't look pretty good =P

Mini Asian Paper Cakes <3 These smelled heavenly!

Stirfry and Tomatoes+Egg =D

Apple Strudel(?) <3 (too bad it 'opened') I made the apple sauce too!

White Sugar Cake(?) in cantonese its 'Bak Tong Go'

Sloppy Joes (made more but only took a pic of mine)

[Guest amiyu]

I didn't make this today but I made this yesterday? It was my first bento attempt and despite it's crapiness... I think it's good for a first try.

I made:

- Plain onigiri + smoked salmon onigiri

- Chicken dumplings (The white stuff on the dumplings was just flour to stop it sticking to everything O_O)

- Honey strawberries and raspberries

I also had:

- Chocolate frogs

- Campino sweets

- Grapes

- And lettuce for decoration ^^

I couldn't do anything fancy because I'm in Denmark at the moment, so anything asian is hard to find. But I still managed none-the-less

[Guest prehistoric]

The 'Bak Tong Go' looks delicious, I'm really craving some right now.

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

[Guest asukaxD]

The 'Bak Tong Go' looks delicious, I'm really craving some right now.

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

白糖糕 Chinese Style White Sugar Steamed Cake

製作：11

材料(七吋盤整到12件份量)

粘米粉

200克（過篩）

糖 170克

水 410克

酵母粉 1茶匙 （用一湯匙的水開勻）

發粉 1/2茶匙

製作

1.

粘米粉、水、糖拌均。

2. 用小火煮成糊狀，煮時需不停攪拌以免結硬塊，然後用篩子過濾．待冷後加入酵母水和發粉拌勻。

3. 置８小時，倒入蒸盤內（先掃油），用大火蒸25分鐘至熟，待涼切塊即可。

貼士

1. 香港的溫度大概~17-18度，11用了~8-9個鐘發酵，用保鮮紙封住個碗面放在kitchen，都沒有發酵過度，不過如果夏天整，6小時應該就得。

2. 如果用焗蛋糕的六吋圓盤整的，可以整份量的一半，厚度剛剛好。

Enjoy =D