Walnut cake

Wild flowers in Pulau Ubin

Racial Harmony Day

Racial Harmony Day

Some volunteers bring out all their treasures to display in school for the Racial Harmony Day.

Racial Harmony Day

The above stall was selling Shepherd's Pie -Eurasian food and Biko is Fillipino snack.





Remember these plates!! They were used during wedding.
Are people still using ????

Homemade goodness

Shepherd's pie

This shepherd's pie recipe was shared by a good friend.
My family loves this dish.

If you want this recipe, you may drop me a message in the "speak to me " box. I will forward it to you.

Five Spices Chicken Wings

Ingredients.
10 chicken wings

Marinade:
1 egg
2 tbsp ginger juice
1 tsp five spice powder
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
2 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sugar

Method:
1 Mix chicken with marinade & marinate for 3 hours or chill in the fridge for overnight.
2 Heat up oil for deep frying, put in chicken wings and deep fry till golden brown.

Orange Chiffon Cake

115g Cake flour
3/4 tsp baking powder

85ml warm orange juice
finely grated zest of 1.5 large orange

5 egg yolks + 30g castor sugar + 1/4 tsp salt
5 egg whites + 50g castor sugar + 1/2 tsp cream of tarter

60ml sunflower oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Sieve flour & baking powder.

2. Whisk the egg yolk until creamy & light in colour. Add in oil, then warm orange juice & vanilla essence.

3. Add in flour mixture into yolk mixture lightly. Add in orange zest.

4. Beat egg white with electric beater until big bubbles formed & sprinkle in cream of tartar & beat until it is white in colour. Add in 50g sugar a little at a time , continue beat until stiff perks formed.
5. Pour 1/2 egg white into flour mixture in No.3 & blend well.

6. Pour flour mixture into the rest of the egg white & blend well.

7. Bake at 170 for 40 - 45 mins

8. Remove from oven, turn pan unside down to cool.

Traditional sponge cakes

I get this recipe from fen ying's blog.

http://fenyingrecipe.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

Ingredients A: Egg : 200g, Sugar : 230g

Ingredients B: Hong Kong flour : 230g

Ingredients C: 7-up : 75g

Method:

1) Use high speed beat eggs till fluffy

2) Add in sugar gradually and continue beating till well- blended, turn off the power

3) Fold in the flour in 3 portions

4) Add in Ingredients C and mix well

5) Pour mixture paper cups

6) Sprinkle a handful of sugar such that it forms a cross on the surface of mixture

7) Steam over high heat for 15 to 20 mins

Chicken Pie

I found this recipe in the internet and decided to try it. I made the pastry the night before and prepared the filling in the morning. I used egg tart foil to make the above chicken pie.


Chicken Pie (make 8 cups egg tart size chicken pies)

Pastry:
150 gm butter
250 gm plain flour
1 tsp sugar
1 egg yolk
A pinch of salt
1 tsp of herbs ( mixed / rosemary)
100 gm yoghurt

1.Put all the ingredients, except yoghurt, in a mixing bowl.
2.Rub butter into flour mixture until like breadcrumbs.
3.Add in yoghurt and mix to a dough.
4.Dough will be very soft so need to keep it refrigerated for at least 30 mins.

Filling:
1 big onion diced
2 cooked potatoes, diced
1 cup mixed vegetable
1 can button mushrooms, sliced
2 chicken breast, diced
oil
½ cup water

Seasonings
1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
salt n pepper to taste

1.Heat abt 2 tbsp of oil and fry potatoes until golden. Set aside.
2.In a clean wok, heat 2 tbsp oil. Fry the onion until transparent. Add mixed vegetable, mushroom, chicken. Add in potatoes.
3.Add in water and cook for abt 5 mins. Add in seasonings.
4.Add in the cornstarch and stir to thicken mixture. Cool and set aside.


Roll out the dough, cut the size required and place in a pie dish. Poke holes at the base using a fork.
Put 2 tablespoons fillings in. Cut another piece of dough to cover the top.
Poke a few more times using fork on the cover of the pie. Brush with 1 beaten egg.

Baked in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 mins.

Strawberry shortcake

I used my homemade whipping cream to decorate on this cake.

Orange cupcakes