Fruit Tarts

Fruit tarts I made, I coated the tart shells with a thin layer of chocolate, filled them with instant mango pudding and top up with canned fruits.. its was easy to make and very fruiti-licious :)




For the record, I failed on my first batch of tart shell, shown above on the left, I just pressed a ball of dough into the tart case, it turns out so thick that I didn't even have enough space for fillings.. On my second attempt, I rolled out the dough evenly, quite thinly, before i lay them into the tart case... i works much better as shown above on the right. Lesson learned: Don't be lazy! hehe...

Coconut Flapjacks

When I first came across this recipe, I had no idea how flapjacks taste like. But still, I was keen to try it out cos I have all the ready ingredients, it doesn't need flour and I dun need to use a mixer, I hate to wash that.

These are really easy to make and they are delicious and addictive.

You may noticed I seldom post recipe for my bakes cos I am lazy to type them and besides, nobody ever ask me for my recipes.. hehe... But for this one, I really wanna share it with you, please give it a try.

• 100g butter
• 80g caster sugar
• 1 tbsp honey
• 135g oats
• 50g desiccated coconut

1. Grease a 7" baking tray, preheat oven at 170C
2. Place butter, sugar honey into a large saucepan over low heat, stir till just melted
3. Stir in oats, coconut and mix well until evenly combined
4. Placed the mixture on the prepared baking tray, spread it evenly across the tray and level the surface by pressing with a spoon
5. Bake for 30 minutes
6. Remove from oven and leave on the baking tray to cool for about 10mins
7. Cut the flapjacks into squares, carefully transfer them onto a bigger baking tray, placing them bottom side up.
8. Continue to bake for another 10-15mins till it turns golden and crispy on both sides

Note:

1. I use a shallow baking tray, it works well cos its easier to remove the flapjacks from the tray after baking.
2. you may not get a neat cut when cutting them cos its still rather soft after the 1st bake and the oats seems to be falling off when you cut. Thats ok, just gently stick them back in place. After the 2nd bake and when its totally cooled, It'll all harden and stick together nicely
3. I made 16 pieces of 3X3cm squares, you can double the ingredients if you wanna make more, or if you are using a bigger tray.

Macarons... I did it!

My buddy introduce these sweet little treats to me. The first time I had them, we were sharing a piece it in chocolate flavour. The second time I had them, we shared each of the 3 pieces we bought, they were rose, lychee, and chocolate banana flavors.

Since I've had enough of sharing these little thing, I decided to make them myself so I can eat as much I want :)

I invested in a candy thermometer, silpat, illy, Valrhona, lots of eggs, ground almonds and hazelnuts. I even got a new digital weighing machine, just an excuse to get rid of my old conventional one.

This is my first attempt on macarons, I use the Italian Meringue method and I tried out the coffee almond and chocolate hazelnut flavour.

I almost spend the entire evening measuring the ingredients very carefully, beating the egg whites, boiling the sugar syrup, stirring, mixing and piping.. okie i need more practice on this. I had the "skin" and the "feets" where they were supposed to be.

Somehow, I underbaked my 1st tray of hazelnut ones, had 2 cracked ones, and some in really odd sizes, I even had a few figures of 8 as I have piped them too closely. But I was glad the rest turns out quite nicely. They had eggshell-thin top crust, frilly skirting around the bottom, moist and alittle chewy interior. I am already very happy with my little achievement.

And of course, I can't wait to share them with my buddy.

Specially for you Pris!

Mini Rasberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

I was baking some cupcakes for Ning's classmates yesterday, used up the ramains of the batter for these mini ones. They are really tiny and cute. Ning ate 8 and still want more.

Rice Pancake

We have plenty of left over rice from our last mj session. So this morning, I decided to try a Rice Pancake recipe from a Kid's Meal cookbook. Its easy to make and really yummy, ning's daddy likes them too.

Here is my modified version of the recipe.

1 bowl of cook rice

2 eggs

1 tbsp fish sauce or soya sauce

2 tbsp cooked peanuts

2 slices of ham (diced)

pinch of pepper

The original recipe calls for chopped spring onions and deep fried anchovies, you can add them if you like.

Mix all ingredients in a bowl

Heat oil in a non-stick flat-bottom frying pan, pour 2 spoonful of rice mixture and pan-fry till both sides turns golden brown.

Serve with your favourite chilli sauce or sweet sauce for the kids.

Golden Bread Shrimp Rolls

Saw this recipe and I can't wait to try it out. Thanks to Little Corner of Mine for sharing your step by step instructions.

I don't have curry powder at home but was too eager to try it out. I thought of using tom yam paste to replace the curry powder.. emm... then it would be too spicy for ning.

So, I decided to wrap the shrimp with a slice of banana. I only season the shrimps with a wee bit of oyster sauce which i think it can do without any seasoning.

It taste good, looks good too.. hehe, we dip it with some mayonaise.. yummy snack!

Will try this again with curry powder and onions.. or maybe replace banana with mango.