Thursday, January 27, 2011

How to make a robot cake - Decorating a robot birthday cake


Here is another interesting video i found on how to make a robot cake. Hope you will like it.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Oreo Cheese Cake

So the purpose of sharing this Oreo Cheesecake is because, a friend of mine love Oreo Cheesecake. So I've decided to bake this just for her and am going to share this to those who love this cake as well!

Ingredients:

1) 24 Divided Oreo Cookies

2) 3 ts of melted butter

3) 3 (250g) packages of softened Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese

4) 3/4 cup of sugar

5) 1 ts vanilla

6) 3 eggs


Methods:

1) Heat the oven to 350 degree. Placfe 16 of the cookies in resealable plastic bag. Flatten bag to remove excess air, then seal bag. Finely crush cookies by rolling a rolling pin across the bag. Place in a bowl and add butter. Mix them well and press firmly onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

2) Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with electri mixer on mediu speed until well blended. Then add eggs, one at a time and beat just until blended after each addition. Chop or crush remanining 8 cokies. Gently stir half of the chopped cookies into cream cheese batter. Pour over prepared crust and sprinkle with the remaining chopped cookies

3) Bake for 45 mins or until centre is almost set. Cool it and put into the refrigerator for 3 hrs or overnight.

4) Now it's ready to be serve

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Princess cake - How to make a princess doll birthday cake



Apart from the previous post, I have found another interesting cake making video of Howdini on how to make a Princess Castle Cake. It will guide you step by step to make the cake, hope you will like it.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Cake


This delicious ice cream cake only takes 20 minutes to prepare and 5 hours before it is ready to be serve on your plate. You can also vary this dessert by using different flavours of ice cream. All you have to do is just follow the steps we are going to share with you.
Ingredients:
1) 1 package of small chocolate chip cookies
2) 1/4 cup of melted margarine
3) 1 cup of hot fudge topping
4) 2 quarts (container) of vanilla ice cream
5) 1 cup of whipped cream
6) 12 cherries
Method:
1) Crush half the cookies about 20 of tems to make crumbs
2) Combine crumbs with melted margarine and press into the bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan or pie plate
3) Stand remaining cookies around the edge of pan and spread 3/4 cup of fudge topping over the crust
4) Then freeze for 15 mins
5 Meanwhile, soften 1 quart of ice cream in microwave or on countertop. After crust has chilled, spread softened ice cream over fudge layer and freeze for 30 mins
6) Scoop remaining quart of ice cream into balls and arrange over spread ice cream layer.
7) Freeze until firm for about 4 hours or overnight
8) When it is ready, garnish with remainder of fudge topping, whipped cream and cherries

Friday, January 14, 2011

How to make a guitar cake - Electric guitar birthday cake



Apart from our usual posts that share our recipes, we decided to add in videos as well. Above video is what we've found that telecast different kind of fanciful cake recipes. For those who are interested to know the channel of it, it's called Howdini. Had fun enjoying the video peeps!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

All of a sudden feel like making some Chakin-shibori-style (Japanese Homemade) Sweet Potato Cakes:)



Ingredients:

1) 1 lb satsumaizo peeled and cut into half-inch thick rounds

2)3 Tbsp sugar

3) juice from 1/2 lemon

4) 2 Tbsp raisin

Method:

1) Soak satsumaimo in water for 30 minutes.


2) Drain satsumaimo and put in a medium pan.


3) Pour water to cover the satsumaimo.


4) Boil until satsumaimo is softened.


5)Drain and put the satsumaimo in a bowl.


6)Mash satsumaimo.


7)Add sugar and mix well.


8)Add raisins and mix well.


9)Add lemon juice and mix well.


10)Put a small ball of mashed satsumaimo in a cheesecloth or a sheet of plastic wrap.


11)Gather ends and twist the cloth or plastic wrap to

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Here come the carrot cake :)



Ingredient:

1) 4 eggs
  • 2) 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil

  • 3) 2 cups white sugar

  • 4) 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 5) 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 6) 2 teaspoons baking soda

  • 7) 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 8) 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 9) 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • 10) 3 cups grated carrots

  • 11) 1 cup chopped pecans

  • 12) 1/2 cup butter, softened

  • 13) 8 ounces cream cheese, softened

  • 14) 4 cups confectioners' sugar

  • 15) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 16) 1 cup chopped pecans

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

2) In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.

3) Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

4) To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.



Thursday, January 6, 2011

A sweet way to have a lovely ending, the banana cake we had baked this morning has candlied ginger in it. It's a good way to be mysterious about it and ask your guests to guess what the secret ingredient is. This cake can be baked the night before and reheated briefly in a microwave the next morning.

Ingredient:

1) 6 sweet bananas

2) 2 ts of lemon juice

3) 1/4 cup full of cream milk

4) 1 ts vanilla paste (you can double the quantity if you are using vanilla extract)

5) 2 ts of baking powder

6) 200g of butter, softened

7) 1/2 cup of sugar

8) 3 eggs

9) 1 cup of flour

10) 1/2 cup of walnuts, coarsely chopped

11) 1/4 cup of chopped candied ginger

12) Vanilla Ice-cream

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 170 degree

2) Line a baking loaf tin with some parchment paper at the bottom (to allow easily removal of cake afterwards)

3) Mash the bananas with milk, vanilla paste and lemon juice

4) Whisk the butter with sugar until pale and creamy

5) Add the eggs into butter cream one at a time, incorporating it completelt before adding the next

6) Mix the baking powder into the flour before mixing into the butter and egg mixture

7) Fold in the banana mixture, walnuts and candied giner into the batter

8) Pour the batter into loaf tins and bake for 45 mins to an hour (use toothpick to test, it should
come out clean)

9) Allow to cool completely before overturning

10) Slice it out and serve it with ice cream (Perfect combination, TRUST ME)

Monday, January 3, 2011

Blueberry cake is up!!!


Ingredients:

  • 1) 2 cups fresh blueberries
  • 2) 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 3) 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 4) 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
  • 5) 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 6) 1 cup white sugar
  • 7) 3 eggs
  • 8) 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 9) 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
  • 10) 3/4 cup milk
  • 11) 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 12) 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 13) 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
  • Method:
  • 1)Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan. In a medium bowl, combine blueberries, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest. Toss to coat berries, then pour into the prepared pan.

  • 2)In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the almond extract and 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest. Stir together 2 cups flour and the baking powder. Beat into butter mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter over the berries in the pan.

  • 3)Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Place serving plate over the top of the pan and carefully invert cake and plate together, so that the berries end up on top. Carefully unlock the buckle on the side of the pan and remove. Sprinkle toasted almonds on top of cake and serve warm.