Chocolate Log Cake House

This year Christmas I thought of making something fun in the kitchen, Logcake House using basic recipe like sponge cake, butter cream and all kind of decoration goodies that you like. If you have lots of kids coming to your party, they will be delighted as they can pull out their favorite snacks from the cake, some may like like chocolate, others may prefer wafer or cookies....

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Reindeer Cake Pop

Chocolate Cake Pops Yield: 24 using the Nordic Cake Pop Mould Ingredients: 130g dark chocolate chips (at least 65% if you prefer less sweet)  100g butter 100g caster sugar 22g cocoa powder 2 eggs 96g all purpose flour (or 96g cake flour + 1 tsp. baking powder) 1/4 tsp. salt Decoration: 340g chocolate coating (not chocolate chips, for easy decoration as it does not...

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Braised Chicken Wing

This dish has always been the comfort food in the house. It remind us of our grandma time when we place our share of dish and rice in a bowl. Love the combination with egg and stir fried kangkong, this is so kampung flavor. I found the simpler way of cooking the braised chicken wing by using the Tai Hua (大华)  Chicken Marinade I found at the local supermarket. Its...

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Kimchi Korean Seafood Pancake ~ Haemul Pajeon

When I went to local supermarket recently, I found this Buchimgaru (Korean pancake mix), when I read the instruction at the back, it is so simple and I go ahead and prepare this dish, it come out to be very successful. From what I understand this pancake mix is widely used by Koreans and is great for all types of pancake dishes and menus. While some use plain...

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Rice Noodle Roll ~ Chee Cheong Fun (肠粉)

This is my all time favourite dim sum. Now I can do it at home and it is super easy. In 30 min you can impress your family with this snack. I have done a Char Siew meat version this time. However you can always used cooked seafood like prawn or scallop or better still some Crispy Dough Fritters. Do try it out and enjoy.  Yield: 9 pcs from 20cm non stick...

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Blueberry Cheesecake

I like to eat New York Cheesecake, but sometimes it may be too heavy for me to finish one whole slice, so there are times when I crave for this kind of light Japanese cheesecake but still maintain the nice biscuit like OREO at the bottom and top with refreshing blueberry jam. And decorate it with some almond slices and it will bring the cheesecake to a new level with...

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Gula Melaka Swiss Roll

Last week I have done the Green Tea Swiss Roll, this week I tried Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar) Swiss Roll. I know I am crazy about swiss roll... you know sometimes you have this period of craziness over something if you know what I mean.  In South East Asia, gula melaka is one of the essential ingredient in making peranakan dessert or kueh kueh. It gives me an idea to...

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Green Tea Swiss Roll with Azuki Red Bean

For the Swiss Roll: Ingredients: Egg Yolk Batter 3 egg yolks 20g granulated sugar 40ml cooking oil 40ml milk 60g cake flour 5-7g green tea powder Meringue 3 egg whites 40g granulated sugar For the filling 100g whipping cream 2 tsp granulated sugar 1 can of Japanese red bean  Directions: 1. Separate the eggs and place the egg...

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うな丼 (Unagi Don)?

So.... Do I manage to trick you?  This is actually eggplant in Unagi sauce...an idea to trick your kids or whoever hate to eat eggplant? or for vegetarian.... It is actually pretty simple, all you need to do is to roast the eggplant for awhile and then cook them in unagi sauce. Ingredients: 2 eggplants Unagi sauce* 1 tbsp. soy sauce* 1 tbsp. Mirin * 1 tbsp....

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Gamja Jorim ~ Korean Potato Side Dish

Gamja jorim (Korean glazed potatoes/braised potatoes), is perfect when you want to make an affordable and filling yet delicious dish. It is another banchan (side dish) in Korean food. Traditionally, gamja jorim is served as a side dish, but it can be served as an appetizer or snack as well. I love to eat them with steamed rice and kimchi soup. Also,...

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Stir Fry Long Beans

There are various ways to stir fry long beans, I have actually done the fermented beans version (Tauco) but this time round I wanted to do more towards the curry vegetable flavor to match my Nasi Uduk. (Recipe) Of cos you can use the spice paste to cook other ingredients like tofu, cassava leaves or hard boiled eggs. Do play around with the variety. Ingredients 2...

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