Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Carrot Juice and Cake






















Carrot Cake with sweet cream cheese, a bite! You will know why it never goes out of your mouth. Juicing my carrot using my newly bought Slow Juicer, the carrot juice is delicious and nutritious.

One of the benefits of drinking carrot juice is the reduced risk of heart disease. Using the convention juicer, a lot of fibre will be stripped away in the juicing process, whereas, this slow juicer won't.

After drinking the delicious carrot juice, the grated carrot could be used to make carrot cake. Here it is the recipe by Ray;

10 servings:-

1. Plain Flour                       140g
2. Bio Protein                      30g (eCosway)
3. Baking Powder                3/4 teaspoon
4. Baking Soda                    3/4 teaspoon
5. Ground Cinamon             1 teaspoon
6. Chinese 5 Spices             3/4 teaspoon
7. French Sea Salt               1/2 teaspoon
8. Grated Carrots                 170g
9. Orgnaic Raw Cane Suger 110g (eCosway)
10. Molasses Sugar              30g (eCosway)
11. Eggs                               2 for medium size and 3 for small size
12. Plain Yogurt                    85g
13. Sunflower Oil                  80g


  • Sift the flour, Bio Protein, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt all together into the mixing bowl
  • Add the grated carrots and toss until they are well-coated with flour mixture
  • In another mixing bowl, whisk the sugar, brown sugar, eggs and yogurt until combined
  • While whisking the mixture,drizzle in the Sunflower oil until completely combined
  • Pour the liquid mixture into the carrot mixture and stir until just combined
  • Pour the cake batter into a prepared cake pan and bake @ 175 oC for 50 mins (for completely cooked cake, inserted a toothpick into the centre of the cake and it should come out clean and dry)
  • Remove the pan from the oven and allow to cool. After 15 minutes of cooling, turn the cake out onto a rack and allow to cook completely
  • Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting onto the cake
Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Cream Cheese  125g
2. Icing Sugar        40g
3. Plain Yogurt      100g

  • In a mixing bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, icing sugar and plain yogurt until smooth.
 
Enjoy Your Carrot Juice!
The link below shows the processes of making a carrot cake:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3lm1vyLiP0&feature=plcp




Thursday, 22 November 2012

Cotton Soft Japanese Cheesecake




This Cheesecake is really yummy. It is soft, creamy and smooth.

 Recipe adapted from:

http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/guests/recipeID/2312/Recipe.cfm



Chocolate Mousse







Home-made Chocolate Mousse can be easy. 

Recipe by Ray;

2 Servings Chocolate Mousse

1. Twister Pro Mug
2.  Viviani 72% Dark Chocolate Block      8 Small Blocks (about 35g)
3. Bio-Lecithin                                          4 Teaspoons
4. Organic Raw Cane Sugar                      3 Teaspoons
5. Hot water                                             100 ml
6. French Sea Salt                                    1 pinch 

  • Chop the chocolate into smaller pieces
  • Add together the chocolate, sugar, water & salt into a microwave safe container
  • Microwave (at highest setting) the mixture for 2 rounds of 30 seconds or until the chocolate melted (stir the mixture on every round)
  • Set aside the mixture to cool down completely
  • Pour the chocolate mixture and Lecithin into the Twister Pro Mug and set aside for 15 minutes to allow Lecithin to absorb the mixture
  • Blend the mixture until it doubles in size and thickens, keep blending until smooth (use teaspoon to help emulsification of the chocolate mousse mixture)
  • Serve on Martini glass and strawberries
Refer to the link below:


Enjoy!!











Frothy Coffee






Sunday morning, make yourself a cup of frothy coffee served with a sweet "Melting Moment". It's really refreshing!

The process is really simple. A battery-operated Frother stick will be enough to make a coffee foam. Learned from my husband's colleague, this simple recipe is as follows:-

1. 3 teaspoon of instant coffee powder
2. 3 teaspoon of caster sugar
3. 30 cc of hot water (approximate)

Froth the mixture until it's frothy and smooth, making an ideal foam. Add it onto three cups of hot milk and stir. 

You can refer to the website as follows:-



Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Cendol Agar-agar




Melting Moment with Strawberry Jam



Melt-in-your-mouth experience is really fantastic.The high proportion of custard powder gave you melt-in-your-mouth feel. I followed the recipe from Julia Taylor, a contestant of MasterChef Australia.

The website can be found here;

MasterChef Australia
http://www.masterchef.com.au/recipes/melting-moments-biscuits.htm

I made my own Strawberry jam myself, and the steps were very simple. Everyone could make it!

Strawberry Jam

1. 250 g of strawberries, chopped into small pieces
2. 250 g of caster sugar

Cook in a saucepan until thickened and set aside to cool down.

Enjoy!