Traditional Mooncake - 14.09.13

This afternoon, i decided to make some mooncake since i got a kg of lotus paste bought from Ng Ming Huat in JB. This is very easy as i followed aunty yochana recipe accordingly.

Wish everyone have a nice festive gathering.


For Mooncake Pastry:

350gm Hong Kong Flour
90 gm Oil
200gm Mooncake syrup
1-1/4tsp alkaline water

Method:
1. Mix the above ingredients together in a mixing bowl(dont use any mixer machine) by hand mix will do. Rest for an hour before moulding it with lotus paste.
2. Mix 30gm of roasted melon seed into the paste, weight the lotus paste and egg yolk at 48gm. (i have soaked my yolk with wine and bake for 8mins under 160C)
3. Wrap with about 26gm of pastry and press into mooncake mould. Knock out from mould and bake the mooncake for 9mins at 200C, cool slightly then brush with egg
glaze, then re-bake again for another 8 mins at 170C


*Remarks: egg glaze: 1 yolk + 1/2 egg white plus drop of egg coloring

Cocoa Mocha Layer Cake - 09.09.2013

I change my mind las minute to give a try on this recipe from Bisous A Toi. As this layer cake use much lesser butter then the usual traditional kueh lapis. Therefore, i kept my one tin of golden churn butter in the fridge. This cake is full of favour, soft, but not very wet must be due to butter.

Ingredient:
(A)
250g butter
150g sugar ( i reduced to 100g)
14 yolk
5 tbsp condensed milk

(B)
150g sugar ( i reduced to 100g)
7 egg white
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

(C)
160g hong Kong flour
40g holick
1 tsp baking powder

(d)

1/4 tsp yellow coloring + 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp mocha latte paste
2 tbsp cocoa powder + 3 tbsp hot water

Pre heat over at 175C for 15 min using 8x8 pan

Method:
(A) whisk it till white and creamy, add in yolk one at a time and continue to whisk till well combined, set aside.
(B) in another bowl, whisk white and sugar a little at a time till soft peak
(C) flod in carefully sifted flour, holick and baking powder into A
- Divde batter into 3 portion each 350g
- Every layer bake 7 min using upper fre grill
- Grill all the chocolate portion 1st, continue your mocha portion and lastly yellow portion
- Bake last layer using upper and lower fire for 15 mins.