Swiss Roll with Vanilla Buttercream

Yeah! I've managed to make a swiss roll successfully after two failed attempts.. What was the problem? They cracked while I was rolling them. I waited for the sponge cakes to be cooled before rolling them, but by then they had sort of hardened, making them difficult to be rolled up. So on my third try, I decided to roll the sponge cake when it was still slightly warm, and it worked!

For the swiss roll recipe, please visit bigheadmagicmad.

Peanut Cookies

I used Aunty Yochana's Almond Biscuits recipe to make these Peanut Cookies. These Peanut Cookies has become one of my all time favourite cookies.. the taste is buttery and they melt in your mouth. Once you have one, you can't stop yourself from having more.. very addictive! For the recipe, you can get it from here.

Recipe source: Yochana's Cake Delight by Aunty Yochana

Sausage/ Hot Dog Buns

I became interested in bread making recently, and wanted to do something that was not too difficult. The first thought that came into my mind was to make sweet buns or milk buns. As I had two packets of sausages in my chiller, I ended up making sausage/ hot dog buns. I used Happy Home Baking's Sweet Buns recipe to make the buns. Instead of kneading the dough by hand, I used my electric mixer with the attached kneading hooks to get the job done. I was quite satisfied with the end result.. sweet, soft and fluffy buns =)



Spiral Curry Puffs

M. and I miss having those nice curry puffs filled with chicken curry and potatoes from Old Chang Kee in Singapore.. sigh... For the time being, we would just have to make our own curry puffs =). I made these spiral curry puffs for the first time recently. It was a little tedious to do the spiral curry puffs instead of the normal type of curry puffs, but it was worth the hard work because the crust turned out to be very crispy.

Ingredients A

280g flour
220ml water
1/2 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp shortening

Ingredients B

230g flour
160 ml shortening

Fillings

800g potato
300g chicken
200g onion
some minced curry leaves
few boiled eggs, cut into small pieces (optional)

Seasonings

20g curry powder
20g sugar
salt to taste
1/2 tbsp chicken powder

Method

1. Cut potatoes, chicken and onions into small pieces.
2. Mix Ingredients A until they are well combined and smooth. Set aside for 30 minutes. Flatten the dough.
3. Mix Ingredients B and blend well.
4. Heat up some oil in a wok, fry the Fillings (except the boiled eggs) until fragrant, add Seasonings and fry well. Set aside.
5. Wrap Ingredients B with Ingredients A, flatten the dough with a rolling pin. Roll up the dough and cut into pieces. Flatten each piece.
6. Place about 1 tbsp of fillings and a small piece of boiled egg onto each piece of dough. Fold into half and pleat to seal the edge.
7. Fry the puffs in hot oil until golden brown.

Recipe source : "Nonya Kueh Passions" by Andrew Koh

Char Siew Bao (Chinese Steamed Bun With Roast Pork)

I found a chinese steamed meat bun recipe by My Kitchen recently, and using some leftover frozen char siew, made these steamed buns. I am so pleased that they came out great! The buns came out soft and fluffy, just great with a cup of coffee or tea. I made extra buns which were later stored in a ziploc bag and frozen =). I will definetly make these again sometime soon, but with a different filling like red bean paste or lotus seed paste.