Hands-on - Royal Macaroons with BakinCalf @ BakinCow

Following the 1st class of tarts with BakinCalf, I went on for a 2nd class...

This time on the hotcakes of recent, MACAROONS...

接近成功篇 - 墨西哥式咖啡面包

蛋糕，阿G我挑战过无数次。。。
成功与失败也无数次。。。

可是失败总有会成功的一天。。。
因为我就是不信邪，不相信我次次都只有失败。。。
所以在蛋糕方面我还是会继续努力。

蛋糕制作虽然还没有到达 100% 成功的境界， 但也是时候挑战其他的烘焙了。。。

Hands-on - Tucks-in-Tarts with BakinCalf @ BakinCow

I've always been a player with flour, sugar & eggs...

And it has been known in some of my friends...

I accidentally brought up the interest in one, my long-time friend from Poly days, SF...

She was keen with the now selling like hotcakes macaroon...

So she went on to search for relevant hands-on class...

(I found similar hands-on, but they are more into the cakes and stuffs or they are just way too expensive)

She found this bakincalf.blogspot.

But bakincalf doesn't teach only macaroon.

bakincalf also teaches tarts, cupcakes & cookies...

Failed - English bread

Been trying many times on cakes and cupcakes, so felt that it is time to experiment bread....

Cakes Galore @ 1 Caramel

1 Caramel @ Hardy Road 

Fluffy Banana Cupcake

All along, I've never been able to find any bakery stuffs with banana that suits the taste of my mum and me.

We are not exactly too picky.

But we find the taste of banana cakes especially at bakeries either too moist, too sweet or just too "fragrance"

(And I mean fragrance from too much vanilla or banana essence..totally no banana fragrance)

Super Easy Mini Almond Brownie

My super easy brownie recipe...
Ingredients used, just a few.... :)

Tea Time @ Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge at Takashimaya

Tea Time @ The Cookie Museum

The Cookie Museum at Esplanade...

Basic Marble Cake

  *For a non-baker, this is the most foolproof cake to try out... Never fails... (unless exceptional case)*

250g            butter/margarine

200g-250g   fine sugar

250g            self-raising flour (sieve)

4                  eggs (60g)

1/3tsp          vanilla essence

4tblsp           milk/soy bean milk/water

1 1/2tblsp     cocoa powder

#1 - Mix butter/margarine with sugar (sugar not yet dissolved completely)

#2 - Add egg 1 add a time and mixed well

#3 - Add vanilla essence and mixed well

#4 - Add 1/3 flour each time mixing it well before adding next 1/3

#5 - Add in desired liquid

#6 - Separate mixture into 2 portions: 1 original, 1 add with cocoa powder

#7 - Pour original mixture into 23cm baking pan then add in cocoa mixture

#8 - Give it a nice stir and bake at preheat 170c for about 45mins

NB 1: Reduce butter/margarine by 20g-30g if prefer less wet

NB 2: Unsalted butter/margarine can be used instead

NB 3: Reduce sugar by 20g-50g if prefer less sweet

NB 4: To give the cake a fluffier texture, add 1/4 tsp of baking soda

NB 5: Every oven is different so some minor adjustments required