Thursday, August 20, 2009

Home Made Mexican Bun

Hi! Today I am sharing this home made mexican bun which taste very good (even can compete with Roti Boy) ... As long as you follow the recipe closely, you should be able to make it as well



Ingredients for Dough

  • High Gluten Flour (High protein flour) - 500 gm

  • Sugar - 80 gm

  • Salt - 8 gm

  • Instance Yeast - 11 gm

  • Milk Powder - 25 gm

  • Egg (cold) - 2 nos

  • Unsalted butter - 60gm

  • Cool water - 200gm

  • Bread Improver + Softerner - 5 gm



How to prepare the dough

  1. Combine Butter, Sugar, Salt. Knead all the ingredients together

  2. Then pour in eggs (cold temperature), yeast, knead the mixture with flour & improver (yeast cannot mix with water, else it will be < active)

  3. Mix 2 mins then using high speed until ready (it takes approximately 30 minutes using Kenwood stand mixer with speed 2)

  4. Cover the dough with cloth, let it rest for 5 minutes

  5. Put some shortening to tray

  6. Divide the dough into 10 little doughs and shape it into round ball shape.

  7. Put butter to dough and seal it tightly, rest the dough until double size



Ingredients for Recipe B

  • Super Fine Flour - 125 gm

  • Sugar - 90gm

  • Salt - 1 gm

  • Egg (B size) - 150 gm

  • Coffee Paste (unoco) - 5 ml

  • Instant Coffee - 2 gm

  • Butter - 125 gm


Method

  1. Beat butter using low speed

  2. Use a separate bowl, mix sugar, salt & whisks

  3. Pour 11 into 10

  4. Mix all ingredients well

  5. Pipe out the filling in a spiral start from the top center of each buns. Bake for 12 minutes at 200'C preheated oven.



Enjoy!!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

How to bake Pandan Chiffon Cake

I got this recipe from my relative, following the method in the recipe will allow you to bake a very delicious chiffon cake, it is worth for you to try it out

Ingredients I

  • 5 egg yolks (A grade)

  • 200gram softasilk flour

  • 1 teasp baking powder

  • 100 cc coconut cream

  • 50cc pandan juice

  • 1 teasp salt

  • 100cc corn oil




Ingredients II

  • 250gram sugar

  • 420cc egg whites





Method



  1. Mix ingredients in (I) till well blended (can mix with wooden spoon in a bowl).

  2. Beat ingredients in (II) till stiff.

  3. Fold blended ingredients in (I) into (II) gently do not overmix

  4. Pour mixture into a 21cm tube mould and bake till cook.

  5. Oven temp 375F for 1 hour.

  6. When cake is out of oven turn the mould up-side down and let cake cool.