week3-baking week

Was into baking yesterday- actually to give some goodies to friends; Choose these 2 biscuits that have long been in my recipe book....

Samperit (flower cookies)

Ingredients

250 gm butter

200 gm cornflour

200 gm custard

80 gm icing sugar

2 egg yolk

vanilla essence

strawberry jam

Method

- Cream butter & sugar till smooth, add egg yolk and vanilla.

- Fold in both flour (sifted)

- Pipe dough using fluted nozzle.

- In this case i used a different type of nozzle

- Pipe strawberry jam in the middle of the pressed dough

- Bake about 12-15 minutes @ 160 deg C

- Cool on wire rack.

Sesame squares

Ingredients

250 gm butter

100 gm castor sugar

100 gm tapioca flour (or rice flour)

300 gm plain flour

1 teaspoon soda bicab

2 egg yolk

2 teaspoon coffee essence

egg white to glace

black sesame for decoration

Method

- Sift both flour and soda bicab.

- Cream butter & sugar until smooth, add in egg yolk, mix well

- Add coffee essence and fold in flour, mix well

- Roll mixture onto flat surface.

- Press using biscuit cutter of your choice.

- Glace top with egg white & sprinkle(decorate) black sesame.

- Arrange in trays line with baking paper.

- Bake @ 160 deg C for 12-15 mins, depending on oven type.

- Cool on wire rack

Alternatively,you can put sesame straight in the dough, safe you the sprinkling sesame on top of biscuit.

Maaflah visual kedua dua tu kurang memuaskan.

.......and a cake

Prune cake

1 packet pitted prune (boil with 2 cups water untill soft)

6 eggs, separate

250 gm butter

2 cups sugar ( i use 1 1/2 cups)

3 cups self raising flour

1 tablesp soda bicab

2 tablespoon cocoa powder

vanilla essence.

Method

- Line baking tin with shortening/butter & baking paper (i use 2, 12"x3" tins)

- Sift flour & cocoa powder

- Beat egg white until light, add half the sugar - set aside

- Cream butter and sugar until light & creamy, add vanilla

- Beat in egg yolk one at a time.

- Add in prune puree that has been mixed with soda bicab.

- Fold in flour followed by egg white & make sure it mixes well

- Pour mixture into baking tins and bake @ 160 deg C, 1 hour or until skewers come out clean.

- Remove from oven, turn out on wire rack to cool.

Note: You can also steam it for 1 hour. I notice the steam cake has a softer texture