Raisin Cupcake

This is the 3rd post of teaching to bake in consequently due to the CNY is approaching!
Do you want to bake yourself for the loved ones? =)
You still have time to do so!!
Show them your love with your own hands... =)

1st of all, cakes really need a lot of eggs...
And this raisin cupcakes need 12 egg yolks and 6 egg whites...

10/12 egg yolks

Specialize butter for cakes

Beat the butter

Then...
Beat the egg whites and sugar...

Beat until even you overturn it, it won't fall =D

In the other end, add in the additives for the raisin so that it'll float in the cupcakes...

Pour in the baking flour and egg yolks

Beat it evenly...

Then add in the butter (beated earlier)

And also pour in the raisins to the mixture...

It will looks like this!

Put the paper cup in the tray...

Add some chocolate chips topping or sugar craft as you like

The put in the oven until it turns to golden color! ^.^

Have you noticed there's some nicely cupcakes and some out of shape cupcakes?
It's because, the one we used specialized tray for cupcakes, it won't flow our of shape during baking!
As compared to, we just put the paper cup to normal tray, during baking it'll just went out of shape...
Yea... That's a new thing I learned this time =)

Almost all the cupcakes were done...
There's too much raisin left...
So we can't continue bake anymore cupcake...
So we turned it into fruit cake!

Tada!

And the last round of beautiful cupcakes...

^.^

As long as, you bake it with you heart, you'll success in the process of baking...
Even you failed, but in reality you doesn't failed because you learned something new!

Western Almond Cookies

Hey, I'm back with another bakery post! =)
You know, I've a lot a lot to update but ya I do not have time... =(
I'll try my best to update everything before CNY!!
Cause after CNY I know I still have lots to update!

So this time round we did Western Almond Cookies...
1st of all..
Heat the almond in the oven from 5 to 10 mins

Heating almond

Kacau kacau it when it starts to cool down

Next will be the steps for the pastry...

Pour in the vegetable oil to the well-mixed flour

Beat it evenly then pour the heated almond into it...

Then mix it evenly too..
It's time to mold it into shape! =D
Initially my aunt was try to make it flat on the table and use some shape mould to cut it..
But it doesn't work for this cookies...
Cause the dough was too soft...

So she just "gorek" everything up then we'll just make it into round shape...

Our irregular cookies >.<

See so not consistent 1.. LOL

Then it's time to bake!!

Bake it for around 20mins

Tada!! The cookies are ready!! =)

This type of almond cookies is very soft and they melt after you placed it in your mouth...
It's like kuih bangkit..
But it has very strong almond taste!
Why not try it yourself?! =)

Chinese New Year Cookies 1

This year, my aunt suggested that we should try to do CNY cookies at home since all of us are free on weekends...
In the market out there, for the small size cookies also need to cost around RM20++ of course it was home made cookies...
For those bakery one of course even more expensive...
Only for those selling in hypermarket made by factory and doesn't seems like food for CNY...
Ya those are definitely most cheap that you ever find...

Alright, back to the topic..
So we did 3 baking in 1 day... More precise it's 7 hours to complete 3 type of bakery...
1. Chocolate Almond Cookies
2. Western Almond Cookies
3.Raisin Cupcake

For this post, I'll just share for the Chocolate Almond Cookies baking method...

Actually, we did not bake everything from 0...
We bought well-mixed flour from the bakery supply...
All we need to do is just to add in butter & eggs & any other where necessary...


1st of all... Weigh the butter according to the instruction I got...
And 2 eggs needed...

Add the butter and eggs and beat it till whitish...

After it's done, add in the well-mixed flour

Then the flour is beat evenly and also add in the almond flakes and chocolate essence and mix evenly...

End product of the dough...

Next what you need to do is to lay a layer of plastic on the table, and make the dough into the shape that you like...
Of course for normal people they'll make a rectangular shape...

This is what I can do the best... It's really hard to make it even... >.<

Imma very serious k? LOL

after all dough had made into the shape, then freeze it overnight

so, the next day, take out the frozen dough and cut into pieces before baking... don't cut too thick or else it'll not cooked!

Baking in process

Outcome... YUM YUM!!

2 packets of well-mixed flour, 4 containers of cookies

It was a very easy and yet a lot to learn in this baking process...
Especially the one to make it into shape... @.@
But, see the outcome and for the taste, it's all worth it... =)
Why don't you try it at home too? =)


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