Red Velvet Cake

Heres my version of Red Velvet Cake.....natural and yummmmie....

One recipe that Im so proud of.....






2 1/2 cups cake flour


1 tbsp of cocoa


1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter

2 cups granulated sugar 


4 eggs 


2 tbsp of pure beetroot juice


2 teaspoons rose essence


1/2 cup buttermilk 


1 cup sour cream

This is the color you will get

I baked  double recipe for this , and built 6 layers.
Cream cheese is very soft. thus pls spread a layer and place a slice of cake on top and leave it in the fridge for  5 minutes to allow the cream cheese to firm up if you are doing lots of layers. Each laye pls slice to a height of 1below 15mm

Cream Cheese Recipe 

• 250g cream cheese, softened
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• 250g butter, softened
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• 1tbsp  lemon juice
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• 1tbsp grated lemon
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• 6 cup icing sugar mixture

Depending how much of cream cheese you spread in between, you may need to make another recipe should you decide to spread a thick layer inbetween.

Ta da done deal and spread a thin layer on the entir cake 

Add captionthe body of the cake I use 1.4 nozzle to pipe out the rose shape
as for the outer layer of cream cheese heres the recipe.....( we need to add shorterning to firm the cream otherwise we are unable to pipe the cream . Original creamcheese is very soft. )

• 250g cream cheese, softened
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• 250g butter, softened

250g shortening

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• 1tbsp  lemon juice
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• 1tbsp grated lemon
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• 8 cup icing sugar mixture

 Directions:


1)  Preheat oven to 180C Grease three 9 inch round pans. 


Sift flour, salt and baking sodan cocoa powder  


together and set aside.


2 )Beat butter and sugar in a bowl together 


for approximately 5 minutes at medium speed.


Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.


Add the beetroot juice and sour cream, 


milk vanilla and butter flavoring


At low speed add flour mixture a little at a time


but do not over mix. 


4 Bake in 180 oven for 35 to 40 minutes or 
until wooden pick comes out clean. 

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• 250g cream cheese, softened
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• 250g butter, softened
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• 1tbsp  lemon juice
• 
  
• 1tbsp grated lemon
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• 6 cup icing sugar mixture

Millie Crepe Cake

THE Millie Crepe Cake


I love this cake, to me its a French Layered Cake .


It's layers of crepe put together !!!!! at least 25-30 pieces crepe...




Here is how to do it.......


THE RECIPE

A - PASTRY CREAM


This is to be spread in between each layer of crepe




Fullcream Milk 310gm
Vanilla Pod  X 1 / Vanilla essence 1 tbsp
Egg Yolk 4
Corn / Potato Flour 20gm
Sugar 80gm
Butter 20gm


1) Boil Fullcream milk with vanilla pod
2) In another bowl mix egg yolk + corn flour + sugar together till smooth
3) pour mixture into the milk whn the milk is boiling hot, IMMEDIATELY
pour into it
4) Cook till thicken and add in the butter and mix till smooth
5) Once done pour it into a alrge surface pan or bowl and cover it with cling film till cool


Once the Pastry Cream is ready let it cool and start crepe making......

B - THE CREPE

Fullcream Milk 600gm

Egg  B X 6

Salt 5gm

All purpose flour 130gm

Melted butter 30gm

Sugar ( Optional ) 55gm

1) Get ready a big mixing bowl .

Whisk the eggs and sugar till well mixed

2) Add sheived flour and salt, mix till smooth

3) Pour in butter and mix well ( whisk fast )

4) Pour in the milk and mix well

5) Use a 9 inch non-stick pan put under medium heat  ( induction 6-7 )

6) Pour a thin layer of batter onto the pan and swirl

A min and a half on each side thin light brown

7) )nce done place it on a baking board  & place another baking board ontop to flated it...

8) Repeat making the crepes - 25-28 perfect crepes....

The entire exercise will take a few hours if you have two pans it will be faster hhehehhehe

A + B are ready whip up 500gm of Whipping Cream ( medium )

Mix half of the whipped cream into B and fold well . When all are mixed well pour in the balance of the whipped cream

 Ta da ......

To Assemble 

1) Lay 1 piece of crepe on the pake board 

2) Use a spatula , smear the crepe with pastry cream a thin layer and avoid the edge

3) Cover with another layer of crepe and top with the pastry cream again

4) Repeat to make a stage of 25 best-looking crepes , chill overnight or at east 2 hours before serving....

Enjoy

The original presentation

I covered it with whipped cream on the left is cup cake bouquet .....to be posted soon ;-))

Check out the layers man huffffff

5 hours of labour of love 

You can be creative to produce other flavours  ie

Fruits - Strawberry / Mango - 50% + 50% = 160 Fullcream milk + 150 fruit puree 

Durian as above A excluse the vanilla pod .

Once the pastry ceam is ready add durian flesh 

Stir Fried Yam and Chicken Rice

Stir Fried Yam and Chicken Rice

Yet wok soak dish.......


1 1/2 cup of rice ( cooled rice ) 


1 medium size yam preferably local yam - cut into cubes 
1/2 cup dried shrimp
1/2 Yau Yee See ( dried sliced squid )


1 tbsp garlic puree
1 tbsp mince tauchu
1 cup of diced chicken
1 cup o diced long beans 


1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp brown sugar
Pepper
Salt 




Heat up the wok , add 3 tbsp of grapeseed oil 
till its really hot ( can see some smoke hehhehe , 
this is to avoid it from sticking to the wok while frying - 
for stainless steel wok )





Stir fry the cubed yam till cook & brown, once ready remove it and place it on a plate with kitchen towel to soak the access oil out.


Remove half of the oil out from the wok, wait till its reall hot add the dried shrimp and fri them till crispy an brown.
Once done remove it place it ontop of a kitchen towel too.




Add in the yau yee see and fry it till crispy and 
add in the garlic puree and minced tauchu.
Medium heat and stir fry till fragrant.


Then add the diced chicken stir fry till they are cook and 
add the long beans....plus 1/2  a cup of 
chicken stock / water


Add the oyster sauce , pepper , sugar and salt ....
not too much salt because of the minced tauchu


Add the rice and stir fry till well mixed and add the fried yam and plus the dried shrimp and mix all well.


Ta da .....serve hot and its nice to add some fried shallots on top !!!!!


Enjoy .........