Essence of Orange-Chocolate Wafer Cake - THB #17

It's time to bake again with The Home Bakers

This bake, we have Essence of Orange-Chocolate Wafer Cake, chosen by Eileen of Hundred Eighty Degrees.

I had baked mine in my own version and modification, reason being that I do not have any food processor to process the whole orange and the raisins. Thus, I had omitted the "processing" with the fresh oranges segments into the cake, omitted the raisins as I had ran out of them, and topped them up with lots of chocolate chips(my fav!!!)

I had baked a 8" removable cake mould and a cuppie.

I will personally prefer the one in the cuppie as the above picture as it had a nice cake texture, really really soft. Love this cake to the extreme, and with the fresh oranges inside the cuppie if you can see them clearly.

Nevertheless, the cake was fantastic as well, but being overly soft and fluffy, I will still think that baking them in a cuppie will be a wiser choice and much easier to eat them..hehehehe...

Have a slice of this cake with some low-fat yoghurt topped with orange zest and fresh fruits...Yummy!!!

So have you baked yours yet???

Try it and share with us your opinions for this lovely cake:)

For the full recipe, please visit Eileen from Hundred Eighty Degrees and to view other members' bake, drop by The Home Bakers (THB).

Happy Sssssnake Year 2013 - Have an Orangey Muffin♡

I realised it had been almost 3 weeks since my last bake in January. Nope, I wasn't preparing for the Lunar New Year. My helper had gone back for a 2 weeks vacation and will only be back after tomorrow. So past weeks were more of a "maid" myself, along with the help of my hubby to look after the 3 little monsters and our housechores... hahaha....

How about yours? Had you been busy preparing for the Snake Year too?

 I finally found some time to bake yesterday night after I got home. I was just dying to bake something and this recipe, I had KIV for quite awhile as I did not have oranges at home then. Look at the soft, fluffy texture of these Fresh Orange Muffins. These muffins are not tobe missed!

 Using fresh orange zest, orange flesh & orange juice had made these muffins a very refreshing and delightful taste. In another words, could I just say they tasted like fresh juicy oranges too?

Using the orange flesh, orange zest and sugar, cook on a low heat, keeps the orange flesh in its moist, juicy texture. Filling the orange flesh in between the batter and placing some on top of the batter.

 There, giving me its best color, excellent taste of these no frills, easy baked Orange Muffins.

If you love oranges, I'm sure you will find great pleasures making these muffins... With the moist orange flesh & zest... It's just like eating an orange as it is...♡

 Here, I wish everyone to have a prosperous, healthy & wealthy year ahead!

Happy Happy Ssssssnake Year!!!! 

Recipe as adapted by "Easy Bake" by 梁家榕

(With some slight modifications)

Ingredients

(A)

1 orange flesh, diced into small little cubes

1 orange zest

3 tbsp sugar

Mix all ingredients, cook on low heat. Mix well. Once sugar had dissolved, turn off the heat and set aside

(B)

1 egg

60ml milk

60ml orange juice

60g melted butter (I replaced it with 60ml Canola Oil)

(C)

120g sugar (I used 100g)

175g self raising flour, sieved

Mix all (B) in a big mixing bowl. Combine well. 

Add in (C) into the mixture and blend well.

Scoop 1/3 of the batter into the paper cups & fill some orange flesh. Topped up with the remaining batter, about 3/4 full & topped with some orange flesh.

Bake in a preheated oven of 200C for about 25-30mins.

For the orange glaze, using half the juice of an orange, about 25ml & 1 tbsp of sugar. Cook over low heat. Let it cool before glazing the orange muffins.

Have a orangey orangey Chinese New Year♡