"PPPC" - Perfect Plain Pound Cake

Never would I have expected that these pound cakes were so delicious.

We were all in a big treat. I had KIV this recipe from The Cake Book by Tish Boyle and finally took it out to try.. Yes!!! Absolutely one pound cake you would love as much as we did.

 It was similar to the usual butter cake we had baked but these pound cakes had an extremely soft and moist texture... What a pleasant surprise from this bake.... Hubby had eaten 2 of them and he said it was very nice...So did the gals...

Plus, I had also bakes these pound cakes in my new pan, 12 mini square pan...

I loved my new pan too!!! The batter was just nice for these 12 minis. It made the pound cake a fuss-free plus no crumble mess... And also, a just-nice portion for each person...

Don't they looked so pretty in little squarish bites???

Well, I think I will reduce my sugar amount as I thought they were a little too sweet for me.

Otherwise, it was definitely the "PPPC"!

Recipe as adapted from The Cake Book by Tish Boyle

Ingredients:

225g unsalted butter

250g caster sugar

1 tsp finely grated lemon zest

1 tsp finely grated orange zest

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

200g cake flour (I use top flour)

1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
80ml heavy cream (I use yoghurt)

Method:

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Whisk to combine well, and set aside.
2. In another mixing bowl, cream the butter on medium speed until very creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually add in the sugar and beat at medium-high speed for about 4 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl occassionally. Beat in the citrus zest and vanilla extract. Add in the flour mixture at low speed in three additions, alternating it with the heavy cream in two additions and mixing just until the flour is incorporated. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
3. Bake the cake in a preheated oven of 325F for 60-70 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the centre comes out clean. Place the cake pan on a wire rack and let it cool for 20 minutes.
4. Unmould the cake and cool completely, right side up, before slicing.

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).

●Rice-Cooker Cake● Orange Chocolate Chips Cake●

Another date with my Rice-Cooker.

This time I had baked a Orange Chocolate Chips Cake.

Instead of the regular portion as stated in the book, I liked to try a double portion to see how well the cake will rise. This time it had taken about 1 hour to bake this double portion.

Cake texture was okay, a little bit hard as compared to the previous Banana Cinnamon Cake I had baked.
I wasn't too sure if the double-up portion and the replacement of the butter to canola oil had made this cake a little tensed up...

But let me make another date with my rice-cooker again soon.

Recipe as adapted from 

你想吃的甜点电子锅都会做 by Kumiko

Ingredients:

(Yeilds an 18 cm size cake. However cake size varies due to the size of the rice cooker you use.)

3 eggs

80g sugar

150g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

40g unsalted butter

1 orange zest

30g chocolate chips

Method:

1. Beat the eggs and sugar until smooth. 

2. Add in the sieved flour, baking powder.Mix till well blended. Add in the orange zest & chocolate chips using "folding" method.

3. Pour the batter into the greased wok. Put in the bananas into the batter.

4. "Bake" the cake using the rice cooker.

5. Remove the cake once ready. Cool the cake on a cooling rack

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♡