Monday, June 25, 2012

Chocolate Madeleines

Lama sungguh aku peram this recipe. Recipe ni sangat simple dan sedap. Bear in mind, madeleines sedap makan masa panas. Kalau dah simpan overnight, dah tak sedap.







The recipe is from Martha Stewart

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup, plus 4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened, for buttering madeleine molds
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons packed dark-brown sugar
  • 1 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-processed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Brush madeleine pans well with 4 tablespoons softened butter; refrigerate 5 minutes.
  2. In a small heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt remaining 1/2 cup butter over medium heat. Continue to cook until butter turns golden brown, being careful not to let the butter burn. Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve into a small bowl; set aside.
  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip eggs with granulated and brown sugars until light and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt, and stir on low speed until combined. Add vanilla and reserved browned butter; mix just until blended.
  4. Insert a 1/2-inch plain tip into a pastry bag and fill with batter. Pipe mounds of batter into prepared pans until each mold is full, mounding batter in the center of the molds but not filling to the edge. Alternatively, you can use a teaspoon to fill the molds with batter. Bake until madeleines are firm and a little mound is puffed up in the middle, 10 to 12 minutes. Madeleines are best eaten the same day they are baked.


Friday, June 1, 2012

Marble cake

Jap aku pikir, why did I baked this cake. Erm.. Oh ya!! Aku baked this for hubby to bring to his friend's house. His friend is teaching him how perform umrah, maka, sebagai tanda penghargaan, isteri mithali ni, buatkan kek marble. Hehe.. patut buatla rainbow cake ke kan? Bercinta bila pikir nak duduk depan oven berjam2 baking rainbow cake.

This is my favourite marble cake recipe. I baked this using nordic bundt pan. Lawa kan? And it's perfect too! Nordic never failed me so far.. Alhamdulillah

Marble Cake. Recipe can be found here