Cinnamon Apple Cake

The girls, dah besar ni, susah betul la nak paksa makan fruits. They only like tembikai. Buah apple yg aku beli hari tu, sampai 2 weeks tak bersentuh. So aku decided to bake it. Of course, the first thing that came to mind was apple pie. Tapi malas nya nak buat the pastry. 

Lepas berminit2 cari recipe, I decided on this apple cake recipe. It turned out really good. I love it! 

INGREDIENTS

Apple cake

1  1/2 cups plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 cup red apple, peeled and roughly chopped

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

Cinnamon topping (too lazy to make this)

50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Sugar glaze (I omitted this)

30 grams (1/4 cup) icing or powdered sugar

1–2 tablespoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Grease and line an 8 or 9 inch round cake tin with baking or parchment paper.

In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Add chopped apple and stir briefly to combine.

In a separate bowl, add eggs, vanilla, oil and yoghurt. Whisk briefly just to break up the egg yolks.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and gently mix with a wooden spoon until combined – but be careful not to over mix. Spoon batter into prepared tin.

To make cinnamon topping, combine cinnamon, sugar and butter. Mix together until lumpy and wet. Sprinkle over cake batter.

Bake cake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer cake to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the glaze, mix together sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk. Stir until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add an extra tablespoon of milk. Drizzle glaze all over the cake.

Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Bun

Korean cream cheese garlic buns. 

Verdict : I love it!! Boleh buat lagi, lagi dan lagi. Encik suami dan anak2 pun suka sangat. Not too muak and less sweet. 

Recipe

Bahan2 for the buns

500gram high protein flour

220ml cold milk

2 eggs

8gram yeast

1 tsp salt

60gram sugar

60 gram soft salted butter

Cara2

1. Mix milk, sugar and yeast in a mixing bowl. Add salt, eggs and flour. Stir until there is no moisture visible. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes. 

2. Attached the dough hook to mixer. Add butter to the dough. Knead using mixer for 15minutes or so until the dough passes the window pane test. 

3. Cover the dough with a  cling wrap. Let it proof until double in size. 

4. Divide the dough into 12 pieces of 80gram. Round it, let it double in size. 

5. Bake for 15-25 minutes at 170 degree Celsius. 

6. Cool the buns.

The butter dip

150gram  salted butter

2 tbs parsley

1tsp mixed herbs

60gram condensed milk

1/2  tsp salt

2 eggs

20-25 pieces well minced garlic cloves

Melt the butter, mix other ingredients until combined.  Set aside.

The cream cheese

500 gram of cream cheese at room temperature

2 tbs of icing sugar

6 tbs of cream

Mix everything until smooth. Put it in a piping bag. 

Once the buns are cooled, sliced the top to 6/8 sections. Pipe the cream cheese mixture 

Into each section. Dip the bun into the butter dip, make sure that it's well coated. Sprinkled more herbs. Baked for another 10-15 minutes at 170degree celcius until the top is crisp and done to your liking. Voila!