Showing posts with label Lemon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lemon. Show all posts

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Lemon Strawberry Butter Cake

Last week pegi pasar malam Melawati. Pakcik jual buah tu was selling strawberries from Korea. Satu punnet was RM5. Aku nego dengan pakcik tu, mintak 5 punnet for RM20. Alhamdulillah, dia bagi!! I was so happy. Balik rumah, aku buat strawberry preserve using the strawberries from pasar malam.

And that strawberry preserve aj\ku guna for this cake. I want something simple and tak muak. Setelah puas google, aku jumpa this recipe from foodnessgracious. Ok, kalau buat butter cake, kena make sure makan the next day sebab lagi lama simpan, lagi moist cake tu. Yesterday it was crumbly, but today, masyaAllah... I couldnt resist. Oh no! That's bad for my boncit tummy!! The texture of the cake is dry and crumbly, that's what so yummy about it.




Lemon Strawberry Butter Cake
Adapted from foodnessgracious

Ingredients 

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
250gram salted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large egg plus 1 yolk
Zest of two lemons
juice of 1 lemon
6 tablespoons real strawberry preserves
1 lemon, sliced thinly into circles for garnishing

For The Glaze 
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon

Instructions 

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch spring form pan with butter and lightly flour it. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.

2. Using a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until thick and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat. Add the vanilla, zest, extract and lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Gradually add the flour mixture, scraping the bowl down after each addition. Place half of the batter into the pan and spread out evenly. Drop dollops of the preserves onto the batter and swirl randomly with the tip of a knife. Spread the rest of the batter on top and drop any leftover preserves on top also.

3. Lay some of the thinly sliced lemons in a circle on top of the batter. Bake in the oven for about 55-60 minutes and the cake springs back when pushed gently with a finger. While the cake is cooling, mix all of the ingredients for the glaze together. Poke some holes in the cake with a sharp pointed knife. Use a pastry brush, cover the cake with the glaze making sure to soak the whole surface of the cake. Slice when cool.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Easy Peasy Lemon and Almond Cake

For the past few days, I have been cooking and baking. Abah passed away on 9th of March 2014. Alhamdulillah we were prepared. Alhamdulillah for the opportunity given by Allah to take care of abah for almost 3 weeks. I am blessed.

Aku ditugaskan untuk masak for the whole house. So, everyday, aku masak kat rumah and send to rumah mok. I baked too. At least tetamu yang datang ada something to eat. Jazakallahu khairan to friends and relatives yang datang visit. Thank you for your love and support.

Today I baked this lemon cake. Dah tak tau nak bake apa, aku google for best cake recipes and I found this. Hubby cakap sedap sangat. Dia siap request for this cake and the blueberry creamcheese coffee cake yg aku baked semalam. Berpeluh ketiak... Dah ler Sunday ni Melawati takde air.

I used quartet bundt pan. So dapat 4 small cakes :)


Easy Peasy Lemon and Almond Cake
Adapted from Food.co.uk
250g salted butter
200g caster sugar
4 large eggs
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
200g self raising flour, sieved
50g ground almonds

 Method
1. Heat the oven to 180°C or Gas Mark 4. Put the 10 paper loaf tins onto a metal tray.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, zest and juice of 1 lemon.
3. Fold in the flour and almonds until evenly combined.
4. Spoon the mixture into the paper loaf cases. Bake for 20 minutes until well risen and golden brown.
5. Mix together the juice of 1 lemon and 100g fondant icing sugar.
6. Put the cakes onto a cooling rack.