Apam Dot Dot / Steam Cupcake

We really enjoy this apam/steam cupcake, that I made this apam  3 times in 1 week....hahaha
It is so easy to make. I made this for my girls breakfast and of course, I didn't wake up early in the morning ;), but I made it earlier, the night before and ,it's still remain soft the next morning.

I got the recipe from here , I adjust a bit the ingredients and the method.

Remember to use medium to low fire to steam this cake,so you won't have a smiling cake...hahahha, it won't crack :P


Recipe Source: Hana's Family
Ingredients:
3 cold eggs--from fridge

275 gm flour( I used superfine flour)
220 gm caster sugar ( I used 170 gm)
150gm fresh milk
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ovalete
11/2 tsp vanilla extract
Some blueberry filling 
Some coloring




Method:( I didn't follow the owner's method) 
Heat up steamer.
Sieve flour and baking powder, set aside.
Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy and pale.
Add in vanilla and ovalete, baet till well mix.
Beat in milk, follow by sieved flour. Mix well.
Mix all the ingredients in a mixer bowl and whip with high speed for about 6-8 minutes.
Divide the batter into and drop some coloring of your choice.
Filled all the batter in piping bag. Different colors use different piping bags.
Press some batter onto the cupcakes liner.
Put some blueberry filling, and cover with some batter.
Lastly dot dot with colors batter.
Steam over MEDIUM LOW heat for about 10 minutes.

Peanut Santan Layer Kuih

This recipe is from Famous Cuisine magazine with slightly changed.

Ingredients:
(A)

200 gm grounded peanut
60 gm rice flour
80 gm tapioca flour
10 gm sago flour/powder
200 ml thick coconut milk
120 gm caster sugar ( I used 90 gm only)
400 ml water

(B)
60 gm rice flour
80 gm tapioca flour
10 gm sago flour/powder
200 ml thick coconut milk
120 gm caster sugar ( I used 90 gm only)
200 ml water
1/2 tsp salt

Method:
Combine ingredients (A) and (B) separately, strain well.
Prepare 8 inches round tin, line with plastic or banana leaf.
I used 7 inch square tin, lined with aluminium foil.
Spoon batters in tin on sequence by different color at about 150 ml each layer.
I forgot the volume of each layer, but you can divided the ground peanut batter into 5 layers, and white color into 4 layers.Then you can get 9 layers.Start and end steaming with the ground peanut layer.
Steam each layer for 3-4 minutes over medium heat.
For the final layer , steam over medium heat for further 20 minutes.
Remove from the heat and leave it completely cool.
Cut and serve.

Apple Yogurt Cake

Recipe from Alex Goh's book.
Normally we use green apples in our baking, but in this recipe I used red apples and very happy with the outcome.I like the moisture level in this cake.

Ingredients:

(A)  
250 gm butter
230 gm sugar ( I used 180gm)
 
(B)
5 eggs

(C)
120 ml yogurt ( I weigh 120 gm)

(D)
315 gm flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

(E)
3 apples, peeled and cut into cubes
50 gm sultanas
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
Adequate water to boil the apples

Method:
Boil apples cubes in (E) till become soft, then add sultanas, drain the excess water.Mix in cinnamon powder, and mix evenly.Set aside.
Line 9 inch baking tin.
Cream (A) till light and fluffy.
Add (B) and cream till smooth and light.( Mine not very smooth, curdly, but I proceed to the next step )
Add in (C) ans (D) alternately , a little at a time and mix well blended.
Add the apples mixture into the batter. Mix till well incorporated.
Pour batter into prepared mould and arrange some apples on top.
Bake at 180C for 60 minutes, or test with skewer.It is ready when skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Glaze with apricot glaze.( I used piping jelly )

Ready to bake....:)

Monkey Bread

Recipe from dailydelicious  and I saw K.Nor  baked this bread too.

There's not enough nuts mixture on top of the bread.It's all slip down from top to the bottom of the bread.And too bad that I don't have any extra walnut left to top it up......Next time if I do this again, I'll add the topping just before I send it into the oven.
The taste , not bad, really soft bread,and it will be more umphhh/kick if the topping stayed there.

Ingredients :

240g Bread flour  
60g Cake flour
5g Instant yeast
20g Granulated sugar
4g Salt
1 Egg yolk
175g Water
20g Butter


For topping:
40g melted butter
40g Walnut
70g Light brown sugar
1 Egg white

Method :
Mix together egg yolk and water.
Put the flours, sugar and yeast in a bowl, whisk to combine, add and salt whisk again. Pour the egg and water mixture into the bowl.
Use large spoon (or pastry scraper) to mix everything together, and knead briefly to bring all the ingredients together (add more water if the dough's too dry).
Take the dough out of the bowl and knead, you will see the dough will be elastic after about 2 minutes. Add the butter and knead by using the heel of your hands to compress and push the dough away from you, then fold it back over itself. Give the dough a little turn and repeat. Put the weight of your body into the motion and get into a rhythm. Keep folding over and compressing the dough.
Knead for 10-15 minutes or until the dough is soft, pliable, smooth and slightly shiny, almost satiny.
See how to knead bread, here.
Put the dough into a light buttered bowl. Let the dough rise in a warm place until double in size (can be 1 hour or 1 hour and a half check often depend on the temperature).

For topping:
Preheat the oven to 150°C.
Roast the walnut for 10minutes, until fragrance, let it cool.
Put the nut and light brown sugar into the food processor and process until powdery.Set aside.


Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Butter the tube pan (if you have the one with removable bottom will make your life easier).
I used  9 inch  loose pan .
Take the dough out of the bowl, deflate by touch it lightly.
Cut the dough into 30 pieces (they will be small) roll into balls.
Dip the ball into melted butter, nut mixture and egg white.
Then place them in prepared pan.
Let the dough rise until almost double in size, about 40-50 minutes.
When the dough ready, put into the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes. If the top of the bread is too brown before the bread is done, cover it with an aluminium foil.
Let the rest in the pan for 10-15 minutes, then remove from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack.
Or, serve piping hot from the oven, it will be fun to eat ^^.

Nyonya Palm Sugar/Gula Melaka Layer Kuih

My imagination/plan of making this kuih is 8 layers only.When I finished mixing all the (A) and (B) ingredients, I realised that the (A) batter looks like not enough, so little.So, I weighed and mixed the (A) ingredients again, now it become double...haha
But, how come 10 layers??!!! Hahaha...I missed count ...lols.....while waiting for each layer to cook, which it took about 4 minutes, I watched drama  , I just couldn't stand there and wait, no patience at all......so I walked in and out from living room to the kitchen...hahaha....end up I missed count and forgot each layer volume too....:P 
But, it still looks nice and tall, right?
The taste?? It's a bit toooo sweet for me, I should cut down the sugar, but I like the nice aroma of the gula melaka/ palm sugar.
I write down the original recipe here, you can cut down the sugar into half , if you don't like sweetingy thing.
And, also if you want  it tall, like in the picture, double the (A) ingredients and use 7 inch tin (mine 7 inch square tin)
Ingredients:
(A)

60 gm rice flour  
30 gm green pea flour
100 gm caster sugar
30 ml thick coconut milk
200 ml water
1/4 tsp salt
some yellow colouring

(B)
60 gm rice flour
30 gm green pea flour
300 ml thick coconut milk

Syrup :
150 gm palm sugar/ gula melaka
200 ml water
3 blades pandan leaves (knotted)

Method:
To Make syrup : 
In a pot, add in syrup ingredients and cook over medium-high heat until the sugar completely dissolve.
Remove from heat,  leave  it cool .

Combine all ingredients (A) and strain well.
Combine all the ingredients (A) and add in syrup, strain well   .
Prepare 8 inch square tin , lined with plastic sheet or banana leaf. I lined mine with aluminium floil.
Spoon batters in tin on sequence of different colour at about 150ml each layer.
Cover and steam each layer for 4 minutes over high heat.
For the final layer, steam over high heat for further 15-20 minutes. 
Remove from heat and leave it to cool. Cut and serve.