Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Chilled Oreo Marble Chocolate Cheesecake






Ingredients for crust:

220 gm. chocolate biscuits - blended
120 to 150 gm. melted butter

Cream Cheese fillings:

100 gm. Sugar
8 egg yolks
500 gm. cream cheese
22 gm. gelatine powder soaked with 100 ml. water then microwave for 25 secs.
300 gm. Dairy whip cream (35% fat whipping cream)
50 gm. cooking chocolate
1 paket of Oreo cookies

Method:

(1) Mix blended chocolate with butter evenly and press into a 9" round springform tin. Chill in the refrigerator for at elast 20 mins. till biscuits are firm.
(2) Whisk egg yolks and sugar lightly over a pot of simmering water with the base not touching the water. Whisk till lemoney in colour.
(3) Beat cream cheese with a paddle till creamy. Pour in the melted gelatine mixture and mix evenly.
(4) Pour in the whisked egg yolks into the cream cheese gradually and mix till evenly combined.
(5) Fold in whipped cream and mix gently.
(6) Pour half of the cream cheese mixture into the prepared tin , lay oreo cookies on top of cream cheese filling and then pour balance cream cheese filling on top.
(7) Mix 1 tbsp of cream cheese filling with melted chocolate and spoon it on top of the cheese cake. Use a skewer to swirl into a marble effect.
(8) Chill in the refrigerator for about 4 hours or until firm before slicing.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Earl Grey Cupcakes




Chocolate Brioche




Cranberry Chiffon Cake


Chocolate Custard Cream Puff


Blueberry Brown Sugar Plain Cake


Mexican Cinnamon Cigar Puffs




Ingredients for choux paste:

250 ml. water
100 gm. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
190 gm. Plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs - beaten

Cinnamon sugar: mix together

80 gm. castor sugar
1/2 to 1 tsp. cinnamon powder - up to individual taste

Method:

(1) Boil water , salt and butter in a saucepan.
(2) When water boils, pour in all the flour and baking powder into the boiling mixture and stir till it becomes a dough. Set aside to cool slightly.
(3) Beat in eggs and place choux paste into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
(4) Pipe out about 2 1/2 inches long and deep fry till golden brown.
(5) Drain and coat it with cinnamon sugar.