The Chiffon Infection

Exams over!! Hip Hip Hurray!

Five days since my last paper, and I only manage to breathe this joy of freedom and declare the war is over today all thanks to my assignment mark. I was traumatised; so badly tat my hub thought i've gone out of my mind. If you think you get 28% for your assignment which you have worked so hard on because that was what your tutor keyed in on your portal, i guess you would feel the same way as i did. I couldn't sleep well for a week, checked my softcopy million times, n asked myself nonstop why. Turns out, a blessing in disguise! Thank God!

I promised someone this recipe a while ago, but my hub warned earlier on not to bake anything for the time being (reason: he wans to lose weight), so this is kind of a delayed post. During exams, i was so stressed i baked countless chiffon cakes, not knowing what happened to each of them, but only to realise  i've gained that extra kilos. Yeah, learn and don't fall into temptations.

Oreo. The oreo slice in the middle is supposed to be horizontal, but turns out inclined.

Black Sesame

Sweet Potato

Orange Choco Marble



Nutella Hazelnut



My hub likes to eat them with fresh warm custard

I took the opportunity to bake this cake today as we are going to my uncle's place for dinner tonight. It was not a good day in Melbourne, pardon me for the quality of the next pictures.







It was cloudy n raining when i took this photo.

 

Blueberry Chiffon Cake

Ingredient A:

95g flour

8g corn flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

50g sugar

60g corn/ sunflower oil

60g milk/ orange/ lemon juice

4 egg yolks

Ingredient B:

5 egg whites

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

95g sugar

Ingredient C:

55g fresh bluberries, lightly coated with flour

Method:

1. Preheat oven at 180oC. Sift all dry ingredients in A.

2.Mix Ingredient A together till combine. Do not overmix.

3. Beat Ingredient B till stiff. Add one quarter into Ingredient A and fold in gently.

4. Add remaining whipped Ingredient B into A and fold til combined.

5. Add the bluberries and mix lightly.

6. Pour into a 8" chiffon tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

7. Enjoy!

Rain comes, water rises ...

My latest favourite song.

Such an inspiration. Let's persevere on!

Have you ever wondered why, when you have tried so hard, put in all the effort you can, only to realize, it was beyond your control?

This little light of mine, i'm going to let it shine!

Steamed Black Sesame Buns

I'm back to my crazy bao fantasy. Just submitted last assignment last Monday and exam is in 5 days! I took some time off in between the revision to make these lovely tea treats (or brekkie) yesterday noon; baking just refreshes me! I don't know how to cope with the stress without baking, honestly. 

They are fairly simple, only took me  two n half hours to get the result with an hour waiting time in between. Made them with black sesame filling this time (voted as my most fave bao nowadays!) n i only got 7 out of the dough (thanks to my small steamer). 4 gone, three left in the freezer. 

Got to go back to my soil stress n Mohr Circles now. Sigh, i am an engineer with very poor statistical and data analysis skills. Time series makes me dizzy. N matlab programming makes me wan to cry.