Easter theme Sawdust Pudding Cake 復活節木糠布甸蛋糕

Sawdust pudding is the easiest dessert to make and it is my guests' all time favourite. This Easter, we have 30+ guests. I beed to prepare turkey, appetizers and dessert. That day, I will need to roast a 17lbs turkey. And I will beed to bake cheese and bacon mussels and to assemble an appetizer spoon of Uni, hotate, masago and raddish sprout. Therefore, my dessert must be made ahead. Compare to sawdust cups, cake will be a bit easy to make this time. And I also made some fondant carrots for decorations. They are cute!

木槺蛋糕 Sawdust Pudding Cake Recipe

Ingredients: 材料 (6" pan 吋模):
Marie Biscuits 瑪莉餅 150g (Can add some cocoa powder or Ovaltine powder if you want some chocolate taste)
Whipping cream 淡忌廉 280g
Condnsed milk 煉奶(室溫) 70g
Gelatine 魚膠粉 10g
Hot 水 60g
Vanilla essence (optional) 2tsp

Directions:

1.Grind Marie biscuits into fine powder

2. Soak gelatine in water. Then melt it in microwave until all gelatine dissolved.

3. Mix condensed milk into gelatine.

4. Whipped whipping cream into soft peak form, then stir in condensed milk gelatine mixture.

5. Pour a layer of cream mixture, then add a thin layer of biscuit powder. Repeat layering. And topped with biscuit layer. (My top layer used Oreo biscuit powder to look like soil)

6. Chilled in fridge until it settles. 

做法:
1.將瑪莉餅壓/攪碎至粉狀。
2. 魚膠粉和熱水拌勻至魚膠粉全溶。
3. 把煉奶和魚膠水拌勻。
4. 淡忌廉打至6成起,拌入魚膠奶水。
5. 倒入布丁及灑上餅碎,重覆至一層層狀。

6. 冷凍至凝固,即可。

小貼士:

(1)    淡忌廉一定要夠凍才能打起, 故應存在雪櫃, 一取出便馬上打起

(2)    淡忌廉打至可寫字的程度便可, 過度企身會令布甸不夠軟滑

(3)    做木糠布甸材料很簡單, 做法並不複習, 最難的反而是每層布甸要鋪得均勻, 馬利餅要碎成粉末狀, 這樣才能做出層次, 配合成軟滑的質感.

Thai tea Panna Cotta 泰式奶茶奶凍

My friend's mom once told me that she has her way to find and to import the Thai tea mix. And my family loves Thai milk tea very much. Therefore I asked her to get me some Thai tea leaf so that I can try out some Thai tea flavour desserts. And yes! I got Thai tea leaf from her and first dessert I am going to make her is Panna Cotta!

Thai tea Panna Cotta 泰式奶茶奶凍

Ingredients: (4-6 servings)

2 cups whipping cream

1/3 cup sugar (Or according to taste)

5-6 tsp Thai tea leaf (depend on how strong the taste is)

1.5 tsp gelatine plus 2.5 tbsp water (soften gelatine in water)

Directions:

1. Bring Whipping cream and sugar to just boil. And then turn off heat. 
2. Soak Thai tea (I put tea leaf into tea bag [Pic 1] ) in cream for a few minutes [Pic 2]. 
3. Take tea bag out and squeeze tea bag to make sure all the tea extracts are out[Pic 3&4]. Pour into other container through sieve[Pic 5 &6]. 
4. Melt gelatine in microwave (50% power for 1 minute) and mix melted Gelatine into Thai tea cream. Stir and mix well. 
5. Pour into serving cups[Pic 7]. Put in fridge until it sets. Serve cold.

Easter Chocolate bird's nest (No egg white) 復活節巧克力鳥巢

Yeah it is Easter again! Party is this Sunday!!! This Chocolate bird nest is one of the treats/desserts that I prepared ahead of time for my Easter Party. Easy and fun to make.

Eas·ter

ˈēstər/

(Old English usually Ēastrun, -on, or -an; also Ēastru, -o; and Ēostre), also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, fromAramaic: פסחא‎, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of thePassion of Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. 

(Quote from Wikipedia)

{This recipe makes about 36 mini nests (using mini cupcakes pan)}

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate, broken into pieces

100g butter

4 (very generous) tbsp golden syrup

160g cornflakes or 7 shredded wheat

You also need mini cupcake baking pan

Directions:

1. If you are using shredded wheat (Pic 1&2), break them up in a bowl until all lumps have gone and you are left with little 'shreds'.(Pic 3)

2. Put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup in a saucepan over a low heat and stir until all the ingredients are melted together. (Pic 4)

3. Pour the chocolate over the cornflakes or shredded wheat (Pic 5) and mix until everything is coated with chocolate. (Pic 6)

4.  Coated cupcakes pan with oil(Pic 7). Spoon some of the mixture into each mini cupcake holes, squashing it down a little and making a dip in the middle(Pic 8).

5. Cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for a couple of hours then add the eggs.

Recipe adapted from: Oscar's Lunch Blog

One bite size Nutella and Banana Puff Pastry Roll 一口榛子朱古力香蕉酥皮卷 (with video)

This is a easy to make treats. And this can also be served as dessert! This time I served this pasty roll with chocolate cake and strawberries (carved as rose bud - just for fun). You can also add ice cream and other fruits to make it perfect!

Ingredients:

• Tenderflake Puff Pastry
• 1 cup Nutella
• 3 Bananas
• Icing Sugar
• 1 Egg

STEP 1: Preheat oven to 425F.

STEP 2: Divide puff pastry in half. On floured surface roll out each half into 16″ x 12″ piece.

STEP 3: Heat Nutella in microwave for few seconds until easy spreadable, but not hot. Spread half cup of Nutella onto each pastry sheet.

STEP 4: Slice each pastry sheet into 3 – 4″ strips. Place 4″ piece of banana on the edge of each strip and roll it up.

STEP 5: Place Nutella & Banana pastry rolls onto cookie sheet about 3″ apart. Brush with egg wash and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden brown and flaky.

STEP 6: Remove from oven. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm.

Recipe sources: Bibi's culinary journey Blog

How to carve a strawberries rose bud Video (I recommended you use a less ripen strawberry to do this, mine is a bit over ripe):

Easy Chestnut Cream Tart 粟子忌廉撻

Chestnut Cream Tart:

I simply use store bought tart shells. Bake according to package direction. 

Whipped whipping cream with some icing sugar. Spoon a spoonful of whipped cream in cooled tart shells (above photo). 

Pipe chestnut spread on top of whipped cream. Decorated with whole roasted chestnut and cream. Easy last minute dessert (above photo).

I found this at City Market (Loblaws), it is around $7 per jar.