TBB: Blueberry Crumb Party Coffee Cake (p 19)

This is a perfect party coffee cake, except I would have loved more blueberries in it. Next time I would add blueberries to the cake batter too.

My daughter waiting to eat the cake while I take a quick pic! LOL! 

Actually you can see I added double blueberries than what the recipe called for.. :p  

But it is not enough. I need more blueberries in the cake too! 

Next Time! 

TBB: Fudgy Pudgy Brownie Tart

I forgot to take in-progress photos..

All I can say the tart pastry is very easy to make but it melts super quick! I had to fight with the heat... of course the heat won but it is ok since I just press back whatever that broke along the rim of the tart pan.  

This is very easy tart to make..the only more finicky part is the pastry.. but it's not that hard either. This tart shell is quite forgiving..and more like a cookie dough.. and did I  mention this chocolate dough is also very tasty.. I ate some raw dough ..couldn't help it!  

Took out the tart shell in the freezer (resting for 3 days..lol!) and pour the chocolate brownie mixture directly onto the frozen tart shell. 

I purposely over baked 10 mins more..or was it 15 mins more. I wasn't sure if the frozen tart shell needed more time to bake through. Also I noticed the tart shell had lots of oil seeping out at the bottom of the shell and also bubbling oil on top of the brownie too. Like it's still uncooked.. so I left in oven longer but still not much difference. Lots of oil seepage.  

But when I took it out from the oven, the oil dried up a bit. 

So I think must be this recipe has lots and lots of butter..and chocolate oil!  

Very yummy, moist and fudgy brownie tart.
It didn't dry up at all even though I overbaked 10-15mins..

Very rich and very chocolatey.. 

Oh..this below is the extra cookie dough..i just pressed onto the tray and baked it for 15mins.. I'm eating this now as I am typing this post.  I really like this cookie... would be a great recipe for chocolate roll cookies.   Actually I like this cookie a bit more than the brownie itself.. ;)    

TBB: Flaky Cream Cheese Scones

These are very good. With crisp flaky crust and yet tender on insides.  I love them!  Everyone in my family said these are so good.  Plus these are so easy to make. 

Make the scones by hand.. rubbing in method.

I used orange zest and raisins. 

Press into 9" pan and refrigerate till firm.

After cut into 8 x wedges.

Baked.. and Eat. 

Couldn't wait for it to cool down. Just have to eat right away.

TBB: Woody's Black & White Brownies

I don't know why I have the impression that Woody's recipes tend to be rich and 'loud'-as in it gives an impact on your first bite/taste?  So when I saw the recipe title before reading recipe, I thought to myself, this must be a super rich brownie...just like that lemon cake in HCB.   And I am right....lol!  This brownie is very good..but a little goes a long way. 

First I toasted the pecan nuts. But the 150g packet of pecan nuts after toasting became 78g??!  (Ok..i admit, I ate 1, but even with that 1 piece, it would have been 80g!)  So I added walnuts to make up for the difference in weight.

Then I made the white chocolate custard. 

I used Meiji white chocolate. 

Then mix in the batter & walnuts and into the prepared pan.

Opps!! I forgot to put in the cream cheese!! 

After I put in the oven, I saw a bowl of cream cheese sitting on the counter! Gosh!

I quickly took the pan out from oven and dump in the cream cheese and tried to incorporate into the batter with my knife & later fork. 

Out of the oven. Looks good..doesn't look like anything went wrong. lol!

Made the white chocolate buttercream. 

Taste very good despite being on the sweeter side..and I like how it looked like whipped cream.

Pour onto the brownie layer and put back in fridge 

Make the ganache and pour over. 

Oh..I added Bourbon.. that is what made it even better! lol!  

After the next day..all set. 

Cut into triangles. 

A little goes a long way..so a tiny triangle is all you need! 

For my tasting..  I didn't have any ice-cream so I just ate on its own. Very good though..despite being so rich.  This is for photography only.. I ate one triangular slice and the other one, my helper ate. 

Oh..that dish there..hahaha.. it's actually my soya sauce dish.  Can't remember where I got it from.. it's the one and only one I have in this design. Actually I think 90% of my dishes are free!  Either some hand me down from my mom or my late MIL or my SIL or some freebies.  That's why I don't have a nice proper set of dinner wares.  And I feel bad to throw away all the usable plates just to get a new set. Some of my plates and bowls, some older than my children.. like more than 25+ years! 

These are very good brownies. If I were to make it again, I will do away with the white chocolate layer. It looks pretty with white chocolate layer, but I like my brownie less sweet.  The bourbon ganache layer compliments the brownies very well. I love it.  

MIA.. and now posting for documentation..

Been too lazy to blog but I did bake lots..although some are not documented.  Lately I would just post the photos onto my own FB account so that I have an idea what I have baked.  However,  recently I had to refer back to this blog to check my older postings because I can't recall.

Milk Tea Loaves (using TWG's The Grand Wedding Tea Blend)

Hokkaido Milk Tea Loaves

Hot Cross Buns 

this recipe is a failure - not enough spice & raisins. recipe also didn't specify orange peel or mixed fruits. Added but still not enough imo.  

Cinnamon Buns 

(burnt top..but still tasted good!)

Coffee Buns 

Custard Buns

Cinnamon Buns

Baguette using pre-ferment

(not sure how to shape the dough yet)

Tina's White Crusted Bread

(simple, easy and taste so good!)

Donuts

(not as soft as i expected)

Brazilian Cheese Bread

Water Chestnut Cake

Chocolate Loaf Cake & Cinnamon Bread

Tiramisu Cake

(Really very good!..must remember this..)

Blueberry & Raspberry Crumb Cake

Portugese Rice Cake

Pineapple Tarts

Egg Waffles

(got to find a better recipe that is more crispy!)

Macarons (French)

Testing different variations

 Pandan Butter Cake

Pandan Chiffon Cake

Fresh Pandan Juice

 Fresh Strawberry Cake