Recipe to Try : Lemon Sponge Cake

Ingredients :
1 cup Cake Flour, sifted
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Cold Water
2 tsp Lemon Rind, grated
2 Egg Yolks, beaten
3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp Sugar
2 Egg Whites, beaten
1 tsp Lemon Juice

(1) Preheat oven to 350°F.
(2) Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together 3 times.
(3) In a separate bowl, add the water and lemon rind into the egg yolks and beat them until they are lemon-colored.
(4) Add 3/4 cup of sugar a little at a time, beating after each addition.
(5) Add the sifted ingredients, slowly stirring to blend them in.
(6) In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form peaks, then add the lemon juice and 2 tbsp of sugar, beating until well blended.
(7) Fold (6) into (5) and pour into ungreased bundt tin.
(8) Bake for 1 hour.
(9) Remove from oven.  Turn pan upside down with tube over the neck of a funnel or bottle.
(10) Cool thoroughly before removing from tin.

Recipe to Try : Fried Chicken

Ingredients :
1 cut-up frying chicken
1 cup sifted flour
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
shortening

(1) Combine flour, salt and pepper.
(2) Sprinkle some additional salt over the chicken.  Roll the pieces of chicken in the flour mixture.
(3) Melt a few tablespoon of shortening in a heavy frying pan.
(4) Add the chicken and brown on both sides.
(5) Then cover the pan, turn the heat to low, and continue to cook until the chicken can be easily pierced with a fork.

Recipe to Try : Rhubarb- Strawberry Jam

Ingredients:
8 cups Rhubarb, cut into small 1/2" pieces
4 cups Strawberries, washed and mashed
6 cups Sugar

(1) In large pot, cover rhubarb with half the sugar and let it stand for 1 to 2 hours.
(2) Crush the berries and mix with the remaining sugar, then combine with the rhubarb.
(3) Place the mixture on the stove over low heat until the sugar dissolves, then boil rapidly, stirring often to prevent burning.
(4) Cook until mixture thickens.
(5) Remove from heat, pour into sterilized canning jars, and seal while hot.

Recipes to Try : Peanut Brittle

Ingredients :
2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Water
1 cup White Karo Syrup
1 tsp Butter
3 cups Raw Peanuts
1 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Baking Soda

(1) Over medium heat, cook the sugar, water and Karo syrup to boiling
(2) Add butter and peanuts.  Stir and cook just until mixture turns brown.
(3) Remove from stove.  Add vanilla and baking soda.
(4) Spread over a large, buttered cookie sheet and cool.
(5) Cut or break into pieces and serve.

Marble Cake

(Recipe to try in HCP)

MARBLE CAKE

Ingredients:

250g flour

250g butter

250g sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

Pinch of salt

2 tbsp cocoa powder (mix with 2-3 tbsp of warm water to form a paste)

60ml milk (optional or can add lesser)

Method:

1. Sieve flour, baking powder and salt
2. Grease the HCP
3. Beat butter and sugar till light-colored and fluffy
4. Add in vanilla essence and eggs one at a time, beat and mix well before adding another in. Add in milk (optional)
5. Gently fold in flour in 3 batches (do not over-mix)
6. Scoop about 1/3 of mixture into the bowl of cocoa paste, mix well (do not over-mix)
7. Layer the 2 mixture into HCP, lightly stir with a fork or chopstick to create swirls
8. Bake on low heat for 10-12 minutes, flip and bake for another 5 minutes (bake time may vary due to stove and flame size) Do check after 6 minutes or so and increase timing if necessary before flipping

My Happy Call Pan

I bought a Happy Call Pan (Ocher Deeper) from eBay for $82.99 with free shipping direct from Korea. It took about 2 weeks to arrive.

Think and think and think. Finally gave in to temptation just so I can bake my cakes in it. I am very happy with my purchase. :-)

Anyway, I joined this group on FB that has quite a lot of recipe sharing, so I shall be posting the recipes that I want to try in my HCP.  (^_^)

Banned from the Kitchen

Had problems with my right hand since Nov 2008.  Dec 2011, it was discovered that I have a slipped disc in my neck that is pressing on some nerves that caused my right side to be weak and sore.

A neurologist deemed that a surgery is not necessary.  So now I am on my 3rd month's visit to the chiropractor at least 3 times a week.  I am hoping to see results soon.  I am still in pain once I use my right hand.  So I have been banned from the kitchen.

Also I will be moving in early July.  I hope that I would be back in action and taking over the kitchen once again by August.  

Till then.  Eat well... (^.^)

Meal of the Day - Feb 28, 2012

Stir-fried baby spinach
Pink Grouper
Lotus Roots n misc Soup

Lunch : Feb 27, 2012

Hubby works night this week.

Here's what for lunch and his dinner box :-

Soup : Lotus Roots with Ribs and Red Dates

Stir-fried Lettuce

Pan-fried Pink Grouper

Cause he is not bringing the fish, so added another dish - Eggs with Green Onions

Friday Night Dinner

Fried Thick Vietnamese Rice Noodles

Cold Tofu! Loves!

Prepared organic cold tofu as a dish for dinner last night. Just cubed it n sprinkle generously with green onions. Sizzle sesame oil n light soy sauce and it's ready to be devoured! Haha!

Dinner Time : Feb 21, 2012

Back!  Starting small, just gonna post the daily stuff that I cooked!

Tonight's menu :-

Baked Wings

Apple & Almond Soup

Anyhow Fried Rice