It's the weekend again! Time to bake!

Finally, the weekend is here again which means it's time to try out some new recipe. This time, I decided to bake potato bread. Got this recipe from foodnetwork.com

Mashing the potato

Magnolia milk for the bread

The mashed potato was added to the mixture (butter, shortening, sugar etc.)

Flour was then added to the mixture. Kneading was very easy using the electric mixer.

The dough before rising

The dough after 40 minutes. 

Second proofing

The loaves have doubled in size. Time to bake!

Almost done. 

B2, the QC/tester was waiting under the table to test my potato bread.  

My first successful loaf. (Not so dense as compared to my previous bread)

Not enough potato! Must put more potatoes next time.

Unleavened Cinnamon Bread with choc chips

I got this recipe from the web and decided to give it a try. And the result? U can see the photos and judge them yourself. They look like meatballs though!

The dough is very sticky and hard to handle

Sprinkled with cinnamon powder and sugar! 

Wana try our meatballs?

Yummyyy!

A morning walk at Chowrasta Market + Tarts production :)

It's the weekend! So I went to Chowrasta market with my grandma to get some ingredients for my first blueberry cheese tarts order. Discovered some cheap baking wares and a shop selling pastry ingredients. What a valuable discovery! We had curry mee for our breakfast. The curry mee was not as good as I expected but appearance wise it looked good. :(

I asked the uncle to give me more "taupok" as I didn't want the cockles.

I exchanged the prawns with more "taupok" from my grandma. (that is why u don't see any prawns in my curry mee)

After finished eating, we walked around. The morning market was very busy indeed!

Any vege lover?

Who loves Lap cheong??

Got any Tau Sar Pneah? >_<''' 

We were heading to Carnavon Street to buy ingredients for my cheese tarts!

And I bought a 2kg Cream Cheese!! 250g of cream cheese is nothing compared to a 2kg one! 

 I made 2kg dough which was enough for about 60 pcs of tarts. So I made egg tarts too.

The dough for the blueberry crusts

Tarts filled with cream cheese

Next step, add the blueberry on top of the cheese.

And give some swirling effect using satay stick

The 20 pcs cheese tarts are ready. 

The moon surface egg tarts. 

The smaller version 

Credits to my grandma for pressing the dough into the tart cups.

BIRTHDAY!

Counting down the hours till my sister's/the chef's birthday.

In the meantime, here's a short post to wish her...

Blessed Advanced Birthday! 

May you continue to grow from glory to glory for the LORD our GOD!

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

Equipment Behind the Scene...

Hello everybody!

First of all, Happy Father's Day to my world's best DAD and all the dads out there!

Since there are no updates from the marketing manager these few weeks, so I am here just to post some photos on the equipment I used for my baking for your viewing pleasure.

All the equipment are "sponsored" by my Dad!

Spar Mixer from Taiwan. A very good mixer with 3 speed. Makes mixing bread dough 10x easier!

Spiral hook in action

Sounds serious for 1st time beginner

Europa Oven 

More buns in the making

Two bread making attempts on two different days.

24th May

Before entering the oven. I know they don't look nice. Wait till we top them with cheese.

Flower-shaped Pandan bun

After baking

Best looking Pandan bun on that day

Funny looking pillow bun :P

Closer look at the cheese topping

Not too bad afterall. Nice colour.

26th May

Initially, we thought of making only 17 buns and keep the rest of the dough in the fridge to be used another day. Somehow, the yeast was still active at such low temperature that the dough actually rose in the fridge. Fearing that the dough would actually spoil, we decided to quickly knead and mold it into shapes. Thus, more buns and work.We baked till almost 1 a.m.. Unfortunately, the second batch buns were drier.

First batch: Trying some new shapes out ( The ones with 4 chocolate chips)

Another tray of buns. Baked and ready to enter our stomach.

Look what these became! Not very pleasant looking. Dad named them space invaders. :D

Second batch: Sausage bun. Should add some chicken floss on top next time.

Still need lots of practice.

The one on the right is actually plain.

Couldn't resist to take more photo. Close-up this time.

Ok one last picture. Rather small and compact bun. Anyway, smile! :)