Sunday, October 23, 2011

All about Cheesecakes

Cheesecakes...my kids and my hubby's favourite. They can finish up one whole cheesecake of 1 kg and so in just one day. A pinch of cheesecake is enough for me. The good thing is I can polish my skill in the art of baking good varieties of cheesecakes and improvising the recipes to get the super duper yummy and healthy cheesecakes. The cake enthusiasts in the house will surely finish up the cakes that I baked and give good comments and recommendations to improve and maintain the A-star standard.



New York Style Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake



Very Berry Tiramisu

Recipes

New York Style Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake

2 small packs or 100 g of biscuits of your choice (Digestive @ Marrie @ Oreo)
2 tbsp of unsalted butter (melted)
1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar

- crushed the biscuits, add in melted butter & brown sugar, pressed it into the baking tin, bake for 10 minutes at 180C

500 g low fat low fat cream cheese (at room temperature)
1/4 cup of caster sugar
1 1/2 tbsp of flour
1 cup of sour cream (1 cup of low fat dairy cream + 3 tbsp of lemon juice), yogurt can be used
2 eggs
vanilla extract
lemon zest

Homemade strawberry filling
1 cup of fresh strawberries
lemon juice from medium size lemon
2 tbsp of brown sugar

- cook it on a medium heat,


- beat cream cheese, sugar & flour (medium speed)
- add in the sour cream (mix well)
- add in eggs (one by one), vanilla extract and lemon zest
- add a few tablespoon of strawberry filling in the mixture and mix well
- pour it onto the baked biscuits crust
- add a few drops of strawberry filling on the top of cream cheese mix, swirl it with a knife.

Bake at 180C for 20 minutes, lower down the temperature to 150C and bake it for another 20 minutes.

Let it cold on the cooling rack for 10 minutes, and chill it for at least 4 hours before serving .

*** make sure to cut the edge of the cheesecake right after you take it out from the oven, to prevent cracking in the cooling process.

revised and adapted from HowdiniGuru

Very Berry Tiramisu

24 pieces tiramisu biscuits / lady fingers
250 g low fat cream cheese (at room temperature)
2 cup of low fat whipping cream/ thickened cream (beat to soft peak)

- beat the cream cheese, add in sugar
- fold in the cream

Berries sauce filling
1 1/2 cup mix berries (I used fresh strawberries, fresh mulberries and dried cranberries)
Juice from 1 medium size lemon
3 tbsp brown sugar

- cook it, separate the juice from the sauce filling. The juice will be used to soak the biscuits

Layering process
- soak the biscuits in the berries juice, line them in a bowl, layer the biscuits with the cream cheese
- layer the berries sauce filling onto the cream cheese
- repeat the process
- the top layer can be dust with semi sweet cocoa powder or berries sauce filling
- chill it for at least 4 hours before serving

revised and adapted from SuperVeggieDelight







Friday, October 14, 2011

Chocolate Marble Cheese Cakes



This cake is a must eat cake for the chocolate cake and cheesecake lovers. The moist chocolaty taste is perfected with the combination of cheesy taste from the cream cheese.


Siri Resipi Warisan Mak - Biskut Cherry Nut

Biskut Cherry Nut

1 cawan mentega
3/4 cawan gula halus
2 1/2 cawan tepung kotak (anis guna tepung naik sendiri aje)..skrg ni nak cari tepung kotak Big Sister tak jumpa...heee
1/2 tin kelapa
1 biji telur ayam
1 sudu kecil esen limau
sedikit ceri

pukul mentega dgn gula sampai kembang
masukkan telur kacau sampai rata
masukkan esen, masukkan tepung dan uli sampai lembut
bulat2kan, golek dgn kelapa, letak ceri
bakar..

Siri Resipi Warisan Mak - Biskut Senyum @ Peanut Butter



Biskut Senyum @ Peanut Butter

1 biji kuning telur
1 cawan gula caster
3/4 cawan peanut butter
3/4 cawan spry (lemak sayuran)
1 1/2 cawan tepung jagung
2 1/2 cawan tepung gandum
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp essence vanilla
3/4 cawan butter
kismis


butter, spry, gula putar sampai kembang
masukkan kuning telur, kacau
masukkan essence vanilla, kacau
masukkan peanut butter, kacau sampai rata
campurkan kedua tepung
masukkan ke dalam adunan, kacau
bulat2kan
grease mentega dlm acuan, letak kismis kat tengah2 conet acuan tu, masukkan adunan yg dah dibulat2kan tadi tekan sikit bagi sama paras dgn acuan
bakar
anis bakar 170 for 15-20 minutes

Siri Resipi Warian Mak - Butter Cake




Butter Cake (old time recipe)..dlm buku mak tulisan dia "Batter Cake"..heeee, nak sedap kita bubuh homemade strawberry filling atas dia..baru best

5 biji telur (anis guna 4 agak saiz A - kalau dulu mak guna telur ayam kampung)
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup tepung gandum (anis guna superfine 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup gula kasar
2 tbsp susu pekat
1 tsp baking powder
essence vanilla

cara2..
kuning telur asingkan (putar)
putih telur pukul sampai jadi kembang terbalik tak jatuh (tulis kat buku camtu..heee)
masukkan gula masa pukul putih telur tadi
masukkan kuning telur yg dah diputar ke dalam adunan putih telur
mentega putar sampai cair dan masukkan dlm adunan telur
kacau rata dan kemudian masukkan tepung dan susu
dan bakar..

Siri Resipi Warisan Mak - Marble Cake (Kek Marble)


Marble Cake (dlm buku mak..Mabel Cake) heeee

8 biji telur ayam (anis guna 4 je saiz A) kalau 8 biji ni..dulu mak guna telur ayam kampung
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup tepung gandum (anis guna superfine)
2 tbsp susu pekat
4 tsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
vanilla essence

caranya..sama aje macam buat kek lain..kat buku mak tulis camtu..heeee

Siri Resipi Warisan Mak - Buku Resipi Warisan




Bertarikh 1965. Buku Resipi Warisan Mak yang Mak turunkan untukku. Masa kecil2 dulu selalu ikut mak pi belajar dan mengajar masakan untuk kumpulan WI kat kampung. Seawal usia 5 tahun tulisanku dah ada dalam buku resipi mak. Seronok masa tu tak terkira. Alhamdulillah turun gak kemahiran memasak mak padaku.

Cheesecakes

Some of the cheesecakes in the house.

New York Cheesecake

Classic Baked Cheesecake

New York Cheesecake
2 in 1 (Strawberry Filling & Fresh Kiwi)



Monday, October 10, 2011

My Darling Baby's Deco..

Chocolate Mousse Cuppies decorated by Baby

My youngest daughter, Baby loves to lend a helping hand in the kitchen. While I am busy cooking and baking, she will also make herself busy by helping me in weighing the ingredients, sieving the flour, mixing the batter, decorating the sweet treats, pre-heating the oven, cleaning up the mess and in almost everything. Having her in the kitchen is really handy. To support her passion I will let her do her own creation and baking the simple cupcakes, cakes and cookies.

More Cakes

Ready for delivery

Carrot Cake & Strawberry Cheese Cake

Chocolate Banana Mousse cake

Jamie Oliver & Gordon Ramsay



These two international celebrity chefs have indeed influenced my passion in baking and cooking. I can watch their television programs again and again for countless times. Inspired by their passions and creations, I make a point trying out their recipes and share them with family and friends. Watching these two chefs in their programs is so much fun. It is so inspiring and motivating seeing them in action or even by reading through the recipe books.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Blackforest Cake

For those who do not like the taste of cherry on Blackforest Cake can also enjoy it with fresh strawberry topping.







Cute Little Tartlets

Crunchy tartshells and fresh homemade filling that will make you want to crave for some more.







Saturday, October 1, 2011

Chocolate Moist Cakes

Chocolate Moist Cake (baked or steamed) is the family's favourite. It is also among the top in the order list at AST.

Chocolaty Choc Moist Cakes

with fresh fruits topping and chocolate ganache coating

Varieties of Chocolate Moist

Carrot Cake


Ramadhan/Syawal Gift Pack

Orders from individuals and companies for Ramadhan/Syawal Gift Back.

Choco Dates

Choco Dates

Choc Chip Cookies

Fancy Chocolates

Fancy Chocolates
for Khatam Quran

Fancy Chocolates for Khatam Quran

Choc Muffins for Ramadhan/Syawal Fiesta with Zul Yahya