Oreo Chiffon Cake

When I saw this Oreo Chiffon Cake at Table for Two or More, I know I need to lay my fingers on it. Firstly cos I always wanna try baking chiffon cake again. Secondly is Oreo, one of my favourite baking ingredient (Wendy ever teased me that I should get sponsorship from Oreo heeheehee...). Especially when looking at Wendy's photos making me drooling, and of course also her comment on the cake.

Recipe adapted from Table for Two or More and Cherry Potato


Ingredients :
(A)
65gm oreo (half a regular tube), lightly pulverized together with cream

(B)
5 egg yolks
50gm sugar
60gm milk
60gm corn oil
100gm cake flour, sifted

(C)
5 egg whites
½ tsp cream of tartar or 1 tsp lemon/lime juice
60gm sugar

Method :
1. Preheat oven at 160/180C.
2. Mix yolks and sugar together. Then put in the oil and milk. Then the sifted flour. Combine with a whisk until smooth. (Do not whisk or beat but just combine)
3. Beat egg whites until frothy, put in cream of tartar and beat until soft peaks. Put in sugar gradually and beat until stiff.
4. Fold ¼ of egg whites into (2) and then another ¼ of egg whites.
5. Pour egg yolk batter into the remaining egg whites and fold (no need to be too thorough).
6. Put in pulverized oreos and fold until well combined.
7. Pour into a clean ungreased tube pan (22 or 25cm will be fine) and bake for 45 minutes.
8. Invert immediately upon removal from oven. Wait for it to cool down totally before removing cake from pan.


Verdict?
I need to improve my folding skill, guess I over folded the batter again that caused the bottom part of the cake to become compact. However the upper part is soft and fluffy, indeed very nice.

Lemon Chocolate Muffin with Strawberry Chocolate Chips

                                                                               

It is quite unbelievable that I have been missing from blogsphere for more than 3 months, time flies. My blog is fulled of dust and spider web, I am feeling bad for neglecting it. Even though I have been keep telling myself that I have to "pull" myself up to do some "spring cleaning" but the tiredness just always overrule everything :P.

I am getting tire easily, everyday back to home from work, I will just want to lie on the bed to rest and do nothing, I have stopped baking for nearly 6 months. I will even feel sleepy in the mid of working during the past 2 month, sometimes as early as 11am that I will need a nap for 20 - 60 mins. Luckily my boss and colleagues are very understanding, they are so receptive on my napping that no one will come and disturb me :P.

I am feeling especially guilty towards dear daughter, I have been neglected her during this period. Although she understands due to my tiredness, I cannot provide her my full attention and she is very welcome and look forward for the new member that is joining our family on October. But no matter what, she is still just a 7 year old kid, it is not easy for her to adapt to the changes. She started to behave like a baby, talk like a baby, even her tuiton teacher noticed her changes. She always forgot to do home works and recently, I even received a call from her form teacher that she didn't bring her work book to school for almost a week :(. Had a good talk with her and I will also trying to pay more attention on her, hope things will be back to track soon.

I still have some baking backlogs done before CNY that I will be updating in the blog when I am available. I am definitely still be inactive for the next few months but I will try my best to keep this blog "alive" :P.

Recipe adapted from '爱'生活 My Life with modifications since I want to get rid of the lemon chocolate and strawberry chocolate chips.

Ingredients : Makes 6 big muffins
120g unsalted butter
125g lemon chocolate
10g castor sugar
120g milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
200g self raising flour
60g strawberry chocolate chips

Method :1. Cream butter and sugar with electric beater till light and fluffy.
2. Melt the lemon chocolate and add into (1) and mix well.
3. Add in milk, eggs and vanilla extract, mix well in high speed.
4. Fold in the Sifted flour and mix well. Lastly stir in the strawberry chocolate chips.
5. Scoop the batter in to the muffin paper liners to about 3/4 full.
6. Bake in the preheated oven 180C for 25 minutes or till the tester comes out clean.

Verdict?
The muffin is soft, moist and fluffy, taste more like a cake. It is full of the lemon chocolate fragrant and not too sweet. The pink chocolate chips complement the muffin so well, although a bit sweet when you bite into it. Definitely a keeper.

Banana Walnut Sour Cream Cake

I had very ripe bananas at home that no one is eating, so I decided to bake my favourite banana butter cake. As I still have some sour cream to clear off, I replaced it with milk to see will there be any taste and texture difference. I added in some walnuts on the top of the cake to decorate but the walnuts created some obstacles during slicing of the cake.

Recipe adapted from Jthorge's Kitchen with modifications.

Ingredients: ( for one 8" x 3.5" x 3")
125g salted butter
150g caster sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp sour cream
3 banana, mashed (I used Malaysian pisang belangan)
110g plain flour (sift together with 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda and 1/2 tsp baking powder)
some walnuts

Method:
1. Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
2. Add in eggs, vanilla essence / extract and sour cream and mix well.
3. Add mashed banana into the mixture and mix well.
4. Finally add in sifted flour and mix well and pour into a cake tin.
5. Sprinkle some walnut on the cake top.
6. Bake in preheated oven at 160 deg C for 50 to 60 mins or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. If the top layer turns brown after 15 minutes, cover it with a piece of aluminum foil.
7. Cool cakes in the pan then remove.

Verdict?
The cake is moist and soft, tasted a bit sweet due to the bananas but still as delicious. I cannot detect much difference on the texture between milk and sour cream, probably need to taste both at the same time to spot the differences?

Pandan Cotton Cake

Time flies, I have not been baking for about 3 months, luckily I have some backlogs so still can keep this blog alive :P.

I am feeling much better now but still not good enough to go back to kitchen, my family and friends have been missing my bakes hahaha.... I miss it myself too :). I am missing my days of baking, cooking and blog hopping, wish I have more engery now.... Well hope this day will arrive soon!


This cake was baked before I am unwell when dear daughter made her requested for a pandan cake. Even I wasn't in mood of baking but still have to fullfil her wish since she never ask for cake for a long period (except talking about her birthday cake). So I looked through my recipes folders trying to find one easy recipe and found this.

Recipe adapted from Jane's Corner with modification.

Ingredients : (8" x 3.5" x 3" cake pan)
30g butter
40g cake flour
40g fresh milk
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
35g caster sugar
4 pcs pandan leaves - cut into small pieces, blend and squeeze out the juice (mix well with fresh milk)

Method :
1. Melt the butter, mixed in the sifted flour while the butter still warm.
2. Beat the egg yolks lightly and add in pandan juice + fresh milk slowly, mix well.
3. Add in 1/3 of egg yolk mixture to the butter mixture and mix well, pour in the remaining egg yolk mixture and mix well.
4. Whisk egg whites until frothy, add in sugar, continue to whisk till stiff stage.
5. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites to the egg yolk mixture till incorporated, pour in the remaining and mix well.
6. Pour in the batter to the cake pan, lightly bang the cake pan on the table to reduce air bubbles.
7. Bake in pre-heat oven at 170C for 8 mins using water bath, reduce to 150C and continue to bake for another 20C.
8. Invert cake onto a cooling rack until completely cooled. Remove cake from pan and serve.

Verdict?
Like the name, the cake is as soft as cotton, moist and light with hint of pandan taste As what Jane had described, this cake tasted like light cheesecake without cheesy taste, you will like it if you are the fan of light cheesecake. Dear daughter happily ate 3 slices at one go, she told me the cake is very nice. The cake was finised within 2 days, mostly by her.

Oreo Dulce de Leche Mini Cheesecake

Wanted to make some cheese cupcakes for my department gals so looked through my To Bake List and decided to bake this oreo mini cheesecake. Why? Because one of the ingredient caught my attention, condensed milk, yes I can replace it with dulce de leche since I have a few cans in stock :).

Recipe modified from Table for 2 or more.

Ingredients : (for 6 big muffin casing)
250gm cream cheese
150gm sweetened condensed milk (I changed to dulce de leche)
2 eggs, separated
1 small pinch of cream of tartar
1 Tbsp sugar 18 pcs oreo cookies

*everything be at room temperature when u're ready to start.

I am submitting this to Aspiring Bakers #6 : Say Cheese! (April 2011) hosted by Jean of Need More Noms.

Method :
1. Separate Oreos, leaving 12 pcs w/o cream intact and round. Put the rest of the biscuits together with the filling into a food processor and pulse til fine. Remember to preheat ur oven (150C) and boil water after this.
2. Line big muffin tin with paper cups. Place 1 heaped teaspoon of oreo crumbs onto paper cups and smooth out with a teaspoon, lightly press the crumbs to flatten.
3. With a mixer, beat egg whites until frothy, add in cream of tartar continue to beat until soft peaks. Add in sugar and beat til stiff (as long as egg whites don't fall when overturned, it will be fine, no need to be pointy stiff). Set aside, and quickly do the next step.
4. Cream cream cheese on low speed until smooth (a minute or 2), put in condensed milk (or DDL) and egg yolks and continue to beat on low speed for another minute until well combined. Fold in egg whites.
5. Spoon (4) into prepared paper cups. Top with an oreo biscuit or u can break it up and put it where ever u like (middle, top)
6. Bake for 20 minutes in a waterbath.
7. Leave to cool in oven, door ajar. Cool completely before chilling.
8. Best chilled for 3 hours or more before serving.

Verdict?
This cheesecake is cheesy and creamy with nice fragrant of dulce de leche, yummy. My department gals like the cheesecake a lot, they wished to have more but I only made 6 cupcakes :P.

I had received surprises recently, there are 5 bloggers shared this lovely award with me during almost the same period:). Thank you Baking Library, Cherry Potato, Cosy Bake, Muimui25 and Yummy Bakes , I am very happy and honored to receive it and your kind gesture has given me a lot of motivations and encourgements. Once agin, thank you very much!

Aspiring Bakers #5 : Fruity March (March 2011) - Round Up

Thanks to all for supporting Aspiring Bakers #5 : Fruity March event and also Small Small Baker for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be the host of the March event. I got to know more and more talented blogger friends through this event and the entries that I had received are all so fantastic. Beside busying consolidating the entries, I was drooling when looking at all the photos, deciding which to go into my To Bake List and I was overwhelming by too many choices. In total, I received 187 entries (hope I didn't count wrongly :P) and a lot of the blogger friends are being so so supportive that submitted multiple entries, a BIG THANK YOU again to all of you! I also feel so apologetic for not being able to drop any comment in their posts to express how awesome are their bakes/dishes/desserts, thank you all for being so understanding.

Here are the entries for Aspiring Bakers #5 Fruity March, listed in the order of the date submitted. Enjoy!

Green Tea Souffle Swiss Roll by DG of Tested and Tasted

Strawberry Chocolate Cake by BH of Blessed Homemaker

Lemon Swiss Roll by Zhuo Yuan aka Baker Tan of Baking Library

Banana Oatmeal Muffin by Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

Chocolate-Bottom Banana Squares by Jessie of Hearty Bakes

Pear Tart by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

Banana Muffin by SCP of Love To Cook And Cook To Be Loved

竹炭花纹蛋糕卷 by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

Chocolate Banana Muffins by Jess of Bakericious

Banana Cake with Sour Cream by Agnes of Agnes Bakes

Blueberry Pie by Ann of Anncoo Journal

Banana Cream Cheese Pound Cake by Jane of Passionate About Baking

Fruit Terrine by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

Orange Cranberry Shortbread by Zhuo Yuan aka Baker Tan of Baking Library

Pineapple Delights by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

香蕉巧克力蛋糕 by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

Banana Chocolate Bites by Edith of Precious Moments

Banana Chocolate Cake by Edith of Precious Moments

Fruity Lemon Ice by Coraine of Life is like a Long Journey

Stewed Banana & Jackfruit In Coconut Milk (Kolak Pisang) by Alice of I Love I Bake

Fruit Custard Tart by Hundred Eighty Degrees

Her blog is still under construction so I shall help her to post the recipe here :

For the base : 200g digestive biscuits 100g butter, melted

For the Base 1. Place biscuits in a zip-lock bag, roll over with a rolling pin 2. Mix the biscuit crumbs with melted butter. 3. Press it firmly with the back of a spoon onto a 8" loose-bottom tart pan. Refrigerate it for use later.

For the Custard : (recipe adapted from rhid-baked.blogspot) 2 cups whole milk 6 large egg yolks 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup corn starch (sifted) 1.5 tsp. vanilla extract 3.5 Tbs unsalted butter at room temp and cut into bits

Method:

For the Custard 1. Bring the milk to boil in a small saucepan. 2. In a heavy bottomed saucepan whisk the egg yolks together, as well as the sugar and cornstarch until it is well blended and slightly thick. 3. Still whisking stir in around 1/4 of a cup of boiling milk (do this slowly - always adding a small bit whilst you whisk). 4. Keep whisking and pour in the rest of the boiling milk. 5. Put the saucepan over medium heat and bring the mixture to the boil while constantly whisking. 6. Keep boiling for around 1 min, then remove from the heat. 7. Whisk in the vanilla extract. 8. Let sit for 5 min. 9. Add the butter and whisk in until it is well Incorporated (the cream should be smooth and slightly shiny).

To Assembly 1. Pour the custard onto the biscuit base. Smooth the top with a rubber spatula 2. Decorate with desired fruits 3. Keep refrigerated until serving time

Tirimisu by Jasmine of The Sweetylicious

Blueberry Cheesy Muffin by Hundred Eighty Degrees

Her blog is still under construction so I shall help her to post the recipe here :

Recipe adapted and modified from Agnes Chang “I can Bake”

Ingredients A : 250g plain flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt

Ingredients B : 60g castor sugar 90g cheddar cheese, grated ( I use mozzarella cheese )

Ingredients C : 1 egg, lightly beaten 250ml fresh milk 60ml corn oil

Decoration :

50g cheddar cheese, grated ( I use mozzarella cheese)

Some blueberry ( not included in original recipe )

Method : 1. Sift A into a mixing bowl and stir in B 2. Beat C in a bowl for about 1 minute till well-mixed. Pour into flour mixture and mix till just combined (do not over-mix, it should remain lumpy) 3. Spoon into muffin moulds lined with paper cups, till ¾ full. Sprinkle top with more grated cheese (mozzarella cheese) as decoration 4. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 degree C for about 20 minutes till cooked and golden brown 5. Remove and serve warm

Strawberry Long Bus Cake by Quizzine of Baking on Cloud 9

Strawberry Cream Puffs by Spear of My Baking Milestone

Blueberry Banana Bread by Hanushi of Simply Hanushi

Strawberry Yogurt Jelly by Ming Fung of Cherry Potato

Coconut Cupcakes by Jess of Bakericious

Apple Dream Pie by Edith of Precious Moments

Kiddy Fruits Bento with Chocolate Dip by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

Apple Chiffon Cake by Li Ying of Happy Flour

Mango Light Cheesecake by Bee Bee of Honey Bee Sweets

Banana Oreo Muffins by Jasmine of The Sweetylicious

My Kind of Apple Tart by Zoe of Bake For Happy Kids

Apple Pie by Jane of Passionate About Baking

Passion Mango Cake by Veronica of Peng's Kitchen

Amercian Sour Cream Cheesecake by SCP of Love to cook and cook to be loved

A Blossoming Bun by Ah Tze of Away Of Mind

Chewy Lemon Sugar Cookies by Crust A Bakes

Dark Fruit Cake by Tracie Moo of Bitter Sweet Flavours

Mango Mousse Cake by Jasmine of The Sweetylicious

Mango Mousse Cake by NEL of The Batter Baker

Mochi by Cheah of No-Frills Recipes

Fruit Soy Aga Aga by Veronica of Peng's Kitchen

Apple Pineapple Cake by Vivian of Vivian Pang Kitchen

柠檬杯子蛋糕 by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

Strawberrt Cheese Cupcakes by Jean of Need More Noms

Wholesome Buckwheat Muffin With Black Grapes by Kristy of My Little Space

Strawberry Sunburst with Almond Cream by Ann of Anncoo Journal

Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy by Alice of I Love I Cook I Bake

Raisin Loaf by Cathy of Cathy's Joy

Mandarin Orange Chiffon Cake by Sotong of Sotong Cooks

Apple Muffins by Stephanie (Musketnuss) of I Really Take The Cake

Lychee Coconut Cupcake by Experimental Cook of Cook With No Books

Passion Fruit Swiss Roll by Quizzine of Baking On Cloud 9

Apple and Blueberry Cake by Agnes of Agnes Bakes

Ultra Soft Banana Cake by Ah Tze of Away Of Mind

Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies of Zhou Yuan aka Baker Tan of Baking Library

Velvety Mango Cheesecake by Nancy of Bake For A Queen

Pineapple Upside Down Cake by Cheah of Non-Frills Recipes

Blueberry Lemon Cake by Hanushi of Simply Hanushi

Non Bake Durian Cheesecake by Jess of Bakericious

Orange Almond Cake by Ah Tze of Away Of Mind

Perfect-Oh-Perfect Blueberry Muffins by Jasline of Food Is My Life

Thai Coconut Sticky Rice with Mango by Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

Durian/Avocado Sago Gula Melaka by Ellena of Cuisine Paradise

Avocado Cheesecake with Gula Melaka by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

Macaron Fever VII- Big Mac by Nancy of Bake For A Queen

Strawberry Tart by Janine of Not the Kitchen Sink

Chocolate Bottom Banana Cake by Chris of YummyKoh

Banana-shaped Chocolate Banana Cake by Janine of Not the Kitchen Sink!

Orange Honey Bread by Ah Tze of Away Of Mind

Peach Swiss Roll by Cathy of Cathy's Joy

Blueberry Orange Muffins by DG of Tested and Tasted

Mango Pamelo Dessert by Jess of Bakericious

Fruity Donuts by Jasmine of Sweetylicious

Mango Basil Chicken by Veronica Chia of Peng's Kitchen

Pitted Prune Mixed Fruit Cake by Angel of Cook.Bake.Love

Awfully Strawberry Pudding by Angel of Cook.Bake.Love

1-ingredient Chocolate Ice-cream by qiting93 of Misadventures of Fat free Baking

Apple Crumble by Alice of I Love I Cook I Bake

Strawberry & Red Bean Mochi by Jane of Passionate About Baking

Pineapple Cheesecake by Sherlyn of Sherlyn's Hobbies

Stone Fruits Tea Cake by Vivian Pang of Vivian Pang Kitchen

Blueberry Chiffon Cake by Aimei of My Baking Cottage

Fresh Berries Pavlova with Lemon Curd by Lena of Frozen Wings

Low Calorie Soy milk Strawberry Jelly by Coraine of Life is like a Long Journey

Caramelised Banana Chocolate Brownie by Weng of I heart My Bakes

Orange Cupcakes by Jean of Need More Noms

Pikachu Mango Swiss Roll Cake by Bee Bee of Honey Bee Sweets

香橙蛋糕卷 by Joceline of '爱'生活 My Life

Raisin Bread by Treat and Trick

Tropical Ice-Block with Yogurt by Ellena of Cuisine Paradise

Mad about Mango by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen

Mango Mousse Cake by Allie of Sweets And Loves

Apple Chocolate Crumble Tart by Jasmine of Sweetylicious

Lemon Rolls by Edith of Precious Moments

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies by Edith of Precious Moments

Fruity Yogurt by Ann of Anncoo Journal

Blueberry Lemon Chiffon Cake by Wendyywy of Table for 2 or more

Red Berries Tray Bake with Cheesecake Ripple by Wendyywy of Table for 2 or more

Berrylicious Yogurt Ice Cream by Wendyywy of Table for 2 or more

One Bowl Blackberry Cake by Wendyywy of Table for 2 or more

Blueberry Yeasted Sugar Tart by Wendyywy of Table for 2 or more

芒果客拉布 Mango Kerabu by Abbymonster of Abbymonsterの歇息站

草莓在来米粉戚风 by Abbymonster of Abbymonsterの歇息站

Viennese Plum Cake by Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

Rainbow Lemon Cheese Cupcakes by Jess of Bakericious

Sicilian Orange Cake by Jess of j3ss kitch3n

Fruity Bread by Li Ying of Happy Flour

One Bowl Blackberry Cake by Siew Hwei of 简单生活，随心所欲，快乐充实

香蕉杯子蛋糕 by Siew Hwei of 简单生活，随心所欲，快乐充实

百香果戚风蛋糕 (Passion Fruit Chiffon Cake) by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

Strawberry Ice Pop 最适合炎炎夏日的草莓冰棒 by Angel of Cook Bake Love

Soft & Spongy Banana Cake by Wendy of Wen's Delight

Mango Kerabu by Myme of My Me Loves

Chocolate Phyllo Tart with Flambeed Bananas and Hazelnut Caramel Sauce by Swee San of The Sweet Spot

Fresh Fruit Tart by Happy Home Baker of Happy Home Baking

Chilled Mango Cheesecake by Pink Lady of Lucky Inn

Strawberry Milkshake Bread Buns with Dried Cranberries by Bee Bee of Honey Bee Sweets

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes by BH of Blessed Homemaker

Bunny Pineapple Tarts by BH of Blessed Homemaker

Blackberry and Apple Bread with Streusel Topping by Lena of Frozen Wings

Fruit Pastry Cake by Jessie of Hearty Bakes

Citrus Almond No-Bake Cheesecake by Joyce Ang of Chunky Cooky

Pierre Hermé's Ispahan by Alan of Travelling Foodies

Stone Fruit Tart by Vivian Pang of Vivian Pang Kitchen

苹果蛋糕 by 茄子 of 袅袅烘焙香

Orange Almond Cake by 茄子 of 袅袅烘焙香

水果泡芙 by 茄子 of 袅袅烘焙香

Berry Cheese Tart by Jasmine of The Sweetylicious

草莓瑞士卷 by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

Mango Mille Crepe by Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover

还好坚持下去之 '蔓越莓杏仁面包' Almond Cranberry Bread by Min of Min's Blog

不是一般的‘低脂香蕉蛋糕’Low-Fat Banana Bread by Min of Min's Blog

Apple with Dual Fungus Soup by Ellena of Cuisine Paradise

Almost 30% Wholemeal Apple Bread by Coraine of Life is like a Long Journey

Stone Ground Berry Rye Bread by Ah Tze of Away Of Mind

Orange Butter Cake by SSB of Small Small Baker

咖啡可可北海道戚风蛋糕 by Esther of 我的厨房乐园

香蕉核桃蛋糕卷 by Joceline Lor of ‘爱’生活 ~ My Life

Fig Rolls by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours

Oreo Durian Butter Cake by Wendy Han/Wen of Wen's Delight

Pandan Durian Chiffon Cake by Wendy Han/Wen of Wen's Delight

Apple Yeasted Sugar Tart by Cathy Ng of Cathy Joy

Mango Muffin by Winter Pooh Bear

Lemon Lust Cake by Jane of Passionate About Baking

Raspberry Almond Cake by Gertrude of My Kitchen Snippets

香蕉全麦戚风蛋糕 by Joceline Lor of ‘爱’生活 ~ My Life

Jackfruit Ice Cream by Jess of Bakericious

Blueberry Butter Cake by Chris of Yummy Bakes

Mango Peach Mousse Cake by Abbymonster of Abbymonsterの歇息站

Lemon Chicken by Lena of Frozen Wings

Fruity Homemade Pizza by Agnes of Agnes Bakes

Pork Chops in Orange Sauce by Ming Fung of Cherry Potato

Fruit Tarts from Alice of I Love I Cook I Bake

Banana Treats by Wai Fong of Fong's Kitchen Journal

Golden Bird’s Nest in Hawaiian Papaya (金玉燕窩满堂) by Black Swan of Luxury Indulgence

Chocolate Banana Swiss Roll by Allie of Sweets and Loves

Apple Pie by Jessica of Jes's Deli Corner

Mango Delight by Yvonne Lee of Muimui25

金柑甘露煮 Candied Kinkan by Alan of Travelling Foodies

Blood Orange Confiture by Alan of Travelling Foodies

Light & Refreshing Orange Sponge by Jessie of Hearty Bakes

Zwetschenkuchen or German Plum Flan by Lisa H. of From My Lemony Kitchen

金橘/Golden Orange Chocolate Truffles by Seok Cheng

Seok Cheng do not have any blog so I shall help her to post her modified recipe here.

Original Recipe taken from: Hand-formed chocolates [videorecording] / Culinary Institute of America ; produced by Philip E. Mill; Originally produced in 2002

Ingredients: 516ml Cream 1020g Dark Chocolate 85g Butter 4 Dried Golden Orange(金橘) [which i bought from Taiwan]

Method: 1. Boil cream together with the dried golden orange (split open into half or more). when boiled, cover and let the cream absorb the orange flavor. 2. Repeat boiling the cream with orange twice or even 3 times depending on how much you would like the chocolate to carry the orange taste. 3. Strain over the finely chopped chocolate. Cover and let sit for 2 to 3 minutes. 4. Whisk gently until cream and chocolate combine (cannot see trace of the cream) 5. Add room temperature, softened butter and whisk to combine. 6. Let the mixture cool in bowl for some time. 7. Using a small size ice-cream scope or melon baller to make small balls of chocolate truffle. 8. You can coat the chocolate balls in some cocoa powder or melt/temper some chocolate and dip the truffle balls in for a hard coating (you can use dark chocolate or milk and white chocolate for a sweeter taste, which will balance the bitterness of the truffle). allow the truffles coating to solidify (if coating with melted chocolate) before storing in air tight containers. 9. Store in cool dry place or in the refrigerator (do not freeze).

Mini Pavlova with Honey-lavender Cream and Poached Strawberries by Swee San of The Sweet Spot

Apple Oats Truffles by Cathy Ng of Cathy's Joy

Cough Remedy by Cheah of No-Frills Recipes

Lemon Chiffon Cake by Jean of Need More Noms

Chocolate-Bottom Banana Squares by Siew Hwei of 简单生活，随心所欲，快乐充实

Banana-patterned Chocolate Swiss Roll with Caramelized Banana by Janine of Not the Kitchen Sink!

Black Forest Cake by Zhou Yuan aka Baker Tan of Baking Library

Coffee, Chocolate and Raisins Muffins by Jasline of Food Is My Life

Rich and Sweet Berry Scones by Esther of x3Baking

香蕉巧克力蛋糕 by Myme of My Me Lovers

Individual Apple Cakes by Jess of j3ss kitch3n

Orange Heart Jelly Cheesecake by DG of Tested and Tasted

Sadaharu Aoki’s Valencia by Alan of Travelling Foodies

Fruit Pastry Cake by Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover

Mango Yogurt Ice Cream by Alice of I Love I Cook I Bake

Durian Cream Puff by Jasmine of The Sweetylicious

Vanilla Chiffon with Mango Cream by Angel of Cook. Bake. Love

Velvety Chocolate Cake with Banana Butter Cream by Angel of Cook. Bake. Love

Banana Blueberry Chiffon Cake by Angel of Cook. Bake. Love

Here again, I thank you everyone for making this event so successful, please continue to support Aspiring Bakers! And for the theme of April : Aspiring Bakers #6: Say Cheese! (April 2011) will be hosted by Jean of Need More Noms The closing date is : 30 April 2011. All entries will be complied and posted by 1st May 2011. For more details please go over to her blog here.

p/s: If you have submitted your entry(s) but it is not shown here, do leave me a comment so that I could check it out. Thanks.