Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

Apple Strudel

Richard taught us apple strudel today and as he only taught 1 item, class ended quite early today which is good since attending class after work on Monday can be rather tiring. Here's the pastry that were baked, crispy and flaky.

Custard cream and apple filling are added.

Here's the end product. I will try making mango strudel since there is no cooking involved.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Vegetarian and BBQ Chicken Pizza

Attended Valerie's class today on pizza. She taught us vegetarian and BBQ chicken pizza. I find the BBQ chicken pizza too saltish. Maybe because too much BBQ sauce is added. But the dough is soft and nice.

The vegetarian pizza is more blend compared to the BBQ chicken pizza. The tomato sauce taste is stronger and more sour.

I may try making hawaiin pizza using this pizza base.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Almond Tarts and Peach Truffle

In today's lesson, Richard taught almond tarts and peach truffle. The almond tarts are crispy and fragrant, and not too sweet too, which is what I like.

The fillings are piped into the half-baked tart shells.

Don't they look nice?

The base for the peach truffle is actually made of cake crumbs, and I find the taste too eggy.  I may try making with other fruits since my mum do not fancy canned peach.

Crunchy Milo Nougat Chocolate Cake and Peanut Twisted Chocolate Bread

Went Phoon Huat yesteday with much anticipation for the Crunchy Milo Nougat Chocolate Cake but end up I am more pleased with the Peanut Twisted Chocolate Bread!  The cake is quite nice actually as a layer of crunchy wafer is added in between the layer of mousse and sponge cake. But I can still taste the gelatine which I hate most as it reminds me of rubber.

I was expecting the bread to be nothing unusual but turn out the peanut twisted chocolate bread is so yummy! The fragrant of the peanut and the chocolate chips and the softness of the bread are such perfect match. I can't wait to get my mixer to make this bread.