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Taiwan Pineapple Cake 凤梨酥

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Pineapple filling : 1kg pineapple (2 medium pineapples) 50g brown sugar 50g maltose syrup (3.5tbsp) Pineapple pastry: ( 30 pieces of rectangular mould) 250g unsalted butter 2 eggs yolk 1tsp vanilla essence  30g milk powder  420g premix pineapple flour Pastry Ingredients: (15pieces of rectangular mould) 125 g butter (room temperature) 20 g icing sugar 1 egg york 200 g plain flour 20 g corn flour 1 tbsp milk powder ½ tbsp custard powder   Instructions: 1  Pineapple Filling: Cut fresh pineapples into small cubes, process in a food processor, mix in sugar, salt and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat, keep stirring until the mixture has thickened and turned golden brown with all moisture dry out. Filling can be prepared in advance and keep refrigerated for up to a month 2  Mix butter and icing sugar, beat over medium speed until light and fluffy. 3  Add in egg, whisk until well blended, about 1-2 minutes on medium speed. 4  Mix in all dry ingredients unti...

Cranberry cookies 蔓越莓曲奇饼干

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【Ingredients】 A:Chocolate chip( sugar-coating)(20cookies) 60g Unsalted butter 40g Powdered sugar 20g egg yolk 95g Cake flour 20g Almond flour *50g Chocolate chip *15g granulated sugar B:Dried cranberries 60g Unsalted butter 40g Powdered sugar 20g egg yolk 95g Cake flour 20g Almond flour *35g Dried cranberries  C:Cocoa Oreo 60g Unsalted butter 40g Powdered sugar 20g egg yolk 80g Cake flour 20g Almond flour *15g cocoa powder *35g Oreo D:Blueberry apple 60g Unsalted butter 40g Powdered sugar 20g egg yolk 85g Cake flour 20g Almond flour *5g Blueberry powder *5g Purple Yam Powder *50g Dry apple 【Directions】 ①In a bowl, butter and sugar and mix well. ②Add egg yolk and mix. ③Sift in cake flour,Almond flour, mix. ④Add Chocolate chip and mix. ⑤Wrap the dough with plastic wrap, leave it in the fridge for 1 hour. ⑥Shape dough into 4cm(1.6inch) logs. ⑦Wrap in plastic wrap and cool in the freeze for at least 8 hours or overnight. ⑧Slice the dough int...

Kingston 16- 17 months

Kingston can communicate with us. She can answer you by knodding or shaking her head whenever you ask her a question. He can show you what he wants from his gesture.  For baby: Grow: His weight is 9.8kg and height 75cm. No increase for the past 3 months. Feeding: Kingston would like to ask for drink or eat whenever she saw we buy something or drink. He will cry hard if didn’t give him the food. He prefer to feed herself. He is good to feed himself by spoon and fork now. He still like to use his hand to pick the food to eat. He can climb up and down the dining bench to reach out for food. He likes to pass the food from one bowl to another bowl. He likes all junk food his sisters are eating. He stil happy and like to eat when giving him fish oil and vitamin.  He drinks 80- 100ml 2-3 times a day at her baby sister house. Sometimes he needs 2-3 times feed only can finish a bottle of milk.  In evening he can finish 60-80ml only. He will asks for latching during night time. He ...

Tiramisu

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Ingredients: 22 -24 ladyfingers biscuits (Italian Savoiardi) 40g Sugar or raw cane sugar 1 cup and 2 tablespoons (250 g) of high-fat mascarpone cheese (cold) 1 and 1/4 cup (300 ml) of Heavy whipping cream (chilled) 1 cup and 1/4 cup (300 ml) of strong coffee (cold) 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract Unsweetened Cocoa powder for dusting Instructions: 1. Prepare the espresso coffee and set aside. 2. mascarpone cream: In a medium bowl beat the mascarpone with 3 tablespoons of the heavy whipping cream until smooth. 3. In another bowl, Whip the chilled cream with the vanilla extract and sugar till soft peaks. Add mascarpone cream and combine while continuing whisking. Chill. 4. Prepare 8 inches (20 cm) springform pan (Grease the tin then press the parchment paper around the sides). 5. Quickly dip the ladyfingers into the cold/room temperature coffee. 6. Create a firm (no empty space) layer with the dipped ladyfingers in the tin, you will need to cut some biscuits to fit the springform pan. 7. ...

Kingston 15- 16 months

  For baby: Grow: His  weight has not increased so much since 10 months, 9.8kg height 75cm. . Feeding: Kingston likes to eat all junk food. Mommy dint cook any food for him and just feed him with our food. He eats a little bit only and not eat too much if I feed him. But he can finish at his baby sister house. She feeds him while he is playing at kitchen.  He likes to self-feed and likes to feed me. He likes to follow his sister now.  He will grab and ask to eat when he saw us eat food and dint give him. Sometimes he will point to fridge and ask us to open the fridge or bring the food to us ask to give him.  He will come to line up he saw his mummy is giving food or fish oil and vitamin to his sister. He will cry if we dint give him.  He  drinks 100-120ml 2-3 times a day at his baby sister house. He is still fully human milk and is given 4-5 months old frozen milk and direct latches whenever mummy is around. Night time: He used to sleep around 1030pm n...

Oreo cheesecake (baked)

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Ingredients: (7 or 8 inch pan) For crust: 20 (200g) Oreos 80g butter softened For cheesecake: 16 oz or 500 g cream cheese, softened ½ cup (125g) Greek yogurt 60-80g  sugar (less sweet) 1/2 tsp lemon juice  100ml whipping cream (option: if you want more creamy) 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 10 (100g) Oreos, chopped Instruction:  1. Prepare the crust. Preheat oven to 350 F (180C). Crush the biscuits/crackers using a food processor or using a rolling pin until crumbs form. Pour the melted butter over the crumbs. Process until evenly moistened. Press the crumbs mixture with the back of the spoon into the bottom of your pan . Bake for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely or put in fridge.  2. Prepare the cream cheese filling. In a large bowl mix the cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and mix until combined. 3. Add eggs one at a time until each egg is incorporated. Add vanilla extract, lemon juice, yogurt and whipping cream. Mix until well combined. Try to not overmix the bat...

Blueberry Cheesecake Cake (bake)

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  The Crust: 130 gr. All Purpose Flour/superfine flour 40 gr. Brown Sugar 30gr. Cocoa Powder 90 gr. Salted Butter 1 Egg Yolk (from egg weighs 58-60 gr. with shell) The Cheese Cake: 500gr Cream cheese 300gr. Whipping Cream (35%) 125gr Yogurt 80gr. Fine Sugar (less sweet) 3 Eggs (from eggs weigh 58-60 gr. each with shell) 2.5 tbsp Corn Starch  1/4tsp Lemon juice Methods: Crust: 1. Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, butter and egg York together to make a crust. Then put at the bottom of pan and bake at 170 Celsius  for 20 minutes. Let it cool. FILLING: Cream cheese:  Use a stand mixer (with paddle) or handheld beater to beat the cream cheese until just smooth, no longer than 20 seconds on speed 4. (You do not want to aerate cheesecake filling too much as it causes cracks when it bakes) Add flour, beat for 5 seconds on speed 4 until just incorporated.  Add vanilla, sour cream, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until just combined (10 sec max, speed 4). Eggs:  Add eg...