Coffee and Walnut Cake

I made this last year for a friend's birthday. But instead of a whole cake, I made it into cupcakes and used butter cream in green, red and plain to make an Italian flag!
This cake is very light and delicious. You can hardly taste the coffee, well I can't and I hate coffee.


Coffee and Walnut Cake
source: Nigella Lawson

For the cake:

• 50 grams walnut pieces
• 225 grams caster sugar
• 225 grams soft unsalted butter (plus some for greasing)
• 200 grams plain flour
• 4 teaspoons instant espresso powder  (I used 4 tsp of nescafe)
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 4 large eggs
• 1 - 2 tablespoons milk

For the icing:

• 350 grams icing sugar
• 175 grams soft unsalted butter
• 2 ½ teaspoons instant espresso powder (dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water)

Method:

Nigella used a food processor, read here

But I used a hand mixer.

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time. Mix well.

Next add in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and coffee.

Mix well.

Add in milk.

Crush the walnuts using a food processor or chop very finely.

Add the walnuts to the batter and mix evenly.

I spooned the batter into paper cupcakes, or you could

pour batter into  two greased and lined with paper, 20 cm (8 in) tins.

Bake at 180C for about 30 min or the cake is springy to touch.

Cool and iced as you like.

Happy Baking!

More Brownies!

I was in the mood for baking... brownies! I had some cooking chocolate sitting in the freezer since Raya and thought I make some good use of them LOL

So I searched the net for some easy and delicious recipe and ta-da, found it.
I did some changes to suit my taste buds.

Chocolate Fudge Brownies
source: Best Recipes

185g Dark Chocolate (I used Meriah Cooking Chocolate biasa)
125g Butter
3/4 cup sugar (I used 1/2 cup brown sugar)
2 eggs (slightly beaten)
1 cup plain flour (I used Tepung Gandum Blue Key)
(I added 1 Tbsp flour + 1 Tbsp cocoa powder)
1 cup chopped walnuts (tak ada walnuts kat rumah, so I used almonds instead)
I also added 1 tsp vanilla

Method
Using a double boiler melt the chocolate, butter and sugar.
Cool slightly before adding in beaten eggs, or you might scramble the eggs
Next stir in the flour and nuts.
Pour mixture into a square 20 cm tin.
Bake at 170C for 30 min or until cooked.

Cool the brownies and cut into squares. If you want dust some icing sugar over the top.
You can omit the nuts, it tastes just as good.

Good luck.

Brownies

Yummy and delicious brownies. I was simply browsing through some recipes and stumbled across this.
I thought, it looked easy enough and I have all the ingredients at home, so why not? It was a public holiday and everyone was home to enjoy it.

Cocoa Brownies
source: ABM

100ml hot water
4 Tbsp cocoa powder (I used Meriah)
120g butter (melted)
1 1/2 tsp instant coffee (I didn't)
2 eggs (slightly beaten)
1 tsp vanilla
120g castor sugar
a pinch of salt
70g + 1 Tbsp of flour (I used Tepung Gandum Blue Key)
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 Tbsp plain yogurt (I subsituted this 2 Tbsp milk and squeezed some lime onto it)
2-3 Tbsp ground almonds (I used 3 Tbsp chopped almonds and walnuts)

Method
In a bowl combine hot water and cocoa powder. Add in melted butter and mix well.
Add in eggs and vanilla.
Stir in sugar and salt. Mix well.
Add in plain yogurt. Mix well.
Fold  in flour, bicarbonate of soda until combine. Add in nuts and mix well.
Pour the batter into greased tin. (20 cm square tin) Spread out evenly, and bake
for 20-25 min at 180 C.
Leave in tin for a few minutes before removing it to the cooling rack.
Best to cut when the brownie is cooled. Dust some icing sugar over it if you like.

Good luck.

Biscuits.

Everyone loves these, including myself and they are easy to bake.
It doesn't require much to make them and are very addictive!
Nama je Christmas Cookies, but you can make it anytime with any theme you want. The basic biscuit is important, be creative and create various designs to decorate.

Christmas Cookies.
source: BBC Food Recipes

100g butter
100g caster sugar
1 egg (beaten slightly)
275g flour (I used Tepung Gandum Blue Key)
1 tsp vanilla

For icing on the top
400g icing sugar (sieve first or you'll encounter lumps)
3-4 Tbsp water
A few drop of food coloring of your choice
edible glitter

Method
Cram butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add in beaten egg and vanilla, a little at a time. Mix well.
Roll out dough onto a floured surface to a thickness of 1 cm.
Using biscuit cutters,of your choice, cut out the biscuits and place
them onto a greased baking tray.
Bake at 160 C for about 10 min. Keep an eye on them or they'll burn.
Cool the biscuits on a rack.

Icing.
Carefully mix the sugar and water. Preferable a drop at a time, to form a smooth paste.
Stir in food coloring.
Using a knife or a piping bag, spread the icing onto the biscuits and sprinkle any glitter
or sugar decoration you like.
Let icing harden and dry completely before storing in air tight containers.

Good luck!

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Another Chocolate Cake

One can never get enough of chocolate cake or collecting recipes of it.
This is another one I found but I can't remember who posted the recipe.
Many thanks to the person who did.

Moist Chocolate Cake
2 cups of flour (I used Tepung Gandum Blue Key)
1 cup of cocoa powder  (I used Meriah)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
4 eggs
2 cups sugar (I lessened it to 1 3/4 cup)
1 cup condensed milk
1 cup oil (I used Daisy Corn Oil)
1 1/2 cup of boiling water


Method
Beat eggs and sugar with a whisk until frothy and foamy.
Add milk and oil.  Mix well.
Fold in dry ingredients little by little until combined.
Lastly add in hot water.

Pour mixture into greased tin, I used a 9" round tin.
Bake in oven at 175 C, for 50 min or until cooked.
Once cake cools, do the topping.


Topping
1/2 cup of condensed milk
1/4 cup of cocoa powder
2 Tbsp softened butter or oil
2 Tbsp milk

Mix all together to form a smooth paste. Spread over cake once cooled.
Decorate the cake at will!


Happy Baking.