Snowskin Mooncake - Part 2

Ambitious me had wanted to make some cocoa snowskin mooncakes. Running short of lotus paste, I decided to shelf that as I don't know how it will go with the white lotus paste. Instead, we made the normal snowskin with white lotus paste filled with either Chinese chestnut or sunflower seeds. Used about 3 batches of the recipe that I put up last month to make 44 pieces of mini mooncakes. I'll use the Garfield mold the next time :) but first, I need to get more lotus paste.

Home Improvement - Ceiling lights

Whoa! It's been almost 2 months since I last updated here. Not much has been happening around the house (save for the usual father-son squabbles :P ).

Yesterday, Mr. Handyman decided to cover up the ceiling bulbs with a cute little lantern that we bought from Daiso. It makes the bulb less glaring, more comfortable to the eyes.

Snowskin Mooncake

Our first attempt at making snowsking mooncake! Joint effort by yours truly and our king of the house - i make the dough, he does the assembling and the tough work of knocking the little thing out of the mould.


Simple list of ingredients:

Skin:
100g kueh flour
70g icing sugar
30g shortening
120g cold water

1. Sieve flour and icing sugar together.
2. Rub in shortening
3. Gradually add in water till you get a soft dough
4. Divide into portions to fit your mould

Filling:
Lotus paste
Melon seeds (optional)

Mix the melon seeds (if using) with the lotus paste. Divide the filling into small portions to fit into the skin and mould. Be careful not to over fill otherwise it will burst through the skin.

Assembling:
Roll out the skin, wrap the filling in, and put into floured mould. Press down tight to let the patterns form nicely. Knock out the mooncake. Chill before serving.

Have fun!

Home Improvement

Barely 1 year into moving in to this flat and already we are running out of storage and display space. No space to add new cupboards so Moobe made some shelves.

Nothing fancy, just practical shelves added for our living room to display the pictures and some nice items gifted to us

ran out of space in the cabinet for all the flour jars so out they come to the counter top. The shelves are made from left over board from Ikea.

Cream Puffs Chapter 2

With the left over cream from my triple chocolate mousse, Moobe decided to whip up a batch of filling for his puffs.

Triple Chocolate Mousse

For those with a sweet tooth :P Didn't wait till the milk chocolate layer set properly and hence the white chocolate merged with the bottom milk chocolate haiz.. nevermind. It will be better the next time.

By the way, the recipe's from Anna Olsen. Don't have time to make the Dacquoise Crunch Garnish today. Will definitely make it the next time round.

Chocolate Fudge Cake

It's been quite some time since I last baked this. Yohei requested for this for 'Yohei & Mommy day' today...