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It;s Bake Along time again. This round Bake Along #79 event is baking My Mother-in-law's Madeira Cake. This recipe is from the book of How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson or here . So you know it is her mother-in-law. It is interesting, isn't it? To find out how does this interesting cake taste like? i have to bake one. This cake has a firm, yet light texture. It is nice to eat with tea and it is traditionally flavored with lemon. It is a sponge cake in traditional English cookery. (want know more about the history of this cake here I baked 2/3 of the original recipe to suit a slim, long loaf tin that i have. I am glad that the cake turn out so well. Happy~ ^_^ ~ 为了配合我的长又高挑的模子就把食谱减成2/3的分量。做出来的效果好好，很开心呀！ 香喷喷呀!! 马德拉岛蛋糕好好吃！虽然是命名为马德拉岛蛋糕但这蛋糕不是来自马德拉岛。 是来自葡萄牙，通常做成长条状。 19世纪蛋糕造成后，传统都是以马德拉酒同奉上，但现在则用茶。 蛋糕是类似一款简单的磅蛋糕。组织幼细，松而富有浓郁的奶油和柠檬香气。 My Mother-in -law's Madeira Cake Recipe adapted from How To Be a Domestic Goddess or here makes 1 loaf (i ...

Having white bread all the time? Would you like to have a change? Have a cocoa bread instead. It is really just another bread which is bake by adding 15 grams of cocoa powder. I used 15 grams of unsweetened  chocolate powder instead, The smell of chocolate is so good. Every bite give you the feeling like biting into a chocolate bar which is not because this is a bread...lol   We spread it with chocolate spread or nutella .... yummilicious! 这换上黑衣裳的土司感觉还蛮不错！！ 香香浓浓的可可味再抹上巧克力奶油无以伦比呢！ Slices of mini Cocoa bread with a cup of Kopi O (black cofee) Kids bring this to school for the break time snack. This cocoa bread uses a straight dough method but it yield a very soft bread. My kids like to spread Nutella but i like it just on it own.  Spread with butter taste so good too!  Mmmm..Yum! This is the cocoa bread dough before and after the first rise. Cocoa Bread   ~ 可可吐司 Recipe adapted from Home Baking (星期天的烘焙是个...

Do you like fondant. Making fondant cupcakes is very interesting. It is not so hard to make if you get the hang of it!! Try it you might love it!!  收到个朋友watspp问我会做《冰雪奇缘》翻糖小蛋糕吗？？ 我的反应。。嗯！可以试试！ 就问她要什么款式的。 她问我有sample吗？我没有呀！Google了一些给她看，就做了这个！！ 'Frozen' Cupcakes Anna and Snow Queen inspired from  here Which one do you like??? Packed them all in a box that has a window. Olaf inspired from  here This reindeer is cut out of a hippo cookies cutter  with slight adjustment here and there. Anna Fairy Cupcakes (天使小蛋糕） Recipe adpated from 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' by Nigella Lawson Makes 12 muffins size cupcakes Ingredients: 125g unsalted butter, softened (room temperature) 125g castor sugar (i used 80g) 2 large eggs 125g self raising flour 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2-3 Tbsp milk 1 tub white fondant some Americolor food coloring  (brown, blue, yellow, orange and red) 1 portion of mock cream To Do: The Nigell...