Baking @ Phoot Huat
Saturday, July 03, 2010 @ 11:20 PM
::2nd July 10::
I have signed up for a hands-on baking session at Phoon Huat with XueNi and her friend/colleague, Yvonne (will be my colleague very soon as well!! So, make friends first :P) So after my final day of work at GV (glad that my station was box office... it was my favourite station of all but still, I will never get to work at GV anymore Q.Q), I went to Chinatown to meet up with them and took a bus and a train down to Phoon Huat.
We reached just in time before 7pm to pay up the fees and register for the class. We were few minutes late when entering the class. Unfortunately, the class started on time so we were like disrupting the introduction of the lesson :X Anyhow, the recipes on the food we were baking, were handed out to us. The chef, Patrick Pang, went through the recipes with us and we took down extra notes and corrections.
The food items that we were to bake are
The food items that we were to bake are
Hazelnut Chocolate Praline Cake and Onion Cheese Rye Bread.
& so, we began! We followed step by step, reading the recipes while preparing the ingredients for each step. The amount of ingredients prepared have to be multiplied by three; well, 'cos there's three of us. We were doing the preparation steps together and later we would divide the product.
We started off with the baking of the sponge cake (the base) for the hazelnut choco praline cake (HCPC; acronym please?).
Mixing all the ingredients needed to make the sponge cake;
with the machine whisk at high speed.
(eggs, water, sugar, cake stabilizer, flour, ground hazelnut, cocoa powder, coffee emulco, butter)
As the mixture was made to be three times more than the recipe,
XueNi and Yvonne carefully divide the mixture into three portions, into three baking tins.
Yay!~ Done!~♪
Thirty minutes of baking time.
The whisk attachment was replaced by a dough hook for this task of mixing.
Watch as the mixture slowly transform into
a dough-looking substance during each whip of the dough hook!
(bread flour, dried yeast, water, wholemeal flour, fried onion, caster sugar, salt, shortening)
We started off with the baking of the sponge cake (the base) for the hazelnut choco praline cake (HCPC; acronym please?).
Mixing all the ingredients needed to make the sponge cake;
with the machine whisk at high speed.
(eggs, water, sugar, cake stabilizer, flour, ground hazelnut, cocoa powder, coffee emulco, butter)
Once the mixture is done, it's to be poured out into the baking tin and bake in the oven at 160°C for 30mins .
As the mixture was made to be three times more than the recipe,
XueNi and Yvonne carefully divide the mixture into three portions, into three baking tins.
Yay!~ Done!~♪
Thirty minutes of baking time.
With that thirty minutes of waiting time, we proceeded on to the preparation of the other recipe for onion cheese rye bread (OCRB, more acronyms!) For this, we have to make the dough for the bread!
The whisk attachment was replaced by a dough hook for this task of mixing.
Watch as the mixture slowly transform into
a dough-looking substance during each whip of the dough hook!
(bread flour, dried yeast, water, wholemeal flour, fried onion, caster sugar, salt, shortening)
With that, we scattered some flour on the table before taking the dough out of the bowl and placing it on the table. This is the prevent the dough from sticking on the table. We divided the dough into six portions; two for each of us, each weighing 300g-310g per portion.
A x3 sized lump of dough!
(I have no idea why but this looks like a turkey/chicken to me @.@)
Divided/multiplied!
Watch it rest and raise for 25mins! :D
1. Mixing to create hazelnut chocolate praline filling.
(unsalted butter, chocolate cream, hazelnut ganache)
2. Mixing to create whipped cream to soft peak~
(whipping cream, caster sugar)
Completed! (^_^)*
A x3 sized lump of dough!
(I have no idea why but this looks like a turkey/chicken to me @.@)
Divided/multiplied!
Watch it rest and raise for 25mins! :D
And... our HCPC sponge cakes were done and out of the oven! :3
Removed the baking tin and let it sit to cool~
Removed the baking tin and let it sit to cool~
Next step of the HCPC was to make the two fillings, the hazelnut chocolate filling and whipped cream :P
1. Mixing to create hazelnut chocolate praline filling.
(unsalted butter, chocolate cream, hazelnut ganache)
2. Mixing to create whipped cream to soft peak~
(whipping cream, caster sugar)
Completed! (^_^)*
Time to go back to the OCRB steps. The doughs seem to be sitting long enough to raise until they appeared to be bloated! They are ready to be stuffed with grated cheese and shaped into a loaf appearance.
All blown up!
Looks funny, eh?
My loaves were baked in the oven at 200°C for 25mins.
Finished up with the roasted hazelnut coating and a sift of powdered icing :)
(used too much strength on the first sift... that's why the pattern looks so horrid Q.Q)
Posed with my cake~
All blown up!
Looks funny, eh?
My loaves were baked in the oven at 200°C for 25mins.
And then, we jumped over to continue on the HCPC steps.
By then, the sponge cake was cooled down and we can apply the finishing steps on it :P
Slice the cake into 3 layers... rather uneven as you can see...
I HAS NO SKILLS! D:
Top view: looks like a smiley face, huh? :D
The chef, Patrick, demonstrating to us
how to do the coating of the cake with cream and roasted hazelnut.
I've spread the chocolate filling on the first layer and cream filling on the second.
The coating of the cake with cream was really difficult to manage.
It's hard to coat the cake evenly, especially on the sides! (O.Q)
By then, the sponge cake was cooled down and we can apply the finishing steps on it :P
Slice the cake into 3 layers... rather uneven as you can see...
I HAS NO SKILLS! D:
Top view: looks like a smiley face, huh? :D
The chef, Patrick, demonstrating to us
how to do the coating of the cake with cream and roasted hazelnut.
& now it's our turn!
I've spread the chocolate filling on the first layer and cream filling on the second.
The coating of the cake with cream was really difficult to manage.
It's hard to coat the cake evenly, especially on the sides! (O.Q)
Finished up with the roasted hazelnut coating and a sift of powdered icing :)
(used too much strength on the first sift... that's why the pattern looks so horrid Q.Q)
Posed with my cake~
Anyway, the OCRB in the oven were done! :)
So out they go~
They looked nicer than before :P
So out they go~
They looked nicer than before :P
With that, we have completed our baking lesson at Phoon Huat!~ Took around three and a half hours to do two items :) We packed our products with care, washed up all the utensils used and went off home.
I had a terrible migraine from eating too much whipped cream during the lesson and apparently the smell from the OCRB was making it worst! :( But! I would like to participate in another baking session at Phoon Huat, 'cos the experience was really fun :P Baking stuffs with friends, able to take the products home~ All part of the joy!♥ & next time I will remember not to eat too much whipped cream! xP
P/S: It was hard to take pictures as well!! Especially with flour-covered hands...
So I had a pretty dirty camera after the end of the session (@.@)
I had a terrible migraine from eating too much whipped cream during the lesson and apparently the smell from the OCRB was making it worst! :( But! I would like to participate in another baking session at Phoon Huat, 'cos the experience was really fun :P Baking stuffs with friends, able to take the products home~ All part of the joy!♥ & next time I will remember not to eat too much whipped cream! xP
P/S: It was hard to take pictures as well!! Especially with flour-covered hands...
So I had a pretty dirty camera after the end of the session (@.@)
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Labels: food, lesson, other friends
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
Fragments of May
Sunday, June 06, 2010 @ 2:06 PM
Here's the final post of MAY!
Some random stuff here and there
& I have incorporated a new section for the fragment posts...
which is called the "Good Food Fragment" d(^_^)b
So let me get started and I can move on to the June posts already!
::4th May 10::
Had another one of my many interviews today; this time is at Panasonic. & I didn't know that the location is so near to Bukit Merah. The person I'm supposed to look for was Jeanette and to call her once I've reached.
I went like, "Hello, is this Jeanette?"Anyway I was glad that they didn't make me wait for so long :) And the interview lasted around 25minutes or so. The interview was quite awkward... There were lots of awkward silences. I was like "errr, okay..." *smiles*, and she would continue to smile back me. FREAKYYY Dx But I was really relieved when the interview was over; like YAY! :D I don't have high expectations that I would be accepted though... *shrugs*
She replied, "Yes, who is this?"
I said, "Err, I'm Ginnette."
She giggles and hang up after asking me to wait for awhile.
When I was making my way back home, I realized that the building is also quite near to Ikea and it only needs less than 15minutes to walk there!! New route discovered :D And it's an even faster way and I only need to take one bus; which is so much better than taking bus57 to the interchange and later I still have to transfer to another bus :\ Waste time and money... Well, I may not even have to go back there if I have failed this interview... :\
I realized... if I'm not making any expression on my face,
it will look like I'm very "dao"(arrogant) :\ WEIRD! Dx
~**~
One of those staying back to help out with the decorating days :)I realized... if I'm not making any expression on my face,
it will look like I'm very "dao"(arrogant) :\ WEIRD! Dx
After that, I went to Vivo City to meet Edmund and Rebecca. I certainly took my time to reach there :) I headed straight to the Toys"R"Us to look at the gachapon machines. To my horror, the Kinbaku machine was gone T.T~ Oh well, can save money then :) We went to Daiso and then have lunch at Long John Silver before making our way to GV Grand to catch a movie, Date Night. I used my black complimentary passes to treat both of them! Erm~ I slept through 2/3 of the movie though :X
Long time no see Rebecca already!! :3
And a grey beanie :3
Modeled on Mr. Botak as well xD
Long time no see Rebecca already!! :3
After that, both of them came to my house for dinner xD Because Edmund was saying that he missed my house and both of them should come to my house for free dinner. No shame! :X
Edmund made me sit on the floor with them like one happy family D:
~**~
Edmund made me sit on the floor with them like one happy family D:
~**~
GOOD FOOD fragment *new*
XueNi's frog, Mr. Green + uncompleted crochet items xD
My handiwork!
Handphone pouches! xD
::5th May 10::
KFC buddy meal...
With TingYu; after she brought me to register at her job agency :)
::8th May 10::
Went to MOF; Bugis with XueNi after accompanying her to collect her passport :)
I had Tonkotsu Ramen!!~
::22nd May 10::
Ikea meatballs treat by Yehoshua~
Met up to pass my 99.99% dead laptop for him to revive :(
Not good food though... but FREE food xD
The many breads we have adopted during our dance practices from SHINE!
~**~
With TingYu; after she brought me to register at her job agency :)
::8th May 10::
Went to MOF; Bugis with XueNi after accompanying her to collect her passport :)
I had Tonkotsu Ramen!!~
::22nd May 10::
Ikea meatballs treat by Yehoshua~
Met up to pass my 99.99% dead laptop for him to revive :(
Not good food though... but FREE food xD
The many breads we have adopted during our dance practices from SHINE!
~**~
Started learning knitting/crochet at Bukit Merah Community Centre as well :)
Bought many many wools/yarns of different colours and plys.
The basics of crocheting.
I didn't go for the first lesson because of my stupidity and forgetfulness! I have completely forgotten about it and request for work that day :\
Anyway I have learnt the basics of crocheting - single crochet, double crochet; and also to crochet handphone pouch and beanie! (but not sure if I still remember the steps though :X due to frequent brain leaks T.T)Bought many many wools/yarns of different colours and plys.
The basics of crocheting.
XueNi's frog, Mr. Green + uncompleted crochet items xD
My handiwork!
Handphone pouches! xD
And a grey beanie :3
Modeled on Mr. Botak as well xD
~**~
Yet another birthday celebration in May~
For my brother, Daryl on the 13th May.
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, DARYL! :D
For my brother, Daryl on the 13th May.
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, DARYL! :D
*lol'd at the shoop da whoop mouth*
~**~
~**~
GV GRAND stuffs
Mostly about super late suppers and of course, the Despicable Me competition - we have to decorate our box office to promote the movie and there will be judging for the best decorated box office! First prize: FREE TICKETS TO USS and $800 CASH! So all the best to us :P
::11th May 10::
My post was not received at the door so I had to make my way down to the post office to collect it. Apparently the envelope broke so they had to re-package the post. No wonder it took quite awhile to reach me :(
Yay! Received: Eye shadow sticks :)
I bought green for my Caterpie Cosplay during Cosfest but...
I HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN I BOUGHT THESE... So I didn't use them at all :(
Faridah has EOS duty so she couldn't join us for supper :(
& also, the Despicable Me decorating items were here!! :D
With Mae and manager, YaoShyan.
After ordering, we decided to pester LengShan to come down and have supper with us!
She hesitated and still gave in to us in the end ;P
We helped her to order her drink as well :P
Grande upgrade on drinks for all of us!
LengShan managed to reach the place before the food goes cold :)
Looks good, right? :3
::16th May 10::
Mostly about super late suppers and of course, the Despicable Me competition - we have to decorate our box office to promote the movie and there will be judging for the best decorated box office! First prize: FREE TICKETS TO USS and $800 CASH! So all the best to us :P
::11th May 10::
My post was not received at the door so I had to make my way down to the post office to collect it. Apparently the envelope broke so they had to re-package the post. No wonder it took quite awhile to reach me :(
Yay! Received: Eye shadow sticks :)
I bought green for my Caterpie Cosplay during Cosfest but...
I HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN I BOUGHT THESE... So I didn't use them at all :(
Anyway, I had work until 10.45pm. WenJie, Mae and I decided to have supper at Spize :)
Faridah has EOS duty so she couldn't join us for supper :(
& also, the Despicable Me decorating items were here!! :D
With Mae and manager, YaoShyan.
And from GV Grand, we proceeded on to Spize; which is just around the corner :P
After ordering, we decided to pester LengShan to come down and have supper with us!
She hesitated and still gave in to us in the end ;P
We helped her to order her drink as well :P
Grande upgrade on drinks for all of us!
LengShan managed to reach the place before the food goes cold :)
Looks good, right? :3
Afterwards, we shared a cab home :) I went home and puked out blue vomit; because I forced myself to finish the giant mug of a drink + most of the food Dx!
The helpers for the project code: Despicable Me.
My GV girlfriend, LengShan~ ♥
A pretty weird girl who loves to stand in the rubbish bin :X
A pretty weird girl who loves to stand in the rubbish bin :X
The guys; getting the hanging decorations up!
Trying to secure the decorations properly so they won't drop down,
especially during operation hours the next day @.@
And it's up! :D
Basically, we are trying to decorate everything that's related to the box office - ranging from the walls, ceiling, ticket dispensers...
... and also the 90cm height board xD!
After packing up and throwing away all the rubbish residues caused by stationery, we went to have supper at 5am. We wanted to eat at Spize but it was far too crowded so we went to another 24hrs eatery, which was further down from Spize.
Lastly, cabbed home at 6am. In bed at 6.30am.
::23rd May 10::
Same same... Supper after Despicable Me project and EOS duties~
=[GV GRAND Owls]=
♥♥♥
::23rd May 10::
Same same... Supper after Despicable Me project and EOS duties~
=[GV GRAND Owls]=
♥♥♥
~**~
Feathered Friends section
I guess I should make it a habit to have this section every month ;)
Well, looks like only Koko this time ;)
Handsome boy~~~ ♥♥♥
Sky's unfertilized eggs.
Look at how small it is, as compared to a chicken's egg! xD
~**~
And that's the end of May mini posts...
WORK IS NEVER DONE OR OVERRRR~
Labels: cosmates, crafts, GV friends, lesson, online purchase, pet, updates, work
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
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