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
Yokie/WeiLeng's Birthday Celebrations
Sunday, April 11, 2010 @ 3:16 AM
::10th Apr 10::
Advance birthday celebrations for two of my friends, Yokie and WeiLeng; and they both were held on the same day, at two different locations. It was pretty much a rush for me; to go to one place to another Dx And I couldn't skip either of the celebrations because Yokie has already booked me long time ago and WeiLeng won't be in Singapore on her actual birthday :(
Something I made last minutely for Yokie.
I'm not sure what it's suppose to be actually :X Something with his name on it, I guess.
I went to Yokie's birthday celebration at Bukit Batok Dew Condo first, because his started earlier. Met up with Sally and her friends. And they spent some time wrapping up his birthday gifts. Well, actually the ones doing the wrapping were Sally and me. The rest were talking and eating :\ Why eat now when you are going to a buffet later???? This doesn't make any sense D:
Wrapped presents~
Birthday card.
Using my special words, I wrote a message for him to decode :)
Something I made last minutely for Yokie.
I'm not sure what it's suppose to be actually :X Something with his name on it, I guess.
I went to Yokie's birthday celebration at Bukit Batok Dew Condo first, because his started earlier. Met up with Sally and her friends. And they spent some time wrapping up his birthday gifts. Well, actually the ones doing the wrapping were Sally and me. The rest were talking and eating :\ Why eat now when you are going to a buffet later???? This doesn't make any sense D:
Wrapped presents~
Birthday card.
Using my special words, I wrote a message for him to decode :)
Anyway with all those time spent, I got to spend lesser time at Yokie's birthday celebration :( More time was spent trying to figure out how to get to the Dew Condo. All those with iPhones start whipping them out and trying to use google maps and stuff :\ Well, at least we did manage to get there.
Pretty place though :)
Pretty place though :)
Heh, we started taking pictures the moment we entered the clubhouse. Because I have to leave really soon :( After that, I went straight to the buffet table :X & OMG~ The food was awesome!! :D So sad I can't stay longer. And also, I couldn't be there for the cake cutting session... T.T
Sorry Yokie!!
Buffet foooood!~~~
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, YOKIE DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 11th April)
Sorry Yokie!!
Buffet foooood!~~~
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, YOKIE DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 11th April)
After that, I have to make my way down to Admiralty to my 2nd birthday celebration of the day. Once I reached there, Joshua, Audrey, Shuhua and Moo came to fetch me and brought me to WeiLeng's house :) I have no idea how to get even though I have been there a couple of times! Memory leaked T.T~ And there was another spread of buffet there as well! I didn't eat a lot because I was quite full from my previous buffet meal. Sorry O.Q~
Another spread of buffet foooood~~
We ate at the staircase because there was no more space to do so xD
And we were disturbed by a little kid and a horde of water flies... :(
I don't like children :\
Another spread of buffet foooood~~
We ate at the staircase because there was no more space to do so xD
And we were disturbed by a little kid and a horde of water flies... :(
After eating, we retreated into WeiLeng's room and we talked about random stuffs of everything. Some of the water flies managed to get into the room as well. They were so annoying and ugly!!! :@ & I don't feel like killing them as well. Soon it's time for the cake cutting session~ Everyone was gathered in the living room. & there were two cakes! :) WeiLeng is celebrating her birthday with her papa's as well.
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, WEILENG DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 25th April)
My RP Clique :3
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, WEILENG DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 25th April)
After which, the day was done and we all headed back to our individual home sweet homes :)
My RP Clique :3
Labels: A*, birthday, celebrate, crafts, food, friend's house, other friends, presents, RP friends
--xoxo,
Akira Star
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