Fruity Fruit Cake

I just brought a new mixer last night so I decide to give it a first try by making an easy to bake fruit cake!  My hubby gave me just 89 marks...hmm...he's very stingy ha ha....89 marks but he ate a few pieces at one go!!!!

Well, you can try making and judge how's the taste!

Ingredients (makes a 9 inches square cake):

Part A
250g Hard Butter (Direct from fridge and cut into few pieces for easy beating)
150g Sugar
5 Egg Yolks
250g Plain Flour             } Sieve together
1 tsp Baking Powder       }
250g Mixed Dried Fruits (optional to soak with 50ml hard liquor or rum for 1 to 2 days)
1 tbsp Rum (add this if you didn't soak dried fruits with liquor or rum ahead of time)

Part B
5 Egg Whites
50g Sugar
1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar

• Preheat oven to 160 degree.  Grease and line a 9 inches square or round baking tin with paper.
• Cream Part A - butter and sugar together with slow speed first for 1 minute then turn to medium speed (speed 3 for Kenwood mixer) and cream for 15 minutes or until fluffy.
• Turn speed to slow and add in egg yolks (and rum) and mix well for another 2 to 3 minutes with medium speed.
• Add mixed dried fruits into the sieved flours (to separate them so that they don't stick in a lump)
• Add in the flour cum dried fruits into mixer and cream with slow speed till well mixed (don't over mix).  Remove and transfer it into a big mixing bowl. 

• Wash mixer bowl clean and dry it.  Pour in Part B (egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar) and use egg whisk and whisked at maximum speed until stiff.
• Add egg white mixture into butter mixture and mix well until all is well combine (with hand whisk).

• Pour batter into baking tin and bang it before bake.
• Bake cake for 50 minutes to 1 hour.  (test with knife in center to make sure it's clean means it's fully baked).  Should you find the top colour is already quite brown before timing, cover with a greased paper or aluminum foil so that the top won't be burnt!

Enjoy your baking!!

Terrific Baked Potato Cake

Today is a boring Saturday for me.  Did nothing but wrapped some dumplings and steam it for my lunch.  Went to buy a new mixer (finally can start to bake my cakes, cookies and buns again!)

Since I have my new mixer again, I will share with you today on how to bake a nice potato cake.  This is different from the usual butter or cream cake.

WOW..was the first impression I had in mind when I first tasted this bake potato cake.  It smells wonderful and it's very tasty.  Not difficult to do but make just need to make sure you test different areas of the cake to make sure it's fully baked before removing from oven,

Ingredients (recipe makes a 7 inch square tin cake):
1 kg USA Potato (peel, slice thick and steam for 40 minutes.  Mash it while hot and leave aside)
250g Sugar
150g Wheat Flour (Deng Flour)
150g Soft Butter (thaw in room temperature for 45 minutes from fridge)
5 Egg Yolks (lightly beaten and add 1 tsp vanilla essence in it)
3 Egg Whites
* 1 egg for bushing (lightly beat and sieve it)

•  Preheat oven at 180 degree.
• Beat sugar and butter together for 5 minutes with maximum speed.
• Add in egg whites slowly while still mixing and continue to blend 3 more minutes.

• Thereafter slowly add in egg yolk and continue to beat till well mixed.
• Add in mashed potatoes and mix well.
• Turn mixer to slow speed and then add in wheat flour slowly to mix well (don't beat too long for this process).
• Grease and line 7" square tin.
• Pour mixture to tin and bake for 10 minutes then remove and apply egg wash.  Continue egg wash process after baking every 10 minutes (total 3 times = 30 mins)

• Bake for another 15 minutes (or till cooked) after 3rd egg wash.  If skin is turning very golden before cake is fully cooked, cover the cake tin with aluminium foil and continue to bake till done.  The foil will help to prevent the top from burning and yet can continue to bake the cake till cooked. (prick with skin or stick on different areas of the cake to make sure it's cooked.)

Transfer cake to wire rack to cool after baked.  Cut only after it has cool down completely or just slightly warm.

Mashigeta..(means Delicious in Korean)  Enjoy!