老爸生日 【芝士蛋糕】New York Cheese Cake

第一次為家人生日做蛋糕，感覺挺特別的。吃的，不是名貴的酒店蛋糕，而是當中下的心思。在這個物質豐富的社會裡，兒女把零錢省下，為父母買一個蛋糕也許一點也不難。
但更讓人高興的，是雖然因工作晚歸，但回來看到客廳的燈仍然開著，而子女手中捧著的，是對自己滿滿的心意。

【芝士蛋糕】New York Cheese Cake

Ingredients: (8 inch)
Base:

250g digestive biscuits

125g melted butter

Cheese cake:

500g cream cheese

100g cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 lemon juice and zest (depend on liking)

135g white sugar

4 eggs

Procedures:

1. Crush the biscuits into crumbs and mix with the butter

2. Press the crust mixture into the tin base and refrigerate until later use.

[Biscuit and butter at the ratio of 2:1. Actual amount may be adjusted to own liking)

3. Whisk softened cream cheese with sugar.

4. Whisk in eggs one by one.

5. Add in cream and other flavorings.

6. Pour onto the base and bake in a water bath at 180C 45min and refrigerate for 2 hours or above

[Overnight tastes best as the texture hardens]

送自己的一朵花【玫瑰蘋果撻】 Apple Rose Tart

第一次看到網上有人做這款蘋果撻已經深深的愛上。

這個空閒的下午，毫不猶豫便動手做起來。材料簡單，成品卻非常的漂亮。

不期然的想起，有時候愛情，簡簡單單的，卻能美麗動人。

一味追求，卻忘掉初衷。

驀然回首，然後才發現自己想要的，從來不是那一百朵，一千朵驚豔的玫瑰。想要的，從來只是傻男孩的一點心意。那怕只是一朵手褶的紙花，卻是無價。

原因別無他，只因有些時候，有些事，簡單就是美。

【玫瑰蘋果撻】 Apple Rose Tart

Ingredients:

1pc Puff Pastry (cut into rectangular strips)

1 Apple (sliced)

Cinnamon 

Sugar

1 egg

Procedures: 

1. Fry off the sliced apple with cinnamon and sugar.

2. Layer the apple slices onto the puff pastry. Apple slices should only cover half of the pastry, and each apple slice should overlap each other.

3. Fold the bottom part of the puff pastry upward so as to secure the apple slices.

4. Roll the strip until a rose forms.

5. Egg wash the pastry and bake at 180C for 20 min (until golden)

*Dust the roses with icing sugar to serve.

Egg wash may be applied throughout the rolling process or layering apple process if necessary to stick the pastry.

永遠的孩子最愛 【布朗尼】Chocolate Brownie

【布朗尼】Chocolate Brownie

Ingredients (9-inch round- Meyer cake pan)
140g butter
200g melted dark chocolate (50%-72%)
25g milk (opt)
200g sugar
2 eggs
60g all-purpose flour
60g cocoa
chocolate chips
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

Procedures:
1. Butter+ Sugar
2. Add in eggs one by one
3. Stir in melted chocolate.
4. Add in dry ingredients > vanilla extract
5. Bake at 180C 25-30min (Personally 25min)

Notes: The brownie has a crispy crack top but it was quite crumbly and slightly too sweet.
Cakey texture