Orange sponge cake
Basic sponge cake recipe adapted from Lucinda Lau

Ingredients
4 egg yolks
75gm corn oil
75gm orange juice
150 gm self raising flour(SRF)

Use non dairy whipping cream and add some orange essence and a bit of castor sugar if want some sweetness and beat till stiff peak


4 egg whites
100 gm castor sugar

Cut thin slices of orange and place on lined tray 12 x 12 inch  then bake for 5 min.

Method: Mix egg yolk, corn oil, orange juice,  and SRF till smooth with hand whisk

Beat egg whites till foamy then add in sugar in 3 parts until stiff peak
Mix beaten egg whites into yolk mixture using hand whisk and final use a spatula  and mix lightly. Pour into the tray with the baked orange slices and dropped the tray on the table a few times. Bake at 180° for 20-25 mins. Let it cool.

Then keep in fridge for one hour and cut into half and apply the non dairy whipping cream on the half and stack the other half on top.
 Then keep in fridge until slightly harden and cut into pcs with sharp knife

Andes Chocolate Mint Genoise Cake

Andes Chocolate Mint Cake

Chocolate Genoise Cake

1 pkt Andes Mint Chocolate
( 1/2 pkt chopped into pcs)

3 tablespoons (42 grams) hot melted unsalted butter

1/2 cup (60 grams) cake flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup (30 grams) unsweetened regular or Dutch-processed cocoa powder

4 large eggs

2/3 cup (135 grams) granulated white sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray with a non stick spray, 2 pcs ofb 9 inch (23 cm) round cake pan and line the bottom of pan with parchment or wax paper.
Batter divide equally. If dont have then use one and then slice into 2 after bake.

In a bowl, sift the flour, salt and cocoa powder. In a heatproof bowl whisk the eggs with the sugar. Place over a saucepan of simmering water, and whisking constantly, heat until lukewarm (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and transfer to the bowl of your electric mixer. Beat on high speed until the mixture is thick (about 5 minutes) (the batter will fall back into the bowl in a ribbon-like pattern). Beat in the vanilla extract. Then sift about one-third of the flour mixture over the egg mixture and gently fold in using a rubber spatula or whisk. Sift and fold in another third, and then fold in the rest. Take 1 cup of the batter and fold it into the melted butter (to lighten it). Then gently fold it into the egg batter. Pour into your pan, smoothing the top. Bake for about 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (cake starts to shrink from sides of pan). Cool on a metal rack before removing from pan


MINT BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:

150 gms butter(cubed) must be cold whereby our finger can give a press. Not the frozen cold.
2 egg white
60gms sugar
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 tsp vanilla
Green coloring

Method: Cook the egg whites and sugar over a double boiler. Stir with a whisk till the sugar melts. Take away from the heat and beat until the whites are stiff and cool. Add in the butter cube by cube and beat till creamy.(add in a pinch or two of salt). Add the vanila, peppermint extract and colouring and mix well. Do not overbeat



Dark chocolate ganache glaze

300gm UHT whipping cream (i used Anchor)
2tbsp honey or light corn syrup
250gm dark chocolate
30gm salted butter
Directions:
Put chocolate and butter into a large heatproof bowl. Bring cream and corn syrup just to a boil in a saucepan, stirring to combine. Pour over chocolate and butter. Let stand for 2 minutes. Whisk until smooth and shiny, scraping bottom of bowl with a flexible spatula. Use immediately.

Extras of ganache can keep in air tight container and freeze it. When want to use keep in room temp and reheat back.

After cake cool put into fridge for 1 hour then take out to frost. One layer of frosting and top with chopped Andes then put the other layer on it. Then frost on top and sides.
Then put back in fridge for about and hour then take out and pour ganache and decorate as you like

Vinegar Pork Trotters

Vinegar Pork Trotters
Ingredient
1.8kg - 2kg Pig Trotters
300g Old Ginger
300g Young Ginger
1 small bottle black rice vinegar ( refer photo)
1 bottle (623ml)Sweet Vinegar ( refer photo)
140g Gula Melaka
50gm brown sugar
10 tbsp Sesame Oil
800ml - 1000ml Water (adjust to how much soup you want and to taste)
2 bulb smash garlic
Hard Boiled Eggs (Optional)

Preparation

1. Slice  both old and young ginger and smashed garlic. Set aside

2. Blanch pig trotter, and then, rinse with pipe water. Set aside.

Note:
Blanch the pig trotter to remove the cloudy residue. This step is a MUST!

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Method
Heat wok with 10 tbsp sesame oil.
Fry both ginger together till fragrant.
Add in blanched pig trotter, fry till fragrant.
Add in gula melaka and brown sugar, stir well. Add in the 2 bottles of vinegar and mix well.
Transfer the pig trotter to a pressure cooker and add 800ml water or just enough to cover the trotters into the pot. Set to beef/mutton mode.
Its about 30 min .Reheat it before serving.

Chinese Pancake( Min Fun Kok Kui)

Chinese Pancake( Min Fun Kok Kui)

450gm plain flour
2  1/2 cups water
3 eggs
7 tbsp  coarse sugar
Some  salt to taste

Mix everything together and mix well. Then taste the batter whether its to your sweetness.

If flour not smooth its okay cos after pan fry it will be cooked.

Put a small amount of marjerin in non stick wok then scoop in batter and pan fry till turn slight brown.