Char Siu Bao (蜜汁叉烧包)

Very pleased because we all had seconds and wiped out 10 baos at one go. I tried to make this more Cantonese style by cooking a thick gravy and freezing the fillings first and it worked perfectly. Recipe for filling (14 baos) About 200g pork collar cut into small strips 3 slices ginger 1 tbsp…

Chocolate Swirl Bread

Pretty chocolate swirl bread that’s a hit with the kids. I started with the very popular fragrant milk bread, and it was a soft, yummy loaf. Recipe 1 dough from here up till step 2 15g cocoa powder (use extra dark cocoa powder to get darker colour) 1 to 2 tsp water Chocolate chips Egg…

Cream Cheese Buns

The cream cheese here is kneaded into the dough and not used as fillings. It definitely improves softness and fragrance. Recipe (8 rolls in 8″ square tin) 60g cream cheese 70g water 1 egg 30g sugar 1 tsp instant yeast 250g bread flour Method 1. Add cream cheese, water, egg and sugar into mixing and…

Almond Butter Cake

Added some almond flour or powder in my traditional butter cake and the cake body is so soft. More fragrant too. A very easy, whole egg recipe, I have baked it too short though. Recipe (7″ round tin) 160g salted butter 110g caster sugar 3 eggs 100g plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 60g super…