Pandan Huat Kueh

I am glad these Pandan Huat Kueh really huat beautifully, making my Sunday morning a lucky one :).  

This recipe comes with butter which is not quite common for normal huat kueh. Overall taste is ok but I still prefer my Ji Dan Gao that were more eggy.  

*Note: I do not have blender to make the pandan juice, so I replaced with Pandan Paste.

Recipe adapted from Kenneth Goh (with slight modificiation)

Ingredients

200g water
140g sugar
A few drop of Pandan Paste

50g butter (melted)
1 egg

250g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder

Red colouring

Directions

1. In a pot, heat water and sugar until sugar dissolved. Off the heat, add in pandan paste and set aside.
2. Melt the butter in microwave. When cool, add in the egg and stir lightly until well combined. Set aside.
3. Prepare steamer.
3. In a mixing bowl, shift self raising flour and baking powder. Make a well in the centre and add pandan syrup, followed by egg butter mixture. Whisk until well mixed.
4. Fill cupcake cups with 3/4 batter. Steam in the steamer at high heat for 15-20 mins.  

Chocolate Chips & Walnuts Butter Cake

I have been craving for walnut butter cake for a few days and finally I decided to bake this cake last night. Knowing that my kids will not like with walnuts only, I also added chocolate chips. In fact, I did this butter cake before with Lurpak but I did not really like the taste. This time, I baked with SCS butter and it was fantastic with the strong butter aroma and the exact buttery taste I wanted! 

My friend told me the cake will taste even better the next day and indeed, it really tasted excellent when I ate it for breakfast. Moreover, it was not oily as compared to my other Butter Cake Recipe. Guess it is due to the egg separation and folding egg white method. The cake also turned out with a nice flat & no cracked top. Very satisfied with this recipe.

Ingredients

250g butter
85g Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla paste
A pinch of salt
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp Milk
200g plain flour
1 tsp Baking powder

4 egg whites
85g Caster sugar

Walnuts
Chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven at 170 Deg C. Line a 8" Square tin
2. Cream butter, sugar, salt and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3. Add in egg yolk one at a time and beat till creamy. Add in milk and mix well.
4. Sift in flour and baking powder and mix well. Set aside.
5. Whisk egg white and sugar till soft peak in another bowl.
6. Fold 1/4 of egg white mixture into butter mixture (3). Mix well and fold in the rest.
7. Sprinkle chopped walnuts and cchocolate chips over the batter and mix.
8. Pour batter into lined baking pan and bake for 40-45 mins or until cooked.