Tuesday, September 15, 2009

日式乳酪蛋糕

人生第二次bake cheesecake...
第一次献给了oreo cheesecake, 可是太甜,不是很喜欢。。

这次参考了PEPSAKOY的recipe,试着做Japanese Souffle Cheesecake...
I choose to bake japanese cheesecake because。。。1) it is not as fattening as western cheesecake, 2) it is fluffy, and still it is a cheesecake, 3) it has a rich, full flavour without being too rich....

But I am not so sure I should call it a success or fail this time, because it left me upset about the texture and appearance. But taste-wise, I still love the cream cheese without being overly cheesy. And my hubby and friends are so supportive that they "only leave a very small piece" on the table, still happy though...

Japanese Souffle Cheesecake Recipe:

Ingredients:
125g cream cheese at room temperature
20g butter, soften
40ml milk
65g caster sugar
3 eggs, white and yolk separated
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
40g self raising flour (or cake flour)
1/4 tsp salt
1 scant tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp orange zest

Instructions:
1. Add 500 ml water into a big baking tray ( that the tin you use for the cheesecake can fit in) and place the tray in the oven then preheat the oven to 160c.Line the base and side of a 18-20 cm springform/cake tin with parchment paper. Then use a big piece of foil to wrap the tin around from the bottom upto top of the tin side.

2. Place the butter, creamcheese and milk in a bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, being careful not to let the bowl touch the water, then wait until the butter has melted, remove the bowl from the heat and give it a really good stir until the mixture is smooth, set aside and leave it cool to the room
temperature.

3. Add the orange juice and zest to the creamcheese mixture, stir to blend then add the yolks and mix them until incorperated. Sift the flour and salt into another mixing bowl,pour over the cream cheese and egg mixture in the center of thr flour. Quickly whisk or stir everything until just blended ( don't overmix or the cake will be tough)

4. In a seperate mixing bowl , beat the egg white with cream of tartar until foamy, then gradually add the sugar ,few tablespoons at a time, and continue to beat at high speed until reach the soft-medium peak ( more than soft but not hard peak). Gently fold the white into the creamcheese mixture until blended.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared tin. Place the tin in the preheated baking tray and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted from center comes out clean. Turn the cake out on to a wire rack once taken from the oven ( the cake will shrink if left too long in the tin!). Leave to cool at room temperature, then let it set in the fridge for another hour or so before slicing and serve.

The cake actually shrink upon removal from the oven, I think I should have left it long enough in the oven, so that's probably where I went wrong...

Share it to my friends...

And finally 这边剩一点,那边剩一点。。probably they scared who eat the last piece gonna wash the dishes..


Saturday, September 12, 2009

饿从“一”本来的!!

我有一个小白;不过不是那个小白。

他和朋友去踢球时,传了个简讯给我,说买了个小礼物给我,叫我去寻宝。。
我以为小礼物就是很小个儿的,挖遍房间的各个角落都找不到,最后终于在隔壁房找到了。。
一个很日式的便当包裹。。打开打开再打开,看到了它。一个我从来没有见过却听说过的东西。。。。Ahhhhhh, 拍立得!!

最后,我才搞清楚这个blog title的意思。。“我从日本来的!!”

拍立得是一种随拍随见的相机,它最奥妙的地方在于它即时显影的底片,而拍出来的照片也是仅此一张。按下快门时,就会听到相机吐出底片那个怀念的声音,而底片的处理速度是慢慢的,至少要三五分钟才完全显影。如果要加快显影的速度,可以把握在手上的底片来回摇晃,看他慢慢成形。

拍立得,它让“等待”充满趣味与期待,它这么的独一无二,不可复制。。喜欢它!

我叫它小白,因为它是纯白色的,是Fujifilm十周年纪念版推出的Mini7S。。

一份很意外的礼物。。而那块便当包裹的布是大有来头的,要拿来做拍立得的袋。。
谢谢你!







Wednesday, September 9, 2009

冬虫草..你好吗?

四川大地震时,透过电视看到人的生命是多么的脆弱。
天,可以用很多方法带你走,几分钟的天旋地转,很多生命从此就从地球上消失了。。
我们悠闲的活着,却每天怨天忧人,怨政府,怨国家。而地震后的幸存者,每天是过着痛不欲生的生活,他们可以怨谁?
看了严重天灾带来的惨剧后,刺激了“爱心”的神经。。很希望可以做些什么的。可是我的力量是很微不足道的。。捐钱,可以捐多少,不知道到底捐了是用在哪里,也不知道有谁的生活会因为我那区区的几十块钱而有所改变。
然后我在 http://www.worldvision.com.my/ 发现了“儿童助养” 这东东。“儿童助养”可以让你帮忙世界各地需要帮忙的小孩。很久以前听过了,可是“爱心”神经没被刺激到,总觉得助养不是普通人能做到的,好像只有有钱人或艺人做得到。
搜寻了儿童助养的资料,决定助养一个中国小孩。手续很简单,而助养小孩让我觉得安慰的是,有一个人的生活因为我小小的贡献而有所改变。而且实实在在的,我可以知道遥远的他,生活得怎么样。而他也知道,有一个人在遥远的地方,一点一点的帮助他过生活,让他有寄托。。
他,是中国黎平的小孩...我们叫他冬虫草,因为它的名字听起来很像冬虫草。。
冬虫草刚上幼儿园,他的父母都在外地工作,生活困苦,而他就和祖父母同住。
当我收到他的资料时,是很紧张的,因为不知道他长得怎么样。。Errrr,他小小就剪兵头了,鼻子扁扁的,照片里的他不是很开心,看了有点心疼。
他刚上幼儿园,不会写信吧。可是在不久后,我收到了他爸爸的来信。。。

亲爱的资助人:
您好!
我的孩子叫“冬虫草”,很高兴能和您交朋友!我们住在贵州的一个小山村,这里山很大,交通很不方便,山上树很多,空气新鲜。我们住木头房子,以种地为生,主要是种水稻,黄豆,玉米,田地很少,收成不多。
孩子很乖,现在刚上学,平时和其他孩子一起玩。等他再大些,读书认字了,就让他亲自给您写信。
希望我们常联系!

这就是我所说的一种实在的感觉!
冬虫草。。你好吗?