玫瑰全麥斑馬蛋糕 Whole Wheat Zebra Rose Cake

曾有網友問玫瑰可以除了拿來做燕菜還能做什麼? 我想應該可以用在蛋糕上, 所以寫了玫瑰蛋糕食譜. 第一口吃起來好像沒什麼味道, 可沒想到會口齒留香, 越咀嚼越有味道, 健康蛋糕 :)

A member of a facebook group asked what roses can be used for except making agar-agar. I think to use it for making cake will be nice. Therefore, I made a recipe for the rose cake. Not very heavy taste for first bite, but the fragrance will left in your month after you chew. The more you chew it'll taste nicer and tasty. It's a healthy cake :)

全麥香蘭kaya層層蛋糕 Whole Wheat Kaya Layers Cake

有一粒椰子就可以變出很多花樣. 之前做班蘭蛋糕, 總覺得少了一種香味, 在想應該是沒放椰漿, 所以, 一定要做一個有椰香味的班蘭蛋糕. 蛋糕做出來了, 不夠甜, 還好之前有做kaya. 把蛋糕切成三分, 塗上kaya醬, 真的是錦上添花, 好吃得不得了. 冷藏了更好吃. 

可惜, 相片看不清楚層次, 因為都是班蘭色  :)

If you have one coconut, you can have many cuisines. The pandan cakes I made before had lack a kind of fragrance. I think this is because i didn't add coconut milk, so I have to add some coconut milk this time. 

When the cake was done, i found it's not sweet enough. Luckily, I had made some kaya before. Thus, i cut the cakes into few layers and spread on some kaya. This made the cake became more tasty. It even tasted better after refrigerated.

The layers in the picture are not so obvious due to the same color I had used, the pandan natural color. 

種了好多的班蘭葉

I have a lot of pandan leaves :) It's good to have cooking ingredients in your garden.

山藥蜂蜜全麥饅頭 Chinese Yam Honey Whole Wheat Mantou

這次設計的饅頭好養生. 用了好吃又健康得新鮮山藥做主角, 還有較健康的全麥麵粉. 

這裡不像中國, 台灣, 饅頭不是很普遍, 家人也不習慣吃饅頭, 好多時候, 都是自己默默把它吃完. 這個饅頭兩天就吃完了, 又軟, 有甜味, 又香, 隔天不必蒸過, 也一樣很軟 :)

I made a good to health mantou recipe. The main role of the mantou is fresh chinese yam which is a very healthy ingredient. Besides, I used healthier whole wheat instead of plain flour.

Here, mantou is not as common as in China or Taiwan. My family is not used to it as well. Most of the time, I have to finish it by myself. However, the mantous were finished in two days time. It's soft, little sweet and having good fragrance and it's still soft in the next day unlike normal mantous they needed to steam before eat.

小熊牛油雞蛋糕Little Bear Butter Egg Cakes

說實在的, 我不是很喜歡吃傳統的雞蛋糕, 只是對它的造型有興趣. 小時候, 快過年時, 外婆會用個大缸打雞蛋, 我每次都覺得她好辛苦喔! 我會幫她烤蛋糕, 烤具是那種上下有火炭的, 很熱. 因為不喜歡傳統雞蛋糕的口感, 我更改了配方和做法, 這是沒有泡打粉, 蘇打粉或任何添加發泡劑的雞蛋糕, 比傳統雞蛋糕要柔軟綿密.

沒有雞蛋糕的模, 這個小熊的模做得有點勉強, 但總算也做出來了. 

I don't really like the traditional egg cakes but the shapes are quite interesting. When I was a kid, my granny used to make a lot of egg cakes before new year. She used a large vat and large spiral whisker to whisk the eggs. I always felt that it's too hard for her. I helped her to bake the cakes by using a very old fashion tool which has chacoals burning on top and below. Because I don't like the taste of traditional egg cakes, I changed the recipe and the method of making. My recipe does not have any baking powder, baking soda and additive leavening agents. They taste better than the traditional egg cakes, softer and tenderer.

I don't have the mould for egg cakes. It's hard to made the egg cakes with the mould, the litte bear mould,  I have but finally still have it done :)

素意大利麵 Vegetarian Spaghetti

看到電視劇裡的人吃著充滿奶油香味的西式料理, 忍不住也想來一盤富有奶油味的食物. 好久沒煮義大利麵了, 突然想了一種醬汁想試試看, 那就心動不如行動, 這就去煮 ....

不知道要如何命名這碟義大利面, 因為裡面沒有肉類海鮮, 姑且叫它素意大利麵. 醬汁用得是新鮮的番茄煮成的番茄醬,  還有一些義大利麵醬汁的材料, 蔬菜. 沒想到自己栽種的薄荷也派上了用場. 

這樣的晚餐, 你會喜歡嗎?

Seeing people in the drama eating cream flavor Western cuisine, made me wanted to have a rich creamy taste of food too. An idea just came into my mind. I would like to try a sauce for the spaghetti. Ok the spaghetti was just nice for the dinner.

I don't know how to name it. There are no meats and seafood, so I just call it  Vegetarian Spaghetti. I used fresh tomatoes for tomato paste, some spaghetti sauce ingredients and fresh vegetable. The mint I planted was added in the ingredients too :)