I call this Berries Chiffon Cake as the original recipe ask for normal yoghurt but I used mixed berries yoghurt and seeing the purple tint of it, I was thinking I may end up with a purple chiffon! Anyway, the texture color came out in pretty off-white. Bought some dried cranberries from a pushcart, thinking to make this chiffon but I ate half of it in the end Thought it make a good snack so shall buy more the next time! This recipe is from my trusted 好吃戚風蛋糕輕鬆上手 by 福田淳子.  It’s interesting to use yoghurt as the liquid ingredient, the cake texture is more moist than the normal chiffon. The addition of cranberries gave the cake a little crunchy with a fruity taste.

Ingredients :
3 egg yolk
80g caster sugar
40ml corn oil
1 tsp lemon juice (I omit this)
80g Mixed Berries Yoghurt
80g cake flour

4 egg whites
60g dried cranberries

Method :
1.  Whisk egg yolk, 1/3 of the caster sugar, corn oil, yoghurt together. Add in cake flour and mix well.
2. Whisk egg whites with 2/3 of the caster sugar till stiff peak.
3. Coat cranberries with cake flour.
4. Add 1/3 portion of the egg yolk mixture into the egg whites mixture and fold to combine the mixture together.
5. Fold in the rest of the egg yolk mixture.
6. Add in the dried cranberries.
7. Bake @ 170 degrees for 30 mins.
8. Invert cake tin till it’s completely cool before removing the cake.

I always read with envy how people prepare bento meals, they are so good and creative! Each and every one is prepare with lots of love and patience. Thou I don’t see myself doing it anytime, I still pick up something simple to start with. And my target is none other than my nephew!

So I start with “cutting” out the ham with the various shapes, I sandwich that piece of ham on another slice of cheese but I forgot to take a picture so that will be no wastage.

These set of cutters are fairly small between 2.5 to 3cm and despite it’s plastic, the cut is sharp so it’s easy to cut through the ham and cheese. And I like how thoughtful the manufacturer/designers are, they include 2 little red plastic “toothpick” to help you to push out the ham or cheese etc.

And the next thing is to stack them up layer by layer! I just have to keep cutting since the cutter is quite deep. I would think they will make good insert cut-out for cookies!

I spoke to a fellow baker the other day and both of us share the same thought that books in Singapore are expensive! After adding shipping and other charges, it’s still cheaper to order from overseas, I was lucky to pick up some good bargains from Amazon before, I got Doris Greenspan Baking from my home to yours for SGD26! Yup, that’s the full price inclusive of shipping. Sharing shipping cost is one of the way to cut down the cost and we have put together some good deals over at ShopnBake! Hop over there now to check it out.

I finally have the chance to play with my new toy! Using the same cookie dough, I set aside to make this

I put the 2 text on both ends so I don’t have to do a line at a time, just stamp one text, turn and stamp the other side.

After receiving a couple of the cutters, I have long wanted to bake some butter cookies. They are much smaller than the earlier ones I got and these are very very cute, felt it’s better for the kiddos! The wonderful thing is it gives very good imprint, all are crisp and clear. There is a total of 8 designs here – Mickey x 2, Pooh x 2, Tomica Car x 2 and lastly Hello Kitty x 2. Oops .. Mickey is hidden! Can you see him?