Yoghurt Ice Cream~

A little yoghurt ice cream experiment...

~*Reduced fat, low sugar, Yoghurt Ice Cream*~

Hmmm... icy sorbet-like texture with a combination of a variety of flavours: a hint of cream liquor, cinnamon, mango, lemon and sweetness from the dried mixed fruits. You've got to be adventurous to try this~

Recipe

Ingredients

• 800 ml Plain non-fat yoghurt
• 1 Can of Nestle cream (170ml)
• 8 Tbs Equal sweetener
• 2 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 3 Tbs Vodka
• 2 Tbs Bailey's Mint Irish Cream
• 1 tsp Mango extract
• 1 tsp Lemon extract
• 1/2 Cup Mixed dried fruits

Method

1. Whisk the yoghurt, cream and sweetener for 10 minutes on high speed.
2. Add the cinnamon, vodka, irish cream, extracts and continue to whisk for another 5 minutes.
3. Add the dried fruits into the yoghurt and mix well with a spoon.
4. Pour the mixture into a 1 litre plastic ice cream container, cover it and leave it in the freezer for 90 minutes.
5. Remove the container from the freezer, using a fork, stir the semi frozen yoghurt ice cream to break up the ice crystals. Return it to the freezer for another 1 hour.
6. Remove the container from the freezer once more and stir the yoghurt ice cream.
7. Return yoghurt ice cream to the freezer and refrigerate for at least another 4 hours before serving. Enjoy~

Candied Mixed Fruits Yoghurt Cupcakes~

i bought a tub of plain yoghurt from the supermarket this morning to make yoghurt ice cream. There were some yoghurt remaining, so i decided to make some yoghurt cupcakes...

~*Candied Mixed Fruits Yoghurt Cupcakes*~

Soft, moist and delicious! Tea, anyone? :p

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Plain flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 3 Tbs Butter (melted)
• 1/2 Cup Equal sugar
• 1/2 Cup Brown sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 200 ml Plain non-fat yoghurt
• 3/4 Cup Candied dried fruits

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180 degree celsius.
2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk the melted butter, equal sweetener and brown sugar together till creamy, add in eggs (one at a time) till well incorporated followed by the yoghurt.
4. Add in the candied dried fruits and mix well with a spoon. Then fold in the flour mixture.
5. Pour batter into muffin tray lined with muffin paper cups till 90% full.
6. Bake at 180 degree celsius for 20 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and allow cupcakes to cool in the tray before serving. Enjoy!

Savory Sesame Seed Cookies~

Fresh from the oven this morning, cute little tasty sesame seed cookies! They make pretty good tv-snacks :p

~*Savory Sesame Seed Cookies*~

Mini bite-size, sugar-free cookies with a light savory flavour and soft crunch :p

Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cup Plain flour
• 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate soda
• 1/4 tsp Active yeast
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Mixed spice powder
• 1/4 tsp Ground black pepper
• 2 tsp Corn flour
• 2/3 Sachet Instant noodle seasoning of your choice (i used Indo mee goreng brand)
• 2 tbs Black sesame seeds
• 2 tbs White sesame seeds
• 2 1/2 tbs Shortening/Cold butter
• 80-100ml Water

Method

1. Mix all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl.
2. Add in the shortening/butter, gradually pour in the water and knead to form a dough. Leave it to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven at 170 degree celsius.
4. Roll out the dough, using a cookie cutter, cut out desired shapes and placed them onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
5. Bake at 170 degree celsius for 15 to 18 minutes till cookies are light brown in colour.
6. Remove baking tray from the oven and cool cookies on a metal rack before serving. Enjoy~

Coffee Butter Cake~

This was something i baked late this morning before we went out for lunch. A quick mix of the batter and into the oven it went~

~*Coffee Butter Cake*~

Hee... it looks kinda pale right? The top of the cake wasn't as brown as i hoped for it to be, thus, i baked the cake for an additional 5 minutes. Which was not a good idea as it became overbaked which resulted in the cracked top and a slightly dry cake...

Recipe

Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup Cake flour
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• 3 nos Eggs
• 2 tsp Coffee emulco
• 1/2 Cup Fresh milk

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 180 degree celsius.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and mix well.
3. In separate bowl, whisk the melted butter, eggs, sugar and coffee emulco till well mixed, about 10 minutes.
4. Mix the flour and milk into the egg mixture, in three additions, alternating between the two.
5. Pour the batter into a 7 inch baking tin lined with baking paper and bake at 180 degree celsius for 20 minutes or till toothpick comes out clean.
6. Cool cake in baking tin for 15 minutes before removing from tin. Enjoy!

TCC @ Peranakan Place~

Father's day lunch at TCC~ Check out what mum and dad had~

~*Banana Salmon Exotic (New!)*~

Well-done salmon served with mashed potatoes, asparagus stalks and thick banana-curry gravy~ The sweetness from the banana and the spicy curry created a rich and wholesome flavour and was simply lovely together with the cooked salmon~ Yum!

~*tcc Kahlua Salmon*~

Well-done salmon with mashed potatoes, asparagus and special kahlua (coffee) sauce~ The taste was very different from the banana salmon exotica, this was lighter on the palette with a hint of coffee flavour in the special sauce~

i had a Wild Garden Salad. Click here for more pictures of TCC.

Shokudo IV~

Dinner feast at Shokudo! It was only 6pm and yet there was already a long queue at the entrance. The 7 of us had to split oursleves to 2 tables...

~*Assorted Sides*~

For starters... Anti-clockwise: Seasoned wakame, boiled seaweed & octopus in vinegar, kim-chi.

~*Rosti with Sausage*~

Pan fried potatoes and grilled sausage served with sour cream and tomato sauce. i still prefer the way they prepare it at The Vil'age :(

~*Gyoza*~

~*Mushroom & Cheese Omelette*~

~*Vegetable Mushroom Ramen*~

~*Chicken Cutlet*~

~*Omelette Rice with Chicken*~

~*Omelette Rice with Salmon*~

Besides these, some of us also had sashimi, mushroom tempura, waffle with ice cream and sake. But i didn't manage to take a picture of them :x

Parkway Parade Kopitiam~

Saturday lunch-out at Parkway Parade Kopitiam~

~*Yong Tau Foo*~

7 pieces of yong tau foo @ $0.50 per piece. Hee~ looks like a green forest right? That's how i like it, greens greens and more greens in my YTF soup :p

~*Mee Rebus*~

A huge serving of egg noodles in thick and rich mee rebus gravy, garnished with fried tofu cubes, fried shallots, spring onions, hard boiled egg and a lime. This was from one of the more popular stalls at the food court. There was a never ending queue of patrons. Do try out their glass jelly too!