6.5.08
1.5.08
MAGNOLIA'S VANILLA CUPCAKES
The Magnolia Bakery, home of New York City's famous cupcakes. Perhaps you have seen the bakery on TV show and films before as it was featured on Sex and the City (TV show) and in films like Prime and Devil wears Prada. The shop is cute, has a homely feel and... a line wraps around the block. But standing in line can be entertaining: You get to watch them mix the batter and frost the cupcakes through the display windows.
The cupcakes were originally only vanilla cakes topped with a swirl of vanilla buttercream icing tinted pink, a.k.a. "vanilla vanilla". It is the most popular cupcake at the bakery. Today, they are made with vanilla or chocolate cake with "melt in your mouth" pastel colored buttery frosting and a touch of sprinkles. Much to my surprise, Magnolia actually limits cupcake purchases to a dozen per customers because of their popularity! In addition to the thousands of cupcakes they bake each day, they also bake cakes, pies, and other pastries.
Here is the popular vanilla cupcake recipe (Make 12 Cupcakes - They are large enough to be satisfying and small enough to be guilt-free):
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
¾ Cup Self-Raising Flour
¾ Cup Plain Flour
½ Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
1 Cup Sugar
½ Cup Milk
2 Large Eggs, At Room Temperature
½ Tsp Vanilla Extract
HOW TO DO:
(Recipes From: The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook: Old-Fashioned Recipes From New York's Sweetest Bakery)
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29.4.08
ROTI BABI
French toast, a deep fried bread in egg batter. Stuffing a bit of minced pork, onions, carrots, crab meat and spices in it, it will become roti babi. It means pork bread in Malay. The name is utterly fallacious politically and enticing at the same time. A very popular dish among the Chinese in Malaysia, but it is certainly not a Malaysian dish. In fact, it is a Hainanese food. The Hainanese chefs in Malaysia created this scrumptious dish by cooking the local ingredients in western cooking style. A true, splendid end product of Hainanese cuisine and Western cooking technique.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:8 Slices Of White Bread
2 Large Eggs
2 Tbsp Carrots, Finely Chopped
2 Tbsp Crab Meat, Finely Chopped
2 Tbsp Plain Flour
1 Tbsp Fresh Coriander
1½ Tsp Light Soy Sauce
1½ Tsp Dark Soy Sauce
1½ Tsp Freshly Ground Pepper
1½ Tsp Cekur Ginger Powder
4 Shallots, Finely Chopped
2 Pips Garlic, Finely Chopped
½ Tsp Freshly Ground Sea Salt
1 Cup + 1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
100g Pork Mince
HOW TO DO:
- Add coriander, ground pepper & cekur ginger powder to the mince.
Marinate for 20 minutes. - In another bowl, beat the eggs and add in the flour. Leave aside.
- Heat pan with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
- Fry the shallots and garlic until fragrant.
- Add carrots, crab meat and mince.
- Season with salt, light & dark soy sauces. Stir over medium
heat until cooked. - Spread the egg batter on bread.
- Sandwich the mince between two slices of bread (The EGGY sides).
- Dip the "sandwich" into the egg batter.
- Heat a pan with 1 cup of cooking oil. Deep fry the "sandwich" until golden brown.
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