Flaky Curry Puff

These curry puffs produces a layered flaky pastry. It is so yummy. As you can see from the photo, these curry puffs are made with two types of dough which is similar to puff pastry.

Sugar Paste Rose

I am making some roses for the topper for a Mother's Day cake. This was inspired by a cake made by my 80-year old cake decorator teacher.

Sambal Prawns

Sambal Prawns or Sambal Udang is a Malaysian dish with chilli paste and tomatoes to cool the spiciness.

Happy Birthday

My husband's birthday is this week. So I've made him this Chocolate Almond Birthday Cake. It turned out almost like a chocolate mud cake. But it's lighter and moist but still rich.

Raspberry Sorbet

Raspberry sorbet is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water, flavored with raspberry puree (or juice), wine, and/or liqueur.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Almond Biscuits

Lately, I am on the lookout for recipes that is not time consuming but yet produce fantastic results. These almond biscuits are so easy to make and taste so good. I do still look at more elaborate recipes which have multiple elements but only use them when I have more time on my hands.

Ingredients
250g ground almonds
1 1/4 cup icing sugar
3 egg whites (50g eggs, if using 70g eggs then use 2 egg whites)
sesame seeds for coating (or almond flakes)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. Put almond and sifted icing sugar in a bowl.
  3. Add egg whites and mix with a fork.
  4. Using 2 teaspoons, roughly shape the mixture into balls.
  5. Roll the individual balls and coat with either sesame seeds or almond flakes.
  6. Put on a baking tray and bake in preheated oven for 10-15 mins.