Happy Easter

Home alone on Good Friday prompted me to do some cupcakes for Easter Day on Sunday .... at least baking can take away my thoughts on some stuff ...

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Cupcakes with Fondant (MIL's recipe!!)

Thanks to my MIL, who spent a few hours demonstrating to me how to make delicious cupcakes .... I am proud to say that I can now make delicious cupcakes !!! Although I don't really have the mood, but I just need to bake for my 2 close buddies at work (Coz it is their birthdays) and the rests of my colleagues some cupcakes before I leave this company.

 

Ingredients:
- 200g of sugar
- 200g of plain flour
- 250g of butter
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 4 Medium eggs
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate
- 1/2 tsp vanilla

* For plain cupcakes : orange juics - 2 oz
* For Chocolate cupcakes : 200 - 250g choco chips (to double boil) & 2 oz of milk, Choco Emulco (1 tbsp)

Methods:
1. Mix Butter & Sugar using a mixer.

2. Add 1/2 tsp vanilla to the batter

* For Chocolate cupcakes:
- add 1/2 tsp of salt to the batter
- add chocolate chip mix (which was double boiled)
- add 1 Tbsp Choc Emulco

3. Add baking powder and bicarbonate into the flour & stir with a wooden spoon
* Plain cupcake - can add almond powder (30g)
* Chocolate cupcake - add 4 tbsp of chocolate powder

4. Add 1 egg at a time into the mixer at medium speed

5. Add Mix flour into the batter and continue to mix at low speed
* Plain Cupcake: Add Orange juice to the batter
* Chocolate cupcake: Add Milk to the batter

6. Put 36g of batter into each cupcake case

7. Bake 20 min at 175 degree celscius

Icing Sugar:
Add Meringue powder + 2 Tbsp of water + 500g of icing and 1/2 lemon

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Bibim Naengmyeon

Have you guys tried Bibimbap before ? How about Bibim Naengmyeon ? Bibim-naengmyeon is a dish of cold buckwheat noodles mixed with a spicy and thick red pepper sauce.

Lately hubby and I have been staying at home coz we need to save money, and we stumbled upon this recipe on the Korean channel . You can try out this recipe too! It is easy, healthy and best of all , CHEAP !

Recipe taken from Hansik website and modified accordingly (not sure what my hubby did). But here are the photos of the bibim naengmyeon he has prepared:

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