Blood Orange sponge cupcakes

Blood Oranges are very juicy and the ones I bought tastes no difference to a normal orange.

My daughter wasn't too keen on the look of it and now refuse to eat it.

 I decide to make orange sponge cupcakes hoping the kids will still eat it in cake form haha...

And yes they did, I think I have to bake with more fruits as my son still refuse to eat any fruits.

This sponge cupcake is very soft and as the egg batter is whisked to ribbon stage, the stabilised egg batter have made this cake really spongy and springs back when I pressed it.

Here is a video of how spongy the sponge cake is.

I only have a 6 hole muffin tin so I managed to get 6 large cupcakes and 3 small square chiffon cup cases with this recipe.

If you have a 12 hole muffin tin then you can get 9 cupcakes out of it.

 

 

Baileys Cheesecake

 

Mmmmmm...... Baileys and Cheesecake both my favourite, how can I not put them together!

I thought I add some pretty zebra patterns to it just to make it look even more scrummy!

You know me by now, I always make that extra effort in presentation.

So, are you ready to make one too!

You need an 8inch spring form tin with a larger baking tray to make the water bath.

Wrap the baking tin with two layers of tin foil and a layer of baking paper.

You don't want water to get into your cheesecake!!

Line the bottom of the tin with baking paper.

Chinese chive dumplings

手造韭菜餃
I am so excited to share with you the recipe of traditional Chinese chives dumplings made by my Aunt.

She have also taught me how to roll, knead and wrap them. 
Never in my life I have ever made these before.
It's the most amazing thing I have done since baking my first cake!!

 

Her skills was incredible, my aunt told me that all the young girls in the village knew how to make these. To her it was nothing special. I guess now days not many people make their own dumplings. They are frozen & available in the supermarkets.