Green tea red bean bread

 Normally, I don't really fancy bread with green tea although I am a great fan of green tea itself, green tea mooncakes and ice creams. Sounds ironical, isn't it? So far, I have yet to taste green tea cakes and cookies. Maybe one day I will try baking some of those. The last time I used green tea powder for baking was the green tea red bean paste buns. I should say the taste suited me fine and I kind of like the light tingling green tea flavour left on my tastebuds. So today I am on for another green tea mission. This time, instead of red bean paste, I used the beans. Here's how it looks-

Kept in a bag to retain its freshness for breakfast tomorrow!

ABCDEFG......

I had wanted to make these alphabet biscuits for a very long time. Finally, I decided to procrastinate no more and set out to use my newly bought alphabet cutters with enthusiasm. After I mixed the dough, I thought to myself: this must be quite an easy task and I should be able to complete by mid morning. Alas! I was totally wrong! After chilling the dough for 30 mins, I took it out and started to imprint the cutters onto the dough. To my dismay, the dough kept sticking to the cutters and I had a hard time trying to release the dough out. Dusting the cutters did not help much either. In the end, I decided to chill the dough for another 1 hour. This time, it became too hard and started to break once I cut it. Errrgh!!! What I thought was a no mean feat task turned out to be something messy and unmanageable. I then dusted my working surface, the cutters as well as the dough with more copious amount of flour. Still some of the alphabets refused to co-operate with me. After I managed to use up all the dough, I was already dead beaten. I wonder if I would still have the fortitude to use these menacing cutters again.....

Pineapple Jam Musical Buns

Today, I decided to use some pineapple jam to make small buns. Why do I name them 'musical buns'? Simply because I had piped some custard in the shape of a musical icon on top of the buns. Here's how they look-

When I pried the bun open, a ball of pineapple jam could be seen.

A tray of blossoms....

One of the reasons why I like to make 'huat kueh' is the anticipation for the results before I unveil the cover. It's a mixture of excitement and anxiety (fearing they fail to blossom as expected). Luckily, today I got a tray of fully blossomed 'flowers'!

Breads I have made....

Plain buns

Sesame plaits

Raisin Bread

Green Tea Red Bean Bread

 

Curry buns

 

Cheese plaits

  

 

Apple buns

Chocolate buns

Tuna mayo buns

Black Sesame Bread (黑芝麻皇冠面包）

My family eats bread for breakfast almost every morning. I used to have bread for lunch too in the past. That's how much I love bread. If you noticed, bread is something I bake very often. I would say, at least thrice a week. It is filling and I just cannot do without it during breakfast. So today, I decided to make this black sesame bread, using a round tin.

Some time back, I made black sesame bread but shaped them individually into plaits like this

Mother's DAy

Celebration for Mother's DAy would not be complete without a cake. This year, I made a Chocolate Mousse CAke. Here's Happy Mother's Day to every mum out there!