Yuu's Food Diary

Ever see a lunchbox cake anywhere on IG, FB, or Youtube? I bet you do. It is small, pretty, and has a simple pipping design. It's been triggering me a while. Most of the recipes using sponge cake as a base. As the laziest person I am, I'm thinking about using microwave cake. Simple, easy, and the fastest way to get a cake. Normally it will be a 4-inches cake, but in my house, I try my best to find the smallest microwavable container I can. There isn't much that I can share in this 'Lunchbox Cake' Just my No Egg Microwave Chocolate Cake recipe and some leftover cream and chocolate ganache that I experiment in another dessert (which will update in the future once I have my free time). Just in case for reference, I share the 'Not' exact amount of ingredients and steps to this lunchbox cake. Ingredients: Microwave Chocolate cake ( https://yuufooddiary.blogspot.com/2020/10/no-egg-microwave-chocolate-cake.html ) 100ml whipping cream 60g cream cheese 2tbsp condense...

I've been tried to make microwave cake a lot when I feel to eat one. But most of the time, I just go with my gut and opt-out of the measuring thing. Of course, nearly 98% came out the either dense or chewy texture.  Then one day, I saw a Youtube video and I follow the recipe. To be honest, it came out good but the texture is just not what I prefer, it like kinda too moist for me. So by using the recipe given, I try to change the recipe a little by little, and finally, I come out with a recipe where it meets my desire preference. It is a Chocolate cake but tries not to do much change because I have tried to change the liquid to either banana or yogurt but it didn't come out with a cakey texture but rather a chewy texture. Of course, if you want to experiment go for it. It will be better to test out and experiment with yourself to meet your desired preference(like me). Below is the recipe with no egg microwave chocolate cake. Ingredients: Square Glassware 11.5cmX11.5cmX5.5cm  Pa...

The day is the day (by the time I write this blog it is already passed a few weeks) that my desire to crave a cake so badly. I look at the fridge and found some leftover plain yogurt (not much left) and a few apples in it, so I'm thinking why not make an apple cake without milk instead of using yogurt. Since the plain yogurt of mine is not much left so I'm not planning to make it a big cake. Also, I have a big oven, to bake such little is gonna time-consuming and waste of electricity. Thus, I look at my air fryer and thinking maybe this could work.  I have seen so many Facebook post/youtube people baking cake with air fryer, so I want to see if this works. By the end result, it is indeed able to bake a cake! Further talking, lets straight jump to the recipe.  Ingredients: 30g salted butter 20g vegetable oil (or skip this just use full salted butter) 65g granulated sugar 1 egg (L size) 1/2tsp vanilla essence 62g plain yogurt 90g low protein flour/cake...

From the previous post, I've mentioned that i will be using the remaining pandan juice in the 2nd recipe. And thus, here it is, pandan roll cake with kaya filling(store-bought). Ingredients: 3 egg yolks 35g vegetable oil 35ml pandan juice 10ml coconut milk a pinch of salt 50g cake flour 3 egg whites 60g granulated sugar kaya (store-bought) Steps: Prepare a 23cm x 27cm , 2.5cm(tall) rectangular cake tin with parchment paper in it. Mix thoroughly the oil + pandan juice +coconut milk +salt. Add yolks and mix until combined. Sift in cake flour and mix until no flour can be seen. Beat the egg whites, gradually add in the sugar in 3 portions until soft peak. Take 1/3 portion of meringue and fold in yolks batter. Then pour back to the meringue and fold until combine. Pour the cake batter in the cake pan. Bake in a preheated oven 180°C for 20min. Once done baking, take out the cake from the pan to cool. Prepare a new and larger parchment paper (a...

A friend of my mom gave us a bunch? a bush? of pandan leaves. With this much of pandan leaves, we don't know what to do about it. All i could think is about cake, kuih and steam rice. So, I come out about 2 different types of cake today, but not kuih coz i don't really like to steam things as my gas stove's 'fire power' isn't that good. The final products alway came out with fail. So i'm gonna skip that.  Further blabbing, let's straight to the 1st recipe. Ingredients: 30g pandan leaves 100ml water 55ml pandan juice 20ml Santan(coconut milk)/ plain milk 25g vegetable oil 4 egg yolks 1/8tsp salt 80g cake flour 4 egg whites 60g granulated sugar Steps: Blend the pandan leaves+water. Squeeze and sift it 2 times to get pure pandan juice. Weigh the pandan juice and set aside.  Preheat the oven to 160°C. In a bowl, whisk the yolk thoroughly, add salt + vegetable oil + pandan juice + santan and mix it until all combined....

My mom bought 2 mangos today and it was way too ripe. Before she tried to cut it and eat, I quickly stop her because I said I want to make a mango cake today. The first comes to my mind is that non-bake mango cheesecake but I always mess up with the gelatin part, it always come out soupy and not solid. Ban that idea, then come to the second idea. There it is, the mango Hokkaido cheesecake. Little complicated steps but the result reward you.  Ingredients: Chiffon cake 4 egg yolks (M size) (room temp) 10g granulated sugar 40g corn oil 45g mango puree 30ml evaporated milk/ regular milk (room temp) 80g cake flour 10g corn starch 4 egg whites  40g granulated sugar Cream  (failed) 35g cream cheese (room temp) 3tbsp mango puree 100ml whipping cream 1tbsp condensed milk Mango sauce 4tbsp mango puree 2tsp lime juice 2tsp sugar 1tsp water 1/2tsp  corn starch  Some mango cubes  Steps: 1. Prehea...

I don't know what opening I should talk. SO... Let's just straight jump into it. Ingredients: 50g unsalted butter (room temp) 45g granulated sugar / (half-white, half brown) 1 egg (room temp & beaten) 30ml milk (room temp) 1/2tsp vanilla essence 70g all-purpose flour 10g corn starch 1/2tsp baking powder 2tsp matcha powder 6pcs Oreos Steps: 1. Cream the butter + sugar until pale white. 2. Add in egg little by little while whisking in the butter until combined. 3. Add in milk + vanilla essence and whisk until incorporated. 4. Sift in all the dry flour to the batter and fold until all combined. 5. Last, crush the Oreos (left some to sprinkle on top of the cake) and fold into the cake batter. 6. Pour the batter into a floured baking pan (5x3 inches) and bake in a preheated oven 180°C for 35-40min.  It doesn't seem mini in the pictures but it is pretty small compare to normal pound cake though. A sing...