Antonio Bachour’s recipe, as with this attempt. Did not use any flavouring this time, pure almond macarons! BUT THEY CRACKED!!! This was my first, never had domed and cracked macarons before. >.< This time I whipped the egg whites a little stiffer, I think it was stiff peak. Probably too stiff! The batter was weird…
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Has your bread flour turned bad?
I had a batch of bread flour with which no matter what recipe I used it, just wouldn’t behave normally. Visually, the bread flour looked just like any normal flour. There was no mould or weevils infestation. (Weevils are flour bugs that form cobwebs in the flour.) However, when I tipped it out into the…
Making Pandan Kaya with Breadmaker SD-P104 – Fail!
I came across this blog post and thought I had discovered another use for the breadmaker – making kaya! Anyone who have made kaya the traditional way knows how dreadful it can be – standing in front of the stove for almost an hour to stir stir and stir… To find out if it really works,…
Pierre Hermé’s Macarons Attempt #1
I finally plucked up the courage to make macarons. Those YouTube videos do make them look easy! I wanted an established recipe, so I went for Pierre Herme’s. Other blogs / websites that also feature Pierre Hermé’s Macarons recipe: The Telegraph Treats Dessert First Zen Can Cook Purple Foodie * For the macaron shells –…
Yudane Bread Fail!
Yes, Yudane Bread can fail! I adapted the Yudane recipe I made before here to make a coconut cranberry loaf bread. Everything was fine until I added the incompletely defrosted shredded coconut and plumped cranberries! Ingredients as usual in the bread pan… All was good up to this point. Beautiful soft dough… When it beeped, I…
Failed 100% Wholemeal Bread
^Looks nice? You’re about to find out! So I have some wholemeal flour left and I wanted to try a new 100% wholemeal bread recipe. Found this online and it looked good and fairly simple, so I decided to give it a try. It uses a starter dough, which has to be refrigerated overnight (supposed…
Failed Purple Sweet Potato Bread
Recipe adapted from culinarykitchenette 250g bread flour 20g sugar 1/4tsp salt 1tsp instant yeast 12g milk powder 160g mashed purple sweet potato 166ml water 30g …
65ºC Tang Zhong Wholemeal Bread 汤种全麦吐司 2nd attempt
1st attempt here. In my first attempt, the yeast was depleted due to over proofing, resulting in a flat dough. That was with Option 5 (whole meal bread). This time, using the same set of ingredients: 全麦吐司 Wholemeal Bread Loaf from <<65摄氏度汤种面包>> by 陈郁芬 140g bread flour 100g wholemeal flour…
Croissants Attempt #2 – failed!
😦 First attempt here: Croissants Attempt #1 – failed! Recap: My problem in my first attempt was ‘breaking butter’, which means instead of a smooth layer of butter, I got them in chunks all over the dough, and most of them cut through the poor dough. I found out the reason behind that, and I have…
Paul Hollywood’s Belgian Chocolate Brownie Mix – Tried and tested
I have been following Paul Hollywood years ago, when the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) was still fairly new. I first known him from watching a series of short documentaries about different types of bread, and I thought he was smashingly charismatic. His knowledge about the humble bread amazed me, it’s no surprise he comes from…
Croissants Attempt #1 – failed!
What else to do on a long bank holiday weekend other than baking?! Baking. I had this crazy idea of making croissant from scratch long time ago, and now I have found the perfect chance to execute it! Was it successful though? Keep on reading 😉 I followed the recipe on WeekendBakery website as it has the most…
Panasonic SD-P104: TangZhong bread attempt #2
My first attempt was here. It was a little less than satisfying. But I still had hopes for the breadmaker and I wanna try again. I saw so many successful breadmaker tang zhong bread online, I want my breadmaker to bake me one too. 😉 This time, I wrapped the bread pan with some tin…
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