Japanese cotton cheesecake a.k.a "Uncle Tetsu's" cheesecake

 Ryan requested a Japanese cotton cheesecake. Found this recipe by blogger "Nino's home" and tried it. Also baked some sausage buns for breakfast.

Japanese cotton cheesecake

hot from oven

sausage bread

Margherita pizza and Banana kaya

 As Ryan is preparing for his trials, I made breakfast this weekend. Yes, it's his favourite ...pizza. Dough was adapted from blogger "Savor Easy".

1 cup warm water

1 tsp instant yeast

3 cups all purpose flour

1/4 cup oil

1 tsp salt

3 tbsp sugar ( I used 1 tbsp)

Bake at 230C for 20mins or until cheese turns golden brown.

Margherita pizza

Banana kaya

No bake raspberry cheesecake

Bought a packet of frozen raspberries from Tesco and tried out this no bake cheesecake. I like simple to make recipes. First try, still got room for improvement!

my first no bake cheesecake!

Pizza buns

 I cooked bolognese sauce for Ryan's lunch in school. Used some to make these lovely buns.

Pizza buns

hot from oven

baking.....

Teriyaki chicken sandwich

 Have wanted to make a good loaf of bread for sandwiches. I personally find the bread in the market too thinly sliced for my liking to make sandwiches. Made it today, woo hoo....!

Sandwich bread adapted from blogger "Savor Easy"

1/2  cup warm milk

1/2 cup water

3 cups All purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp instant yeast

60g butter

Bake at 180C for 40mins.

Teriyaki chicken recipe is very easy, just marinate chicken thigh with sake, mirin, soy sauce and a bit of sugar.

Sandwiches ready!

first bake, too much dough

bread with cap.. hehe...

subsequent bake... yes!

Butter cake

My mum loves the simple butter cake. I have been wanting to bake it but procrastinated. Found one random recipe online and tried it. Simple yet flavourful, really good as afternoon tea snack. Recipe as follows:

200g all-purpose flour

250g butter

200g sugar ( I reduced to 170g, personal preference) 

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

4 tbsp milk

Bake at 180C for 45-50mins.

Cream sugar and butter until light colour, then add vanilla essence. Add egg one at a time to the butter and sugar mixture. Add flour 2-3 times to the batter alternate it with milk.

I added some cacao powder as the boys like chocolate flavoured stuff. Can also add orange rind + juice for a fruity taste. (next cake!)

Butter cake (marble cake?)

Cream cheese and raisins buns

 Jaden has school today, made these buns for his snack. I used the bread recipe from blogger "Savor Easy" and added cream cheese and raisins.

Her buns recipe as follows:
1 cup warm milk 
1/4  cup sugar
2 tsp active dry yeast
3 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 large egg
3 tbsp butter
Bake at 180 C for 25 mins.

Cream cheese and raisins bun

Fresh from oven