Sunday, December 8, 2013

Cruchy on the Outside Soft on the Inside Hot Sandwiches





I got Vitantonio Sandwich Baker and first tried it today! They were mini, cute hot sandwiches but made me full with lots of fillings.
 
Hot Sandwiches (4 pieces):

<Ham, Egg and Cheese>
  1. Boil 2 eggs and make egg salad with some mayonnaise, salt and squeezed lemon
  2. Place ham at the bottom, put some egg salad and sprinkle some cheese
  3. Sandwich with the other half of bread
<Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese>
  1. Put some cheese, sliced tomatoes on the bread
  2. Put some cheese on top of the tomatoes again
  3. Sandwich with the other half of bread

Fluffiest Vanilla Chiffon Cake with Royal Milk Tea Cream

Recipe by Rumi Kojima - Adjusted for a 20 cm chiffon cake pan:

 
This was the fluffiest, moist, tasty vanilla chiffon cake I ever had! Some little tips from the recipe about how to mix ingredients changed its entire texture and taste. You can never learn enough about baking!

Adjusted ingredients:
  •  4 eggs used this time but 5 eggs will be better for a 20 cm cake pan - 1.5 times the recipe amount for all the ingredients (doubled amount for all the ingredients would be better for 20 cm cake pan...next time)
  • 1/4 vanilla stick
My Memo for Tips for success:
  • Don't mix egg yolk too much when it's mixed with vanilla, sugar and dry ingredients.
  • Let egg white stay in the freezer to keep it cool before beating it.
  • Meringue: 1. Add lemon or salt and 1/2 tsp sugar first and beat the egg white for about 3           minutes (draw a circle by a hand mixer). 2. As some peaks appear, add the half of the rest of the sugar and beat it 1 more minutes. 3. Add the rest of the sugar and keep beating for 1.5 more minutes, moving the hand mixer vertically.
  • Mix 1/4 meringue into the egg yolk. Add all the egg yolk into the white and mix it quickly, following the mixing method of the recipe.
  • Bake until the height of the cake becomes a little lower than the highest point.