New hobby just because it's spring!

I have decided it's time for me to have fun this year rather than spending 40+ hours wasting my time emailing / spreadsheeting at work. Yeah - fun.

Basically, I hate my job (actually, I hate corporate job period) and the only motivation I have at work is to get together with colleagues to complain about the company and upper management team and immediate co-workers (hmm, isn't that everything).

I decided to bring my rant to Internet space. That's boring as is so I decided to make this a little bit sweeter.

I love sweets (French pastries, Asian snacks and on and on). I make simple desserts (I'm not a good cook so it can fail miserably and my family has no choice but to eat). I buy random Asian snacks and feed to myself and my kids. I eat dessert after every meal (even though I'm not French).

So.... My goal is to alternate my rant and sweet here to entertain my readers (if there's any - ha). Come and join my sucky sweet life!

Homemade Croissant

My kids love croissant. French croissant is very buttery and flaky. I love them too. However, the good ones will cost me several bucks per croissant if I buy it from a French bakery in the U.S. Last year, I decided to make them myself. I tried many recipes. This one is not as complicated and it tastes good. Warning - it is tasty but it doesn't taste like the ones from the bakery. Kitchenware you will need : Baking pan Parchment sheet Plastic wrap Rolling pin Ingredients you will need : Bread flour 300 g Sugar 30 g Salt 4 g Dry active yeast 7 g Egg (beaten) 1 Milk (warm) 150 ml Butter (chop into small cubic pieces) 30 g Butter for filling 1 stick or 115 g Step 1: Add ingredients #1 to #7 into a bowl. Put #8 (a stick of butter) between two plastic wrap. Tip : Put sugar and yeast side by side and add milk (pour it on sugar side). Then, add bread flour, salt, egg and butter. Step 2: Mix the ingredients in the bowl by hand (about few minutes). Cover the bowl ...

How to make Dorayaki

Have you had a Japanese traditional sweets Dorayaki ? People from western Japan call it Mikasa as well. I usually add red bean paste and mochi inside Dorayaki. This is my kids' favorite. I will introduce you how to make your own red bean paste / mochi in another time. Ingredients for Dorayaki shell (Makes about 8) Egg 3 Cane sugar 150g Honey 1 tbsp Mirin 1 tbsp Baking powder 1tsp + Water 50cc ... (A) Cake flour 180g Water 50cc ... (B) Step 1 - Prepare all the ingredients Step 2 - Whip egg and sugar until it falls like a ribbon shape and the trace disappears Step 3 - Add below into the mix in the order Add honey and Mirin and mix Add solution A and mix Step 4 - Add the cake flour using spatula. When you mix. mix it like by cutting Step 5 - Refrigerate it for 30 minutes Step 6 - Take it out from the refrigerator. Add water (B) and mix it well. Step 7 - Fry it in non-stick pan in low heat. I usually use ladle and drop the mix from a hig...

How to make Sun Cake

Sun Cake is Taiwanese traditional sweets - sugar syrup inside layered pastry.Whenever I go back to Taiwan, I will get a box of this thing. Although it's not as flaky as the one sold in the store, homemade sun cake is pretty tasty too. Preparation takes a long time but it is not that difficult to make! Step 0 - Prepare all the ingredients. Ingredients for skin (油皮): Mix them all lightly and rest for 15 minutes. Once done, kneel it again to make it a ball about 15g each (12). All purpose flour (filter) 190g Powered sugar (filter) 20g Water 85g Oil (I use coconut oil) 30g Unsalted butter 45g Ingredients for inner skin (油酥): Mix them all and make it a ball about 15g each (12). Cake flour 100g Unsalted butter 75g Ingredients for inner sweets (内陷): Mix them all and refrigerate it until it becomes firm. Then, make it a ball about 15g each (12). Powered sugar 80g Cake flour 30g Powered milk 20g Salt 1/4 tsp Molten sug...

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