Baking Cakes at home : Butter Sponge Cakes, Banana Cakes

BAKING, 烘培,


BAKING CAKES AT HOME

20241028 Monday 1128 hot sunny day

Making sponge cake with instance pack. 
Using rice cooker cake function, fully automatic. 

5 eggs    5 个正经 的 鸡蛋
60 ml milk
5 ml almond syrup 

Whisk medium speed 1 minute, 
high speed 6 minutes

1 pack instance cake mixture
70 ml melted butter

Whisk low speed 1 minute, 


关电,再焖久一点

not messy leh
Very soft


202202324 Thursday 1520 Hot Afternoon


3 Over ripen bananas

6 eggs

Mayer Oven Bake 185 ℃ 45 minutes



20220323 Wednesday 0600 Good Morning


2 Bananas. 2 Eggs.

Mayer Oven bake 175℃ 45 minutes

RESULT:
Too Soft





20220211 Friday 1900 After Rain Morning



Whisk 2 overripen bananas, put them aside.


Whisk 250g (one block) of defrosted Lurpak butter.  
If the frozen butter is too hard you can try to microwave 30 seconds before whisking.

( OPTIONAL   Add in 20g of sugars gradually, if needed,  otherwise banana itself is sweet.) 


Whisk two  minutes until the mixture turns to light yellow or pale white in color,

Add in 4 eggs gradually,



Whisk for another three minutes until all mixed well.


Sift in 500 g ( 1  cup ) of self-raising flour 
with <1/4 teaspoon (1g) of baking soda + Lemon/Lime Juice 
and/or 3/4 to 1 teaspoon (3g) of baking powder.




Baking soda leaves a baked good when exposed to heat. 
Need to neutralize with an acid (such as lemon/lime juice etc)
otherwise, the finished baked cake will likely have a metallic taste.

Baking powder contains baking soda. It is a mixture of baking soda, cream of tartar (a dry acid), and sometimes cornstarch. These days, most baking powder sold is double-acting. This means that the first leavening occurs when baking powder gets wet– like when you combine the dry and wet ingredients in the recipe. (This is why you cannot prepare some batters ahead of time to bake later– because the baking powder has already been activated.) The second leavening occurs when the baking powder is heated.

Double (first, second) acting.





 

Transfer and add the dry ingredients to the mixtures, continue to whisk.





Pour in the mashed banana.


A  Quick minute Whisk till all is mixed well.

Wipe clean and turn on to preheat the oven at 180℃.


Transfer / pour all mixtures into the baking container.


 

 



Use middle tray in preheated oven at 180℃ bake for 45 minutes.

Can see the Cake is rising to twice its height in the oven.


Beep  Beep

Beep

Times up.


Fresh from the oven.

Crispy skin,  soft and bouncy.
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20220106 Thursday 1300 Hot afternoon.

Take out from the chiller,  add some  topping such as cheese, chocolate chips, or harsh mellow, etc, 

20220120 Thursday 1730 Hot Afternoon  Sunny

Quick Bake a loft of banana cake.


Whisk 4 overripen bananas,.put aside.

Whisk 125g (one block) of CSC butter,

Add in 20g of sugars gradually, 

Whisk until the mixture turns to light yellow or pale white in color,

Add in 4 eggs gradually,

Sift in 500 g ( 1  cup ) of self-raising flour with 5g of baking soda and 10 g of baking powder.

Pour in the mashed banana.

Whisk till all mixed well.

Pour all mixtures into the baking container.

Use middle tray in preheated oven at 175℃ bake for 50 minutes.

Crispy skin,  soft and bouncy texture.
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20220106 Thursday 1300 Hot afternoon.

Take out from the chiller,  add some  topping such as cheese, chocolate chips, or harsh mellow, etc, 



Toaster bakes 180°C for 10 minutes before consuming.

((((( tta dda ... ))))


20220105 Wednesday 1140 Sunny Morning. 

Finally stopped rain after FIVE NIGHTS of continuous heavy rain.

Good day.


Chill the three sardine tins cake in the fridge for next-day consumption.   
Frost it if needed to keep it for a longer time.   


Preheated upper and lower tray 180°C.
Bake 50 minutes.


CONTAINER (A)

Philip Whisker whisks 8 eggs white for 12 minutes.  

add in 20 grams of fine sugar gradually. 

CONTAINER (B)

Whisk butter for 10 minutes, add in 40 grams of sugar gradually. 

Add in the egg yolk one by one.

Add in self-raising flour scope by scope.

Add in Vanilla essence and Orange Juice whenever they are too dry and hard.

Squeeze in one slice of lemon juice.

Whisk till all smooth.

add in ingredients (egg white foam)  from container (A) scope by scope quickly while whisking.  Stop whisking immediately once finish mixing in all egg white foam.  Do not over whisk.

Pour all ingredients into the greased containers.




INGREDIENTS 

8 eggs separated yellow and white.

250 + 100 grams 1 1/2 block of butter 

2 cups of sifted self-raising flour with 5 ml baking soda and 10 ml baking powder. 

Grease all containers.

  

This handy Philip whisker has been with me since 2004.  Still love durable Japanese products.


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 20210119 Tuesday


EASY BAKING AT HOME

Bake 4 Banana Sponge Cakes in the Sardine Tins.

I enjoy working with my Mayer Oven, Handy Philips Whisker, Recycled Plastic Containers, and Good Quality Sardine Tins.

Banana Sponge Cakes

20210119 Tuesday

Cold Morning.

Baking Banana Sponge Cakes in four sardine tins.

The crispy top soft spongy texture banana sponge cake.

    

Preparation

Grease 4 Sardine Tins and/or pave with baking paper.

(A)   In a 500 ml plastic container,  Machine whisk 4 egg whites for 3 minutes.  Add in 20 grams of fine sugar gradually.

(B)   In a 500 ml plastic container, whisk 2 Large Over Ripe Banana for 3 minutes.

(C)   In a large mixing bowl, Double Sift 2 cups (500 grams) of self-raising flour mixed with 1 tsp of baking soda and 1 tsp of baking powder.

(D)   In a 1 ltr plastic container, whisk the following:

  • 250 g butter
  • add in 50 grams of fine sugar gradually
  • add in 4 egg yolks gradually until all mixed well
  • continuously add-in (C) sifted self-raising flour and (B) whisked smashed banana alternatively. If the batters get too dry can add in 3 to 5 tablespoons of fresh milk gradually.
  • quickly add in (A) the whished egg white scope by scope and stop the machine immediately once it's combined. Do not over mix.

Transfer all batters into 4 separate greased sardine tins.

Baking

Preheat Oven Upper and Lower heater at 180 °C for 10 minutes.

Bake 180 °C for 40 minutes at the middle tray.

Test with skewer.

Serve while warm.


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