Recipe 20:Raisin Scones

Ever since my new oven came in,I have 1001 recipes in my mind to try out :P

I am still not good at baking,but I will ensure to always improvise my skill from time to time.

Tonight,I tried out baking scones.Scones are my favourite pastries because I simply love the taste of butter in them.

Here's the recipe for you guys.

Ingredients

250 g flour

3 tbs of baking powder

25 g sugar(I blended castor sugar)

55 g butter(soften first outside of the fridge)

100 g raisins

One egg

100ml fresh milk

Methods

1.Sift the flour,baking powder,and sugar in a bowl

2.In another bowl,whisk egg and milk together

2.Add in softened butter in the flour mixture and mix all ingredients using your hand until the mixture looks like bread crumbs.

3.Add raisin inside

4.Add fresh milk in step no 2 little by little and keep mixing using hand until the batter doesn't stick on your palm.

5.Knead the dough on a plastic wrapping with 2 cm thickness like in the picture below

6.Using a round-shaped cutter,press on the dough to make round-shaped scones or any shapes you'd prefer.

7.Grease on top of the scones with egg

7.Before baking,preheat the oven at 200 degrees celsius and later bake the scones for 12-15 minutes or until the top of the scones turn brownish.

Serve with jam and cream!!

Run Errands

At this point,I realized there's nothing really new about my outfits as I don't really have anything new anymore.Not that I'm already out of idea of how to dress up,or simply because I have a big hole in my pocket to buy something new,but as I mentioned before,I have unofficially stopped buying clothes since January this year(New year's resolution,maybe :P)though I think I am in an urge to buy new pieces soon :P

Haha,fret not,because I will try my best to mix and match my current clothes,and once in a while,you'll get to see something new from me.

This outfit's from yesterday.I did a lot of stuff,mostly ran some errands here and there,and only got home quite late in the evening,so nothing so fancy about my outfit.

Till then,bye.

Light sweater:H&M(Last seen here)

Skirt:Thepoplook(Last seen here)

Bib Necklace:Diva

Bag:Mango(Last seen here)

Sandals:Bata(New)

Recipe 19:Red Velvet Cupcakes

As I mentioned in my previous post,I just bought a new oven and this red velvet cupcake recipe was my first attempt.I'm not really a big fan of red velvet actually,but I love its color,so I decided to make some on my own.

So,here's a recipe that I tried,basically I combined few recipes I found on the internet and change a bit here and there according to my convenience.

If you're a fan of red velvet,you should try this out ;-)

Ingredients

A

300 g flour

2 tbs of baking powder

1 tbs of soda bicarbonate

2 spoons of cocoa powder

First mix and shift all the ingredients above and set aside in a bowl.

B

A cup of sugar

125 g of butter(I used salted butter)

Few drops of vanilla essence

2 eggs

C

Few drops of red coloring(I used liquid type,you can also use powder type if you want)

D(Buttermilk substitute)

A cup of fresh milk

1 spoon of vinegar(I used apple vinegar)

E(Cream Cheese Frosting)

360 g cream cheese

Sugar as you desire(I prefer it not too sweet)

Few drops of vanilla essence

70 g butter

Methods

1.In my case,I substitute using buttermilk with a cup of fresh milk mixed with a spoon of vinegar,and set aside for 10 minutes before use.

2.Firstly,mix ingredients A and shift into a bowl and set aside

3.Mix ingredients B except eggs until  it forms nicely.

4.Later put the eggs one at a time and keep mixing using the electrical mixer

5.Now,add the flour mixture little by little,and alternately,add buttermilk(If you use any) or a cup of fresh milk added with a spoon of vinegar as stated in ingredients D.Keep mixing until everything blends well as in the picture below.

6.Now,add a few drops of red coloring into the batter,and keep mixing for a few more minutes

7.Preheat your oven at 180 degrees celcius  for 10 minutes and when the oven is ready,put the tray of cupcakes poured into your desired type of paper cup and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

8.Check whether the cupcakes are cooked or not by sticking into it using a tooth stick and if the stick comes out clean,that means the cupcakes are well cooked.

9.Set aside at room temperature and let them cool for a while.

10.In the meantime,prepare the cream cheese frosting(method here)and when ready,load in a piping bag and decorate your cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting as you desire.

11.Well,this is rather optional,but if you want,you can choose one of the ugliest cupcakes,and turn it into red velvet crumbs and sprinkle on top of your cupcakes like in the picture :P.

Happy baking!!!