Oreo Cupcakes

Finally i having my school break, it times to spend my weekend time on baking. How i wish i can graduate soon, it really tough quite working full time and studying part time. I will not ever try this again in my life.  

Anyway yesterday finally get to meet up with YL, so i plan to make some Oreo cupcake for her. It's been month since we meet up again.

We when to Itacro Sushi have our lunch, this is my first time visit the restaurant. I would highly recommend this restaurant, the sushi is Oishii and the price is reasonable. I would definitely be back again for more.

I bought two roll of the Oreo cookies, one roll is combine with the batter and the other i blend into fine powder for the decoration. By the way Christmas is getting nearer, hope you enjoy your Christmas season too.. Ho Ho Ho..

Ingredients:

• Oreo Cookies (1 Roll) *More or less Oreo up to individual.
• 175g unsalted butter (softened)
• 150g caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 175g self-raising flour (sifted)
• 1/2 tsp baking power
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Icing:

• 75gm unsalted butter (softened)
• 150gm icing sugar (sifted)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Oreo Cookies (1 Roll) (Blend into fine powder for the decoration)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan oven. Line a muffin tin with paper muffin cases
2. Roughly chop the oreo cookies
3. Using a hand-held electric whisk, whisk the butter and caster sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy
4. Gradually whisk in the eggs until just combines
5. Using a spatula fold in the flour, baking power, milk vanilla extract and chopped oreo cookies until combined
6. Use a ice cream scoop and divide the batter into the paper cases
7. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden and risen or insert the toothpick come out clean
8. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely
9. For the decoration, put the butter into a bowl and whisk until fluffy
10. Gradually add the icing sugar and vanilla extract and whisk until light and fluffy
11. Using a small palette knife, spread the buttercream over the top of each cake
12. Sift the oreo cookies power on the top of each cake

Sesame Cookies

Do you enjoy sesame paste (芝麻糊) ?
Honestly i don't in the past but now i enjoy my sesame paste very much.

Have ever heard from your older generation said that black sesame helps to restore, grow thick and darken your black hair. This is truth from what i research from it, as black sesame contain the nourishes which are required for black hair (Asian people like me).

Recently I bought a book, name "Okashi" during the Popular bookfair. I love this book very much as it suit my ideal of baking recipe. Since the packet of black sesame seed have been sitting in my kitchen for month and i think i should do something to it. Flipping through my baking book and tadah, i found this sesame cookies from Okashi book.

The recipe call for white and black sesame but i only have black sesame so i omit the white sesame. If you want to have a black, shiny, healthy black hair remember to consume black sesame.

*I was wondering if consume white sesame will it produce more white hair? >.<

Black Sesame Ingredient:

• Pastry flour or Top flour 220g
• White sesame seeds 50g
• Black sesame seeds 50g
• Unsalted butter 100g (Softened)
• Icing (confectioner's) sugar 100g
• Salt 1/8tsp
• Egg yolks 40g (About 2 eggs)

Method:

1. Sift flour. Without preheating oven, bake white and black sesame seeds at 150°C for 10-15minutes, Set aside to cool.
2. Beat butter, icing sugar and salt until soft and creamy. Add egg yolk and mix well.
3. Add flour and sesame seeds and fold in with a spatula.
4. Divide dough in half. Transfer each half to a piece of parchment paper. Wrap dough in cling firm and chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hour or overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 160°C.
6. Shape your desired cookies shape. Place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Let cool on a wire rack.
9. Store cookies in an airtight container to keep them crisp.