KBB#15: Mud Cake Cookies Sandwiches

Hello again, everyone! last october/november, i've decided to join an indonesian baking club called 'KBB' which stands for 'Klub Berani Baking', perhaps that's also the reason why i am interested in food blogging. hehe. and this month i've received my first task, a task which also my trial to know whether i am qualified to join KBB or not. this month's challenge is to make 'Mud Cake Cookies Sandwiches'..

i made this on my off-campus day, wednesday. i started at 10.00am in the morning by making the mud cake. yumm, i love this mud cake! plus, the extra point is that i used my favorite 'Ritter' dark chocolate and adding some chopped walnuts into the mud cake batter.

trouble came when i was going to make my chocolate cookies. oops, i'm running out of flour. so then i had to go to the nearest mini market to buy 1 packages of all purpose flour and continue my task again.

it is written to cut all the cake and cookies with 6cm cookie cutter, but i wore the small one about 4cm. the 4cm cutter is cuter for me.

the other thing i learn from the members is that this cookies and mud-cake are too sweet, so i did reduce the sugar in a wise amount, it's up to your taste actually. i forgot how much sugar i reduced. hehehe. but as far as i could remember, it's almost more than 50% in the cookies and 25% in the mud cake. :p

i didn't experience too much problems with this cookies and mud cake and also the ganache. but, reading some members' story about this cookies, almost all of them said it was so crunchy, mine didn't.. it's quite tough for the texture. though everyone was satisfied with these sandwiches, including my boyfriend, who is a chocolate-lover. hohoho. i am satisfied enough that day, but i'm more satisfied on the next day. i am so agree with all the members' opinion that these cookies taste better on the next day. haha.

green tea flan

hey hey readers! hoho. yesterday's experience was making an experiment with green tea (matcha powder actually..).

last holiday i read a comic, called 'Kitchen Princess'. it was beautiful! you can click the link to read it.. in one of those stories, there's one part where Najika, the main character, made green tea flan and i'm curious to make it. so yesterday, based on one usual creme caramel or caramel flan recipe, i modified them by adding matcha powder into it.

i made a mistake yesterday. basically, i guess matcha powder is not easily dissolve in cold water. my matcha powder crumbles until the time i serve it. perhaps i should sieve it into the milk yesterday (or even shake it maybe? haha). i should try better next time, because it's delicious and the taste is so unique.

but though my matcha crumbles on top of my flan, it really gives me some kind of bitter-sweet taste to counter the sweetness of the caramel and the flan..

cheesecake cupcakes

Hello everyone, it's been a while since my last post. holiday filled my house with some cakeries, so my mom said not to bake anymore. anyway, even it was late, but i'd still like to wish u all a Merry Belated Christmas and Happy belated New Year. 

Yesterday, i made another cupcakes and another cheesecake. the first baked cheesecake i could make. actually this recipe was quite simple and delicious. unlike other cheesecake which taste a little heavy in our mouth, this one is so light. it just made from softened cream cheese, flour, sugar, and beaten egg whites. pretty delicious though..