Italian Apple Cake

I was inspired by Ann to attempt this Italian Apple Cake as I was hooked when I saw the layers of apple in her cupcakes. I didn't make cupcakes though but pour all the batter into a springform pan to make a whole cake instead. I waited eagerly for the cake to cool before cutting it up to see how the apples will appear and was delighted with the result. Thanks for sharing this recipe, Ann.

This is a cake for all occasions and serves well with a pot of plain hot tea. To make this whole cake, I made 1.1/2 of the following recipe.

Recipe for Italian Apple Cake (Adapted from Anncoojournal)

Ingredients

270 gm butter
200 gm caster sugar
270 gm plain flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1.1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp vanilla
6 green apples, cored and sliced with skin intact
4.1/2 eggs, lightly beaten

Method

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla till light and creamy.
Add in eggs little by little.
Fold in the sifted flour, cinnamon and baking powder by hand.
Add in the sliced apples and mix well into the flour mixture.
Pour the batter into a lightly greased and flour dusted 23 cm springform pan.
Bake for 50 mins., till golden brown and use a skewer to test if it comes out clean.
Remove from oven, let cool in pan before unmoulding and cooling it completely on a wire rack.

Hakka Mee aka Hakka Noodles

This is yet another one dish meal, Hakka Mee/Hakka Noodles. These noodles are quite similar to Won Ton Noodles, except that they have less lye water and the noodles are a bit flat and thicker. They're served with bean sprouts with a generous serving of minced meat sauce. the noodles, ........... need to loosen them up before cooking serve with chilli sauce topped with chopped garlic ..... that will do the trick ..... yummy! Recipe for Hakka Mee aka Hakka Noodles Ingredients 180 gm Minced Pork 60 gm Garlic - chopped 200 gm Bean Sprouts 4 dried Chinese mushrooms - soaked and diced 3/4 cup water 1 Tsp cornflour + 3 Tbsp of water 3 servings of Hakka noodles Oil for frying. Garnishing - Chopped spring onions Seasoning for minced pork 1/2 Tsp Salt 1 Tsp sugar 1 Tbsp Fish sauce 1 Tsp dark soya sauce A dash of pepper Preparation Saute the chopped garlic with 1 Tbsp oil, fry till fragrant Add in the seasoned minced pork, diced mushroo

Double Boiled Herbal Chicken Soup

Double boiling is slow cooking ........ means to put a soup pot or any covered ceramic or steel pot inside a bigger pot, immerse in boiling water, and let the soup cook at a lower temperature. Hence the soup is cooked from heat generated from the boiling water and not from direct heat source. Double boiling lets the soup ingredients slowly release their nutrients into the soup, thus making it tasty and wholesome. It's a long cooking process, roughly averaging 2 to 4 hours. The tip is not to open the cover to check on the soup as it'll bring down the temperature and affect the cooking process. The plus point is there's little evaporation and the soup will not boil over. The only thing is to monitor that there's enough water in the bigger pot and not let it run dry. Of course, nowadays, the slow cooker is another alternative to double boiling, saves the hassle of checking the water level.

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Herbal Jelly ~ Gui Ling Gao

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