Pineapple starter baked doughnuts

I made pineapple yeast and also made a starter with it. The starter didn't look very active...;( I think it's because it's getting cold... just like me...

Anyway, hoping that the starter would work, I made mini baked doughnuts. To my surprise, the doughnuts rose quite well, so I guess the starter worked?

The doughnuts were tiny bit dry so I poured icing sugar over them. They tasted nice but I thought they looked a bit like onion rings with Marie Rose sauce. Well.., we had them with beer. :D

I might try this with my other yeast (Banana? Lemon? Raisin?)

Ingredients:

Pineapple starter 100g

Flour 200g

Demerara sugar 100g

Egg 2

Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

1. Bring the starter to room temperature.

2. Mix eggs and sugar well.

3. Add oil and vanilla extract into 2 and mix well.

4. Mix the starter into 3.

5. Fold in flour into 4. Let the mixture rest over night.

6. Preheat the oven to 180ºc. Pour the mixer into a cake tin.

7. Bake in the preheated oven (180ºc) for 15 minutes.

Happy Birthday gift

This post is specially for my mum-in-law, Chris. Happy Birthday!

 We couldn't get a chance to see her and bring a big birthday cake today. So instead, I sent her my love with The World of Sweets cookie selection gift, which she told me arrived in time. (Thanks to Royal Mail!)

There are three different types in the box. Almond cookie, digestive biscuit, and strawberry flavoured baked doughnut. Let's hope those little treats will make the birthday girl happy:D

Happy Birthday again, xxx from The WOS kitchen.

Chocolate mountains & Strawberry rings!

It seems that people are getting more and more crazy about Valentine's day every year. A big heart , a little ball..., whatever their size and shape are,  chocolate is sure to be the most popular gift.  And So..., I'm too preparing for Valentine's day with my cakes.

I made two types. One is chocolate cake. Because the middle of the cake has risen a lot and looked like a mountain, I decided to name it "Chocolate mountain". :D The other cake is baked strawberry doughnut. No need to explain, I'm calling it "Strawberry ring". I personally love the colour combination of chocolate and pink. It feels really bitter and sweet, just like love... ah, cheesy me...

Those mountains and rings will be sent to those who deserve a bit of love and sweet tomorrow:)

I'm making a Valentine's day dinner dessert tomorrow too. Stay tuned!

Doughnuts:)

Day 6 of the baking week, and happy weekend!

Today is... everyone's favourite, Doughnuts.

I've recently bought a doughnut making kit, which has three types of doughnut making trays, an icing syringe and a jam inserting thing. (See the product, Tala Doughnut Making Set)

So, these aren't fried, but baked. Therefore, I suppose they are bit healthier than the normal fried ones. The other good thing about the baked doughnut is that once you made the mixture, you can just bosch them in the oven, not like fried ones, which you can't leave the frying pot..., simply awesome...:)