the near disaster-Hokkaido Chiffon Cake
I did some baking on Saturday! The end product was Hokkaido Chiffon Cake, a cupcake that is so so soft with the yummiest light cream oozing out. It was quite exciting to go for this workshop as there was something delicious to look forward to and I get to meet some of the mummy bloggers from Singapore Mom Bloggers (SMB) again!
The workshop was conducted by Munch Ministry’s Pauline and Louisa and they made it so so so easy! The recipe was easy to follow, their demonstration was simple and to the point, highlighting important Dos and Do-nots. Even Nicole who came with me, could follow through the steps! Except we made history somewhere along the way. sigh… Read on…
So here’s how the day went:
We watched the demonstration by the real chefs. You can see we were really really watching! Let’s just say, we didn’t want to miss out anything! My partner for the day, Klessis didn’t know what she was in for when we were paired up!
It looked SO easy. And it was. Except for this:
I must have known this was a worthy shot. For those not in the know, these were the Masters’ egg yolks, not mine. You see, to get the chiffon light and fluffy, you need very pure egg whites. The bowl should contain just whites, no water, no flour and definitely NO YOLKS! Here’s our egg yolks, courtesy of yours truly.
Alas, the whites had loads of traces of yolks. We tried our best to make restitution, scooping out whatever yolk was in the bowl. And we went on:
We went ahead to beat the whites… the most important part of the recipe:
Beating the whites. Beat beat beat till it doubles in volume and stiffens. Well, ours didn’t double, and certainly didn’t stiffen. In not so many words, the Masters said, “RE-DO”.
Why did we fail when at this point, our other friends had their cakes in the oven and were washing up? (Check out the prettiest dishwashers in town)
We failed because:
- Yolks in the Whites
- Water in the Whites
To Cut the long long story short, we had re-did the whites. (We still couldn’t get them to separate so beautifully!) and here’s the story in pictures. (really feeling tired already!)
Skip skip skip many steps cos we were quickly catching up with our repeat steps… and…
(Cos originally, the milk to make the cream is from Hokkaido)
And it was done. It was GORGEOUS and so YUMMY! Let me give you a out-of-the-world close up shot of the Hokkaido Chiffon Cake
We did it!! Possibly the only pair that had to re-do something so simple. But we learnt our lesson! Crack the egg in a separate bowl, not into the same bowl where the whites would be! DUH!!
So there are the lovely mummies that day with one little girl:
Just a note: Nicole & I decided we will try this again. Separating those whites can’t be THAT tough ya?? You can read our experience via my partner’s very kind eyes here!
Of course all this is only possible with the awesome celebration activities for SMB’s First Birthday!
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You girls did good lah… Imagine if YOU and ME paired up?
We won't even have the whites whisked till dinnertime!
…eh – why my hair so HIGH one? Hahahahaha!!
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Dear JiaHui, this is such a meaningful mother and daughter activity! I am sure the eggs moment would make wonderful memories : ) Thanks for sharing, honestly! Kok Siang
Jiahui, buy an egg separation tool! Much easier to separate the yolks and whites! Haha.
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Tis post made me laugh and laugh!! Looks yummy 🙂
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I like the square cupcakes, we don't see many of those where I live.
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Great job! Love the photo recap!
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That looks like such a fun experience. Great job on them too. 🙂
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Y'all did a great job! Look beautiful! Makes me want to bake today!
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They are still super cute and I bet super tasty!
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This is awesome.
These are so pretty!! I can't bake at all, so this is very impressive!
Those sound so yummy! I'm sure you'll never forget that day :-). A yolk separator would have made things a lot easier!
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That looks so yummy!
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Looks like you all had a great time. Lots a fun!
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That looks great! Egg whites are tricky, I have had to redo mine many times.
How fun! And that would totally be me too! 🙂
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what a fun activity despite a few challenges!
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You did awesome!
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