Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Updates on Bake Sale
***UPDATES***TEACHER'S DAY BAKE SALE
The details for ordering have already been given out to your respective class chairpersons, do chase after them if they have not informed your class!!
For the sake of our fellow schoolmates' welfare in view of the current inflation, we have decided to reduce the basic price of our cake from the original $2.50 to $2.00 each!!
Every cake bought at the price of $2.00 will be placed in this pretty box..
Specialise your cake with 2 simple choices:
Choice 1 (Flavour):
Butter cake (A) or Chocolate cake (B)
Choice 2 (Icing):
Honey burst (A), Chocolate decadence (B) or Coffee toffee (C)
And that's not all! Every order comes with a free service of personalising a printed note to your teacher with a word limit of 15 words, exclusive of the greeting (Hi Mr Tan) and ending (Love, Jess (4E)).
EXTRAS (Additional 50 cents for every extra)
1) Toppings: Chocolate rice/ multi-coloured rice/ oreo crumbs/ smarties
2) Request for cake to be cut into special shape: Heart/ circle
3) Special delivery to the teacher's locker [Please state the full name of the teacher if you require special delivery]
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH YOUR CLASS CHAIRPERSON TODAY!!
NOTE:
The first round of order collection will be done on 14th August in the foyer after flag-raising. Class chairpersons, please get ready the order forms and money from your classmates, thanks! If you run out of order forms, just get your classmates to write the required details on any piece of paper (:
Order Form Sample
Name: Jess
Class: 4E
Choice 1 (Flavour): A
Choice 2 (Icing): A
Toppings: -
Specialised shape: Heart
Delivery option: Special delivery
Note: Hey Mr Tan! Happy teacher's day! Love, Jess
Extra comments: Full name of teacher is Mr Tan Leong Wai
Total cost: $3.00
If you have any queries, just leave us a tag!!Posted by dhs.gastronomaniacs at 8:27 AM
Monday, August 11, 2008
presenting...Posted by dhs.gastronomaniacs at 12:26 AM
Char Siew Baked Buns
Recipe for CHAR SIEW BAKED BUNSIngredients:
Pastry:
American potatoes 300g (peel skin, steamed, mashed & chilled)
Bread flour 400g
Yeast 1.5 tbsp 2 eggs
Sugar 2tbsp / 25g Water 3 tbsp
Filling:
150g/ 5 shallots (diced)
Char siew 400g
Green peas 150g (optional for healthy eating)
Seasoning:
1 tbsp sugar
0.25 tsp veasp(msg)
1 tsp salt 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
Premix 1 tbsp corn flour + 3 tbsp water
150ml water
Procedures:
Pastry:
Mix flour and mashed potato in a electric mixer, use minimun power. Mix yeast, sugar and water together.
Mix egg and oil together.
When the flour and potato start to clump, add in the egg and oil first, then the yeast, sugar and water and continue to mix for 5 minute with medium power. After that, place the dough into a bowl and cover top of the dough with cling wrap and let the dough rise for 45 minutes. Filling: Heat wok with 3tbsp oil. Fry onion till fragrant, add in char siew then green peas in order and fry for a while. Next add all the seasoning in and fry. Let the filling cool down.
Cut the dough into smaller pieces. 
Take a clump of dough and knead it further till it becomes a firm round ball. To knead, press the palm against the dough and move in a circular motion with the thumb pressing into the dough to shape it into a ball.Take a ball of dough and roll it flat to a size of the palm. Add about 1.5 tsp of filling onto the dough and seal it up with a pinching motion.
Glaze the buns with mixture of beaten egg white and yolk. Look at our master pieces!
Bake for 20 minutes and ta-da!
