It's been baking time~~

I have been baking quite a bit for a while...from pies to bread to cakes to muffins...haha++...think me should just start a bakery and maybe I may turn fat again...maybe me should choose another hobby...=P

So, I have been working to make my bread and pastries low fat even though there are certain desserts that really taste better with butter such as pies.

First project: blueberry pie...After my first pie, I made another 2 appie pies and another blueberry pie...I flipped through books in kinokuniya, and figured out the composition of butter and shortening and came up with my modified recipe. Shall put it up here on my blog...hee....

2nd project: Banana and raisin tea bread
Replaced butter with applesauce with a totally fat free treat!! I also added pumpkin seeds to the mixture to give it a crunchy nutty taste=) I mashed one more banana into the mixture, and I loved the moisture of the bread...yummy~~

3rd project: Sundried tomatoes,potato and olive bread
This bread had a chewy and moist texture...either my bread did not rise well or it is due to the potato in the mixture....it tasted well with some tuna and lettuce too...

4th project: lemon yogurt cake
I made 2 lemon yogurt cakes and 1 orange yogurt cake....I think it is the way I whisked the mixture or the amt of ingredients I added at a time, that made my yogurt cake a flattened texture and tasted like "kueh", my colleagues ate it anyway and gave me their suggestions...but my yogurt cakes after my first still tasted like "kueh" so I decided that, enough of yogurt cakes for a while and back to the basics....SPONGE CAKE

5th project: simple sponge cake (3x)
with low fat, about 20g of butter used only and yet the cake was fluffy but a little dry when cooled. Did it twice..had to make sure not to flatten the batter too much if not it will not rise as well.

6th project: my first cake: mango and peach yogurt sponge cake
Did my first cake deco...looks terrible but I love the fresh mango and yogurt combination...I felt so bad to throw away some of the whipped cream that tasted so fruity...hee..and the roasted almonds at the side...yummy~~....didn't get a chance to taste my cake though...was for Ms Gan's b'day....

7th project: Oatmal Applesauce Cookies
Completely fat free, replaced it completely with applesauce, but it became rock hard!! Oh me gosh!!...tink I will cut down on the sugar next time...~~