The Yat (One) And Only Journey…

New Zealand Natural Dessert Workshop @ The Cooking House, Desa Sri Hartmas – Part 1

Well, this happened one day after my birthday, which was on 17th January 2009, and it was a Saturday..

I still remembered I got up a tad bit early for a Saturday and yet I was late for the Ice Cream Dessert Workshop, organized by The Cooking House in partner with New Zealand Natural (NZN)..

It was a bit difficult to locate The Cooking House, lucky I was not too late for the workshop..

New Zealand Natural had invited Mr. Lee, a senior lecturer of KDU College in School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, to conduct the workshop..

It was attended by students of The Cooking House, media, and some foodie bloggers, namely UGWUG, Precious Pea, Eatfirstthinklater, Babe in the City, and Fat Boy Bakes, to name a few..

I also got to meet Dwayne Foong and Serene..All of them were fun and hilarious..Haha..

Thanks to Hsu Jen, all David, Joshua, and I were able to attend this wonderful workshop..

We were shown how to make Soft Butterscotch Cookies and Chocolate Chiffon Cake..

*The preparation*

That’s Mr. Lee in white and the attendees all surrounded him for some tutorials on how to bake Chocolate Chiffon Cake and Soft Butterscotch Cookies..

*The starting point*

Like how I did my engineering lab experiments, read recipe carefully and do it step by step accordingly..

One mistake might ended up being electrocuted in the engineering lab, luckily one mistake in baking might just ended up eating some weird-tasting cookies only..

*Chocolate Chiffon Cake in the making*

In a bowl, combine cocoa, instant coffee and hot water until smooth, add in the oil and vanilla..

Then in another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and two thirds of sugar (70gram)..

The chocolate thingy is actually egg whites whisked with cream of tartar until frothy..Then the remaining sugar is added and continue to whisk until stiff peaks form..

Then whisk until light and pale, combined into a paste with the cocoa and flour mixture..

Fold in the egg whites and pour into a ungreased round tine (6″x6″ or 9″x9″)..

Bake at 180 degree Celcius for 20-25 minutes or until cake is done..Voila..

Check out for more of Soft Butterscotch Cookies and Ice Cream Tiramisu recipes..

*Soft Butterscotch Cookies in the making*

Sift together plain flour and baking powder, then mix in brown sugar..Rub butter into the flour and sugar mixture with fingertips..

Mix together the egg yolk and vanilla essence, combine with the flour mixture to form a dough..

Scale dough into 15-gram (or appropriate weight), round into balls and press flat to fit bottom of large muffin paper cups..Dough should be quite thin..

Bake at 180 degree Celcius for around 8-10 minutes or until done and voila..There’s your butterscotch cookies

*Ice Cream Tiramisu in the making with New Zealand Natural ice cream*

Dissolve instant coffe in hot water, add in cold water..Trim the sponge fingers to about 3-and-a-quarter inches length..

Line the sides of a 6″x6″ tin (with a removable base) with the longer pieces of sponge fingers, cut side down..

Place the chocolate chiffon, trimmed to the right size at the bottom, surrounded by the sponge fingers..

Press a layer of softened Cafe Espresso (NZN ice cream) on top of the chiffon..

Dip the smaller pieces of the cut sponge fingers in the coffee mixture, place onto the Cafe Espresso layer..Top with Hokey Pokey (NZN ice cream) and level the surface..

To serve, unmould the Ice Cream Tiramisu and sprinkle some grated chocolate on top..

*Ice Cream Tiramisu*

That’s the end result of the Ice Cream Tiramisu by using New Zealand Natural ice cream..

*Simply amazing*

I’ve forgotten what’s the one on the left, could be Walnut Butterscotch Surprise..The one on the right is Mango Heaven..It’s heavenly delicious..

*Black Forest, Mango Heaven, and Ice Cream Tiramisu*

Black Forest and Ice Cream Tiramisu was the bomb..The Mango Heaven was a bit sour for my taste bud..

*Me and Joshua*

After that all of the attendees were treated with Mr. Lee self made cakes and cookies..

*Mr. Lee and me*

A great chef and very helpful..Don’t understand? Don’t keep it to yourself..ASK~!!!

Okay in my next entry should be something fun..Us, the attendees had to bake our own Chocolate Chiffon Cake and also Soft Butterscotch Cookies..

Posted under: Blogosphere, Eats, Events