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Oreo Cream Cheese Brownies – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada Desember 1, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

Fudgy dark chocolate brownie with a beautiful crackling top, filled with oreo cookies, a layer of cream cheese sits sandwiched in the middle, then topped with more oreo chunks. The combination is a match made in heaven! Sinful, yes… but oh so good!

Yes, it was worth every count of extra calories. Do not even think of using cheap chocolate when making brownies, because the main ingredient in brownie is the chocolate. And you are going through the trouble to make it, why not treat yourself to some good chocolate?

I can’t stress this enough, when working with flour, make sure not to overmix. We are making brownies, not kueh. Do allow the brownie to cool down and chill so that the cream cheese layer sets before cutting and serving. Keep in an air-tight container, and refrigerated after cutting. These brownies will last 7-10 days that way, if it not all gone the next day of course. 🙂

Cookies and Cream Brownies

Delishar

Makes a 8×8 pan

Brownie

15 pieces oreo cookies cut into smaller pieces
3/4 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
170 g dark chocolate 60/70% couverture
1/2 cup butter softened
2 large eggs
pinch of salt
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp instant expresso powder

Cream Cheese layer

1 block 8oz cream cheese room temp
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 175C.
Line pan with aluminium foil and lightly grease pan.
On a bain marie / double boiler, melt chocolate and butter. Whisk until smooth.
Allow to cool for 5-10 minute.
In a clean mixing bowl, melt cream cheese and sugar over a bain marie.
Whisk till cheese is smooth, remove from heat, then whisk in vanilla extract until combined.
Now your chocolate mixture should be cool enough. Add eggs, espresso powder, vanilla extract, salt, and sugar. Whisk until very well combined
Add flour, and 3/4 of the oreo pieces. Mix till just combined. Careful not to overmix!!
Pour half of the brownie mixture into the pan. Use a spatula to carefully spread it out evenly.
Next, slowly pour in the cream cheese mixture and even out the top as much as you can.
Pour in the remaining half of the brownie mixture, and sprinkle the reserved oreo pieces over the top.
Bake for 30-35 minutes until top of the brownie is set.
Allow to cool completely in pan.

Cover pan with aluminium foil and chill for at least 1 hour before cutting, this ensures that the cream cheese filling is set. We don’t want a gooey cream cheese mess now do we? Do not cut the brownie when it is still hot/warm.
Serve with a glass of milk and enjoy!
Adapted from averiecooks

Bon appetit!!

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Lemon Basil Cream Linguine – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 30, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

Don’t you just love a complete homecooked meal that you can whip up for the whole family in 30 minutes or less? Well, this is one of those recipes that is rich, creamy, filling, but thanks to the fresh herbs and lemon used in the recipe, it leaves you feeling satisfied but not overly heavy/sluggish.

The girls enjoyed their dinner as much as the husband and I did. So much so that my fussy 4 year old requested for it to be made again the next day. My 3 year old will slurp down anything with prawn in it. In her words, “Prawn is my favourite, you know?”.

Talking about the girls, remember this cake that I decorated for my 3 year old?

I’ve had readers asking me what kind of piping tips I used to pipe the flowers and roses, and where did I get it. I used a Wilton 2D, and I’d like to give you that piping tip, and a few common ones used to frost gorgeous cakes and cupcakes!

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But first, here is the recipe for my Lemon Basil Cream Linguine.

Lemon Basil Cream Linguine

Delishar

4 servings of linguine
12-15 large prawns shelled and cleaned (or use chicken/scallops)
1 cup cooking cream
1/4 cup chicken stock
1 shallot diced
2-3 cloves garlic minced
Zest of 1 lemon
Handful of fresh basil
2-3 tbsp divided
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Chilli flakes to taste optional

Cook your pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water for about 8 minutes, just shy of al dente.
Season prawns with salt and pepper.In a large saute pan, over med high heat, add 1-1.5 tbsp oil.
Cook prawn on both sides, 2-3 minutes.Set prawns aside.
In the same pan, on med heat, add remaining oil.
Saute garlic, shallot, and chilli flakes, stirring often making sure it doesn’t burn.
Lower head to med-low, then add cream and allow to simmer until cream thickens.
When cream as thickened, add pasta, prawns, lemon zest, parsley, and basil.Toss to combine.
Use chicken stock to adjust to desired consistency. If it’s too wet, don’t worry. The pasta will absorb the sauce.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.Remove from heat, squeeze in lemon juice, and give it one last toss.
Serve immediately.

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Cream Cheese Brownies – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 27, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

What is it about cream cheese and chocolate that goes so well together? On it’s own, they both already won the hearts of many. Put them together, and they are just simply irresistible! Oh, and those pretty swirls atop the cheesecake layer are just so mesmerizing! I can stare at it all day, if I have the time that is.

Sometime back I shared a Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownie, which has always been a hit at all the parties I brought it to. Even my helper has requested for me to make it for her parties a couple of times. This is a richer, more decadent version of the Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies. It has a denser texture, and definitely loaded with more cocoa goodness as compared to the former.

This time round, I baked 2 trays for the husband and I to share with co-workers respectively. Once again, this recipe did not disappoint! It’s a relatively easy bake, although the swirling can appear to be tricky. It is better to under-swirl then to over do it. Which is the problem in most cases. I like using the back of a knife to create those swirls, sometimes engaging the help of a toothpick to ‘branch’ out on some more stubborn batter.

Cream Cheese Brownies

Delishar

Makes a 8×8 inch pan

Brownie

2/3 cup 85g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
170 g semi-sweet chocolate I used 60% cocoa
1/2 cup butter 115g unsalted butter
3/4 cup 150g sugar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste/extract
3 eggs

Cream Cheese Mixture

1 block cream cheese 226g, soften
1/3 67g cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla bean paste / extract

Brownie

Preheat oven to 160C.
Line a 8×8 inch pan with aluminium foil, then spray with baking spray.
Melt butter and chocolate in a microwave safe bowl for 30 secs.
Stir, then melt at 10 seconds blast if not melted yet.
Mix in sugar, and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Change to a wooden spoon or spatula, and mix in flour until batter is glossy.
Reserve 1/4 cup batter, then pour the rest into the prepared pan.
Layer the cream cheese batter on top of the brownie.
Drop dollops of reserved brownie batter on top of the cream cheese mixture.
Use a skewer or back of knife to create swirls.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until moist, fudgy crumbs adheres to skewer when inserted.
Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan to cool on cooling rack.
Allow to cool completely and chill (if you have the time) before slicing into it.

Cream Cheese Mixture

In a double boiler, melt cream cheese and sugar together.
Remove from heat, allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Mix in egg and vanilla extract, until combined.

I skipped the double boiling step of the cream cheese, and just whisk the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla together by hand. It works, but it was quite tedious. It’ll work better with an electric beater. Otherwise, melt your cream cheese as given in the directions above.
Adapted from Browneyedbaker

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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 25, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

Made this 3 weeks ago to celebrate the husband’s birthday. I actually got my heart set on making him a chocolate ombre cake with salted caramel frosting. Whenever I ask the husband what his preference will be, his answer will always be, “Everything is fine :)”. So I didn’t bother asking him what he wants this birthday and decided on the chocolate salted caramel cake. I mean, who doesn’t like chocolate AND salted caramel right?!

However, just 2 days before his birthday celebration, I casually asked if he would like me to bake him a specific cake. This time round, he said yes! He wanted a carrot cake. That changed the plan altogether! And I wasn’t prepared for the change…plus I couldn’t say no. So I started working, and searching for a recipe that will yield the type cake I know he will like.

The next day I went out to get all the ingredients, and mentally go through the whole baking and decorating process. The plan was to keep the cake simple, create swirls with my off-set spatula, then top the sides of the cake with chopped walnuts. So on the day of the celebration, I baked the cake in the morning, frosted it, and decorated it as planned.

As I was packing the cake in the box for storage, my youngest daughter came up to me. She asked what cake did I baked for daddy. I answered that daddy wanted a carrot cake, so I baked one for him. Peighton gave me a look with a little disappointment, then said,”But mom…A carrot cake must have carrots on top…”. That face and voice melted my heart! I told her that I’ll see what I can do. Of course I’m going to put carrots on top!

As the girls took their nap, I started working on the ‘carrots’. Coloured some left over cream cheese frosting with orange gel colour, snipped off the end the piping bag, and piped the carrot. Use constant pressure, pushing the tip in then continue doing that till the length u want, lighten pressure and pull off. The pushing in is what creates the ridges. The carrot tops are made with Wilton Tip 67, and cream cheese frosting tinted with green food gel. The smile that I got from my girl’s face when she saw the carrots on top was priceless.

This recipe yields the perfect texture of carrot cake. Moist, not overly sweet, and beautifully spiced. The cream cheese frosting adds nice tang that complimented the spiced carrot cake perfectly. I particularly liked the crunch from the walnuts. Enough blabbers, here is the recipe. 🙂

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Delishar

2 layers 6 inch cake

Carrot Cake

250 g finely grated carrot
1/4 cup chopped walnuts optional
3/4 cup + 1 tbsp vegetable oil 195ml
1/3 cup white sugar 67g
1/3 cup brown sugar 74g
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups + 2 tbsp plain flour 208g
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 block 8 oz cream cheese 225g, room temperature
1/3 cup butter 75g, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 cups powdered sugar 256g, sifted
Toppings for side of cake: 1 to 1-1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Carrot Cake

Preheat oven to 350F/175C.
Grease and flour 2 x 6 inch baking tin.
Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In your mixer, beat sugars and oil together.
Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla, and beat until smooth.
Add dry ingredients into mixer bowl, and beat until just combined.
Fold in grated carrot and chopped walnuts. Do not over-mix!
Divide batter into prepared pan, and bake for 25-30 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.
Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes, remove from pan to cool completely on wire-rack before frosting.
Level off the top of the cake before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Using your mixer, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth and lump-free.
Add vanilla extract and salt.
Mix until combined.
Lower speed to low and gradually add in sifted powdered sugar.
Then increase speed to medium-high and beat until combined.
If too thin, add more powdered sugar, too thick, add milk tsp at a time.
If too runny, pop it in the fridge to chill before frosting.

Use the shaved cake and left over cream cheese frosting to make cake pops!
Adapted from Gimme Some Oven

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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 25, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

A few days ago I shared a recipe for Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, that I made for the husband’s mini birthday celebration. Standing in the background of the Carrot Cake picture is this super moist Red Velvet Cake. Why 2 cakes, you ask? Because we are actually a family of greedy cake eating monsters!

Well, that was my lame attempt to crack a joke. But I can certainly imagine my daughters being very tickled by that statement, and loving it at the same time. The truth is that we were celebrating 2 birthdays on that day. I invited my mother and brother’s family to come over for dinner and cake. In the conversation, my sister-in-law mentioned that it’s her helper’s actual birthday that day. So I told her that we will celebrate her birthday as well.

Since I’m already making cream cheese frosting, for the carrot cake. I whipped up a double batch to be more efficient. Baking a red velvet was a no brainer because it’s an easy one bowl bake, and it goes so well with the cream cheese frosting!

Here’s a cross section of the cake. Just look at how moist the crumbs turned out to be! I should have pulled out my food processor to get finer crumbs for topping the cake. But having it like that adds a little texture, and a different rustic look to the cake. I had very good feedback for the cake that night. I’m not someone with a sweet tooth, but this cake is one that I will make over and over again.

Red Velvet Cake

Delishar

Makes ONE, 2 layers 6 inch cake

Red Velvet Cake

1 cup plain flour 128g
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp cocoa powder 14.25g
3/4 cup white sugar 150g
1/2 cup vegetable oil 120ml
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk 120ml
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp white vinegar
1/4 cup hot coffee 60ml
Red food colouring as desired

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 block 8 oz cream cheese 225g, room temperature
1/3 cup butter 75g, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 cups powdered sugar 256g, sifted

Red Velvet Cake

Preheat oven to 325F/160C.
Grease and flour 2 x 6 inch round baking tin.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder.
In your mixer, beat sugar and oil until combined.
In another bowl, beat in egg, buttermilk, vanilla, and red food colouring.
Then add in coffee, and white vinegar.
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture into mixer bowl, then 1/3 of the buttermilk mixture.
Allow to mix after each addition.
Alternate until done, and just combined.
Divide batter into the 2 prepared baking tins.
Bake in middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until skewer inserted comes out clean.
Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes before de-moulding.
Cool completely on wire rack before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Using your mixer, cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth and lump-free.
Add vanilla extract and salt.
Mix until combined.
Lower speed to low and gradually add in sifted powdered sugar.
Then increase speed to medium-high and beat until combined.
If too thin, add more powdered sugar, too thick, add milk tsp at a time.
If too runny, pop it in the fridge to chill before frosting.

Level the cake layers before frosting, and save the crumbs as toppings.
Either blitz it in your food processor or crumble it with your fingers.
Adapted from Divas Can Cook

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Cookies & Cream Cupcakes – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 23, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

Give me cookies and cream anything, and I’ll be grinning from ear to ear. My love for Oreos and cream cheese combi is almost as deep as my love for Milo. I said almost, not quite there yet but it’s darn close! Every year, the husband will ask what kind of cake I’d like for my birthday. Well, if I’m not baking it myself that is. I’ll always ask for Cookies and Cream ice cream cake. Oh my yum! Just the thought of it is making me smile like some crazy woman.

Can you just image sinking your teeth into this wondrous cupcake from heaven? The chocolate cake was moist and loaded with chopped up oreo pieces. Then topped with luscious cream cheese frosting laden with finely milled oreo biscuits. All diet will be out of the window! But let me tell you this, it’s so freaking worth it! Make this, I assure you that you will not regret it, never ever.

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Oreo Chocolate Cupcakes

Delishar

INGREDIENTS
Chocolate Cupcakes
1 cup 128g all-purpose flour
3/4 cup 150g granulated sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup boiling water
10 pieces oreos chopped into smaller pieces

Preheat oven to 165C.
Line muffin tray with cupcake liners
In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Mix to combine.
Add milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until just combined.
Mix espresso powder with boiling water.
Reduce speed and carefully add boiling water mixture to the cake batter.
Beat on high speed for about 1 minute to add air to the batter.
Fold in chopped oreos into batter.
Fill liners to 3/4 full.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

Oreos Cream Cheese Frosting

Delishar

1 ⁄2 cup 113g butter, room temperature
8 ounces 225g cream cheese, room temperature
3 – 4 cups 384g – 512g powdered sugar, sifted
9 Oreo cookies white parts removed and biscuits finely milled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Add softened butter and and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Slowly add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time until desired consistency.
Mix in vanilla.
Add Oreos into the frosting, and beat on low until just combined.

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Red Velvet Cream Cheese Muffins – Delishar

Diposkan oleh pbnbigesdipada November 19, 2023dalam judi 0 Komentar

I love making muffins, and I love red velvet even more. So this recipe is a win win for me. Plus, the crumble on top of the muffins is like the ultimate icing on the cake! Oh, the irony. The muffin turned out to be moist and fluffy, a delightful contrast to the crumbly cookie crumbles atop each muffin. The luscious cream cheese dollop in the middle of the muffin makes it so decadent, with the slight tanginess off-setting the sweetness of the muffin.

To me, muffins are like cupcakes without all that fuss. I actually prefer it to cupcakes as I’m not absolutely fond of buttercream. Not that I dislike it; I can just do without it. Although this recipe takes a little more work as compared to my other muffin recipes, the efforts are well worth it. If you are also a fan of red velvet cakes, check out my Incredibly Moist Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Red Velvet Bundt with Cream Cheese Glaze, and Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownie

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Muffins

Delishar

Crumble Topping

30 g castor sugar
50 g all-purpose flour
30 g unsalted butter diced into cubes

Cream Cheese Batter

113 g brick-style cream cheese softened (lite is okay)
1/4 cup 50g granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Muffin Batter

1 1/4 cups 160g all-purpose flour
1/2 cup 100g granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1 large egg 60g
1/2 cup 113g melted butter
1/3 cup 80g buttermilk
2 tablespoon 15g natural unsweetened cocoa powder
A few drops of red gel food colouring

Preheat oven to 190C.
Line your muffin tin.

Crumble Topping

In a medium bowl, add sugar, flour, and butter. Use your fingers to rub in the all ingredients until you get coarse crumbs. Set aside.

Cream Cheese Batter

In a separate medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla. Whisk by hand or beat with a handheld electric mixer until smooth. Set aside.
In a large bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt.
Whisk to combine.
In measuring cup or bowl, whisk egg, melted butter, buttermilk, cocoa powder, red food colouring together.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until moistened.
Batter should be thick and lumpy, do not overmix!
Divide muffin batter equally into each liner.
Dollop one heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into the muffin batter.
Swirl with tooth pick.
Evenly sprinkle each muffin with the crumble topping.
Bake for about 17 to 19 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
Allow muffins to cool in pan for about 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Muffins will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days (or chiller), or in the freezer for up to 4 months.
Adapted from Averiecooks

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