Silician Orange Cake

I personally don't not like cakes with a lot of cream though they are very pretty.  I find it a waste to scrape off and a waste of the baker’s time and effort.  So I prefer a simple cake like this and as quoted by Ellie of Almost Bourdain:

“This is the best orange cake I have tested so far”

Except from Almost Bourdian by Rick Stein:

“As Jill says,it has to be the richest, moistest, butteriest and yet lightest orange cake in the world”

Happy New Year- 新年快乐

Wishing All My Friends and Fellow Bloggers A Prosperous Dragon Year, Good Health and Lots of Laughter and Happiness

  

ALMOND COOKIES

I love this cookies - it literally melts-in-the-mouth.  Ann, thanks very much for sharing the recipe.

German Crunch Cookies

I didnt realised I only have last week end to do my little CNY cookie baking.  Time really flies ... in a blink of an eye, next week is the Lunar New Year.  I only managed to do the easiest cookies ie German crunch cookies but this time added one teaspoon green tea powder.

I did this last year too.  So pressed for time, I dont have time to tidy my photo presentation. :(

Recipe for Melt-In-Mouth German Crunch Cookies

Ingredients (makes 60 pieces)
125g butter
40g icing sugar, sifted
125g potato starch
80g superfine flour (I use plain flour, tried out both 50g and 80g, both good)

Method
1. Beat butter and icing sugar till fluffy and lighter in colour.
2. Sift in potato starch and flour, mix to form a soft dough.
3. Roll into small balls (about 2cm in diameter), arrange on lined baking pan and press lightly with a fork (dip the fork in water after each press to prevent cookie dough from sticking to the fork).
4. Bake in preheated oven at 170 deg C for 15 mins, upper rack (need not bake till cookies turn brown).