Brownies Kukus Teh Uceu

I guess Indonesia is the only country in the world that knows a cake called Brownies Kukus or literally mean Steam Brownie in English. The name steam Brownie actually came from a bakery at Bandung named Amanda, that become very famous because of the cake.

Why they called it Steam Brownie? I guess becoz the cake has very strong chocolate taste unlike any other steam cake just like baked brownie compare to other baked cake. Or for marketing purpose .... ;p, you know Bandung already famous for the bake brownie so it easier to sell a cake with the similar name, and the word "steam" will bring customer to curiosity. Well maybe you can ask the owner if had a change to go to Bandung ... ;p

So, coz the popularity of the cake some people start to crate a recipe for the cake such as Teh Uceu & Ny. Liem. Below is the recipe created by Teh Uceu.

8 whole eggs
350 gr of sugar
1 tbs of cake emulsifier

Sift the dry ingredient:
200 gram of cake flour
90 gram of cocoa powder

Mix wet ingredient together:
1/2 can of condensed milk or about 170 gram.
250 cc of vegetable oil
200 cc of water
100 gram of rice chocolate

Beat eggs, sugar & cake emulsifier until it goes very thick and light. Fold in sifted dry ingredients until blended. add wet ingredient gradually, fold. Pour 1/2 batter in to a 24x24cm pan greased with oil, lined with baking paper on base & sides. Steam for 15 minutes, sprinkle with the rice chocolate, & add the rest of the batter, steam again for 25-30 minutes.

This cake is suitable for you that doesn't have any oven, can be used also for base cake of chocolate devil, your black forest cake, or any other cake that use chocolate cake ...

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Cocoa Banana Oatmeal Muffin

So, I still crazy about muffin ... This recipe I got also from Mbak Vania blog .... & she got the recipe from Quaqer Oatmeal site ...


So far this the best recipe I've ever tried ... Dense, yet so moist & is not crumbly .... perfecto, just like muffins from the professional bakery ...

This time I'm not using any baking paper ... just a non stick muffin pan grease with margarine ...
The recipe is for 10-12 delicious medium size muffins .....

Ingredients
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 small)
1/2 cup fat-free milk
5 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted
2 egg whites or 1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Powdered sugar (optional)
I add a hand full of chocolate chip on the batter & topping


Heat oven to 180°C.
In large bowl, combine flour, oats, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda; mix well. In medium bowl, combine bananas, milk, margarine, egg whites and vanilla; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not overmix.)
Fill muffin cups almost full. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Store tightly covered.


I promise you ... you will not taste any oatmeal on this muffin .... !!!

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My Chocolate Muffin : Cracks !!!!!

This is my first muffin attempt, It's pretty good, incredibly easy, & looks beautiful. I like the crack on top ... For the recipe I use the one from Info Kuliner Tabloid !

Recipe for Chocolate Muffin

200 gram cake flour
25 gram cocoa powder
1 table spoon baking powder (I use 1/2 table spoon double acting)
100 gram sugar
75 gram dark chocolate (compound), melted
1 egg medium size
150 cc milk
50 gram margarine/butter, melted (I use 25 gram butter & 25 gram margarine)
30 gram chocochip for the batter (I use 50 gram)
20 gram chocochip for topping

Method:

preheat oven for 180C.

(1) Mix together (dry ingridient) flour, baking powder & cocoa powder, set aside.
(2) In large bowl, put the sugar, milk, egg & melted dark chocolate,
wisk together untill sugar is dissolved.
(3) Add the dry ingredient to the sugar batter, stir evenly with spatula.
(4) Add the melted margarine/butter, stir evenlty with spatula.
(5) Add the chocolate chip, stir evenlty with spatula.
(6) Spoon batter in to muffin cups
(7) Bake for 20-25 minutes. (real recipe is 15 minutes)

Makes : 5 Big muffin or & 8 medium sized muffin

Although is a good muffin & so chocolaty, I'm still looking for other recipe ...
This recipe is too crumbly & dry for me ... Maybe becoz I baked it too long ...

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Bitter Sweet Simphony, called Royce Nama

I don't know anyone that doesn't like chocolate ... It's not only taste delicious, for me it's also a healer ... an instant pain killer for the soul ...

This time is a bitter sweet symphony called Royce Nama, some people said this is one of the best chocolate in the world. Royce it self hail from Hokkaido, Japan ... no wonder it so good, you know how Japanese seem to create everything with sophistication!

When you purchase it from their store, it 's accompanied by cooling pouch & thick silver packaging to ensure the chocolate protected from the outside heat.

I was fall in love from the very first bite. A rectangle shaped chocolate ganache, powdered with cacao ...

Why bitter sweet simphony? Coz the one that I got is a mild chocolate, it has a sweet taste but it doesn't eliminate the bitterness & the aroma of the chocolate it self ... it's a simphony!! Side by side create a beautiful melody ....

Too bad they doesn't have the store in Indonesia, so I should enjoy it bit by bit ...


And save it for the rainy days ...

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