The Great Chef

Chiffon Cakes..... so many flavours to try out.  So far I have tried out the Orange Poppy Seeds Chiffon Cake , Palm Sugar Chiffon Cake , Passion Fruit Chiffon Cake and Hazelnut Coffee Chiffon Cake .   Today I'm posting another flavour of Black Sesame Seeds!   BLACK SESAME SEEDS CHIFFON CAKE Recipe sourced from Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover Using 8" diameter chiffon pan Ingredients 4 egg yolks (large size) 15g caster sugar 60gm vegetable oil (corn oil/ canola oil) 60gm milk 70gm cake flour 20gm pure black sesame seeds powder 4 egg whites (large size) 70gm caster sugar Method Sift the cake flour and black sesame seeds powder together.  Set aside. In a medium size bowl, add egg yolks and sugar;  whisk till the sugar dissolved and light.  Add in the corn oil and mix till combined.  Then add in the milk; stir till all combined. Add in the flour mixture in and stir till all well blended together.  Set aside. In another medium bowl, using your hand electric whisk, whisk the egg whites

Have you heard of this dessert "Spotted Dick"? I bet your instant response would be "spotted what??" Sounds funny isn't it? Hahahaha ... spotted dick! Well anyway, Spotted Dick is a well known dessert to the British people.  It is usually made of suet (beef fat or mutton fat), with dried fruits and served with custard sauce.  For more info, you can google more in wikipedia. SPOTTED DICK  (Traditional English Steamed Sponge Pudding with custard Sauce) Recipe sourced from Daring Gourmet Ingredients 240g plain flour 2 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 140g chilled butter, diced  (traditionally Suet was being used in this recipe) 120g caster sugar 1 cup dried currants (you may use raisins) 180ml milk 2 tsp vanilla paste 1 lemon zest To Serve English custard Sauce Method Place a steaming rack or a folded towel in the bottom of a large steaming pot to avoid the mould touching the bottom of the pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Grease generously the moul