All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[Augmum]

LKVM:

lostbunny:

Hello all the baking shifus, could you please enlighten me what's the difference bet vanilla extract and vanilla essence? Where can I get vinalla extract? Is it only available at Phoon Huat? Thanks in advance.

I am no Shifu but vanilla essence can mean a highly concentrated form of vanilla extract.

ya, vallina essence supposed to be more concentrated than extract.

wonder why some brands of essence is thick while some other brands is watery ?

[BlurBee]

Funz:

I am into sponge cakes lately. Made 2 last week.

Nice. :drool:

[Augmum]

Funz:

I am into sponge cakes lately. Made 2 last week.


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This orange sponge was the 1st one I tried. I followed the recipe but had a feeling that the steps and the recipe were not quite right. Different from the normal sponge recipe steps that I am used to. True enough, the cake did not turn out that well. Fell a little flat and was a bit dense at the bottom. Taste wise it was really refreshing.

Funz, :love: :love: yr sponge cake.
i yet to try out sponge cake.
how many oranges u required for the orange sponge cake to have the distinct orange taste.
i tried it out with orange butter cake, no orange taste at all.

[Augmum]

Funz:

LKVM:

[quote=\"Funz\"]Usually the stuff that we see in supermarts are Vanilla extract, though it may be termed as vanilla essence on the bottle. Vanilla essence is much more concentrated and is usually used by professionals.

Is it... so we have been using extract instead of essence

that is what my mum told me. So far, seems to be so or maybe the brands that I've been using, which are the common ones found in NTUC seems easily interchangeable. And most recipes call for extract rather then essence.[/quote]what i come across is most recipes called for essence more than extract.
anyway, whatever, i also used the bottle so-called \"vanilla essence\"

[Funz]

LKVM:

Funz:

I am into sponge cakes lately. Made 2 last week.

Funz the cakes looks yummy... can you please share the recipe for the coffee cake :please:
Also you baked them in oven?

Yup this one baked in the oven.

Coffee Sponge
6 yolks
20g sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ tbsp instant coffee (I used Nescafe Gold)
3 tbsp fresh milk
150g Top Flour
75g Corn Oil

6 whites
100g sugar (if you like it sweeter, add another 20g)

Method:
1.Heat milk and dissolve the instant coffee in the milk
2.Whisk yolks and sugar till light and fluffy. Add in coffee mixture and mix well
3.Add in the corn oil whisk until well incorporated.
4.In another bowl, whisk whites to soft peak add in the sugar a bit at a time, continue whisk until stiff.
5.Gently fold in the whites mixture with the yolks mixture until well-blended.
6.Sieve in the flour and gently fold it until batter is well-combined.
7.Pour batter into an 8\" round tin. Bake at 170deg C for about 40-45 minutes.

For my oven I had to reduce the temp to 150 in the last 10 mins as the cake started to crack. I will usually leave the cake to cool a while in the oven rather then remove it immediately.

[Funz]

Augmum:

what i come across is most recipes called for essence more than extract.

anyway, whatever, i also used the bottle so-called \"vanilla essence\"

:? Hmmm.. now I am confused. Haha.

Anyway, so long as whatever we are making turn out fine, essence, extract, emulsion, you name it, don't care lah.

[Funz]

Augmum:

Funz, :love: :love: yr sponge cake.
i yet to try out sponge cake.
how many oranges u required for the orange sponge cake to have the distinct orange taste.
i tried it out with orange butter cake, no orange taste at all.

I used the zest of 1 large naval orange and only 3 tbsp of the juice. The smell will come from the zest but cannot add too much also as it can be bitter.

[Augmum]

Funz:

Augmum:

Funz, :love: :love: yr sponge cake.
i yet to try out sponge cake.
how many oranges u required for the orange sponge cake to have the distinct orange taste.
i tried it out with orange butter cake, no orange taste at all.

I used the zest of 1 large naval orange and only 3 tbsp of the juice. The smell will come from the zest but cannot add too much also as it can be bitter.

oh...u used the zest, i din use.
do u need to sweeten and cook the zest first ?

i wonder do those bakery shops use orange essence to enhance it becos they seems to have strong orange aroma.

[Augmum]

Funz:

Anyway, so long as whatever we are making turn out fine, essence, extract, emulsion, you name it, don't care lah.

haha...that's rite.

[Funz]

Augmum:

oh...u used the zest, i din use.

do u need to sweeten and cook the zest first ?

i wonder do those bakery shops use orange essence to enhance it becos they seems to have strong orange aroma.

No no need to cook the zest first.

I think highly likely else they will have a lot of naked oranges left over.

Try your recipe with a bit of orange zest. See if it makes a diff.