CHEF DERA kitchen

CUSTARD BISCUITS RECIPE 😄
Ingredients :
250 g butter

3/4 cup icing sugar

1/2 cup Cornstarch/ Cornflour

3/4 cup custard powder

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 cups flour

Method :
1. Cream butter, icing sugar and Cornflour till nice and creamy.

2. Add custard powder and vanilla essence.

3. Add enough flour to make a soft dough .

4. Pipe with no 34 nozzle onto a baking sheet.

5. Sprinkle 100s 1000s over

6. Bake @140 for 10 minutes

7. Dip ends in melted chocolate when cool.
Enjoy!!

COCONUT ICE CREAM

INGREDIENTS

4 cups of evaporated milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups of coconut milk
¾ cup sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix milk, vanilla and coconut milk. Add sugar to taste. Pour into the popsicle molds and take to the freezer. When they have frozen, remove from the molds and that's it.

Corn dogs
You need ;

2 cups of flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 egg
Salt
Milk enough to make a semi - liquid batter
Skewers
Oil for frying
Viennas / vegan /vegetarians sausages

* Insert wooden skewers into your Viennas
* The skewers stick must not pass completely through the Vienna
*ln a bowl mix flour, salt, baking powder
*Add egg and milk stir with a whisk of folk
*It must be a semi - liquid batter
*Put the batter into a glass or similar container
* Heat the oil
*Dip the Vienna into the batter until coated
*Remove the excess batter
*And fry, the oil should be hot but not too much or it will burn
*After about 30 seconds when browned remove from oil
*And drain the excess oil on a paper towel

And enjoy 😋

Homemade yogurt

500ml fresh milk
4 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of flour
Food coloring of your choice
2 - 3 tablespoons of vinegar

* In a big pot pour milk, sugar and flour stir together and cook on a medium heat
*Stir continuously allow to boil for about 8 - 10 mins
*Remove your pot to cool down
* Add vinegar mix
*lf want different colors you can separate your yogurt at this point and add food colourings
*Lastly refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes

In another glass add ur yogurt add crushed biscuits, add another colour of yogurt and add crushed biscuits top up with your favorite fruit

And enjoy 🤤

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Buttercream icing recipe:
1kg icing sugar
450g margarine.
1tbsp milk
1 tsp any flavour of your choice.

Procedure
Cream add margarine then add icing sugar, mix till well combined.
Add milk and flavor, mix until properly combined.

Your buttercream is ready

HOW TO MAKE COCONUT BREAD
RECIPES
* 4 cupsof all purpose Flour (sifted)
* 1½ cup of warm liquid milk
* 4 tablespoons of instant yeast
* 2 tablespoons of sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 tablespoons of coconut flavor
* 1 tablespoon of salt
* Coconut flakes (grated coconut)
* 4 tablespoons of softened butter
PROCEDURES
* In a mixing bowl, combine the warm milk, yeast, sugar, eggs and whisk properly. Add the sifted flour, salt and coconut flakes. Mix together using a spatula to form a dough. Let it rest for about 10mins afterwards, add the softened butter and mix.
* Transfer the dough into a floured surface and knead until it's stretchy. Transfer the kneaded dough into a greased bowl, cover until it doubles in size.
* Knock the air out of the dough. Transfer the dough into your work surface. Cut the dough into small sizes, fold/roll each of them into a ball/round dough.
* Place some parchment paper on the baking pan and transfer the dough into it. Cover and let it double in size. Brush with some egg and bake in a preheated oven of 175°c for 25-30mins.
ENJOY

Perfect And Different Ways To Peel Hard Boiled Egg Or How To Boil Your Egg Without Cracking.

1. When boiling egg , add half teaspoon of salt, salt efficiently prevent eggs from cracking during boiling process and also make the peeling easy from the skin.

2. Fill in pot with water, add one or two tablespoons of white vinegar when the eggs are boiling, vinegar prevent the eggs from not cracking, it also make the peeling very easy.

3. Add half teaspoon of baking soda during the boiling process, baking soda till help and prevent the eggs from cracking.

4. Ice cubes work faster and easy, after boiling the eggs remove from the boiled water and put in a boil of ice cubes, leave the egg like 4 minutes before peeling.
Ice cubes peel the skin perfectly nice and beautiful..

Topic: 5 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR FONDANT GLOSSY

Sometimes a fondant decorated cake might require for you to add a
shiny and glossy effect to bring out its realistic look.
One of the frequently asked questions by sugar benders is " How do
I make my fondant covered cakes shiny and glossy?" "how do I
make my fondant decorations glimmer?"
We shall be learning some few tricks on how to make a fondant
decoration shiny this weekend.
Fondant generally has a dull appearance without any effect added to
make it glimmer. The reason for a shiny fondant may arise from the
type of decoration and design of your cake to give it a realistic
appearance and effect. There are few techniques you can use to
make fondant decorations and fondant covered cakes shiny, though.
The degree of gloss varies depending on the technique you use.
Here are 5 WAYS to make your fondant glossy

1) STEAM METHOD :- Usually you will need a handheld steaming
device for this method. Simply fill in the steamer with clean water
and heat. When the water in the steamer is heated, gently apply the
steam by releasing the hot air over your fondant at a distance of 5
inch away from the surface of the fondant for at least 5 seconds
interval. Avoid applying the steam for too long on a spot, this might
melt the icing or cause the colour to bleed. One of the advantages of
steaming is that it helps to conceal excess corn starch and
powdered sugar left on the fondant. But steamed gloss fades out
quickly...so you might want to use this method few minutes before
the cake presentation.

2) ALCOHOL METHOD :- Get a clean spray bottle and fill with clear
alcohol (non tainted alcohol) this is to prevent getting your fondant
stained. After filling the spray bottle, gently spray the fondant with
the spray nozzle about 4 inches away from the surface of the
fondant. Avoid applying too much alcohol, applying too much may
cause puddles to form and dry out leaving traces of damages. Wait
several hours for the alcohol to completely dry. This will make your
fondant glossy.

3) VEGETABLE SHORTENING :- Get any vegetable shortening and
rub gently on the fondant with either your fingers or use a vegetable
cooking spray. After applying the shortening evenly. Use a dry paper
towel to rub the surface in successive circular motion as if you are
polishing your shoe..haha!
This should remove any finger print and marks given you the desired
glossy look. You can reapply shortening over again. Though
shortening does not get dried out easily even after part of it is
absorbed. Avoid touching the surface of your fondant after applying
the shortening, this might leave marks and finger print on your
gloss.

4) CORN SYRUP :- This technique is the most effective amongst
others. To make the corn syrup glaze, mix half corn syrup to half
alcohol that is 50% each. Next apply on the surface of your fondant
using a small soft paintbrush. Corn syrup glaze gives instant glossy
effect to your fondant.

5) Vegetable oil:- slightly and gently Brush the oil on the cake

NB: always try out any of these methods on a piece of fondant
separate from your original work before applying to the main cake.

Special Agege bread

Ingredients
4 1/4 Cups Flour (plus more for dusting)
2 1/4 Teaspoons Yeast
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water (Lukewarm)
1 teaspoon Whole milk
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Large Egg (Optional)
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)

Procedure
1. Proof Yeast: In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, sprinkle a little sugar over it, and set aside for about 5 minutes or until it foams.

2. Sift flour in a large bowl, add sugar, salt, and vitamin c and mix.

3. In a small bowl, melt butter beat egg into it, add milk and whisk together.

4. Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients; mix flour, yeast and egg mixture to make a soft dough. You can use a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer for the process. Sprinkle more flour if you need to.

5. If you're using a mixer after you've with dough mixing, transfer the dough onto a floured surface and knead until the dough smoothes and elastic. Or just mix until dough is stretchy and elastic; that's the key to making bread. As a matter of fact, if you don't use egg and milk and knead the dough very well you would get a very good end result.

6. Grease a bowl and place the dough in it. Cover and put in a warm place to rise until it doubled. About 1- 1.5 hours.

7. Grease the baking pan and set aside. Bring the dough out.

8. Deflate the dough and place on a floured surface knead the dough for about 5 minutes.

9. Cut into two and form each dough into a loaf shape and place in the greased baking pan.

10. Brush melted butter on the dough and cover with clean kitchen towel and place in a warm place to rise the second time for about 1 hour.

11. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F for about 10 - 15 minutes. Place the dough into the oven and bake for about 25 -30 minutes.

12. Bring the bread out and brush melted butter and keep warm.

Enjoy your sweet bread