Being Martha Stewart

I baked my first cake ever on Saturday!! OMG!!! Went to a baking class with Malina & bro and made a Strawberry and Baileys Mascarpone Cheesecake. I made the whole thing from scretch! Even the lady fingers ar~ HO GING Ne~ hehee... brought it home and ate it all. It was sooooooooo gooooooooooood! I can't even believe it myself. I didn't believe it when James said that I'm most likely to become the next Martha Stewart, now I do. Wakakkaaa...

Lady fingers
egg white 2pc
sugar 40g
egg yold 2pc
plain flour 40g
powder suger
chopped pistachio

1. Whip the egg white until stiff around 20sec. Add sugar in 2-3 times and whip unitl smooth.
2. Fold in egg yolk. then, fold in plain flour3. Bake at 180C for 6 minutes, baked 2 minutes after turning off the oven.

Biscuit Base
Digestive biscuit (5pc) 75g
sugar 10g
unslted butter (melted) 20g

1. Crumb the digestive biscuit and mix with suger
2. Gently mi with soft butter. Press into the cake ring as the base

Bileys syrup
Baileys 20g
sugar 10g
instant coffee powder 4g
water 60g

1. Mix sugar and instant coffee powder, add boil water and mix. After set cool, add Baileys.

Cheesecake filling
egg yolk 2pc
icing sugar 40g
Mascarpone 180g
Baileys 60g
gelatin leaves (3pc) 7.5g
whipping cream 160g
instant coffee powder 2g
boiled water 2g
strawberry filling 120g

1. Whip whipping cream with medium speed and place in refrigerator. Set aside.
2. Add instant coffee powder in hot water and whip well, then fold in Mascarpone and mix. Set aside
3. whip egg yolk and icing sugar unitl frothy
4. Addthe whiped egg yolk in to mascarpone mixture by 2 to 3 times and mix well.
5. Fold in whipped cream. Use high speed to whip for a while unitl stiff.
6. Add gelatin and mix with high speed.7. Then add bailey and mix.


See COUP's website for more baking classes: http://www.coup.com.hk/coup_eng/aboutcoup.html