Fresh from the oven

Late last month, hubby suddenly suggested to buy a breadmaker since we have a 'Roti King' in the house. We must have bread on the table everyday as YX will be asking to eat a slice or two when he has the crave. So, after checking out the ovens in our usual electrical shop, we immediately grab one back home since they have a promotion going on at that time !

My 1st loaf

The oven was sitting in the box for about 2 days before I started my 'engine' to bake my very first loaf. Glad that it turned out well. All we need to do was just measured the ingredient correctly, poured into the pan according to the sequence (refer to the recipe provided), put the pan into the oven, pressed START and the oven will do the job.

Wholemeal

To make a basic loaf, it takes about 3.5 hours from mixing, rising and finished baking. My first loaf did not raise high enough. We guess it must be the quality of yeast used. 

Top with some almond nips

However, the texture of the bread is great, despite the top looks a bit dry. Maybe I did not put in enough of oil / butter. Anyway, it was my first try and it was a success which makes me looking forward to bake more.

My 2nd loaf

A few days later, I tried to bake a different flavour bread by adding a little bit of cocoa powder, add in raisins and chocolate chips into the dough.

Wholemeal with chocolate chips & raisins

Again, the top looks a bit dry even I make sure the oil used are measured correctly. All my chocolate chips melted but the bread smells very nice. Very chocolatey ! And the raisins give the bread a hint of sweetness. The kids love them ! Not forgetting that the house was filled with the freshly baked bread aromas.

My 3rd loaf ~ topped with black and white sesame seeds 

As my 1st and 2nd loaf did not raise high enough like the size of a normal bread selling outside, I went to a local bakery shop to buy a different type of yeast. Surprise ! Surprise ! The bread rose up high and the texture was very soft. I was feeling so satisfied.

 

The texture

For this wholemeal bread, I add in only 30% of the wholemeal flour and the remaining with high protein flour. It was enough to makes the bread cover with loads of wholemeal.

After making a few loafs of bread, I googled and found that I can even bake a cake with the breadmaker. I took down the recipe and was so eager to try them out. 

My 1st Butter cake

Last Friday night when the kids attended their Art class, I worked on the butter cake. I was glad and satisfied too that the cake turned out successfully. Just that the size and shape of the cake doesn't look nice. I think the pan was too big for my recipe. Maybe I should doubled up my ingredient for my next try.

Moist and buttery

Nevertheless, the taste was great. The texture was moist and buttery. I topped my cake with some almond nips as I love almond nips a lot. When buying from the bakery shop, we hardly can find cakes with almond nips.

Our new toy ~ Breville breadmaker made in Australia

All thanks to this breadmaker machine. Our house will be filled with bread and cakes most of the time (if the chef is not lazy). The kids have been placing their orders already, telling me to bake orange cakes, lemon cakes, corn bread and even MILO bread ! Wait wait........I'm still learning.......In fact, I'm very happy and satisfied because my hard work managed to make the kids happy !