Rudolph Nose Choco Chip Cookies

• basic chocolate chip cookies (click HERE for recipe)
• red MnM's/choco balls
• white candy melts 

1. Bake chocolate chip cookies following the recipe instruction. 
2. Just before they are fully baked, take out the cookie tray from the oven and push down the white candy melts onto each cookies. 
3. Put them back into the oven for a minute or two (just to melt the candy). 
4. Once the candy melted, take them out from the oven and squish down the red MnM's.

credits : photo by leelaaloo

Fluffy Marshmallow Filling

• 3 egg whites
• 150gr powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoon golden syrup
• pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1. Weigh all ingredients into a heatproof bowl and place the bowl over a saucepan of boiling water. Whisk with handmixer until the sugar has dissolved, mixture is frothy and slightly opaque
2. Remove from heat and whip on high speed until thick and hold its shape. Use Straight away!

Tips: substitute for golden syrup are treacle/ molasses/ corn syrup

Tiramisu Cake

Cake :

• 4 eggs (200gr)
• 150gr almond powder
• 150gr powdered sugar
• 65gr cake flour
• 30gr melted butter
• 4 egg whites (130gr)
• 130gr white sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cream together the eggs, almond powder and powdered sugar in high speed until pale and fluffy. In low speed, stir in flour and melted butter.
3. In a separate bowl, cream together egg whites and white sugar until smooth and shiny. Gently and gradually fold in to the first mixture.
4. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cake are nicely browned.

Filling : 

• 3 egg yolks
• 50gr white sugar 
• 250gr mascarpone cheese
• 250ml heavy cream
• 8gr gelatine (dissolve in hot water)

1. Cream egg yolks in medium speed until pale and fluffy (approx. 5minutes), dissolve white sugar in hot water and stir into the batter. Keep on stirring until the batter cooled down.
2. Whisk in mascarpone cheese until well combined. dissolve gelatine in hot water and whisk into the batter, fast!
3. In a separate bowl, whip cream until stiff. Slowly whisk them in to the first mixture.

Frosting :

• 150ml heavy cream

1. whip cream until stiff.

Syrup :

• 50gr sugar
• 50ml water
• 30ml coffee
• 50cc kahlua 

1. In a medium saucepan combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Stir in coffee and kahlua.

 credits : photo by suizedepingu

Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1 cup (225g) butter, softened
• 1 cup (200g) white sugar
• 1 cup (220g) packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups (335g) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup (115) chopped walnuts/cashew nut

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts
3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.

 Tips : to make cookies with similar sizes, 
let the batter stand for approx. 10 min and roll them into balls

 credits : photo by leelaaloo