Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Kuih Bahulu - CNY 2013

Finally, I'm back to my Home Sweet Home after spending 5 days at my MIL's place.  Very tiring until I said 'No' to some unnecessary chores.   The cookies I made were finished within 2 days.  It's a good thing so that I need not have to keep the leftovers.

I have several Kuih Bahulu recipes in hand.   Some uses more sugar while others uses more flour for a 3 eggs recipe.  Finally,  I used this recipe from Ann [Anncoo Journal] which uses the least sugar and flour.

Anyway, I'm not a fan of Kuih Bahulu and it's not easy to comment on whether they are good cos' I hardly eat this kuih but they are soft and fluffy and I like the mould.  

Ingredients
[makes about 40 pieces using my grandma's kuih bahulu mould]

3 eggs [I used AA size eggs]
90 gm icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
90 gm plain flour - sifted together with 3/4 tsp baking powder
  1. Whisk eggs at full speed for 1-2 minutes until light and fluffy
  2. Add in sugar and vanilla essence, continue to beat for 1-2 minutes until thick and creamy.
  3. Sift in flour in 3 batches and fold with a hand whisk [do not overmix].
  4. Preheat oven at 200 degrees C with the kuih bahulu mould.
  5. Lightly brush oil onto preheated mould.
  6. Using a small spoon, scoop batter to fill mould just to the top level.
  7. Baked for 7-10 minutes or until golden brown.
  8. Remove cake from mould with a skewer to cool on rack.  Repeat Step 5-7 until batter is finished.
  9. Store in airtight container.



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12 comments:

  1. Kimmy, I am also not a fan of kuih bahulu because I find that they are on the dry side. There is a kueh I used to eat when I was young called "Kay Nui Kueh". It is a bigger version of kueh bahulu. I must get the recipe from my aunt.

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  2. Hi Kimmy! Happy Lunar New Year!

    A friend has just given us 2 Kuih Bahulu molds yesterday... this post couldn't be more timely!!!

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  3. Happy CNY to you and family, you have made lovely kuih bahulu. Noticed that you used icing sugar instead of castor sugar, wonder the cake texture will be lighter?

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  4. Hi Phong Hong, will KIV for your family recipe. Must be good too.

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  5. Hi Chef, great with 2 kuih molds. This helps to speed up the baking and the batter will not deflate much.

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  6. Hi Sem, thanks for your greetings. I used icing sugar for most of my cookies and this kuih. The texture is lighter and fine.

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  7. Hi - may I know wgrre to buy your mould with nany designs ?

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  8. Hi Mumtaj, this mould is more than 1/2 century old but I have seen this kind of mould at some hypermarts. The design is quite similar but the quality slightly different.

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  9. Kimmy, can i cook it on the stove instead of the oven?

    HK

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  10. Hi HK, haven't tried, that's the old time style. Quite messy, I supposed.

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  11. Hi Kimmy, this is by far the best kuih bahulu recipe i have ever tried...soft n fluffy. One problem is the cake tends to stick to the mould..gotta brush the mould with more oil or else it will stick n quite hard to remove...
    HK

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  12. Hi HK, I think probably is because the mould has not been put to regular use, so it has to be well greased and heated up before placing the batter. Needs practice.

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