How to Make Teacup Shortcakes (Valentine's Day Cupcakes) - Video Recipe

Shortcake (Shotokeki) is a Japanese layered sponge cake with strawberries and whipped cream.

Instead of baking sponge cake, I baked plain cupcakes :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr-QwIuuZpU

I bought the teacup-shaped silicone molds set on sale and it was only 500yen (5 bucks)!!!

Of course you can use regular baking cups and serve them in teacups or mugs to enjoy this idea ;)



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How to Make Teacup Shortcakes

Difficulty: easy
Time: 1 hour
Number of servings: 8 (5cm/2inch) baking cups

Necessary Equipment:
electric mixer

Ingredients:
((Cupcakes))
150ml heavy whipping cream (fresh cream) *chilled
2 eggs *room temperature
120g (4.2oz.) granulated sugar
180g (6.3oz.) cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
((Syrup))
20ml hot water
1/2 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. rum *kirsch, brandy, or any kind of liquor you like
((Decoration))
150ml heavy whipping cream (fresh cream) *chilled
1 tbsp. granulated sugar
a few drops of vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp. rum *kirsch, brandy, or any kind of liquor you like
8 fresh strawberries
powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)

Directions:
((Cupcakes))
1. Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).
2. Place the chilled heavy whipping cream in a bowl. Whip the cream with an electric mixer until it forms a stiff peak.
3. In a different bowl, place eggs and sugar. Then beat them with an electric mixer until white and fluffy.
4. Add the cream (2.) into the egg mixture (3.), and mix well with a wire whisk.
5. Sift in flour and baking powder. Gently mix with a wire whisk or a spatula until combined.
6. If you are using silicone cupcake molds (cooking sprays may slightly discolor the mold), lightly oil each mold. Then spoon the mixture into the cups up to 80% full. Bake at 180C (350F) for 20-25 minutes.
7. Place the cakes on a wire rack to cool completely.
((Syrup))
1. Mix granulated sugar and hot water until dissolved. Then mix rum (if you like).
((Decoration))
1. Gently brush the cupcakes with syrup.
2. Combine heavy whipping cream, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, and rum (if you like) in a dry, clean bowl. Float the bottom of the bowl in ice water, whisk the cream until it forms a soft peak.
3. Transfer the whipped cream to a pastry bag fitted with a round tip (or snip off the end), then pipe it onto the cupcakes.
4. Garnish with strawberries, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

You can store cupcakes in the fridge for up to 3 days. But decorate them before you eat them.

レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2013/02/blog-post_13.html
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Valentine's Day Chocolates 2013

So, what we bought from the Valentine World 2013 are these!

Chocolate Truffles (Nama Choco) with 9 different liqueur and brandy!
シーズナリーチョコレート: ９粒詰め合わせ
http://www.bar-choco.com/product/2



Champagne Lovers Rose
シャンパーニュ ラバーズ ロゼ　
http://www.plaisir-co.com/




No wonder, my darling bought me the pink ones, but we gonna cut them all in halves and share them together. hehehe

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How to Make Noriben (Nori Bento Lunch Box Recipe) - Video Recipe

Noriben (海苔弁) is the simplest type of bento, containing only soy sauce, Nori seaweed, and rice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P1ufbAuob0

You can find this bento almost anywhere in japan, and it is usually the least expensive bento.

Side dishes differ from store to store, but the most popular ones are fish fries and chikuwa tempura.



If you know Hotto Motto (famous takeaway bento shop in Japan), their Noriben is pretty typical in Japan.

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How to Make Noriben (Nori Bento Lunch Box)

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 45min
Number of servings: N/A

Ingredients:
((Kinpira Gobo))
200g (7oz.) Gobo (burdock root)
100g (3.5oz.) carrot
2 tbsp. Mirin (sweet sake)
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. sesame oil
1/2 tbsp. sesame seeds
((Fish Fries))
white fish (I used swordfish)
salt and cracked black pepper
A
* flour
* 1 beaten egg
* Panko (bread crumbs)
B Tartar Sauce
* 4 tbsp. mayonnaise
* 2 tbsp. chopped onion
* 1 chopped hard-boiled egg
* 1 tbsp. chopped dill pickle
* 1 tsp. lemon juice
* salt and pepper
vegetable oil for frying
Okonomiyaki sauce (or Tonkatsu sauce)
((Chikuwa Tempura - Deep Fried Fishcake Tempura))
4 large Chikuwa (fish cake)
A
* leftover beaten egg (about 1/2 egg) from the fish fries
* 75ml water
* 5 tbsp. flour
* 2 tbsp. Aonori (green laver)
vegetable oil for frying
((Nori Rice))
cooked rice
Nori seaweed sheet
A
*1 packet (5g) Katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
*1 tsp. Dashi soy sauce (or soy sauce)
((Others))
Takuan (Daikon radish pickles)
Baran (plastic leaf in sushi) if you have

Directions:
((Kinpira Gobo))
1. Use the back of the knife, lightly shave the gobo skin (do not peel because you will peel of the nutritious part between the skin and gobo). First, thinly slice the gobo diagonally. Then stack a few together and cut into thin strips. Soak the gobo strips in water while cutting, then drain well, lightly rinse, and dry off with paper towels.
2. Thinly slice the carrot in the same way.
3. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and stir-fry gobo and carrot for a couple of minutes until tender.
4. Blend Mirin and sugar to give a sweetness, then season with soy sauce and stir-fry until the liquid is gone.
5. Turn off the heat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
((Fish Fries))
1. Remove all the bones from the fish. Season with salt and cracked black pepper.
2. Coat each with flour, dip in beaten egg, and coat with Panko.
3. Fry them in oil at 170C (340F) for 4-5 minutes until cooked golden brown. (Turn them over to cook evenly.) Remove the fish fries from the oil and drain.
4. Mix B to make tartar sauce.
5. Serve the fish fries with tartar sauce and Okonomiyaki sauce (or Tonkatsu sauce).
((Chikuwa Tempura - Deep Fried Fishcake Tempura))
1. Mix A in a bowl. Cut Chikuwa in halves if they are too large.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a deep pan to 170C (340F). Lightly dip the Chikuwa in the batter and fry them immediately until golden and crisp.
3. Drain them on a rack or a sheet of clean paper towel.
*make Okonomiyaki or Tenkasu using the leftover batter
((Nori Rice))
1. Mix A very well.
2. Put rice in a bento box. Put the Katsuobushi mixture on top. Then tear up Nori sheet into small pieces, and put them on top.
((Others))
Place side dishes on top of the Nori Rice. Serve the fish fries with tartar sauce and Okonomiyaki sauce (or Tonkatsu sauce). Okonomiyaki sauce goes great with Chikuwa Tempura as well!

↓レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2013/02/blog-post_11.html
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How to Make ONE PIECE Bento Lunch Box (Nori ART Recipe)
ワンピース キャラ弁 海苔アート
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR1tB_rmYgA

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