Green Tea Tiramisu (Hubby's Birthday!)

 

This year I made a green tea tiramisu for hubby's birthday. His favourite cake is tiramisu so I thought why not spice it up a bit and make a green tea version.

This green tea tiramisu is so yummy. It's also special because it is not a cake which you can get from the bakery. Again, this is a recipe from Y3K Delicious Cake recipe book. The recipe uses Mascarpone cheese but I substituted it with regular cream cheese.
 

No mixer or bread maker required - Green Tea Milk Bun

Pillowy soft green tea milk bun with sweet mung beans

This is my first proper bread post. I don't think I've baked bread before and a rookie baker like me obviously have not heard of the tang zhong / water roux method in bread-making. 


This method involves a starter dough whereby you've to stir bread flour and water and simmer under low heat to make the starter dough. This starter dough is then added to the wet ingredients of the bread recipe. 


All bread recipes should be made according to the tang zhong method because it retains moisture in the dough and keeps the bread pillow-soft and fluffy for a long time. Since this method is commonly used in Hokkaido Milk Bread recipe, I'm calling this Green Tea Milk Bun.