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Madeira Cake

Madeira Cake

Ingredients:
250g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
175g butter/margarine
175g caster sugar
grated rind of 1/2 lemon
3 eggs
2 tbsp milk
2-3 strips citron peel

Life of a BBC (British Born Chinese) teenager

Life of a BBC (British Born Chinese) teenager

What can teenagers get up to during the summer holidays in the heart of London?
As a BBC (British Born Chinese) who speaks both fluent English and Cantonese, it isn’t hard to guess that most of the summer is spent hanging out with a large group of Chinese friends in China Town.

Death by Chocolate

Death by Chocolate

Ingredients
175g Dark cooking chocolate
50g Butter
2 Eggs and 1 extra egg yolk
50g Sugar
15g Plain flour
Ice Cream
Fresh Strawberries

Cheesecake

Cheesecake

 
Ingredients
250g Digestive Biscuits
125g Margarine/Butter
135g Jelly cubes (any flavor)
300g Single/Double Cream
200g Soft cheese

Sweet and Sour Prawns

Sweet and Sour Prawns

Ingredients:
12 Prawns
1/2 Green Bell Pepper
1/2 Red Bell Pepper
1/2 Onion
2 Slices of Pineapple
1 Tomato
5 tbsp of sweet and sour sauce
1 tbsp of ketchup
Some cornstarch water

Classic Origami: Owl

Classic Origami: Owl

1. Starting point is Basic Form VIII. Fold the front upper section downwards.

2. Turn over the folding piece, so that the three tips point upwards.

Tofu Samosa

Ingredients:
2 pcs Hard tofu
3 pcs Dried mushroom
1 tbsp Dried Shrimp
1 tbsp Spring onion
2 pcs Bean curd sheet
1 tbsp Corn starch

Ketchup Fish Fillet

Ketchup Fish Fillet

Ingredients

16.8 ounce white amur fish fillet
1 onion
1 egg
1/2 cup of chicken broth

Rose Brooch

Rose Brooch

Materials
Number 4 thread 30cm x 9 pieces (9 roses)
Number 7 rose leaves 6 or 9 pieces
Number 26 metal wires x 3 (split into 9)
Ribbon 30cm x 1
Some green tape
Safety(brooch) pin x 1

1. First make a button knot as a rose bud, the number of these made is to your preference.

Classic Origami: Peacock

Classic Origami: Peacock

1. Starting point is Basic Form III. Fold the smaller square upwards and the rear square downwards.

2. On both sides, valley fold downwards,…

3. …while holding the figure at the bottom right, and fold in the left rear corner.