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"Pineapple" buns aka Bor Lor Bau

Going through a chinese baking phase so that my food gets eaten, but these de-lovelies I found were in want of a touch more sugar I think. Will adjust for next time. However, as a first attempt, the parentals were very pleased at the reduced sugar content. A bit of background before I get into this, Bor Lor Bau's are a staple of chinese bakeries. They are called "pineapple" (bor-lor) buns (bau) because they have the funky pattern that look like pineapple. Occasionally you will see recipes with a tiny touch of crushed pineapple in the mix, but I suspect that may have been the result of a rogue trade descriptions officer. This particular recipe was extracted from a newspaper recipe my new sort-of-cousins-in-law supplied. The triple rise was also a helpful hint from their dad. As for most chinese cakes, I have little clue why the ingredients are as they are. I mean, milk powder, custard powder and 1 piddly teaspoon of carnation milk?? What do these things DO?? By the way, th

Catch up

Completely not posted for ages, but there was this little thing called my brother's wedding. Anyway, despite completing the Cookie Carnival, I forgot to send it in. They were lemon ricotta cookies as below. In addition, other baking things involved foccacia with red onion, mushroom and mozarella: some buttermilk cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.