| Finally, I Made It |
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
Other than crusty rustic loaves, there is one kind of bread which fascinates me a lot. Since I started making bread, I have always been checking out the recipe, but have never attempted it, that is, until now.
 Looking at the picture above, doesn't it look like a cinnamon swirl bun? Take a closer look below:
Okay, let me continue my story of this bread. This is a japanese styled bread, which is the one I've been 'oogling at' for years. In fact, many of the breads there are really picture-perfect. But translating the recipes is a challenge since the online translated versions doesn't make sense most of the time. I've always thought that they use a special kind of chocolate sheet for these which are not easily available for domestic baking. But all thanks to Ida who kindly translated the recipe, I managed to make my own chocolate sheet. Using my own recipe for sweet buns, coupled with the shaping instructions in e-pan, this is my final product for Chocolate Swirl Bread.  Okay, I know this is a far cry from the picture in e-pan (honestly, I'm amazed at the number of swirls there, which made me dizzy *LOL*). But for a second attempt (yes, I made two loaves in two consecutive weeks), I'm quite satisfied with it. I hope to improve on the number of swirls in my next try, which is a test of my patience I must say, because I spent one hour solely on the shaping due to the resting periods in between. But it's pretty worth it :)
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Thoughts by Angie @ 9:48 PM  |
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Beautiful bread! Angie, I admire your bread making skills so much! And the patience, too! :)
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What a lovely bread! Sure looks delicious :)
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aiyo, seems my new blogger "plays" me, didn't send out my comment this morning... But I enjoy coming come a few times to drool overy your work of art anyway! Truely beauitful! I like your version though (I'm not crazy for too chocolatey bread). That chocolate swirls look very elegant, and do not overpound the bread, so I can see how fluffy and soft inside too!
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Hi Angie,
Yes. I'm back in the SG and am slowly sorting through all my Vietnam food pictures to be blogged about. I have not relocated... yet. =)
Regards,
D
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aiyo, making me drool only. HOw man? send some over?
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angie...
yr bread's beautifully done!
(yeah.. it's such a pain trying to trnaslate the jap text as most of the trnaslated english doesn't make sense - at least to me :P)
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Anh, thanks for your kind words, appreciate it :)
Anne, thank you too!
Gattina, you never fail to make my day :)
D, great to 'see' you back, have been missing your humorous musings :p
Edith, aiyo, finish liao, how arh? *wink *
Ida, a big thanks to your translation!
YD, thanks so much!
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Now I am fascinated by your bread...but most of all I wish I could eat it!
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Wow, Angie, you are truly an artist ! I am sooooooooo impressed, very well done.
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Bravo, very nicely done! So pretty, I bet it tastes delish.
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Very pretty, I love the striping.
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beau lotus, thanks for dropping by!
Archana, thank you for your kind words :)
Ching and Brilynn, a big thanks to you too!
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Angie, I love this bread! Lmk when u making it again hor, I gonna camp outside yr door, man. LOL!
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Beautiful bread! Angie, I admire your bread making skills so much! And the patience, too! :)