REVIEW: Leifheit Egg Separator

All these while, when a recipe calls for separated egg whites and yolks, I've been using my ol' trusted hands to do the work as the el-cheapo egg separator that I have at home doesn't seem to perform what it is supposed to. Before the yolk is separated, it seeped through the gaps and I get a whole egg again in the bowl. Dang.

The el-cheapo egg separator that I have

As I was scouting around at the baking supplies corner in Jaya Grocer Empire Shopping Gallery in Subang Jaya, my favourite past time when I'm out for lunch alone, I saw this awesome egg separator by Wilton which promised hassle free egg separating. It does look pretty good and one that would do it's job properly, but I was taken aback at it's price of RM50 plus! Now for that price, I had to reconsider, and I did some research online. From the reviews in Wilton's website, it seems that this product works best with cold eggs. Room temparature egg's yolk will still seep through the gap. Now that explains why the cheapo egg separator didn't perform what it's supposed to. O'well. I guess I'll just stick to using my pair of hands to separate the eggs.

Wilton Egg Separator

Few days ago, I was browsing the kitchen/baking supplies section in Parkson Subang Parade and I saw this! Leifheit Egg Separator. I was immediately drawn to it and fell in love with it at first sight. Why? Simply because this separator doesn't have any gaps and my yolks won't seep through.

So how is this thing going to separate the yolk if there is no gap you may wonder. I'll let the following pictures tell you how.

Crack the egg at the edge

Egg in the separator

And this is how you separate the egg

Simple isn't it? Now I won't have to worry if the egg is in cold/room temparature and I still get to separate the eggs easily without mess. And the best part, it costs only half the price of Wilton's.

My verdict: This egg separator definitely made egg separating easy without mess! Definitely a good buy!

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"Clear Water" Sponge Cake

"Clear Water" Sponge Cake. Don't ask me why the name. I have no idea myself too.

Stumbled upon this recipe in this nice little blog "The Little Teochew" while I was searching for some nice fluffy sponge cake recipe. The photos taken by the author, Ju, is so tempting, I just had to bake some myself!

 

The rising cuppies!

The cuppies are done! They 'deflated' somehow.. hmm..

The yummy cotton soft fluffy sponge cake!

 

These cuppies were cotton soft, fluffy and not forgetting yummy too! It's like another version of the steamed Chinese Sponge Cake (鸡蛋糕).  Okay, here's the recipe and they are easy to make. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

 

The Recipe
(Originally from here, seen at Cook.Bake.Love and The Little Teochew)
What You'll Need

(A)
- 3 egg yolks 蛋黄
- 1 whole egg 全蛋
- 50g corn oil 粟米油

(B)
- 50g low protein flour (cake flour) 低粉（蛋糕粉）

(C)
- 3 egg whites 蛋白

(D)
- 50g castor sugar 细砂糖
- Dash of salt 盐

How To
1) Beat (A) till well mixed with an egg beater. 用打蛋器打匀(A)。

2) Sift in (B), mix well. 筛入(B)拌匀。

3) Whisk (C) till frothy, add (D) and beat till stiff peaks. 把(C)打至粗泡加入(D)打至干性发泡。

4) Fold in the egg white mixture to egg yolk mixture in 3 additions, mix till well combined. Scoop the batter into paper cups till 60% full. 蛋白霜分3次和蛋黄糊拌匀，用小勺装进纸杯至6分满。

5) Bake in preheated oven at 150C for about 18-20mins. 烤箱预热150度，烤18-20分钟左右

Note:
* I used Superfine flour instead of normal cake flour
* I omitted the salt
* The cake will pull away from the paper cups once cooled. Probably that's why my cuppies deflated. O'well.. as long as they tasted yummy! :)

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The 6th month check point!

Ok, I have to admit that I'm slacking in updating the developments of my two lil pumpkins. Having 2 kiddos is certainly a handful and makes you wonder where on earth did the hours go everyday. In a blink of an eye, my baby K-girl is already 6 months old and it also marked my successful journey on breastfeeding her exclusively too! K-girl is now weighing at a healthy weight of 8kg! *beaming with pride*

This little girl's development is considered relatively faster than K-boy as he was a premature baby. At merely 1.5 months, she is able to hold her head & pushes her upper body up for a good 5 seconds during her tummy time! At 3 months plus, she began to try to roll over but only suceeded 2-3 weeks later, probably due to her heavy bum-bum. Hehe.

And now at 6 months of age, instead of trying to sit supported steadily, she's trying to get herself ready to crawl! I think she's going to skip the whole "learn-to-sit-unsupported-first-then-crawl" part which I am looking forward to so much.

Looks like I'll have to start chasing after the little "rabbit" soon once she finds her newfound freedom.

At 1 month old

Trying to roll over at 3.5 months old

Doing her "yoga" pose at 6 months old

Oh, and did I mention she's sprouting two white pearlies and starting her semi-solids now? More on that later. Gotta clock off now. :)

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