Have you heard of “San Anna Cake Shop”? I think barely anyone knows of this confectionery.
It was an ordinary neighbourhood confectionery that I patronized when I was a
child. My family used to order my birthday cakes from San Anna. I love their
colourful coffee cake as well. Back then, there was no heavy butter creamed rainbow
cake, so the colourful cake that I am talking about only consists of 4 colours
with each layer thinly spread with jam. Apart from cakes, their egg tarts are
my favourites as well. They offer 2 flavors; the original and pandan flavor egg
tarts. Unfortunately, they have closed down long ago and I really miss their
egg tarts. Hence, I attempted to make them on my own. There are two kinds of
pastry base for egg tarts: puff pastry base and cookie based ( similar to fruit
tarts). Personally, I prefer the soft cookie based egg tart and the attempt to
create my own egg tarts is pretty successful. I didn't know that egg tarts are simple to make until i tried. If you prefer the puff pastry tart base and are lazy to start making them from scratch, there are pre-made ones sold at phoon huat or selected supermarkets.
Recipe: Makes 9 egg tarts (Original recipe adapted from Small Small Baker)
Crust:
150g Plain Flour
1tbsp Custard Powder
1 Tbsp Milk Powder
1/2 tbsp Sugar
100g Butter (cold)
1/2 Egg
1. Combine all plain flour, custard powder and milk powder together and sift into a bowl.
2. Cut cold butter into cubes and rub into the flour.
3. Add sugar, mix well and add beaten egg and mix well. Do not knead. Wrap with cling wrap and refrigerate before use.( I refrigerated for about 20 mins)
Egg Filling:
60g Sugar
175g Water
2.5 eggs, lightly beaten ( I use 2 eggs + the remaining 1/2 egg from making the crust)
50g evaporated milk
1. Heat up water and sugar until sugar dissolves. Leave it to cool.
2. Then add in beaten eggs and evaporated milk. Mix well, sieve the egg mixture and set aside.
Method:
1) Divide the pastry dough equally into 9 pieces about 35g each (depending on your mould size). Press the dough into tart moulds evenly.
2) Fill into the tarts till 90% full. Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 20 mins.
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