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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Breadmaker Loaf

I usually don't bake my loaf bread entirely using the breadmaker, but I always use the dough cycle function to help me in bread making.

This morning when I came across Sweet Country's bread recipe I decided to give it a try. Sweet Country has many breadmaker loaf recipes in her site, do take a look.

All along I bake my bread/loaf using a mixture of bread flour and cake flour but this recipe from Sweet Country uses 100% cake flour. Curious about the kind of texture that cake flour will produce, I tried baking this entirely in my breadmaker as did Sweet Country.

I used the basic white function of my breadmaker, selected 500g for the weight of loaf and set the crust to light. The photo below is the result of this recipe. Do try it out and have fun.

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Ingredients:
350g cake flour
10g skim milk powder
35g butter
40g sugar
6g sea salt
5g instant dry yeast
220ml warm water

Method:
Dump everything in as per instructions of your breadmaker, sit back, relax and wait for the loaf to be baked.

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22 Comments:

At 24 February, 2008 20:34, Blogger AK said...

Is the crust hard? Normally, Bread from Breadmaker haa a harder crust than normal oven baked.

 
At 24 February, 2008 23:48, Blogger Everything4sweets said...

Hi Florence,how does is taste, is it soft like a cake?, because usually i used bread flour, thanks for sharing the recipe :)

 
At 25 February, 2008 10:54, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Florence, what a soft & nice looking bread. what is brand name of your bread maker machine ? bcoz i am surveying on the brand & tyoe of bread maker to buy for homeuse. Thanks & regards, SP.

 
At 25 February, 2008 12:53, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi florence,

are you fluent in japanese coz sweet country's website is in japanese, any help to translate?

btw thank you for sharing the recipe. very generous of you.

thanks n regards
carpediem

 
At 26 February, 2008 04:07, Blogger cocoa said...

this is interesting.. i usually use gluten for bread. gotta try this soon

 
At 26 February, 2008 22:28, Anonymous Nancy said...

Dear Florence,
I have been silently reading and enjoying your blog and bakes. Today I am so happy that i just had to let you know that I made my 1st perfect loaf in my breadmachine. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. May i have your permission to post the recipe in my blog?

Nancy
www.dare2btotz.com/nancy

 
At 27 February, 2008 00:41, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love your blog...wish I could communicate with you more easily though....I will be trying your cinnamon rolls today and then your Black Forest Cake for DS's birthday tomorrow. Wish me luck! OR I would have to run to the bakery tomorrow to buy his cake. He ! He! This present recipe is filed away for 'to do next'. Thank you! Asan
PS: if you have a chance, pls read my questions on sago pudding post. Thx!

 
At 27 February, 2008 11:12, Blogger Asan said...

Florence, I am so excited to tell you...the cinnamon rolls came out great inspite of three snags (long story)....the next test would be the Blk Forest cake tomorrow. Thanks for your recipes!

 
At 27 February, 2008 11:47, Blogger Florence said...

ak,
Yes, bread from breadmaker always has a harder crust, therefore I always choose the light crust setting.

everything4sweets,
Surprisingly, it tasted like normal bread.

Hi SP,
I use a Kenwood Breadmaker, can't complain because it's a credit card exchange item.

Hi carpediem,
I'm not fluent but can understand a bit of Japanese.

Hi cocoa,
Do try it out and let me know the outcome. :)

Hi Nancy,
Glad it turned out well for you. Go ahead and link to my recipe.

Hi asan,
Will read the question from the sago pudding and revert.

Glad the cinnamon rolls turned out well for you. Enjoy! :)

I'm sure you will enjoy the fun of doing the black forest too!

 
At 27 February, 2008 22:51, Blogger Asan said...

Florence, I had requested my brother to get me the Bread Book "65 degrees Tang Chong" (?spelling but he has picture of the cover)....aside from this, could you recommend other bread books? Baking or dessert books? I have already ordered Alex Goh's bread and cake books. I do have "Japanese Bread" by Yau Yung Ling. I am afraid I am an avid reader and collector of recipe books. Have lots of western books but little Asian ones. Thanks again.

 
At 28 February, 2008 22:00, Blogger Asan said...

I did it....the Black Forest cake was done in time. It 'only' took me a whole day. Now I understand why they charge US$30 for a good cake.
Florence, how in the world did you do the sides of shaven chocolate? I was literally throwing bunches at the sides and ended up with bald patches...Anyway, even with the many (8) round cake pans I have, none of them had straight sides except for the spring pans. Since I was not confident about slicing the cake into two; I opted to use two 8 inch round pans (only 2 cm high) with sl flared sides. They rose well above the sides and inspite of using the thermal stripes, the middle domed a little. Nothing was obvious when frosted though.

Now, I have more confidence with cakes. Pls list some bread books you would recommend...thanks!

 
At 29 February, 2008 12:51, Blogger Florence said...

asan,
This book is good too!

http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010371108

 
At 29 February, 2008 12:53, Blogger Florence said...

asan,
Detail contents of the book:
http://www.gaggia.com.tw/baking/bread.htm

 
At 02 March, 2008 04:46, Blogger Asan said...

thank you for all your help and info.

 
At 03 March, 2008 22:21, Blogger Asan said...

Florence...sorry, one more favor. My brother would be in HK only a few days and during the Easter weekend so shopping time is very limited. Could you suggest where he goes to find the two bread books? They are from Taiwan so 66emart.com does not have them.....really appreciate all your help, recipes and informations! Asan

 
At 05 March, 2008 13:07, Blogger Florence said...

asan,

You can try booking the books from Commercial Press HK. They carry the Taiwanese cookbooks too!

Link as follows:
http://www.cp1897.com.hk/Index?Page=1

 
At 14 March, 2008 16:17, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi,

I tried out this recipe yesterday and failed. It could not form a dough after kneading in the bread machine.
The batter was very wet.
I followed ur recipe for bread machine. Any idea what could have gone wrong?

TIA
Peng

 
At 14 March, 2008 16:51, Blogger Florence said...

Peng,
This is a total bread machine recipe, so you don't have to worry if it is too wet. Just let the bread machine do everything including baking of the bread itself.

 
At 15 March, 2008 18:10, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Florence,

I did let the breadmachine do everything. The batter looks wet when I peep in at the kneading stage. Was yours really wet too and did not form a ball?

When I take out the bread, it is flat (only half the height of the bread tin)and very dense. Sadly not edible. The instant yeast is new and expire only in 2009.

Not sure what went wrong.

Thanks for replying. Maybe I will try again.

Peng

 
At 14 April, 2008 16:47, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hai, I have a breadmaker and tried few varieties. Sure it looks good and soft but it hardens the next day. Btw after two days it has black spots on it. Can't keep long. How about yours.

 
At 11 July, 2008 13:11, Anonymous Margaret said...

Hi FLorence..
I saw your recipe from your blog.. Im trying to make the breadmaker loaf.... for my first attempt in baking bread.
thanks for posting and sharing the recipes with all the instructions to detail.
will let you know the result.

 
At 25 April, 2011 14:24, Blogger Kristine said...

Hi, thank you so much for sharing the lovely recipes and detailed explanations on each and every one.

I have tried baking the breadmaker loaf twice and each time its a disaster. The bread doesnt raise and cannot be eaten at all.

I am using the Kenwood breadmaker and using no.1 for plain bread. It takes abt 3+ hrs to complete baking.

Please helpppp....

 

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