This lovely moist carrot cake not only tastes delicious, but also presents beautifully. The grated carrots enhance the flavour and texture of the cake.

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F and butter or spray two 25x20x 4 cm or two 9 inch cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with baking paper.
   
   
2. Toast the pecans or walnuts for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool and then chop coarsely. Peel and finely grate the carrots. In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In bowl of electric mixer, with the paddle attached, beat the eggs until frothy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until the batter is thick and light colored. Add the oil in a steady stream and then beat in the vanilla extract. Fold in the crushed pineapple.
   
   
4. Sift in the flour mixture and mix just until incorporated. With a large rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts. Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared pans and bake 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. After about 10 minutes invert the cakes onto the wire rack, remove the pans and parchment paper, and then cool completely before frosting.
5. You can prepare the frosting while cake still bakes. In bowl of electric mixer, with the paddle attached, beat the cream cheese and butter, on low speed, until very smooth with no lumps. Gradually add the sifted powdered sugar and beat, on low speed, until fully incorporated and smooth. Beat in the vanilla extract and chill until the cake is ready.
   
   
6. To assemble: place one cake, top side down, onto your serving plate. Spread with about a third of the frosting. Gently place the other cake, top of cake facing up, onto the frosting, and spread the rest of the frosting all over the cake. Garnish with toasted nuts, grated carrots and marzipan carrots.

Jiaozi ( jiāozǐ Chinese Dumpling), a traditional Chinese Food, is one of the most widely loved foods in China. Jiaozi typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable
angiesrecipes filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by creating "pleats" or other kinds of desired patterns. For example, Yuan Bao, which are dumplings made in the form of ancient Chinese money.
To make a dough, carrot juice or spinach(fresh or frozen) can be used instead water for variations.

1. In a large bowl, stir the salt into the flour. Pour in the hot water and stir well. Then add in the carrot juice and mix to form a dough. Knead the dough into a smooth ball. Cover the dough and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
   
   
2. While the dough is resting, prepare the filling ingredients. Place each of 10 grams of ginger root, spring onion, and water in a blender to produce the about 90-ml juice. Put meat in a large bowl, add the soy sauce, salt, chicken powder and white pepper, adding in 1/3 of the ginger and onion juice. Stir only one direction and add half of the rest, continuing stirring. At least add in the rest, stirring until the ground meat is elastic. Add the sesame oil, chopped green onion, onion fritters and carrot shreds, stirring in the same direction, and mix well.
   
3. Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a roll and cut each roll into ½-inch slices. Roll each piece out into a circle about 8-cm in diameter. Place a small portion of the filling into the middle of each wrapper. Fold and seal in your desired pattern. Continue with the remainder of the dumplings.
   
4. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add your dumplings into the boiling water. Cover and cook. When it comes to a boil, add half cup cold water. Cover. Repeat. When it comes to a boil for the third time, they are ready to serve. You can also try to steam them. I usually enjoy them with chilli sauce or a mix of black vinegar and soya sauce. Pan-fry the leftover.

• 250 g Fish fillets
• 100 ml Orange juice
• 30 g Cornstarch
• 2 g Salt
• 20 g Egg
• 25 g Starch solution
• Frying oil

1. Cut the fish fillet into the small chunks, marinate with salt for 25 minutes.
   
2. Mix the egg and starch solution in a small bowl, dip the fish into it, then coat with cornstarch thinly.
   
3. Heat the frying oil in a wok, then deep-fry the fish until golden and crispy. Place them onto a kitchen towel, then arrange them in a plate.
   
4. Leave a little oil in the wok, pour in the orange juice, thicken it with very little cornstarch, sprinkle with a few drops of fried oil, then spread the sauce over the fish fillets.

Aubergine / eggplant prepared this way is so fun and delicious, sweet and sour, easy yet impressive, a delicacy for all ages! A restaurant-worthy yet so simple appetizer that you can easily make it at home. The main feature of the dish is the method of cutting, slicing straight from top to bottom, leaving the bottom intact, and turning ninety degrees to repeat the previous process. I have peeled the eggplant, but you can leave the skin on.

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1. Place the lemon juice, olive oil, vinegar and seasoning into a large bowl, and mix together until combined. Thinly slice the carrot and fennel. Rinse salmon and pat dry with paper towel. Brush balsamic vinaigrette over salmon. Sprinkle with pepper and salt or any seasoning of your choice.
2. Brush a nonstick skillet with olive oil lightly over medium-high heat. Place salmon in heated skillet and cook, uncovered, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook another 3 minutes and salmon should be done. Toss the vegetables in the dressing to coat. Transfer the salad to a serving plate and place salmon on top of the salad.

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• 2 Fish fillets
• 7 strip Bacon, cut into half
• 1 tsp Jiafan rice wine
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp White pepper powder

1. Clean the fish and dry them with a kitchen towel. Cut them into 4cmx2cm pieces. Marinate the fish with rice wine, salt and pepper for about 30 minutes.
2. Make the fish bacon rolls by laying a piece of fish on a strip of bacon. Roll up and fasten with toothpicks.
3. Place bacon rolls in baking pan lined with aluminum foil and bake in a preheated 200C/400F oven for about 12-15 minutes. Serve hot.

1. In a bowl whisk together the flour and salt. Set aside. beat the butter and sugar with your electric mixer until fluffy and lemon white in colour. Blend in the egg and orange extract. Sift in the flour mixture and beat at slow speed just until incorporated.
   
   
2. Divide the dough into two portions. On one sheet of parchment roll out the white dough into a 24x26 cm rectangle. Wrap dough and place on a baking sheet in the freezer for about 15 minutes or until dough is firm. Combine the sieved cocoa powder with the other portion of dough. Reserve 50 grams of chocolate dough for wrapping the checkerboard dough log. Cover with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge. On another sheet of parchment roll out the rest of the chocolate dough into a 24x26 cm rectangle. Wrap dough and place on a baking sheet in the freezer until dough is firm.
   
   
3. Remove both the dough from the fridge and lay the light dough on a parchment paper. Lightly brush the top of the light dough with a little water and place chocolate dough evenly on top of the light dough. Lengthwise cut the rectangle into four strips, each about 6 x 26 cm.
   
4. Place one strip on a piece of plastic wrap. Brush the top of the dough with water and place the second strip on top of the first, alternating two colours until all four are done. Press down lightly on the top of the dough and then wrap and freeze for 15 minutes until firm. Once firm, remove from freezer and cut the layers lengthwise into 4 strips, each about 1.5x26 cm long strips. Stack four strips, alternating two colours to yield the checkerboard pattern. Wrap and place in freezer again to firm up. Meanwhile roll out the reserved chocolate dough into a 24x26 rectangle on a sheet of parchment paper. Cover and refrigerate until slightly firm or up to a month.
   
5. Preheat oven to 175C/350F and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Remove dough from freezer and cut the dough into 6 mm thick slices. Place on prepared baking sheet spacing about an inch apart. Bake in the center of the preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes until cookies just start to brown around the edges. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool. Baked cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to one week.

Adapted from Dan Lepard: The Handmade Loaf (Mitchell Beazley Food)

1. Whisk the leaven with water, honey and grated potato in a large bowl. Combine the flours and salt. Mix the ingredients together to form a sticky mass. Cover with a cling film and leave for 10 minutes. Spread a teaspoon of olive oil on the work surface. Scrape the dough, working from the side of the bowl, on to the oiled surface. Knead briefly, 20 seconds, will be enough. Clean the bowl, and give it a light rub with olive oil. Return the dough to the greased mixing bowl. Cover and leave overnight in fridge.
   
2. Scrape the dough on to a lightly oiled work surface and pat it out to form a rectangle, roughly 40cm x 20cm. Fold one end, a third of the length, back to the center. Fold the other end back over it, so you have three layers. Pat it out again and fold it once more. This stretches the dough and aerates it. Leave one hour at room temperature and repeat. Leave another hour and repeat. The dough should be rising nicely. The most important thing to remember is that it's ready to shape when bubbles form in the dough. To check, slash the dough with a sharp razor. If this hasn't happened, leave the dough a further hour and check again.
   
3. Shape the dough into a ball. Cover and rest for 15 minutes. Dust a parchment paper or a towel and lay it on a tray. Use a flour-dusted, linen-lined basket if you have one. Shape the dough into a baton and place it seam-side up on the prepared paper or cloth. Cover and leave at room temperature until almost doubled, about 3-4 hours.
4. Preheat the oven to 220C425F. Turn the loaves on a floured baking sheet, so that any seams are now underneath. Make a cut a along the loaf’s length. Bake for 25 minutes. Reduce the heat to 180C350F and bake for 45-55 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

1. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add in ground toasted okara, ground almond, caster sugar and vanilla sugar. Cut in the marzipan and butter. Add in egg yolk and blend all of them into a dough. Wrap with a cling film and chill for 1 hour.
   
2. Preheat the oven to 175C/350F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Lightly dust your work surface with flour. Roll the dough out to 3mm thick. Arrange the text of congratulations on the cutter and cut out the cookies on the prepared baking tray. Bake in the middle of preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Cool them on a wire rack.