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- She's actually been playing it, a lot.
- I have. - Every evening, I'm like,
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I'm like, "Okay." - I'm baking, okay?
Baking.
- Baking in the comfort of your, you know--
- Sofa.
- Sofa, with your legs up, reclined, boopa-doopa-doop.
- There's a heat wave in the UK.
- I don't know if we can call it a heat wave anymore.
I mean, this is the third year in a row
where the temperatures have got to this amount,
where they've got to like high 20s,
sometimes even low 30s during the summer month.
I think it's just our summers now.
I think this is just life now.
- Okay, well, summer has hit,
and we thought we had hay fever,
but no, we're just ill.
- I think so. - Yeah.
- I was like, my legs really ache.
I did do 11,000 steps yesterday,
but like, my legs really ache,
and you're like, "I can't breathe."
- I can't breathe, my throat's so sore,
this headache won't go.
- And Rupert's like really snotty,
we're constantly chasing him with tissues.
- As I was saying, it's hot,
so that made us think of Malaysia,
so we thought,
it's good to stay hydrated. - Today's bake.
Oh, yes. - Is what we thought.
- We thought that today's Baking Bad should involve
my mum's old Malaysian,
"Malaysian Delicacies" book,
which has got all kinds of foods in it,
but we're gonna focus on desserts.
- Ooh.
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- And we're gonna make it doubly challenging.
Well, maybe it won't be as challenging
because I don't actually have to cook with Jessica,
(guitar string breaking sound effect)
but I'm gonna focus on making mango puddings.
- Yeah.
- And Jessica's gonna do?
- Steamed pandan cupcakes,
but not because we didn't have the metal cupcake pans.
We just have a large pandan pan.
- Pan--
- Pandan pan. - Pandan pan.
- Yeah.
I was like we could use the silicon cupcake molds to steam.
And then I realized I don't think they'll get hot.
And then will that make them not steam?
But then they cook in the oven.
- I don't know.
This is steaming.
- No, whoops. We have
a natural traditional pandan cake tin,
which we bought back from Malaysia.
- We bought this in Malaysia and then I had to pack it
in our suitcase and pack things around it.
I even packed knickers into the--
I really enjoy packing suitcases. It's fun for me?
- I think, I think I'm guessing this bit here
is to lift it out?
- Oh, well, yes.
- Right.
- Just to, because it's hot.
- Yes. And we have a steamer, I don't know if you can see.
- Lift into view.
- Which was one of our wedding presents.
You know, the classical like,
that is all the sort of things we need for our house.
And we've got two levels
and you can steam fish and vegetables.
I mean we don't use it as--
- I think they know what a steamer does.
- I just suddenly saw it.
I was like, oh my gosh, why don't we use this thing more?
But I have worked out, we could steam it with this.
- Yes.
- So we're gonna put this in.
It doesn't quite fit, so we're going have to like kind of
float it in there somehow.
- It will be fine.
- Alright, anyway.
That's not my problem 'cause I'm not doing the pandan cake.
I'm doing the mango puddings.
- Oh, yeah.
Okay, well, I guess that's my problem.
- Let's swap places, oh no, you got, you've got to do that.
Okay.
- Yes.
- So this is the pandan cupcakes.
Pandan, if you don't know, is a leaf.
And it's used for flavoring and it's also,
that's why it's sort of got this green color.
- [Jessica] Yeah, the cupcakes are green.
- We don't have pandan leaves.
(guitar string breaking sound effect)
They're quite hard to buy in the UK.
- So instead we've got these two different types
of pandan flavoring.
This one we bought last time we were in Malaysia
and this one we bought this year we were in Malaysia.
This one is very green.
So we're gonna mix the two of them together
because this one actually smells much better.
But apparently did go out of date in 2020. So--
- [Claudia] So strong. Maybe it's lost some of its essence.
- Maybe we should just go with the bright green one then.
- [Claudia] And these are my mango puddings.
Well, they're not, these are the ones in the book,
which are obviously very professionally done.
- [Jessica] They look amazing.
- But I'm aiming to get them done like this.
- [Jessica] They look so good.
- [Claudia] Basically it's mango and coconut milk.
And then you set it with using agar agar,
which is like a vegetarian gelatin.
And you set 'em in the fridge.
But then when you eat them,
they should have like a kind of le mange kind of texture.
I must admit I have, I did make these once before,
but I put not enough pulp in and too much water
and too much agar agar.
So they basically turned out to be like almost like--
- [Jessica] Sweets.
- Quite hard jelly sweets. But Rupert loved them,
so that's good, so I'm gonna try
and make them a little bit more authentic today.
- And we should admit
that we have made a pandan cake before.
I think that we did that for a video.
- Yeah, we tried to do the--
- Which you can watch here.
We have to make things slightly differently because we may,
we also have some dietary restrictions.
If you're new here, hi!
We have to bake things in a free form way
because our bodies are quirky that way.
- Is it quirky or is it on trend?
- Yes, on trend.
So our bodies are just fashionably ahead of time.
- We're going to use rice flour.
I mean, to be fair, it just says use a low protein flour,
which we were like, "Rice flour?"
And we're gonna use Rupert's cocoa growing up milk,
which is like basically formulated for toddlers.
It's got all the vitamins and things
just 'cause we're gonna make our cakes like--
- It's coconut milk.
- Extra healthy.
- Rupert's allergic to dairy, so.
- Basically it's a, it's basically coconut milk.
Right.
- Butter.
- Let's go.
- Most of the recipes in this book are like,
"Take 20 ingredients, put them in one bowl, smash them."
"Pour ingredients into mixing bowl and beat."
I can do that.
- [Claudia] We're using these really cute little molds.
They actually worked out really well last time,
so hopefully, fingers crossed,
they'll work out well this time.
They're for, they're chocolate molds,
but they could do, you know,
you can use them for any kind of jellies as well.
And I've got coconut milk,
agar agar powder and some
mango pulp slash puree.
Disclaimer. This is actually from a tin.
I just kept it in the fridge 'cause I,
I made some like mango lassies the other day.
So, but you can buy a whole tin of it or if you want to,
you can use a mango as Jessica's demonstrating
and then pulp it up.
But you know, who's got time for that?
- [Jessica] No one.
- [Claudia] And what have you got?
- [Jessica] I'm opening this.
- [Claudia] You've got your rice flower.
- [Jessica] I'm trying to open it.
My hands aren't very strong.
- [Claudia] And then we're gonna use a sugar alternative.
You are still struggling to open that.
So I'm going to turn to my--
- I am.
- I need to mix A and B in a pot.
A being the mangoes
and B being water, sugar and powder.
I'm just gonna put in all of the mango pulp I have left
because you know, make it mango-y.
And when am I gonna use this mango pulp again?
- Is this not how you ended up with this problem last time?
- Oh, well, I didn't measure out the ingredients.
I'm not really a measuring out ingredients kind of person.
That's why I don't like baking.
This is a 30 gram packet and it needs 10 grams.
I should probably weigh it
'cause last time I didn't weight it, I just--
- Yeah.
- I just put what I thought was probably a third.
- I'm following the recipe.
- We're gonna use this little dish.
Maybe there's a--
- [Jessica] Oh no, it's out of battery!
- [Claudia] I mean, when's the last time we used it?
- [Jessica] What a drama.
- What kind of batteries does it take?
- [Jessica] Oh, dear.
(Jessica laughs)
All right, let's hope this battery works.
- [Claudia] Come over. It's so flat.
- [Jessica] Oh, no.
(Jessica laughs)
Oh, my gosh.
Quick.
Yes!
It works!
- [Claudia] It's not doing anything.
- [Jessica] Oh, dear.
Is it thinking about it?
- [Claudia] No.
- [Jessica] Maybe click zero again or something.
- Oh, wait.
(Jessica laughs)
The whole packet, which has got six packets in it,
is 30 grams.
Actually you need two pack. I need like two packets.
- I see.
- So what we'll do is use that packet, which has got three,
and then a whole packet, which is five.
So it's like eight, and then that'll be fine.
- It will.
Good. So glad this worked out.
- Yep.
(Claudia gasps) The egg!
(Jessica shouts) - My egg!
- It's not the worst thing in the world!
- At least we have more eggs.
- Why--
- You're a disaster.
- Why did you leave your egg there?
- What? With my other ingredients.
- I'm gonna let you do, I'm gonna stick to--
- Try and get the battery--
- This is why I don't bake or cook with you.
- [Jessica] Oh, my god.
- I hate having a sous chef.
- Me? I'm not a sous chef.
You just dropped all of my ingredients.
- I'm passing it back to you.
- That's not a sous chef.
- Right.
Oh, I think I was meant to mix the agar agar with the water.
- Yeah, that's generally how it works.
- [Claudia] Oh no, man.
(Jessica laughs)
And then pour that in.
- Yeah.
- But I've just poured the agar straight in.
- Yeah, that's why it's like part A, part B,
and then you mix A and B together.
- Well, I was just like,
if you're mixing A and B together anyway,
why not just like mix it all, you know?
Do you really need to have your food
all like, you know, separated?
Just make it to a big shepherd's pie mess.
That's all going in the same place.
- We are not making a shepherd's pie.
(Claudia laughs)
Right.
- Right.
It'll be a bit disappointing if our pandan cake
and our mango pudding came out looking
like a shepherd's pie.
All good chefs touch their food a lot.
- I don't know that that's a saying.
"All good chefs touch their food a lot."
- "Just get a new egg."
But I can't because then it'll be the wrong amount of eggs.
- Right. Anyway, I've got to mix this now.
(Jessica sighs)
- Okay.
Two
teaspoons butter.
Teaspoons?
Teaspoons.
Two teaspoons of melted butter.
That seems like a very small amount.
I have say at least the laughter is making--
- Oh no, my spoon must have--
(Jessica laughs)
- [Jessica] Her spoon's back in there.
- [Claudia] That's probably really hot now as well,
isn't it?
- [Jessica] Don't--
(Jessica laughs)
- [Claudia] There we go.
Use a wooden spoon.
This is why people use wooden spoons
when they're cooking and baking.
- You know the weird thing is like, we don't even try.
- To be bad.
I think it's when we're with each other,
like when we're on our own, you can bake
a perfectly good cake.
Jessica made Rupert's birthday cake and it was lovely.
Everyone could eat it cause it was like dairy, gluten,
sugar free.
- Dairy, gluten, sugar free.
- And I can like cook really well. You know, just saying.
- As long as no one's near her.
- Yeah, but I just get really easily distracted.
- As long as there's nothing and no one nearby.
- I was listening to Brené Brown and,
and she was like
studying what makes someone like wholehearted
is that they have play in their life and how,
how adults should introduce and have play in their life
if they don't already, and we play all the time.
- We do. This is true. Even before Rupert.
- We don't like play like games. We just muck about.
- Have fun, dance around.
- Dance around. Be a bit goofy with each each other.
- [Claudia And Jessica] Make each other laugh.
- [Jessica] That is boiling, darling.
- [Claudia] Okay, so turn it off.
- [Jessica] Yeah.
- I need 168 mils of--
- Well, that's so weird, I need 168 milliliters.
It seems like someone's converted from ounces.
- 160 eights.
A little thing about coconut milk,
if you don't know already--
- [Jessica] Yes, darling?
- Is you should always check on the back
because they all have like,
you can get lots of different cans of coconut milk,
but like they have different amounts
of coconut extract in them,
which is obviously gonna affect it if you're making like
something that's meant to be like
really quite rich in coconut, like this pudding.
Coconut milk, rich and creamy.
Coconut milk, Essential Waitrose coconut milk.
Say, let's have a look.
So which one would you think
would have more coconut in it, Jessie?
- Ooh, I would bet.
- The rich and creamy?
- The black one.
- The one that says rich and creamy.
- Yes.
- So we have a look. It has 54.55%.
28% coconut extract.
(Jessica gasps)
- Shocking.
- And the rest is water.
- What?
- 60%.
(Jessica gasps)
So actually the Essential Waitrose,
which is probably cheaper, it was actually cheaper
than these two is the best one.
- Okay, I'm gonna, I'm gonna start the mixer.
Just warning everyone.
Fine, an extra egg probably won't kill it.
(upbeat music)
- [Jessica] There she goes.
This is elegance.
- [Claudia] Oh, no.
- [Jessica] Oh, wow.
Delicate work here.
- I might wipe it up after.
- You might wipe it up after?
I don't think that extra egg was maybe necessary.
It's very runny. - It's fine.
I think a chiffon is runny, isn't it?
Until you bake it.
- Well, it says arrange the molds in wok
and steam for 15 minutes.
Okay.
It's going into the fridge.
- I mean, I'm not, but these are.
- I said yours.
- You should never go inside the fridge.
I learned that in primary school.
- [Claudia] I learned that when I worked at Starbucks.
I got stuck in there.
(Jessica laughs)
- I think you should have known it
before you were working in Starbucks, darling.
- It was like that scene out of like The L Word
except I wasn't stuck in there with the love of my life,
I was just stuck in there with a load of milk.
- No 'cause she didn't know me yet.
- No, I didn't know. And also,
why would you be at Starbucks in the fridge with me?
(upbeat music)
- Check to see if it's ready.
Dun dun dun dun dun!
Oh, gosh. It feels a little thick.
- [Claudia] Solid.
- [Jessica] Solid.
- [Claudia] Cooked through though.
- [Jessica] Cooked through.
Well, I don't know actually 'cause it is left residue on.
I don't think it's ready.
No, no, it's not ready.
Putting the lid back on. We're doing it again.
- Maybe we just need a--
- More. More. Just do more.
- No, don't. I think this, the hot steam is maybe too hot.
Maybe we keep it at--
- Hot steam is too much?
- It's fine. Everything in it is edible.
My things are almost set, look!
- Oh!
- Don't do. That was my, it was my chance
to reveal my pudding.
- I didn't mean to.
- Take the best bit. You didn't mean to,
of course you did, you put your fingers straight in it.
- Poke your cake in a minute.
They look better than my ones last time, don't they?
I mean, look, they're so sad.
I can turn this plate at 180.
- [Jessica] Oh God, no.
- [Claudia] Is that 180?
- [Jessica] Don't do it. - [Claudia] 90.
- [Jessica] What're you doing?
Oh, okay. I really want one.
- They're a little bit more squishy.
I think we might need a fork.
- These are definitely squishy.
- Maybe they're not fully set.
- Why are we using Rupert's cutlery?
- Because they seem small and these are small.
I'm gonna have this snail.
- Okay.
Ooh. It's mango-y.
- You hate mango.
(guitar string breaking sound effect) - I do.
- I think it's lovely? If you like mango, these are good.
Now I have to get Rupert to test the cake
and the mango pud, which one he prefers.
Just a tin of mango pulp, some coconut milk.
- Some agar agar.
- Agar agar or agar agar or whatever.
(Jessica laughs)
All right. I'm excited to see your cake.
- Yeah, I'm not.
(quaint happy music)
- [Claudia] Is it good?
- [Rupert] Yeah.
- [Claudia] Yeah.
That was a long, that was a long wait.
Is it tasty?
Going for more.
- This is not going to plan.
(Rupert babbles)
We're going to get it out the pan.
- I was gonna tell Rupert it's coming out--
(Jessica laughs)
- Rupert needs some cake. Rupert's coming to help.
He's currently bringing over his learning tower,
so he can also reach.
(Rupert babbles)
Appears to be bringing your learning tower over,
so you can better assist Mama
in her time of baking desperate need.
Oh, god. Right.
Oh, pushing.
Pushing.
- [Claudia] Wow!
What a raised cake.
This what happened last time?
- [Jessica] Shush, Claudia.
- [Claudia] Maybe the low protein flour.
You know, maybe it's not right.
- [Jessica] Maybe we didn't use the right flour.
I think this might just fall apart to be honest.
Oh, look.
There we go.
- [Claudia] That looks nice.
- [Jessica] I'm glad you think so.
- I think you were meant to, you know, like line the tin.
- [Jessica] Yeah, all right.
- With butter or oil.
Were you not to put oil on the tin?
That was a rookie mistake.
Even I know that and I don't bake.
- [Jessica] All right. Have a little feel.
Is that hot or just warm?
- [Rupert] Warm.
- [Jessica] Okay.
I don't hate it.
(Rupert babbles)
- [Claudia] Oh, there you go.
He's asked for more.
Which one do you like more?
Mama's cake or Mumma's mango puddings?
(drum roll sound effect)
- [Rupert] This one.
(crowd cheering sound effect)
- [Claudia] Your cake is the winner!
- [Jessica] I love you.
That was the correct answer, my angel.
- [Claudia] She's paying you.
But it definitely did not win the aesthetic test.
(Jessica laughs)
(quaint happy music)
- [Jessica] Ta-da! - [Claudia] Okay.
- So in all fairness,
I would say you did win in the presentation--
- But--
- Stakes.
- I will say that that is all down to the molds.
- I've got this.
- Rupert's just like moon walking past us right now.
He's just happy on his pandan kick.
- Yeah, Rupert's got really into, what he thinks,
is ballet at the moment.
It's very interesting.
- He says the pandan cake wins on taste.
Shocking.
But obviously he really likes the bugs.
- The pandan cake is dense.
- It is dense.
- It's a lot.
I don't think we were quite correct
in what we think is low protein flour.
- No, maybe not.
Or we just have the wrong amount of eggs for the,
for the kind of, type of, I think they would've risen more
if they were in cupcake-sized things.
Who knows?
We can try again next time.
- Yeah, well, watch our,
follow us on Instagram at jessieandclaud
to see if we do any better next time.
- I think it's a success. I would say we did pretty well.
- I mean, this is really moreish, this pandan cake.
- Tastes like pandan cake. It looks like pandan cake almost.
They look like mango puddings.
They taste like mango puddings.
- Delicious.
- Rupert likes both.
- Wonderful.
- I think it's a hit.
- We've fed the child.
- Yay!
- We've done well. Yay!
Go us. Woo!
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