Banana Bread

Melt in your mouth cookies

The time is passing so slow today so I decide to bake some cookies. My family members don't really like to eat cookies so I halve the recipe and viola this cookies is so damn good. I ate this type of cookies before when we're suppose to cook in school. My friend bake this and it was so awesome but then she refuse to share the recipe. But is okay, because now I found the recipe. Hers is slightly nicer and more flavorful. This cookies do not brown that much so don't bake until the cookies is golden brown. By the time the cookies turn golden brown it will be over bake.The recipe posted below is change following my own preference. For original just click on the website.

Adapted from: Allrecipes

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar, sifted
2 tablespoon cornstarch
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence (1/2 tsp for good vanilla essence)
1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Sifted all dry ingredients and set aside
3. Cream butter until fluffy about 5-7 minutes. The longer you cream the better.
4. Add in all dry ingredients and beat about 4-5 minutes.
5. Spoon 1 teaspoon of the cookies dough into a ungreased cookies sheeat leaving 2 inches apart.
6. Bake till you think is done. The edge should just brown a little and on top should be white

Baked Penne with Meatballs

These baked penne with meatballs is so easy to do and it taste wonderful. The sauce is flavour full and the meatballs is oh-so-good! Of course I change the recipe a bit to make it a little better for our taste. Few months ago I use this recipe but I forget the recipe when I want to make it again. And after high and long search I found it. Yay! I scaled the recipe down to 2 person and I still have balance in the fridge. You can just simply put everything into a pot that you want to bake it and grated generous amount of cheese and there is your lunh. Quick and easy.

Adapted from : For The Love Of Cooking
Recipes posted are different from original.

Mushroom Marinara

Generous amount of olive oil *see note below
1/2 yellow onion
3oz
3 clove of garlic, finely chop
1/2 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes (if can use Hunt's brand)
1/2 15 oz can of tomato sauce
1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp dried parsley
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp white sugar
1 tsp red pepper flakes.
Generous amount of sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

1. Saute the onion and mushroom till soften. Add in garlic and continue to saute until fragrant.

2. Add the remaining ingredients and bring it to a boil just for few minutes.

Meatball

300g ground pork
4 mushroom, diced finely
1/4 yellow onion, roughly chopped
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 egg *see note below*
1 tbsp dried basil
1 tbsp dried parsley flakes
Generous amount of black pepper and salt

1. Diced the mushroom and onion.

2. Mixed all the ingredients into a bowl and mix everything.

3. Shape to meatballs shapes.

Notes : i) Just pour the amount according to your preference.
ii) If you think measuring half a egg is troublesome just get the smallest egg you have.

Sweet and Sour Fish Sauce

Sweet and sour dish is a very common dish now a days. Beside sweet and sour fish fish, sweet and sour pork are also available. In chinese the call it as "ku lu yoke" I not so sure whether I spell correct or not ya. :)

Recipe by me (This sauce is more suitable for fish)

4 tablespoon tomato sauce
4 tablespoon chili sauce
3 tablespoon thai chili sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon black vinegar
Few dash of worchestire sauce
1 medium size red onion (cut into slices)
Water depend on the type of consistency you want.


1. Heat up your wok. Add a little vegetable oil and fry the onion till fragrant.
2. Add all the seasoning and add water. Season with salt and pepper if required.
3. When the saue slighty cool down add to your fried fish. Garnish with coriander and spring
onion.

Chilled Oreo Marble Cheesecake

Chilled oreo marble cheesecake. I am sure once you hear this you will be drooling. This cheesecake is rich and velvety. The texture for this cheesecake was just nice for my family taste bud. This cheesecake is a must try recipe!


Adapted from : Aunty Yochana
I
ngredients for crust:
220 gm. chocolate biscuits - blended 120 to 150 gm. melted butter
Cream Cheese fillings:
100 gm sugar
8 egg yolks
500 gm cream cheese
22 gm gelatine powder soaked with 100 ml. water then microwave for 25 secs.
300 gm Dairy whip cream (35% fat whipping cream)
50 gm. cooking chocolate
1 packet of Oreo cookies
Method:
1) Mix blended chocolate with butter evenly and press into a 9" round springform tin. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins. till biscuits are firm.
2) Whisk egg yolks and sugar lightly over a pot of simmering water with the base not touching the water. Whisk till lemoney in colour.
3) Beat cream cheese with a paddle till creamy. Pour in the melted gelatine mixture and mix evenly.
4) Pour in the whisked egg yolks into the cream cheese gradually and mix till evenly combined.
5) Fold in whipped cream and mix gently.
6) Pour half of the cream cheese mixture into the prepared tin , lay oreo cookies on top of cream cheese filling and then pour balance cream cheese filling on top.
7) Mix 1 tbsp of cream cheese filling with melted chocolate and spoon it on top of the cheese cake. Use a skewer to swirl into a marble effect.
8) Chill in the refrigerator for about 4 hours or until firm before slicing.

More Chips Butter Cheese Muffin ( Creaming method)

I always wonder how bakery shop can get nice muffin crust with a perfect dome. After reading some article I get to know that, to get a nice dome surface you batter must be thick, fill the mufifn batter until the brim of the muffin case, and preheat your oven at 210C before you started making. When you put the muffin into the oven lower back the temperature according to the orginal temperature.

When I was going through the recipe that I have, I was attracted to this recipe. The pictures of the muffin looks really good so without hesitate I went ahead and make it although I know some of the ingredients I didn't have on hand. I told myself it will work. After creaming the butter, sugar and cream cheese, I add the eggs one by one after each addition and mix well. After that I notice that the batter was so watery.

At that time I was really concern that my muffin will turn out flat. I keep telling myself it will be okay so I add the dry ingredients. After folding and all the batter turn out thick, I was so relieve. :)

Ingredients.
100g butter
80g cream cheese
150g castor sugar ( I reduce to 90g)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 tsp chocolate emulco ( Omit this and use cocoa powder) 2 tbsp yogurt ( Omit this and add full cream milk)
3 eggs
45g white chocolate
45g milk chocolate ( Use normal choclate chips)
20g almond nibs
180g self raising flour
1/8 tsp salt.

Method.
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Cream butter,sugar, and cream cheese till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.

3. Beat in vanilla essece, chocolate emulco and yoghurt. (If mixture curdles add in a bit of the flour)
4. Fold in sifted ingredients and choclate chips. Spoon batter in to each paper case. Sprinkle with almond nibs and extra chips on top.

5. Bake for 25 minutes until well risen or until a skewer insert in the centre and comes out clean.

Chocolate Marble Cake

Hey readers, I'm back in action. I have been MIA for quite some time because I was busy preparing for trials. Anyway this weekend, me and my mum baked chocolate marble cake. Chocolate marble cake is just normal butter cake but you divided the mixture into two and mix with cocoa. We did not use melted chocolate or either cocoa powder but we use chocolate emulco. Once I saw this recipe I knew that this would be a good recipe because of the feedback but we modified the recipe a little to get extra moist and fluffy texture.

Ingredients.
250g butter
200g sugar
6 large eggs (seprated)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 teaspoon chocolate emulco
300g self raising flour (sifted)
1/2 - 3/4 cup of evaporated milk

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Beat butter and sugar till light and creamy. Add in the egg yolks and beat well after each addition. Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.
3.Add in the flour alternately with the evaporated milk ending with milk.
4. Beat the egg white till soft peak and fold in gently to the flour mixture.
5. Seprated out the mixture and add in the chocolate emulco to one of the mixture.
6. Pour the white mixture alternately with the chocolate mixture in a cake tin. Before baking using a toothpick or knife create a swirl effect. Remember not to over swirl.
7. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until done.

* For moist cake add 1/2 cup of evaporated milk and for very moist add 3/4 cup. I add 1/2 and the texture was just nice for me.
* Instead of evaporated milk I use normal milk and for the vanilla essence I added another 1/2 teaspoon.