Bana chiffon cake

Could not resist making cakes though I am told to avoid eggs as I am down with a cough. Blame it on the over ripe bananas! Beckoning me to extend their shelf life. Haha. Using christine recipe, I modified a little. This is considered the most successful chiffon bana cake so far using my atas oven.

Original: http://en.christinesrecipes.com/2010/06/banana-chiffon-cake.html

My version:
Ingredients:
80g cake flour
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites
54g castor sugar
45g milk
35g virgin coconut oil
230g banana flesh

Method:
I preheated my oven to 150°c instead.
Whiz the bana flesh in the blender till creamy and smooth.
Whisk egg yolks together with a bit of the sugar.
Mix in oil, milk, bana puree and whisk.
Sift in flour, whisk till smooth and combined.

For meringue, egg whites in clean mixer bowl. Whisk on high after adding sugar and let the mixer does its job. Shift setting to low to stabilize the whites.

Method same as shown in the website.

Fold fold fold! (The meringue and the batter)
Tap tap tap! (Remove large air bubbles)
Pop pop pop! (Cake mould in the oven)
Tick tock tick! (Waiting time for me)
Ding ding ding! (Cake should be ready)
Cool cool cool! (Invert the mould carefully)
Slice slice slice! (When the cake is cool and nice)
Serve serve serve! (Bon Appétit everybody)

Oops. Can't help but type this jingle. Son is 20 mths now and responds well to repetitive sounds, words and actions. So the mama has to adapt. Hehe.

By the way, just discovered a method to cool the cake, by accident! Was trying to flip it over when the pan got stuck between the grills. Thought it looked cool(pun intended) so left it there. Works!

Nutella Cake

Wanted to make a mini cake for hubba's birthday. Supply was running low and finally decided to bake a simple nutella cake in my mini rice cooker. I modified the recipe given.

1) cake
 1 cup nutella
 10 tbsp flour (90g) (self raising)
 2 eggs
100g milk

I whisked the nutella with the milk first to get a smooth batter. Added eggs, whisk and then sift in the flour. Mix all till combined.

Pour batter into the mini pot and press the cake function.

2) Ganache Filling
I did not measure how much. I just added unsweetened cocoa powder and sugar till I like the taste. Whisk with some water and slowly heat in pot. Make sure the liquid is not too watery or runny. It should be thick. I whisked in some mascaprone too on whim to try the taste. Surprisingly yummy! Adds depth to the mixture. It sorts of balances the bitter cocoa taste. Pour over the cake and let cool till a little harden. Place in fridge covered till ready to consume!

mini waffles

Craving for waffles thus asked hubba to buy premix ones for convenience. This is ez to do. Just follow the pkt instructions. What I like about this is that it is packed into smaller sachets. No wastage. Instead of the usual size, I made into mini ones.

On a side note, I somehow did a cross like shape! Super cool! This song immediately came to my mind.

Thank You for the cross!
Indeed Your blueprint is everywhere under the sun. Thank You for loving us!

                            

Kaya balls

Childhood favorite snack. Easy to assemble the ingredients. Fraction or less than what ya kun is offering.

Actual link
https://en.cookpad.com/recipe/575163

Followed all except I used butter. Love the butter smell in all cakes.
For using mould, I add half batter into the wells and drop dollops of *Kaya in. Cover up to fill the Wells. Cover the tip mould and wait till cooked.
*For added taste, add desired jam/nutella/Kaya in half filled batter.

Moist Bana Chocolate Cake

Been a long time since I made this personal favorite. I have better results using rice cooker than oven. Sometimes getting an atas oven doesn't do justice to my hard worked batter. Hehe


 I modified this recipe.(http://everybodyeatswell.blogspot.be/2014/04/rcc-challengercc-13-super-moist.html)

60g unsalted butter
150g sugar
40g unsweetened cocoa powder
125g cake flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp bicarbonate soda
150g banana flesh, mashed
1 egg plus another 1 egg white (I use small ones), beaten
120g chilled fresh milk

Method
-Double boil butter with sugar and half of the fresh chilled milk.
-Stir till butter and sugar melt.
-Remove from heat.
-Add remaining chilled milk to hot mixture so the temperature cools down and loses heat faster. (Thanks to the science concepts I always teach and thus applied them)
-Add mashed Bana to the mixture and keep stirring to lose a bit more heat.
-Mix in the beaten egg and stir well.
-Sift flour, baking powder, soda, cocoa powder into a large bowl.
-Pour wet mixture slowly and mix in with the dry ingredients till combined.
-As mentioned by Ah bee,  the batter should be runny.
-Pour batter into pot and press CAKE function.
-Remove pot when done (mine takes about 50min).
-Invert and let cool.

Review:
Shiok eh! I cut down on sugar as I wanted to taste more of the bitter cocoa. I liked the smell, taste and texture. So glossy and shiny. Sliced piece standing tall and strong! Thanks for the great recipe!

cream cheese cake mini

Cream cheese cake mini

2nd trial on my mini rice cooker. Loving the versatility of it.

Ingredients:
100g cream cheese
 60g sugar
3 small eggs
2 tbsp milk
1.5tbsp oil
90g cake flour
1 1/3 tsp baking powder

Method:
Double boil cream cheese till melted and soft.
Whisk cream cheese with sugar.
Add eggs, milk, oil. Mix.
Sift cake flour into batter. Fold together gently till combined.
Pour in pot. Press cake function.
Invert pot and let cool when done.
Remove from pot and slice.
Can be kept in fridge. Steam to get the cake fluffy again.

butter cake mini

Butter cake (mini)

Bought a mini rice cooker and it's no brainer that I will use it to try a mini version of a cake. Decided to try a mini butter cake.

Ingredients:
50g self raising flour
50g sugar
50g butter
2 small eggs

Very easy to remember! :)

Method:
Cream melted butter with sugar.
Add the eggs.
Sift flour in.
Mix gently till combined.
Pour into greased pot and press CAKE function.
Remove pot when cooked.
Invert pot and let cool completely before removing.

Not bad. A tad too sweet for me. May cut down on the sugar the next try.

Mini Butter Cake