Chocolate Marble Cake

Coucou,

Just like chocolate cake, there are so many variations of marble cake too. I am pretty sure most of the people out there has eaten any variation of marble cake and even made them at home. One simple and easy cake to make but sure they are taste delicious.

Apparently, I like to try out new recipes that I got it from internet, and when the recipes turned out perfectly and satisfying, then after I would posted here and at the same time for my future reference. Sometimes, not all recipes turns out well, there is trial and error, right?

CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE

Ingredients;

2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
170g salted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 180° and prepare baking pan. I usually used medium loaf pan.
- In a small bowl, combine melted butter and cocoa powder, mix well and set aside.
- In a big bowl, combine softened butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix everything just until combined.
- Add milk and continue to beat until the batter smooth.
- Divided the batter into 2 and mix one batter with cocoa mixture.
- Spoon a plain batter into prepared pan, cover with chocolate batter and do it until finish.
- Swirl in the batter with knife and bake for 25 minutes.
- After 25 minutes, reduce the temperature to 160° and continue to bake for 25 more minutes.
- After 25 minutes, cover the pan with aluminium foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean.
- Cool completely and serve.

Happy baking!

Squid in Spicy Dark Soy Sauce

Bonjour,

I've not cooked squid as often as I've cooked prawn or fish. Squid that I found here not as same as squids in Asia. Some of them are quite big in size and the taste and texture are different from what we had in my hometown sea. I know, there are so many different types of seafood and different sea and ocean has a different squids as well.

Just as easy as cooking fish and prawn, this squid in spicy dark soy sauce are so easy to make and they are tasty too.

SQUID IN SPICY DARK SOY SAUCE

Ingredients;

200g sliced squids
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1cm fresh ginger, chopped
1 green chilli, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1/2 tablespoon chilli sauce or ketchup
2-3 tablespoon dark soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Heat up little oil in saucepan and fry garlic and ginger until fragrant.
- Add in green chilli, onion and squids, fry for a few minutes.
- Add oyster sauce, chilli sauce or ketchup and dark soy sauce and cook over low heat for a another few minutes.
- Season with salt pepper and cook until the squid are cooked through. Do not overcook the squid.

Bon appétit!

Crustless Coconut Pie

Bonjour,

There is a time when I need a quick and easy kind of dessert to prepare. Sometimes I don't believe if there is a snack foods that are so much easy to make. Without using so many utensils in the kitchen to bake something, this crustless coconut pie is one of them.

When I saw this recipe from pinterest, I went to the kitchen and made it right away because I had all the ingredients in hand. Blend and bake, this crustless coconut pie turned out great and delicious!

CRUSTLESS COCONUT PIE

Ingredients;

4 eggs
1/4 cup salted butter, soften
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups milk
1 cup coconut flaked
1 teaspoon vanila extract

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 180° and prepare baking pie pan, set aside.
- Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour batter into the prepare baking pie pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hours.

As simple as that, happy baking!

Japenese Style Cucumber and Cabbage Salad

Konnichiwa,

Few years back, I've learned a little bit of Japanese language and during the time I could speak a little Japanese but now I just remember a few basic words. It was a long time ago and without speaking and hearing the language, it can dissappear and forgotten as quickly as it came.

I like Japanese language even though I'm not a fan of Japanese food but in some dishes, Japanese food was really good. The reason I don't eat much of Japanese food because I don't like raw food like seafood and meat. I don't mind fish as long as the meat is well cooked or fried. Simple Japanese style salad can be good and perfect for appetizer or as a side dish. These cucumber and cabbage salad was so easy to prepare and the most important thing, they are fresh and healthy.

JAPANESE CUCUMBER SALAD

Ingredients;

1 cucumber
Salt
Sugar
Rice vinegar
A few drop of soy sauce, optional
Sesame seeds

METHOD;

- Thinly slice the cucumber and sprinkle with salt.
- Add other ingredient and season to suit taste. Mix well.
- Let the cucumber salad set in the fridge for a while and sprinkle with sesame seeds before serve.

JAPANESE CABBAGE SALAD

Ingredients;

1/4 medium white cabbage, shredded
1/2 carrot, shredded
4-5 tablespoon rice vinegar
1-2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon mayonaise
Salt
Sesame seeds
Sesame oil

METHOD;

- Marinate shredded cabbage with salt for at lesast 1 hour. Rinse with water and drain.
- In a small saucepan, heat up the vinegar, sugar, mayonaise and a pinch of salt for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the sauce into shredded cabbage and shredded carrot, add more salt or sugar if needed to suit the taste.
- Add a few drop of sesame oil and mix well.
- Let the cabbage salad set in the fridge for a few hours and sprinkle with sesame seeds before serve.

Itadakimasu!

Oatmeal Raisin Nut Cookies

Salut,

Festive season, winter month and Christmas holiday is just around the corner. I would start making my Christmas fruits cake and cookies soon. In the coming week I'm planning to make a few batches of fruit cake cookies to give some to our friends as a gift.

We are excited actually to celebrate our Christmas this year in our new home, new place and new neighbours around. Christmas decoration trees and beautiful lights displays just start this week. It's so nice to see our house and other houses surrounded by colourful Christmas lights.

Ok, back to cookies story, these oatmeal raisin nut cookies I made not long ago and they turned out great, chewy and the taste just nice. These simple cookies are perfect for any occasion, anytime and anywhere.

OATMEAL RAISIN NUT COOKIES

Ingredients;

1 cup flour
1/4 cup salted butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanila extract
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup raisin
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 160° and prepare baking sheet.
- In a medium bowl, cream together melted butter and sugar until it well blended.
- Add vanila extract, milk and flour, and mix until just combine.
- Add in oats, raisin and walnuts, mix well.
- Take a little dough and make into small balls and flatten them down a bit and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 12-16 minutes, do not overbake.
- Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack.

Happy baking!