Spongy Banana Cake

Bonsoir,

We've been quite busy lately as we're working on cinema even not as a full time but this job enough to make us tired and sleeping well for a days. But we enjoyed doing it though, meeting old and new friends, actor actress as well other people who work and involved in this industry. We would continue to be busy working for the next couple of month and working a few other things on the side.

I've made the spongy banana cake few weeks ago and brought them to work. Some of our friends keep telling me how good the banana cake was and for that reason, I'm sure I would make this cake again in the near future.

SPONGY BANANA CAKE
Recipe source from Wen's delight.

Ingredients;

3 eggs
110g sugar
200g ripe banana
150g flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
90g vegetable oil

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 160° and prepare baking pan.
- Sieve flour and baking powder twice, set aside.
- Use the hand or stand mixer, mix eggs, sugar and banana and whisk until stiff/ribbon stage.
- Fold in sifted flour using spatula and add in oil, mix well till batter is shining.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Happy baking!

The Colour Of Wild Spring

Bonjour,

Spring is the season where most people likely to name it as their favorite seasons. Maybe it's because the wild spring flowers and blossom filled trees make everything looks beautiful and like a panting. Other than that the spring temperature become pleasant, not too cold like winter and not too hot like summer, it's just perfect, comfortable and the best times to travel.

Enjoy the great spring season!

Kuih Seri Muka

Hello,

Kuih seri muka is one of Malaysian traditional sweet snack made of steamed glutinous rice with coconut milk and layered with sweet pandan custard. I used to see my mom and my sister made these kuih when I was a teenager but never made it by myself. This morning I felt like I want to eat these kuih seri muka and I've made it for the first time.

Since we are only two at home, as usual every time I made an extra cakes, I would give it away to our neighbours. In this recipe, I used pandan extract since I don't have pandan leaves to make a natural pandan juice and a few drops of green food colouring.

KUIH SERI MUKA

Ingredients;

For the glutinous rice:-
1 cup glutinous rice, soak for 4 hour or overnight
1 cup light coconut milk
A pinch of salt

For the pandan custard layer:-
2 cups thick coconut milk
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup corn flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon pandan extract
A few drops of green food colouring

METHOD;

- Drain the glutinous rice and place in a baking dish and add coconut milk and salt.
- Prepare steamer and another baking pan and lightly grease with oil or cover with plastic, the plastic method just to be easy when take it out later. Set the pan aside.
- Steam the rice for 30 minutes.
- Remove the rice and transfer to another prepared baking pan and press down to compact and level it.
- Return the compacted rice into the steamer over low heat and add more water to the steamer if needed.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix and whisk all the pandan custard layer ingredients.
- Strain the custard batter over the rice and continue to steam over low heat for another 30 minutes.
- Let it to cool completely before slicing.

Enjoy the kuih seri muka!

Matcha Brownies

Bonjour,

Last weekend, we went to visit a friend in Brest and stayed for two night in my mother-in-law house. It was a great weekend indeed. I've made matcha brownies and some cookies and took all these sweets for my mother-in-law and friends. I also made a black forest cake since she told me she likes black forest cake and have not eaten for quite long time. Just before we went back home in the afternoon, I baked for her another banana bread and she could eat it anytime and keep it for a few days or weeks. It's really gives me a great pleasure seeing her enjoy something I baked.

MATCHA BROWNIES

Ingredients;

120g salted butter, melted
200g white chocolate, chopped into small pieces
2 eggs
200g brown sugar
150g flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons matcha powder

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 180° and prepare baking pan.
- Mix melted butter with eggs and sugar, mix well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and matcha powder and fold in into the butter mixture.
- Add in chopped white chocolate and mix just until incorporated.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Baked Salmon With Creamy Garlic Butter Sauce

Bonsoir,

For the past few months, I've decided not to baked or cooked as much as I did before. I love cooking and baking, it will always be my passion but I'm not baking as often at the moment. We have decide to start eating healthy foods whenever we are at home or at least we tried to avoid or reduce the amounts of foods that we eat. We still enjoy our meal because it is important to eat a variety of food, there is no single food that provides us with all the nutrients we need, so eating well is the answer.

This baked salmon with creamy garlic butter sauce is one of our simple dinner meal that I made tonight. We ordered the similar meal in the restaurant last month during my mother-in-law birthday celebration and the meals that we had inspired me, so tonight I make this simple recipe and it turned out really good despite it is easy and tasty.

BAKED SALMON WITH CREAMY GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients;

2 salmon fillets
Salt, pepper, thyme and a tablespoon of olive oil to season
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon cornstarch, mix with 1 tablespoon of milk
Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD;

- Place the salmon fillets in a baking pan and season with salt, pepper, thyme and olive oil.
- Bake at 200° for 25 minutes or until the salmon cook through.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan and add in garlic and fry until fragrant and brown.
- Add cream and milk and simmer for a couple of minutes over medium heat.
- Season with salt and pepper then pour the cornstarch into the sauce and stir until the sauce slightly thickened.
- Serve with steamed vegetables and pour the sauce over the baked salmon.

Bon appétit!