Banana Yogurt Cake

The original recipe comes from Cookbake Legacy and I changed it a little to suit what I can find in my store!

Ingredients
100g margarine ( I used Flora Light)
100g fine caster sugar
167g cake flour
2/3 tsp baking powder
2/3 tsp baking soda
2 medium-sized eggs
70g mashed banana
150g plain yogurt (I used Marigold low-fat version)
crushed almond

[1] Cream margarine and sugar ttill light and fluffy.
[2] Add one egg at a time to [1].
[3] Add yogurt and mashed banana and mix till combine.
[4] Stir in flour mixture and pour into baking tin.
[5] Sprinkle crushed almond.
[6] Bake at 180 degree for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

Sweet Buns III

Another attempt at making sweet buns based on the recipe posted by Happy Home Baking. Two raisin buns, two cheese buns, two nutella buns (topped with sesame) and two spicy pork floss buns, our favourite! (topped with crushed almonds).

Pork Floss Bread

This receipe comes from Happy Home Baking. Very nice! I baked these for 2 consecutive days.

Cinnamon Rolls

A cinnamon roll recipe comes from “三个模型的巧思", a chinese baking book. Here are the ingredients:

(A)
400g bread flour
75 g sugar
4 g salt
6g Instant yeast
230g milk
50g butter, melted
30g egg

(B)
10g cinnamon powder
60g sugar
50g rasins
40g walnut pieces (I used almond pieces)

(C) optional
10g egg white
70g icing sugar

[1] Combine all dough ingredients (A). Knead till smooth and elastic.
[2] Let it rest till 2.5 times its original size.
[4] Knock down and cut into 9 pieces and shape into balls.
[5] Let it rest for 20 mins.
[6] Roll each dough into rectangle and spread (B)
[7] Place 3 rolls horizontally and let them rise to the brim of the tin. (I baked them differently)
[8] Bake at 200 degree for 25 minutes
[9] Combine (C) and pipe over the cooled cinnamon rolls.

Cinnamon Oats Cookies

I simply love these cookies. They were easy to make - no chilling is required. And the oats, they are healthy, crunchy and delicious! The recipe comes from My Kitchen: My Laboratory. I reproduced it here for easy reference.

Ingredients
180g plain flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 to 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
60g castor sugar
30g light brown sugar
90g baby oats (I used instant oats)
125ml sunflower Oil
1 egg (beaten)

1) Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix in sugar and oats.
2) Mix together oil and egg and add to [1] to form a dough.
3) Shape into balls (about 1 inch) and flatten them.
4) Bake at 180 degree for 15 to 20 mins or until golden brown.
5) Transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Chocolate Chips Cupcakes

I have a teeny weeny problem - we (two) are unable to finish our cakes, cookies and breads. A standard loaf of bread took us at least two days, a loaf of cake about a week. Not to mention cookies (15 pieces) which can take up to 2 weeks! What to do, we are "small" eaters. So this time, I decided to bake cupcakes instead. The recipe is meant for pound cake but I baked them in paper cups. Yep, they are gone in no time!

Chocolate Banana Cake

A rich, moist and luxurious cake.... recipe from the Joy of Baking. For my version, I reduced the sugar slightly and lined the top of the batter with sliced bananas. As you can see, the sliced bananas were forced to one side during baking and one of them nearly drowned!

Cheese Bread

I repeated the recipe for Victorian Milk Bread. This time, I rolled in some cheddar cheese...