Saturday, May 28, 2011

Baked avocado cheesecake





I enjoy a glass of avocado milkshake (blend avocado pulp, fresh milk and honey) from time to time. Now, with three rippen (and expensive) avocados in my fridge that must be eaten very quickly, I cannot imagine drowning myself with three glasses of milkshake so soon! A frantic search for avocado recipes turns up this recipe that comprises ingredients already available in my pantry. I reproduce the ingredients and steps below:

Ingredients>>
100g butter (melted)
300g wheatmeal biscuits
500g cream cheese (at room temperature)
200g caster sugar

1 tbsp cornflour
3 eggs
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 cups avocado (pulped) - about 100g

Steps>>
1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Line the baking tin with baking sheet.
3. Crush the biscuits with a rolling pin and stir in the melted butter.
4. Press the crumb mixture into the base of the tin with a spoon.
5. Beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
6. Beat in the cornflour and then add the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth.
7. Add the lemon juice and the avocado and beat briefly to combine.
8. Pour the batter into the tin and stand the tin in a large baking dish.
9. Pour boiling water into the dish to come halfway up the sides of the tin.
10. Bake for 50 minutes, then turn off the oven but do not open the door for a further hour.
11. Lift the tin from the water bath.
12. Cool completely in the tin and refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

French Bread Roll


A tasty bread recipe from All Recipes ...with fine texture and delicious when warm. Perfect with butter or simply by itself!



Buttermilk Walnut Banana Cake

If you enjoy banana cake that has fine texture, dense and moist. Here's a recipe from Exclusively Food for you.

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
280g very ripe, mashed banana
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
100ml buttermilk (turn milk into buttermilk)
225g self-raising flour (turn plain flour into self-raising flour)
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
330g sugar

Method:
[1] Blend wet ingredients. Add buttermilk last.
[2] Add the dry ingredient (sieve flour and soda) and blend.
[3] Mix in some crushed walnut nuts.
[4] Pour batter into pan and bake for about 60 minutes at 160 degree.