Rowie's Scribbles

It's been a while since I puttered around in the kitchen; my weekends were busy until yesterday, and it seemed that fate wanted me to make something , so I had just the right amount of ingredients available to follow this recipe .  Exceptions to the recipe: 1) I only 75 g of carrot and  40g of almond powder 2) I went for low-fat and low-sugar 3) I added a ripe banana 4) I did not add any liquer nor almonds (for decoration) 5) I didn't grate the carrot; I used a food processor instead (mix the carrot and banana) The result was really good, the cake was moist and the banana went well with the carrot! I managed to control the baking by covering the top with a aluminium foil so the cake was evenly baked. I'm very motivated to try a moist chocolate cake next :D PS Does anyone know how to remove the scent of baking soda? 

Banana cake is a family favorite: it's ready available at many supermarkets and groceries. I followed this recipe , with some modifications: 1) I used 80g normal sugar, mainly because I didn't have brown sugar :p 2) I used 1 Dole banana Banana mashed by hand 3) I used about 80 g of butter - and it was finished Batter in the tin I used an oven toaster and the top baked more quickly than the center so I'd to break the crust to ensure the batter gets cooked completely. The result was a moist, naturally sweet (from the ripe banana) banana cake! I didn't grease the cake tin so it took some time to clean.  Uneven crust ;( Nom nom!

Cheesecake is a popular dessert; there are many variations offered in so many cafès, restaurants, and cake shops; to the point that the choices are endless! I am ambivalent about cheesecake; IMO it is pricey so I save it for special occasions plus I don't have strong cravings for cheese.  So many to choose from... I had excess cream from the previous tiramisu experiments, so I decided to follow COOKPAD's recipe to make cheesecake in a rice cooker. I made some adjustments to the recipe to suit the availability of ingredients: 1) I didn't have lemon juice so I used kumquat juice. Quantity: 3 tbsps 2) I used approx 75 g of sugar 3) I used all-purpose flour, Philadelphia Cream Cheese (250 g) and Paul's thickened cream (250 mL) 4) I greased the surface of the rice cooker with vegetable oil in lieu of butter. Before cooking Steam rising Finished product The cheesecake turned out quite nice; if I had butter and digestive biscuits (elaborate re...

I've never been one for making desserts because I always had a preconception that it's too much work for something that disappears so quickly :D However Mum's birthday was coming up and she wasn't a fan of commercial cakes so I thought, what dessert is easy to make without baking? A quick Google search came up with tiramisu as the answer.  Tiramisu is Italian for "Pick Me Up", which is befitting as it is really easy to make and delectable. I've no experience in making tiramisu so I read Malaysian blog entries (for tips on ingredients that I can procure locally) and browsed YouTube videos for 2 days before Mum's birthday. I noted the following: 1) Need strong coffee I don't have an espresso machine and I don't intend to purchase espresso from outside; I then remembered that I bought 2-in-1 Angkor coffee from my recent trip to Siem Reap . Granted, it came with sugar but I just reduced the sugar in the cream (detailed in the instructions...