Ultra Chocolate Cake

Today (Monday) mom on MC and hubby brought her to the doctor. Wasn't in time to pick Princess up from her school bus. Her school mate mom help to pick her up and even feed her lunch with her favourite Ayam Pengat.

I managed to get 2 loaf and a mini heart chocolate cake out from the recipe. Hot from the oven, we give 1 loaf to Princess schoolmate whose mom help to take care of her earlier.

This yummy chocolate cake served well with ice cream. So irresistable that i decided to give myself a treat at this wee hour (12 mid night).

Ingredients
200g plain flour (sieved)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
275g castor sugar
175g butter
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
175g chocolate, melted
80g Nestle cream
125g boiling water

Method

1. Put the flour, baking soda, cocoa, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, chocolate & cream into a bowl and mix till smooth.
2. Slowly incorporate the boiling water and divide the batter into 2 loaf tins
3. Bake at 175c for 55 mins or until the insert comes out relatively clean.

Hot Dog Bun

Saturday NTUC promotion for Sunshine bread, Buy a loaf soft white bread and get a pack 4 pcs Hot Dog Roll (just bread no hotdog included :P) for free.

Good for my Prince lunchbox today

Hot Dog Roll (lightly toasted bun filled with hotdog, cheese & mayonnaise)

Strawberry Muffin

Potatoe Pop

Mandarin King (Emperor Tangerine)

Tomotoe sauce

Strawberry Muffins

Fresh strawberry not a favourite at home, so gonna find a way to utilise it quickly. Here's the Strawberry Muffin

Ingredients

1/4 cup Canola oil

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup castor sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

220g All Purpose flour

1 cup chopped strawberries

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Method

1. In a small bowl, combine oil, milk, vanilla & egg. Beat lightly
2. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon & sugar
3. Toss in strawberries & stir to coat flour
4. Pour in milk mixture & stir together
5. Fill muffin cups
6. Bake at 190c @ 20mins for 18 mini cuppies

Crab Stick Egg Roll

• Cocktail hotdog bacon wrap
• Crab stick Egg roll
• tokyo banana (bought back from Japan by a friend)

• Grapes

Got new item for Prince lunchbox today - Crab stick Egg roll

Ingredients

• 2 Crabsticks
• 2 slice bread spread with butter
• 1 egg omelette (halve)
• some sprinkle of seaweed (optional)
• mayonnaise

Method

1. Place half portion of the egg omelette on top the bread
2. Put the crabstick on top of the egg
3. Finally spread some mayonnaise & spinkle seaweed
4. Roll it and cut it, like a sushi roll

Good Old Jelly

This has been lying in my cupboards for quite sometime and hubby always request me to make it. It's his young time favourite. Hmmm .... better make this before it gets expired.

Today i had 2 helpers making this Jelly Crystals - Strawberry Flavour

Simple making - 1 packet jelly, 1 cup hot water and 1 cup cold water (NO cooking required)

Just follow the directions on the box.

- Dissolve jelly in 1 cup of hot water

- Stir it and when dissolved

- mix in 1 cup of cold water

- pour into mould and place in the refrigerator(need some patience as it take quite sometime to set)

Waffles

My latest toy from Carrerfour yesterday, it's their housebrand "Bluesky" waffle maker at a price S$17.90 (a good buy still though not on offer)

Today prince helped me to prepare and mix the ingredients. It's quite a simple make and ingredient can be found in my home.

Ingredient (serving of 7 pieces)
250g Plain flour (2 cups) } sifted
7g baking powder } together
25g sugar
6g salt
475ml milk (2 cups)
2 eggs
30ml Canola oil

Method
1. In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, sugar & salt
2. Finally add in milk, eggs & oil and mix well
3. Pour abt 1/2 cup (or appropriate amt) of batter into the waffle maker
4. Cook until golden brown & removed
5. Serve hot or cold

Osmanthus Agar Agar 桂花菜燕

The fragrant of this Osmanthus is pleasant (桂花的清香). The kids & myself don't quite like the Osmanthus flower but the taste is refreshing.

I'm left with half packet of the agar agar powder, so here's recipe ...
Ingredients
6g agar agar powder
450ml water
100g sugar
1 tbsp Osmanthus sugar

Method

1. boil agar agar powder with water

2. when boil add in sugar

3. remember to keep stiring to avoid thicken

4. Finally add in Osmanthus sugar

5. Off fire and pour the mixture into mould

6. Cool the mixture before putting into the fridge

7. Best serve while cold