eggless fluffy pancake.

Phewww.. all those child and baby sitting things made me forget to post anything. So here i am now in front of my laptop, both kids are asleep, and i just want to update whatever i've made.

So, eggless pancake. Seems so impossible but when i made this, i woke up in the morning and thought about pancakes but when i opened my fridge, there were no eggs left. Googled this and that, and here's what i found here.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp butter

Directions:

1. Combine dry ingredients and mix slightly
2. Add milk, oil, water, and vanilla. Whisk together until combined. Do not over mix.
3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. When pan is heating, add butter until melted and a paddle of pancake batter.
4. Cook until bubbles form on the surface.
5. Carefully flip pancakes with turner or a spatula and cook until golden brown.
6. Serve them while still warm.

You can add anything for the topping. Here i used creamy peanut butter, sliced bananas, and a drizzle of caramel syrup. Perfect morning for me, it was!

banoffee pie.

Hello!

I know, it's been a long time since i visited and posted something here. It's just that i've been very busy working and doing family thing, and also to the facts that i have no oven in my house, so i can't bake anything. Recently, there were a family gathering at my Mom's house and i decided to make a little something that was easy peasy. I've been curious about making Banoffee Pie, and so here it is.

I've got the recipe from Nicko's Kitchen's Youtbe channel. It's one of the easiest recipes i've ever tried.

Here's what you need, and oh.. i've changed the recipe a bit!

• 1 pack wheat biscuits
• 125 g butter (melted)
• 2 bananas (cut into a chip-like pieces)
• 300 ml double cream (or whip cream will do just fine)

Caramel filling:

• 220g sweetened condensed milk
• 1/3 (or make it 1/4 cup) brown sugar
• 50g butter

Directions:

1. Crushed the biscuits, and then mix with the melted butter
2. Press the crumbs into the botton of ramekins and pop into the fridge
3. Into a cold pan, pour the condence milk, brown sugar, and butter. Turn the heat on to low, melt them all together. Remember to set at the low heat, stir for not more than 5 minutes.
4. In a bowl, whisk the whip cream until a bit stiff and fluffy
5. Assemble the banoffee pie: crumbs - drizzle the toffee - whip cream - banana - whip cream - drizzle the toffee - put a bit of the crumble on top just to garnish.
6. And then you're done. This should make for about 8 small portions.

almond milk.

I've heard that almond milk does good for your body. It is known as one of the popular substitute of milk since long ago. And it turns out that it is very easy to make it at home. Here's what you need:

• Raw almonds
• Water
• Pitted dates or honey
• A blender 
• Strainer

And how to make it?

1. Soak almonds in cool water for 8 hours, or you can do it overnight
2. Drain out the soaking liquid and clean the soaked almonds with clean water. They'll get really plump.
3. Put almonds into a blender and put water. The comparison is 1:4. So if you have 1 cup of almonds, then you need 4 cups of water. If you want to add sweet flavour, add 1 tablespoon of honey, or add one pitted date (or two, it's really up to you).
4. Blend  for about 1 minute until you have a creamy texture.
5. Separate the almond milk and the almond pulp. Drain the almond milk using a stainer and a cloth. Slowly pour the almond milk on top of the cloth through the strainer.
6. Drain out every last bit that you can get by squeezing the almond pulp inside the cloth.
7. And there you have it. Delicious and creamy almond milk.
8. Store in a glass jar and it will last for 3 to 5 days.

So what to do with the almond pulp? YOu can make almond meal, almond flour, or almond sprinkle for your smoothie or morning yoghurt. See? That's how easy it is to make almond milk!

nutella brownies.

This is probably the easiest recipe i've ever tried to make. Even if you're not suceeded, it will still taste good.


So the ingredients are:

• 1 1/4 cup Nutella
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup plain flour

And how you make it?

1. Grease a baking pan (preferably 9x9) and preheat at 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl until well combined. or until it reaches sticky consistency
3. Pour into baking pan with a spatula
4. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
5. Please be careful not to overbake, otherwise the brownies will dry out

Note to self (and to you of course):

bake it halfway done. Because when it cools of, it will have a gooey texture and it's gonna be oh-so-damn-freakin'-delish! Happy baking, everyone!

flourless peanut butter cookie.

Actually, this recipe is very easy to make. I got the recupe from allrecipes.com You don't need lots of ingredients too, just these:

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar (or mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar)
• 1 egg

Mix all of the ingredients altogether and bake for 8 minutes to 10 minutes. BUT. I've never made a flourless cookies before, so i didn't know whether the cookies are done or not (after 8 minutes). And so i add 5 more minutes for to cookie to baked in the overn and the result was... the bottoms were slightly overbaked. Despite the overbaked cookie bottoms, they taste quite good. Oh and another thing, it's best for you to always keep in mind: when baking,  make sure you're in a good, relaxing mood, and the result will be just fine. Do not bake when you're in a rush or in a bad mood. Cheers!

butter cookies.

I made this last month for my babyshower. Just add icing with a few colors from food colorings and then you're done. This recipe suits for a small celebration and doesn't cause you too much effort. Have fun!

All you need:

• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 1 cup white sugar (make it 1/2 cup, or else it'll be too sweet)
• 1 egg
• 2 2/3 cups plain flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour. Chill cookie sheets.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press dough out onto ungreased, chilled cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden at the edges. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. 
4. Decorate cookies with icing and colorful sprinkles.  

tiramisu.

I always thought that making tiramisu is a difficult task to do. But when i did a little research on how to make it, turns out it's the easiest thing to do. I got the recipe from Nicko's Kitchen. He's an Australian who's got a cooking channel on youtuhbe, you might want to check it out.


All you need:

20 sponge fingers (lady fingers)
1 cup sugar (make it 1/2 or it'll taste too sweet)
4 eggs (separated)
2 cups espresso
1 1/2 cups mascarpone cheese
2 tbsp rum or Kahlua

Directions:

1. Separate egg yolk and egg whites into 2 bowls
2. Cream together egg yolks with mascarpone cheese and sugar
3. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until it forms a soft peak and a bit firm
4. Fold together egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. Slowly fold them with your spatula. It's best not to use electric beater, because it tends to make your mixture too liquidy. Leave the mixture for a while while you are preparing the lady fingers.
5. Make 2 cups of coffee or espresso, and mix it with rum or Kahlua.
6. Dip the sides of lady fingers and arrange them in a dish.
7. Pour half of the mixture on top of the pre-arranged lady fingers until fully covered. And then prinkle with chocolate powder.
8. Repeat the same method
9. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours or more, for the best result.