Chocolate Banana Cake

Last day of hols meaning last day to make something!

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups self-raising flour

1/4 cup cocoa

1 cup caster sugar

1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 eggs

3/4 cup boiling water

1teaspoon imitation vanilla essence

2 bananas, peeled and roughly broken (Note: I used 5 bananas to make the cake)

Icing:

100 g cream cheese

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 tablespoon hot milk

1 tablespoon cocoa

Procedure:

1) Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush 8" x 4" x 4" tin with butter or you can just cut a grease paper and fir it in nicely.

2)Place dry ingredients into food-processor bowl. Add eggs, water, vanilla essence and banana. Using the pulse action, process 15 seconds or until mixture is smooth.

3) Spoon mixture into prepared tins; smooth surfaces. Bake for 50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean when inserted in centre.

4) Stand cakes in tines 10 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.

5) To make the icing;: beat cream cheese and icing sugar with electric beaters in small mixer bowl until smooth and creamy. Add milk and cocoa; beat until well combined. Spread evenly over the cake using a palette knife or you can cut the cake into half and just spread the icing on it, that's what I did anyway.

Hmm... irresistable

Charms: Its food quality has rapidly deteriorate! Sorry to say but I'm never going back there again

Charms Rojak: the fruit was so sour!!!! ><

Pineapple fried rice: It was tasteless!

Something athirah ate, it was tasteless to me :(

However below are some scrumptious mouth watering pictures -or at least one of it is a mouth watering pictures :D

Tada! Sadly no I didn't bake it :'( It's too adorable to be eaten!

These are chocolate flakes. They're the easiest dessert to make! Seriously. All you need is a box of cornflakes and melted chocolate.

Tip for melting chocolate:

1) You can use any chocolate. When I mean any I mean even eating chocolate bought from supermarket. To me, cooking chocolate bought from any bakery is still the best.

2) When melting a chocolate, cut the chocolate bars in to tiny pieces so that it'll melt in a faster rate.

3) To melt a chocolate quickly, place the chocolate in to a bowl and place the bowl in to a pot of hot water. Be careful not to let any hot water splashes in to the chocolate or the chocolate will be ruin.

4) The bowl that you place the chocolate in should ALWAYS BE LARGER than the pot of hot water. This is so that there won't be any difficulty when taking the bowl of chocolate out.

5) You MUST always stir the chocolate and not leave it aside otherwise it'll turn hard.

Something like this, but use a bigger bowl :)

Chocolate Gateau Terrin recipe

Ingredients: Serves 10-12
230 g/ 8 oz/ 1 cup butter, softened
few drops of vanillas essence
230 g/ 8 oz/ 1 cup caster sugar
4 size 3 eggs
230 g/ 8 oz/ 2 cup self-raising flour, sifted
100 ml/ 4 fl oz/ half cup milk

For the dark chocolate filling:
115 g/ 4 oz/ 4 squares plain chocolate, chopped
115 g/ 4 oz/ 1/2 cup butter
2 size 3 eggs
2 tbsp caster sugar
225 ml/ 8 fl oz/ 1 cup double cream, lightly whipped
50 g/ 2 oz/ 1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tbsp gelatine powder dissolved in 2 tbsp hot water

1) preheat the oven to 180°C/ 350°F. Grease a 900 g/ 2 lb loaf tin, line the base and sides with greaseproof paper and grease the paper.

2) To make the cake, place the butter, vanilla essence and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the flour again and fold it and the milk into the cake mixture.

3) Transfer the cake mixture to the prepared tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 25-30 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave the cake in the tin for about 5 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack, peel off the lining paper and leave to cool completely.

4) To make the dark chocolate filling, place the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan and heat very gently, stirring frequently, until melted. Set aside to cool. Place the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until think and frothy. Fold in the cream, cocoa, and dissolved gelatine until evenly blended.

5) Using a long serrated knife, cut the cake horizontally into half. Make it as even as possible on both sides.

6) Spread the dark chocolate filling on both of the cut cake piece and let it chill for about 10 minutes.

Delicious not so delicious?

My mom and I ate at Delicious for lunch today. To my astonishment, the salad and sandwich was extremely disappointing.

Roasted duck salad: Very few ducks, filled with a vaguely sour pa melon

Grilled Balsamic Mushroom Sandwich: Was very sour! Though the bread was crispy and nice.

TGIF:

We celebrated Xiao Ying's birthday at TGIF. damn the portion is as bis as in New York Deli! (I can't describe every dish because I didn't eat every of it)

Fried Mac and cheese:

A warm crispy backed flour filled with macaroni and cheese

The inside of mac and cheese

mash potato. It's extraordinary delicious without the sauce

chicken wing

beef Burger: The bun was crispy with butter on it. However, the beef tasted salty and it goes the same with the fries.

bacon burger: Huey Jen, a friend of mine, said it was a bit hard to chew. She had difficulty cutting it.

I think this was beef as well

A salad with chicken

I may look like soup but it isn't, it is actually sauce for the salad

Fettuccine carbonara: Filled with chicken breast and tomato. The sauce was just right, it doesn't make one sick of eating it. Be warned though, it may look small but it's actually a big portion.



Following dishes were taking in La viva, Singapore

Mock tail: A mixture of fruits which depressingly, I forgot.

Two pieces of Lamb Rib: Suitable for alcohol lovers. The well made ribs were served with red wine sauce and vegetables. Red wine sauce isn't strong and blended well with the ribs.

Chicken coated with mushroom sauce and mushroom: A well cooked chicken with splendid combination of mushroom sauce. Be warned, sauce may be very addictive.

The custard dessert: A fine custard, the top was kept warm while the bottom was chilled. A perfect combination and for those whom doesn't have a sweet tooth.

One of the set in La Viva contain the following dishes:

Combination of salad with cheese, dates and onions.

Prawns with tomato sauce.

Mushroom

It may look like a cake but it's actually omelet. Egg cooked with potato and onions. To me, it taste like mash potato.

beef: well cooked with onions on it

Pork with mushroom sauce: The pork was rather dried even thought it was soaked with sauce.

Salmon fish: A bit raw but it was still scrumptious especially when added with lemon.

More food!

Staton one:

Red bean passion: Filled with milk and red bean. Combination of red bean and milk goes well together but drinking the milk alone might make you feel sick

Tuna Croissont: Chruncy bread filled with tuna, cucumber, tomato and onion.

Chicken sandwich: Chicken was well cooked and choped into tiny pieces. It is covered with cheese and mustard. Not suitable for people whom are lactose intolerant

La Bodega:

Banana Pancake: Filled with tiny banan inside, served with maple syrup, butter and strawberry. Couldn't taste the banana

Nobble House:

Prok Ribs: Very tender and can be easily consumed but it was ruther dry.

Chilled sago mango: Mango pudding with sago in it. It was very sweet but perfect for a hot day.

Qui Ling Ko (couldn't describe this, dad ate it all)

TGIF

brownie obsession - crunchy brownie with vanilla ice-cream and chocolate sauce. Not suitable to people who can't take peanut.