French Toast

      Hi guys, ever had trouble making breakfast plans? Okay, well NOW you can make French Toast! It's really easy and super simple to make with only 5 ingredients! Check it out.

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen
than make a cup of tea and some toast.
~ Ethel Merman

French Toast

2 eggs

4 slices bread

vegetable oil for frying

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon sugar

Beat eggs lightly with milk and sugar in a large bowl.

Heat a little oil in a frying pan.

Dip the bread into the egg mixture and fry.

When one side is golden brown, turn the over and cook the other side.

Serve hot.

You can also add cinnamon powder, fresh fruits, honey or maple syrup.

      It says here as a cooking tip, to use a non-stick frying pan to reduce the amount of oil you will need and to place cooked French Toast on a kitchen paper to drain excess oil.

      Now, if you remember it from the last post, the cupcake ideas from Bittersweet. Note that these are sort of the chapter headings, so the names may sound a little weird, but I guess you could change them if you want. I find them pretty funny.

No-one-wants-to-kiss-a-girl-

Who-smells-like-bacon-so-

I-might-as-Well-get-fat

Cupcakes

Double chocolate cupcakes served warm
in a sugar butter reduction;
piped with icing braids of peanut butter
cream cheese and fudge and
sprinkled with chocolate chips

 

 

 

 

 

When-life-hands-you-lemons-

stuff-them-in-your-bra Cakes

Extra large lemon cupcakes
with light pink vanilla cream cheese icing
topped with maraschino cherry and served two on a plate

 

      The pictures aren't the exact type of cupcakes in the description, but its more-or-less the same. So that's all for this week. I usually post stuff on Sundays. So come back soon, or browse through the other posts.    : D

Oatmeal Crisps and A Few Other Things

      So here's another recipe from my textbook, egg-less with simple ingredients. And pretty healthy I guess. Plus, check out a bonus recipe below! Feel free to mix in raisins, for something a little fruitier.


 

Oatmeal Crisps

Ingredients

50g rolled oats

100g flour

150 ml milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons honey

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

75g cold butter, cut into small pieces

Preheat oven to 190 degrees C.

In mixing bowl, mix oats with flour,

baking powder and cinnamon.

Rub in butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Stir in honey and 120 ml milk to form soft dough.

Grease baking tin.

Scoop 2 tablespoons of the mixture into your flour hands.

Pat mixture into a round shape.

Place on the baking tin about 2 cm apart.

Brush the top of the shaped mixtures with the remaining milk.

Bake for 12-15 minutes.

      The next recipe is sort of modified. Again my dad was watching Jamie Oliver on TV. So he tried one of his recipe's at home and it was actually pretty good. As I said, I modified it a little. Not sure what it's called though so I'll just call it...

Peach-IceCream-Crumble

Ingredients

Few Digestive Biscuits

Vanilla Ice Cream

Canned Peaches

The process is super simple.

Basically, it's 3-layers.

First, crumble 1 or 2 Digestive Biscuits into

the base of the glass.

(No need to be in perfect pieces)

Next layer on the peaches, 2 or 3 pieces.

And finally, ice cream with

chocolate shavings on top for decor.

 

      Okay in this case, I piled on the ice cream first, then the peach. And hey, I'm not a professional photographer so I know the photos a bit grainy. I thought it would look nicer in a jar but I guess- Anyway, the real thing had canned cherries not peaches (but it still works), and Jamie poured a little black coffee on it. That's right, over everything. So I guess you could try that too.

      One more thing guys, before you leave. There's this book that I recently read, Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler. It's not quite about baking but its REALLY cool. To read more, CLICK HERE. Anyway, at the beginning of the chapters there are some... how do I put it... Examples/Ideas for cupcakes. No recipe just the description.

Damsels in Distress

Dark chocolate cupcakes
with red peppermint mascarpone icing,
edged with chocolate and crushed candy canes

Cupcakes of Destiny

 White chocolate cupcakes
with pale blue vanilla icing formed into peaks
and dusted with silver sprinkles.

 

 

 

 

       Well, those are the first two, there'll be more in the next few posts. I tried to match the pictures to the description but I'm pretty sure you can get the picture. And, I'm sure you can get the individual recipes for the cupcakes and icing separately. Good luck, and bye for now!

Banana "Ice Cream" and Brownies

      So today what we have here are Banana "Ice Cream" and Brownies. Why is the word "Ice Cream" in open and closed inverted commas? You will find out shortly. Now, I don't have the exact written recipe for this Banana treat, but it's so simple you don't even need one. My dad found this recipe on Huffington Post but couldn't remember the link. So:

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

~ Jane Smiley

Banana 'Ice Cream'

Ingredients

Honey

3 or 4 Bananas

Peel and cut bananas into chunks.

 Place in the freezer until it hardens.

Once hardened, sort of like ice cubes,

blend it until it forms a creamy substance

stopping once in a while to mix it a little.
If it gets stuck add in a little water.
So once it looks ice-creamy, put it into a bowl
and serve while cold with a drizzle of honey.

      This is a great way to trick stubborn kids into thinking what they're eating is ice cream, when it's actually pure FRUIT. My dad reckons apples and papayas work too. I tried this with papaya and I swear it tastes like sorbet. So go try it you fruit lovers!

Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate! 
~Attributed to Sandra J. Dykes



 
Brownies

Brownies
100g butter
150g sugar
2 eggs
60g flour
25g walnuts
a pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
30g unsweetened cocoa powder
Icing (optional)
35g butter
2 teaspoon honey
100g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
10g unsweetened cocoa powder

Brownies
 Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
Place grease-proof paper on 8-inch square baking tin.
Sift flour and cocoa powder together.
Add sugar, eggs, and baking powder, walnuts and salt.
Using a saucepan, melt the butter.
Remove saucepan from heat and pour into dry mixture.
Beat mixture well.
Pour into baking tin and bake for 20-30 minutes.
Icing (optional)
Mix all ingredients together and
beat the mixture well.
Spread on warm brownies.

      I'd like to say something. I know nowadays my blog posts aren't often, and the recipes aren't as interesting as they were before. But it'd be really nice if you keep reading, commenting and help spread the word. Following this blog via email would also be REALLY awesome. Thanks to glittergirl for commenting on my post, Confectionately Yours, Save the Cupcake!: French-toast Cupcakes. It's nice to know people are actually reading.  : D

Cheese and Tomato Straws

      Okay guys, as promised, here's today's recipe. Now I'm not sure if you've heard it before. I haven't so, here you go. It's from my Home Econs book, an appetizer: Cheese and Tomato Straws!

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

~ Helen Hayes

Cheese and Tomato Straws

1 egg

100g flour

1 teaspoon

50g cold butter, cut into small pieces

1/4 teaspoon paprika powder

25g grated cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.

Sift flour into mixing bowl.

Rub butter into flour until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Add in cheese.

Mix in half an egg and tomato paste.

Season with paprika powder.

Knead and roll the dough into a rectangle about 5mm thick.

Cut dough into 2-cm strips and twist each one slightly

Place strips on greased baking tin and glaze the top with the rest of the egg.

Bake for about 15 minutes.

      Well, okay that's all for this weekend! See you in... a few days. And yes, I think the poll has closed, but I don't really have time to remove it. So... yes.

Nutella Mug Cake

      Hi guys I'm so sorry! I was overseas last weekend but hey, I'm back! And here's a cake recipe from  livelovepasta.com . A 5-minute recipe  ; )  It says here "THE MOST DANGEROUS CHOCOLATE CAKE, EVER." No idea what that means, but here its is!

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot

for a lot of people; it does for me. ~ Audrey Hepburn

 Nutella Mug Cake

4 tablespoons flour

4 tablespoons flour

1 egg

(egg substitutes below)

chefinyou.com/egg-substitutes-cooking/

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

3 tablespoons Nutella

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug.

Whisk with fork until smooth.

Microwave on high for one and 1/2 to three minutes.

Enjoy!

     Pretty good isn't it? It says here it serves one. There's even a link to EGG REPLACERS! So those of you who are allergic to eggs like me, check it out: chefinyou.com/egg-substitutes-cooking/ I will be posting another recipe this weekend. And don't worry I'll make sure that I do. Please keep commenting!