CARROT & BANANA MUFFIN

Another light and tasty muffin but also nutritious. I have cut down the sugar and fat used and make them eggless. These are such a delight to bite into and safely consumed without guilt.

Despite of all the changes, you would never know the difference since it turns out moist and surprisingly yummy. Next time, I will use a cup of whole wheat flour to turn them into much healthier snack.

CARROT & BANANA MUFFIN

2 C all purpose flour
1/2 C melted butter/oil
1 C low fat milk
3/4 C sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 medium carrot grated
2 banana mashed
1 tsp vanilla essence

METHOD

*  Preheat oven @ 180 C. Line muffin pan with paper muffin cases.

*  Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.

*  Combine together milk, melted butter, banana, vanilla and carrot in a separate bowl.

*  Now add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until just combined.

* Pour into muffin cases about 3/4 full, bake for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

* Transfer onto rack to cool.

BAKED BANANA DONUTS

This weekend my sons requested me to bake a donut. We used to purchase the fried version from a nearby bakery some time ago.

After seeing my fully riped bananas, I was thinking why not bake up something yummy with this fruit. Glad I did, these are fluffy and a big hit with my kids. At least I have served them what they wanted, they really enjoyed having this healthy and low calories donuts compared with the full fat one.

If you found the dough too sticky to work with, add a tablespoon or two flour. When creating the hole, make it bigger otherwise it shrinks at the time of baking. You can also use your donut cutter if you want.

BAKED BANANA DONUTS
Yield : 10 donuts

2 C  bread flour/ all purpose flour
2 T melted butter
1/4 C warm milk
2 tsp dry yeast
2 T sugar
2 mashed banana
1/2 tsp salt

COATING

3 T melted butter
1/4 cup sugar

METHOD

* In a small bowl, combine dry yeast, sugar and milk, leave for 10 minutes until frothy.

* Place flour, salt,  melted butter and mashed bananas in a mixing bowl, add in yeast mixture and forms into pliable dough.

* Transfer dough onto floured board, knead for 10 minutes until elastic. Place dough into oiled bowl, keep covered for 2 hours.

* Punch dough to release air, divide into 10 balls. Cut out the center of each dough round to make donuts and donut hole. Place them into pan and let rise for 60 minutes. Towards the end of raising time, preheat oven @ 190 C.

* Apply melted butter on top, bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

* Immediately after baking, brush again with butter and coat with fine sugar on top.

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MOCHA BANANA CAKE

I love this  Eggless Mocha Banana Cake, it's quick ,easy and  delicious. It hardly takes a few minutes to prepare, doesn't require any mixer and the combinations are endless. With just a basic recipe, you can create another interesting and exotic cake such as strawberry mocha, pineapple lemon,  pumpkin chocolate and many more.

But now I'm using instant coffee, cocoa and mashed banana.  Mocha Banana Cake was  moist and  tasty, you can't stop eating just a piece. You should bake your own cake since home made one is much healthier, free from preservatives and excessive sugar, can easily freeze them too.

PEANUT PANCAKE

This is a Malaysia/Singapore version of pancake/crepe filled with peanut, sweet corn and sugar.It is available throughout the year from morning market or night market around the country. There are 2 types of pancake, the crispy and spongy  version.  Besides peanut, other popular filings are kaya, chocolate, red bean or sweet coconut.

The favorite dessert is prepared using yeast or baking powder and baking soda. But now I tried using active dry yeast. It turns out so soft and delicious. After fermented, the batter becomes very thick so you need to add extra water otherwise it was unable to spread. Once the bubbles appear, drizzle with butter, sprinkle with ground peanut and sugar, continue cooking until the bottom turns golden brown, fold in half.


PEANUT PANCAKE

2 C all purpose flour
1/4 C sugar
1/2 C warm water
2 C warm milk
2 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 T melted butter
1/2 tsp salt

FILLING

1 C ground peanut
1/2  C sugar
1/2 C melted butter

METHOD

* Combine warm water with yeast and 2 tsp sugar, keep for 10 minutes or until frothy.

* Place flour in a mixing bowl, combine milk, sugar, soda, salt and melted butter in a small bowl and mix well.

* Gradually add the milk mixture and the yeast to the flour, stir until well combined. Leave to rise for 1 hour.

* Heat a non stick pan, pour a ladleful of batter,  cook until bubbles appear on top,  drizzle with melted butter, sprinkle with sugar and peanut. Continue cooking until the bottom turns  golden brown. Fold into half...

* Remove onto a plate, cut into wedges to serve. Repeat with the rest of the batter.

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EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

I never tried baking egg free  cake with condensed milk but tempted to try this recipe by a famous chef. Despite being egg free and butterless this cake turns out absolutely delicious, moist with  right amount of sweetness.

For special occasion you can decorate this cake with your favorite frosting and you cant't really tell such a marvellous cake is eggless, this totally change my mind that good chocolate need not to be eggy and heavy fat. This is now becomes one of my favorite cake.