Chocolate Bottom Banana Square

Its Sunday and as usual,Sunday is my extra cooking and baking day. Had been eying on making something using banana for days! So after some searching arounds on what to bake,I decided to do this. But only 10 minutes after its baked almost half has finished. Not sure if I can save it from my guests this evening. Huhuhu.
Lets check out the ingredients.

Ingredients: 
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups mashed banana (about 3 medium bananas)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions: 
1. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and bananas, beating thoroughly.
2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
3. Divide batter in half. Add the cocoa to one portion of the batter. Spread that portion in the bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Spoon remaining batter on top, swirling gently with butter knife if desired, and sprinkle with chocolate chips. 4. Bake at 175 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until batter tests done with a toothpick or fork. Cool and cut into 24 squares.

Red Velvet Cupcakes from taste.com.au

Assalamualaikum guys,My preggie niece came over our house early this week and she was craving for Red Velvet!as I only recently baked an RV cake I decided to make cupcakes instead.And as usual I just love searching and try out new recipes.

So I want to share this recipe with you guys.Its moist and not too sweet.The only thing I would add are some coffee granules which I forgot to put in.I believe coffee really brings out the umph with anything cocoawiy.(Am not sure there is such word) Hehehe.And I left out the baking powder from the actual recipe that I got from www.taste.com.au coz I don't feel its necessary.Lets check this out.
Ingredients:2 1/3 cups of flour2 tbsp cocoa powder1 tsp bicarbonate of soda1 1/2 cups castor sugar1 cup buttermilk (the usual 1 tbsp vinegar plus milk to fill 1 cup will do)3/4 cup vegetable oil2 eggs3 tsp red food coloring2 tsp white vinegar1 tsp vanilla extract
Method

1. Preheat your oven to 170 C.
2. Sift flour,cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.Stir through the sugar.
3. Whisk the buttermilk,oil,eggs,vinegar and vanilla in a large bowl until combined.
4. make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour the wet ingredients.
5. Stir until just combined.Stir in the food coloring
6. Divide into your paper cups and bake for 20-25 minutes.
7. Cool completely before frosting. 

Love the Bright Red color  I got from Bake With Yen.Turned out great!

First batch I didn't use paper cups.Not a good idea.

This one turned out to be better.

They really rised!

Always a hit!
~Bon apetite~

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Moist Chocolate Cupcakes- Super Easy- Budget

Assalamualaikum everyone.
I was in a hurry to take my daughter Syaima' to the school she was supposed to have her UPSR in next week.But I had guests coming in the afternoon so I quickly browsed for a chocolate cupcake recipe that used ingredients that I already have at home.
Met this recipe from food.com.
It was super easy.The ingredients were cheap.But the result was phenomenal.With the extra topping I had left from previous baking,it literally melted in my mouth.

I made some minor alteration with adding in coffee granules to the batter which always brings out the cocoa taste.Mixed it in warm water with the cocoa to infuse the cocoa taste too.
Lets go over the ingredients.

Ingredients.
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup warm water ( I  added 1 tsp of coffee granules and then dissolved it with the cocoa powder  into it)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vinegar

Method

1. Mix all ingredients well with a mixer or a wooden spoon.I just used a wooden spoon.Worked just fine.Just make sure that its smooth and lumps free.
2. Bake 150 for 20 minute.(My oven is usually extra hot thats why I lower the temperature.Normal baking calls for 175 Celcius)

I know its a bit messy.My girl helped to put the topping.Never mind.The taste is amazing anyways.

For the frosting I used.
200 ml heavy whipped cream
200gm cooking chocolate

Heat the whipped cream and pour it over the chopped chocolate.Leave for a while then stir untill well mixed.Leave it to cool before topping your cakes.

Cinnamon Rolls. This time its Laura Vitale's.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahiim.
Its Sunday. And since I'm not going anywhere I decided to make Cinnamon Rolls.
I slipped and fell the day before when we were saving water due to the news of the water shortage.
There was no major injury but my body aches a lot.
This time around I'm trying Laura Vitale's recipe.
I'm also trying to get to know my oven better so here goes.

Makes 14 to 16 Rolls
Prep time: 30 mins
 Cook time: 30 mins

Ingredients:
 1 Package of Dry Yeast
 ¾ cup of Whole Milk
 ¼ cup of Granulated Sugar
 ¼ cup of Water, warmed up to 115 degrees
 ¼ tsp of Vanilla Extract
 1 Egg 1 tsp of Salt
 ¼ cup of Unsalted Butter, melted
 4 cups of All Purpose Flour
 ¼ cup of Melted Butter, to brush over the top before baking

 For the Filling,
 1/3 cup of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
 ¾ cup of Brown Sugar
 ¼ cup of Granulated Sugar
 1 1/2 Tbsp of Ground Cinnamon

 For the Glaze,
 ¼ cup of Cream Cheese, at room temperature
1 Tbsp of Butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups of Powdered Sugar
 ½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
 3 to 4 Tbsp of Warm Milk

 Process,
 1) In a small bowl, combine the warm water and 1 tsp of the granulated sugar, sprinkle the yeast over the top and let it sit for about 5 minutes.

 2) In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix the egg, milk, salt, sugar and melted butter. Add 2 cups of the flour and the water, vanilla and yeast mixture, mix until its all incorporated and slowly add about 2 more cups of flour. Turn the speed up to medium and let it mix for about 5 to 7 minutes or until you have a smooth dough.

 3) Oil a large bowl with some vegetable oil and set aside. Take the dough out of the mixer and pull it together with your hands to form a ball. Place it in the oiled bowl and oil the top of the dough with a little vegetable oil. Cover with plastic wrap and place it in a warm spot to rise for about 2 hours.

 4) In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar and cinnamon for the filling, set aside.

 5) When doubled in size, punch the dough down and roll it out onto a floured surface into a 15x9” rectangle. (I used two 9" and 10" baking pan instead).Spread the soft butter over the top and sprinkle evenly over the sugar and cinnamon mixture.Starting from one of the long ends, tightly roll the dough into a jelly roll form. Cut into 14 to 16 slices (make sure they are even) and place them cut side down in a well buttered 9x13 baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let put them back into a warm spot to rise for another 1 ½ hours. 

6) Meanwhile preheat your oven to 350 degrees or 175 degree Celcius/

 7) Once risen, brush them with some melted butter and bake them for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

 8) While the cinnamon rolls cool for a few minutes make the glaze. Mix all the ingredients of the glaze in a bowl except for the milk, once the cream cheese is all mixed, slowly add the milk until you get a runny glaze consistency.

 Immediately pour the glaze over the cinnamon rolls and enjoy!

Aren't they just soooo tempting?

The Best Red Velvet Cake

Assalamualaikum everyone,
Its Eid and I was having some guests over to my house so I decided on baking a Red Velvet Recipe that I stumbled upon while browsing the internet.
its a bit different from the ones I've tried before coz for the first time I found an RVC with coffee brew in it.
I was absolutely excited to try it although a bit sceptical at first but I was very happy with the end result.I made it in a square pan to make it easier for me to cut and slice the cake into small pieces.
I edited the recipe a bit because the actual recipe is a little bit too sweet even for a sweet toothed person like me.
Lets check it out.

The BEST Red Velvet Cake Recipe. Easy. Moist. Homemade

Source:Divas Can Cook

Edited by:Sakinah Omar

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 Tablespoons unsweetened, cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1-2 oz. red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar
• ½ cup of prepared plain hot coffee (don’t skip this ingredient)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 Celcius.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
4. Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
5. Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
6. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
7. Generously grease and flour two round cake pans with shortening and flour.
8. Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
9. Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.
10. Let cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
11. Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
12. Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.
13. Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.

Malay Version

Bahan-bahan:

• 2 cawan tepung
• 1 sudu teh baking soda
• 1 sudu teh serbuk penaik
• 1 sudu kecil garam
• 2 sudu gula, serbuk koko
• 1 1/2 cawan gula
• 1 cawan minyak sayuran
• 2 biji telur
• 1 cawan dadih
• 2 sudu teh ekstrak vanila
• 1-2 oz. pewarna makanan merah
• 1 sudu teh cuka suling putih
• ½ cawan bersedia kopi panas biasa (jangan skip bahan ini)

Arahan

1. Panaskan oven kepada 160 darjah Celcius.
2. Sediakan buttermilk - Campurkan 1 cawan  susu segar/susu cair dengan 1 sudu besar cuka cuka putih. Biarkan  lebih kurang 10minit. Boleh juga menggunakan yogurt dengan sukatan 3/4cawan yogurt plain/original + 1/4 susu segar.
3. Dalam mangkuk yang sederhana, gaul tepung, baking soda, serbuk penaik, serbuk koko dan garam. Diketepikan.
4. Dalam mangkuk besar, gabungkan gula dan minyak sayuran.
5. Campurkan telur, mentega, vanila dan pewarna  makanan merah  sehingga dan kacau sehingga sebati..
6. Masukkan kopi dan cuka putih.
7. Gabungkan bahan-bahan basah dengan bahan-bahan kering sedikit demi sedikit sehingga rata.
8. Lengserkan loyang dengan mentega dan tepung.Tuang adunan sama rata ke dalam setiap kuali.
9. Bakar dalam rak tengah selama 30-40 minit, atau sehingga lidi yang dicucuk keluar bersih. 
10. Keluarkan kek dari loyang dan biarkan  sejuk.
11. Frost kek dengan krim keju apabila kek telah sejuk sepenuhnya.

One Bowl Cocoa Brownies

Assalamualaikum everyone.

Alhamdulillah just before Eid I finally bought myself a new oven since my oven breadmaker went 'sick' last Ramadhan (last year that is).Throughout the whole year I only made steamed cake and just simple baked items with my very very old oven.So I was super excited to use this new oven of mine.

Hazha min fadhli Rabbi

I chose this oven not because of the brand.I don't even know this brand well.But mainly because  this was the only on top of counter oven that had numbers for temperature.Most ovens you just have to guess when you want to choose your temperature.And because of the size obviously.I was always so envious when  a recipe I chose called for me to use a 9"x13" tray coz my old oven couldn't even fit a 10" pan.

So enough of blabbering about my oven.

I want to share here a brownies recipe I tried recently.

It was quite good. I really liked that when you munch you can taste the chocolate chips in between.

Lets check out the recipe.

Ultimate Chocolate Brownies

Source:Hersyey's kitchen

Edited by: Sakinah Omar

• 3/4 cup Cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup butter or margarine , melted and divided
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup  Chocolate Chips 

Directions

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan or two 8-inch square baking pans. 
2. 2 Stir together cocoa and baking soda in large bowl; stir in 1/3 cup butter. Add boiling water; stir until mixture thickens. Stir in sugar, eggs and remaining 1/3 cup butter; stir until smooth. Add flour, vanilla and salt; blend completely. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan. 
3. 3 Bake 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan, 30 to 35 minutes for square pans or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Garnish with chocolate chips, if desired. Cut into squares. Makes 24 to 36 brownies. 

Malay version

• 3/4 cawan serbuk koko
• 1/2 sudu teh baking soda
• 2/3 cawan mentega atau marjerin, cair dan dibahagikan
• 1/2 cawan air mendidih
• 2 cawan gula
• 2 biji telur
• 1-1/3 cawan tepung serbaguna
• 1 sudu teh ekstrak vanila
• 1/4 sudu teh garam
• 1 cawan cip coklat

Arahan

1. Panaskan ketuhar kepada 350 ° F. Gris 13x9x2 inci baking pan atau dua 8" baking pan.
2. Kacau bersama koko dan baking soda ke dalam mangkuk besar, kacau dalam 1/3 cawan mentega. 
3. Tambah air panas yang menggelegak; kacau sehingga campuran pekat. 
4. Masukkan gula, telur dan baki 1/3 cawan mentega; kacau sehingga sebati. Tambah tepung, vanilla dan garam; campuran sepenuhnya. 
5. Masukkan cip coklat. Tuangkan ke dalam pan yang disediakan.
6. Bakar 35 hingga 40 minit untuk kuali segi empat tepat, 30 hingga 35 minit atau sehingga brownies mula menarik diri dari tepi kuali. Sejuk sepenuhnya dalam kuali di atas rak dawai. Hiaskan dengan cip coklat, jika dikehendaki. Menghasilkan 24 hingga 36 brownies.

Hersheys Brownies

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted1 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs1/2 cup all-purpose flour1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa1/4 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING (recipe follows)
Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan.

2 Stir together butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Add eggs; beat well with spoon. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in nuts, if desired. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.

3 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Prepare CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING; spread over brownies. Cut into squares. About 16 brownies.


CREAMY BROWNIE FROSTING

3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
3 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1 tablespoon light corn syrup or honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Beat butter, cocoa, corn syrup and vanilla in small bowl until blended. Add powdered sugar and milk;
beat to spreading consistency. About 1 cup frosting.