Pumpkin Chocolate Cake

Now that both my kids are attending school, I find myself baking more, especially muffins and cakes - since they make great school snacks and afternoon tea. 

Kid friendly recipe - Mini Nutella Croissants

I can't gush enough about how versatile puff pastry is.  I've used it to make curry puffs, nian gou puffs, cinnamon and banana puffs; and now these mini nutella croissants/rolled puffs. 

These store bought, frozen puff pastry is super convenient.  Just make your desired filling, spread it on the pastry, roll em up and bake.  These little yummy croissants make a tasty snack or light lunch for the family. 

This recipe is also kid friendly.  I got my son to do almost the entire preparation and it was a fun bonding activity for mother and son.  The prep is easy and practically mess free.  He's been asking for more baking activities since then so I've been on the lookout for more of such simple recipes :)


Mini Nutella Croissants
Makes 10 mini croissants

Ingredients

• Nutella spread
• 5 pieces of frozen puff pastry, thawed (10x10cm)
• 1 small egg, beaten (for egg wash)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180celcius
2. Arrange the pastry on a non stick baking tray.  Using a pair of cooking scissors, snip each piece of pastry into half and arrange it neatly on the tray.
3. Spread a generous teaspoon of nutella on each pastry and roll it up, the open seam facing down.
4. Gently brush with the beaten egg and bake for 20minutes until golden and slightly puffed up.

A perfect recipe for those small fingers

Spread, roll, bake. Couldn't be easier.

Makes a good party snack or light bite

Easy Pumpkin Kaya

After first seeing Mich's post on Homemade Pumpkin Kaya 2 years ago, I finally got round to making it last week. 

Instant Blueberry Jam

This is one of those recipes that made me go "wow, really?!!"

Fluffy Banana Pancakes

You must be thinking - not another banana pancake recipe again!

Banana Pikelets

What do you do when you went to bed early and woke up at 4am?

Well, you make banana pikelets, of course!

Apple Butter with a gingery zing!

Lately, hubby and I have been frequenting a nearby morning market to get our supply of fresh fruits.  I stocked up on loads of green apples and used some to make Apple Butter.  I love all things apple, especially baked goods and spreads, so the idea of having hot toast with apple butter sounds totally irresistable. 

Back-to-Basics II: Post #3 - French Toast, Mum's style

During our schooling days, my mum used to make these delicious french toast for our breakfast. 

More on Hong Kong food - Lunch at Super Star Restaurant

When we were in Hong Kong recently over the New Year holidays, hubby's client L and J, both of whom are based there took us out for a sumptuous dim sum lunch at Super Star Seafood Restaurant.

 

Homemade breads and a Rosemary Potato Bread

We are a family of bread lovers.  Our breakfast at home is almost always bread, with butter and jam or cooked sausages and ham.  Sometimes lunch is also made from bread - such as toastie melts and pizza on bread, both of which i make quite often as a quick and yummy lunch on-the-go.  

Strawberry Jam

Never in my whole life have i ever managed to get such cheap and fresh strawberries - so happy! Tesco had a (re)opening promotion for these Cameronian beauties - at RM1 per punnet...an absolute steal.

Perfect to make that strawberry jam I have been thinking about for quite a while.

Homemade Yogurt - the Ultimate, Fuss Free Way

 

 

UPDATED on 11April 2016 

 

Note: Since I posted this, I have had quite a lot of queries and feedback on the finer points of making homemade yogurt.  Based on all this discussion, I have added in some new photos for better illustration as well as some specific points on the cooking process.  Hope this helps!

 

 

For someone who loves her yogurt with a passion, it has never occurred to me to make my own yogurt until a few years back. I came across many blogs that sang the praises of homemade yogurt, and thought what a great idea that was. 

Banana Pancakes

Use pisang emas to make this, it makes the pancakes so much more sweeter and flavourful than the more commonly available pisang berangan or montel.