Month: July 2011

The brownie pudding cake recipe.

It’s called brownie pudding cake because it’s basically 2 desserts in one. How? During baking, it separates into brownie on top of a silky chocolate pudding.

# – The brownie pudding cake.

This took me about 5 minutes to prepare. I’m serious. 5 MINUTES! Just mix everything up and then stick it in the oven for 30 minutes.

Ingredients A:

  • 120 grams of flour
  • 60 grams of cocoa powder
  • 60 grams of granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of salt

Ingredients B:

  • 100 ml of olive oil
  • 100 ml of milk
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Ingredients C:

  • 60 grams of brown sugar
  • 20 grams of cocoa powder

Ingredient D:

  • 200 ml of boiling water

# – First, mix Ingredients A together in a mixing bowl.

# – Next, mix together Ingredients B in a pitcher.

# – Next, pour Ingredients B into Ingredients A.

# – Mix it up till just combined with a wooden spoon.

# – Like this…

# – Pour the mixture into an 8″ cake tin. Combine Ingredients C and sprinkle it all over the top.

# – Then, pour the boiling hot water over.

# – Stick it into a preheated oven at 180 degrees celcius for 30 minutes.

# – Serve immediately with a dollop of vanilla ice cream :)

Sticky, chocolatey and moist with it’s own sauce! It’s crazy how fast it took me to make this!

I whipped it up right after setting the dinner table, stuck it in the oven and had a pleasant dinner while it baked. Absolutely perfect if you’re pressed for time and don’t know what to make for dessert.

I admit, it’s not the most beautiful thing to look at…but hey, if your guests asked, just say you’re going for a rustic look :D

Almost healthy baked or jacket potatoes :)

This is crazy simple to do. I feel like a fraud for posting this but whatever, it’s DELICIOUS and tasted like a million bucks. I wish I had made more!

It’s also healthy because instead of using sour cream, I used strained yogurt which is equally as tasty, if not…even tastier :D

Also, instead of bacon bits, I used fried dried shrimps, which gave the fluffy baked potatoes the saltiness and crispiness it needed. They went surprisingly AWESOME together!

The ingredients:

  • 7 medium sized potatoes
  • 450 grams of yogurt, strained
  • 3 pickled cucumbers/gherkins, finely chopped
  • 15 black olives, finely chopped
  • 1 sprig of spring onion, finely chopped
  • A good handful of dried shrimps, fried with a bit of oil till crispy

# – Firstly, measure 450 grams of yogurt and put them on a teatowel or muslin cloth to drain.

# – Check out my makeshift yogurt draining system :D This process makes the yogurt very creamy….almost like sour cream!

# – Now, clean and dry the potatoes, put them in a baking tray, then stick them in the preheated oven at 230 degrees celcius for 45 minutes. Remember to turn them half way through so they’re all evenly baked.

# – Now, to do the toppings…chop up the rest of the ingredients and place them in individual ramekins: [L-R] Crispy dried shrimps, gherkins, olives, spring onion and a bowl of strained yogurt.

# – To serve, split each potato in half and whack on the toppings :) Yummy baked potatoes, DONE!

The best thing about baked potatoes is that there are no set toppings. You can even use ingredients like baked beans, grated cheeses….even deep fried Spam cubes, teeheeheee.

All you need to do is exercise some brain cells, take some time to browse through your pantry and lastly, use your creativity! Just roll it your way.

Lastly, I implore you to try the drained yogurt as a sour cream replacement…it is absolutely wonderful. Creamy, tart, decadent and believe it or not, healthy!!!!

Apple omelette souffle dessert, peculiar but GOOD.

It was close to 10pm and we suddenly developed a crazy hankering for pudding. I really wasn’t in the mood to make anything too labour intensive or time consuming.

As I flipped through my favourite recipe book, “A Year of Desserts – 365 Delicious Set-by-step Recipes”, I came across this curious looking pudding called “apple omelette souffle”. Hmmmm…

# – Apple omelette souffle dessert.

All that were needed to make this dessert were 5 ingredients and I’d got all of them. You probably do too :)

For the omelette souffle:

  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 2 tablespoons of whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon of caster sugar
  • 15 grams of butter

For the apple filling:

  • 2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 25 grams of butter
  • 3 tablespoons of whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons of caster sugar

# – First of all, dump all the ingredients for the apple filling (except whipping cream) into a saucepan on medium heat.

# – Gently stir in the 3 tablespoons of whipping cream and let it simmer on low heat while you get on with other tasks. Remember to stir occasionally.

# – In the meantime, beat the egg whites until stiff.

# – By stiff, I mean when you turn the bowl upside down, the whites would not fall out :)

# – Next, beat the yolks, sugar and cream until properly combined.

# – Gently fold in the stiff egg whites into the yolk mixture. Stir gently to combine.

# – Then, pour the mixture into a heated non-stick pan that’s been greased with the 15 grams of butter. Keep the flame low. Leave it to cook for around 2 minutes.

# – Give the non-stick pan a gentle shake. When the omelette moves and no longer sticks to the pan, turn it out onto an oven-proof plate, with the uncooked side facing upwards.

# – Stick it under the grill for 3 1/2 minutes.

# – By now, the apples should be soft and a caramel-ish sauce should have developed.

# – Pour the apple filling over one half of the omelette souffle. Fold the other side of the omellete over to cover the filling.

# – Heat a metal skewer over the stove.

# – Brand the omelette. This is purely for aesthetics…and fun :)

# – Apple omelette souffle, DONE!

It’s the first time I’ve ever tasted such a dessert but I was pleasantly surprised. The fluffy sweet omellete souffle was a wonderful vehicle for the soft caramelised apples. And the sauce….it was to die for!

This dessert was easy to make, quick and absolutely satisfying. The boyfriend gave two thumbs up.

# – YUMMY!

I literally licked the plate clean. Guess which recipe’s going into my regular dessert list? :)