Prune Cake

This cake is fabulous! It’s moist and not too sweet. Can’t resist having the 2nd piece ;p

Ingredients:
Butter (250gm)
Brown Sugar (230gm)
Egg (4)
Milk (can be substituted with soy bean milk- 150ml)
Prunes (230gm)
Flour (240gm)
Baking Powder (2tsp)
Baking Soda (1 tsp)

Preheat oven at 180C.


Method:
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add in eggs and mix till combined.
3. Blend milk and prune in a blender and add to the above mixture.
4. Sift flour, baking powder and soda. Add this to the above mixture.
5. Mix till just combined.
6. Bake for 1hour or until cooked.

Fried Mifen

Ingredients:
Mifen (soaked in water till soft)
Egg (beaten and add a little pepper and salt)
Carrot
Choy Sum

Red Bell Pepper
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Garlic
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok and fry egg. Set aside in the wok.
2. Saute garlic until light brown.
3. Add in carrot and red bell pepper and stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Add in choy sum and season with a little salt.
5. Add mifen and mix well.
6. Season with dark and light soy sauce. Continue to stir fry and add some water if it gets dry.
7. Stir fry for 2-3min and it’s done.

Stir Fried Choy Sam in Oyster Sauce

Ingredients:
Choy Sam (in Cantonese ;p)
Button Mushrooms
Carrot
Garlic
Oyster Sauce
Salt
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat a little oil in wok and sauté garlic.
2. Add in button mushrooms and carrots. Stir fry for 1-2min.
3. Add in choy sam and stir fry for 1min.
4. Season with oyster sauce and salt.
5. Add some water and let it simmer for 1min.
6. Serve hot with rice.

Stir Fried Chicken Frankfurters in Black Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:
Chicken Frankfurters
Green Bell Pepper
Black Pepper Sauce
Salt
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan and stir fry green bell peppers for 1-2min.
2. Add in chicken frankfurters and stir fry for 1-2min.
3. Season with black pepper sauce and salt.
4. Add a little water and cook till it boils. Dish up.

Vegetarian Corn Soup

Ingredients:
Corn
Carrot
Potato
Chinese Cabbage
Red dates
Egg Tofu
Salt
Note: You may add some wolfberries and other Chinese herbs too.


Method:
1. Put all ingredients into a pot and bring to boil for ~1 hour.
2. Season with salt and serve hot.

Fried Yee Mee with Minced Chicken Omelet

Ingredients:

Fried Yee Mee:
Yee Mee (soaked in water till partly soft)
Onion (cut into small pieces)
Carrot (cut into thin strips)
Black Wood Fungus (soaked till soft and cut into thin strips)
Green Leafy Vegetables (cut into small pieces)
Garlic (chopped)
Oyster Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Pepper
Salt
Oil
Water

Minced Chicken Omelet:
Chicken Meat (minced- marinate with light soy sauce and pepper)
Egg (beaten and add in a little pepper)
Garlic

Method:

Fried Yee Mee:
1. Heat oil and sauté garlic and onion for 1-2min.
2. Add in carrot and black fungus and season with salt and oyster sauce.
3. Stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Put in yee mee. Add light and dark soy sauce and pepper. Mix well.
5. Add in vegetables and stir fry for 1-2min.
6. Add a little water and continue to stir fry for 1-2min. Done!


Minced Chicken Omelet:
1. Heat a little oil and sauté garlic.
2. Add in chicken meat and stir fry for 2-3min.
3. Pour in egg mixture and fry till cooked.

Quick & Easy Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked and leave to cool)
Mixed Vegetables (corn, green pea and carrot)
Cooking Wine
Egg (beaten)
Garlic (chopped)
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat oil and sauté garlic till fragrant.
2. Add in egg and stir fry for 1min.
3. Add in mixed vegetables and season with salt and cooking wine.
4. Mix in rice and stir fry for 3-4min.
5. Season with soy sauce and add a little water if it’s too dry.
6. Stir fry for another 2-3min and dish up.

Apple Walnut Cake

Have been really busy and only had the time to try out something new yesterday. Well, I sometimes bake to de-stress, so I think it has been a good baking session last night :)

The original recipe is from Amy Beh in kuali.com. I have modified it a little bit by reducing the amount of sugar and butter (2 fattening ingredients ;p).

This cake tastes better 1 day after baking, so you can always bake it a day before. It’s also very moist and I love the cinnamon taste in it.

Ingredients:
Plain flour (125gm)
Self Raising Flour (75gm)
Cinnamon Powder (1 ½ tsp)
Butter (140gm)
Brown Sugar (220gm)
Vanilla Essence (1 tsp)
Egg (3)
Apple (2 big ones – shredded or cut into very small pieces)
Walnut (80gm)
Raisin (I didn’t measure, just use up whatever’s left)
Oil

Preheat oven at 180C.


Method:
1. Sift plain flour, self raising flour and cinnamon powder. Leave aside.
2. Cream butter and brown sugar till combined.
3. Mix in vanilla essence.
4. Add in egg one by one and beat well.
5. Mix in apples and raisins.
6. Fold in the sifted flour.
7. Grease baking dish with a little oil.
8. Pour in mixture and bake for ~50min or until cooked.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Felt like eating something light (er…if you consider pasta a light meal ;p) and healthy but lazy to cook. Anyway, this is ready in 30min and it’s yummy!


Ingredients:
Spaghetti (cooked per packet instruction)
Tomatoes
Red bell pepper
Parsley (chopped finely)
Mixed herbs
Garlic (sliced)
Olive oil
Salt


Method:
1. Heat olive oil in a non stick pan and saute garlic till it starts to brown.
2. Add in red bell pepper and stir fry for 2-3min.
3. Add in tomatoes and continue to stir fry for another 1-2min.
4. Season with salt.
5. Put in the spaghetti and mix well.
6. Add in mixed herbs and parsley. Stir fry for 2-3min.
Dinner’s ready!

Pumpkin Pie

OK, now I can finally try to make a pumpkin pie! All right….it’s not too difficult actually but definitely takes more work than an apple pie since we need to cook the pumpkin first. Anyway, it tastes good but just a little too soft. So, maybe need to either reduce the milk or add more pumpkin.

Ingredients:
Short crust pastry (sweet) – see apple pie recipe for the pastry
Pumpkin (300gm- steamed and cut into small pieces)
Mixed spice (1/2 tsp)
Brown sugar (150gm)
Milk (300gm)
Egg (1)
Corn flour (1 tbsp)

Preheat oven at 180C.

Method:
1. Blend pumpkin, sugar, egg, milk, mixed spice and corn flour together.
2. Roll pastry into 2mm thick and line the pastry dish.
3. Poke holes with a fork.
4. Pour in the pumpkin mixture.
5. Bake for ~1 hour or until cooked (pumpkin is set).

Thanksgiving Desserts

A friend invited us over for a Thanksgiving dinner at her home and everyone brought something to feed us all. I am supposed to bake a pumpkin pie but I had no idea how to make one and I don’t want to risk a failure attempting it the first time in case we end up with no dessert. So, I baked the same old apple pie but just thought I’d make it more interesting with some decorations from the leftover pastry. Isn’t it a lovely pie? :)




Apart from the pie, I baked a chocolate cream cheese cake too. This is also the 2nd time I bake this cake and I think it’s better than the first time I make it. OK, at least I am improving and not the other way round ;p
We were too full from the turkey dinner and all the yummy food, so I brought this cake to Sunday church service. The cake was gone quickly and I am glad everyone loved it!

Mifen Soup version 2

Ingredients:
Mifen (soaked till soft in water)
Tomato (2-3, cut into wedges)
Chicken meat (cut into small pieces)
Button Mushroom (sliced)
Carrot (sliced)
Chinese cabbage (cut into slices)
Chicken Frankfurters (sliced)
Egg Tofu (cut into thick slices)
Oyster sauce
Soy sauce
Pepper
Garlic (crushed lightly)
Salt
Water


Method:
1. Boil water in a pot.
2. Add in garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrot and mushroom. Simmer for 10min.
3. Add in chicken meat, frankfurters and tofu.
4. Season with salt, pepper, oyster sauce and soy sauce.
5. Add in mifen and cook for 3-4min.
6. Serve hot.