Apple Crumble Cake

Ingredients:
adapted from here
(modified slightly)

Apple filling:
5 Gala apples, peeled and chopped
1 ½ tbs unsalted butter, room temperature
½ tsp ground cinnamon

Crumble topping:
185g Self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
130g unsalted butter, room temperature
140g brown sugar

Base:
100g unsalted butter, room temperature
80g brown sugar
1 egg
150g self raising flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking soda, sifted
1 tablespoon milk
icing sugar, to dust (i omit)

Preheat oven to 160ºC/320ºF; butter a 20x30cm (8x12in) pan and line with non-stick baking paper or foil (if using foil, butter it, too) extending paper/foil over the edges of pan.

Start by making the filling: place the apples, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan over low heat and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Allow to cool.

Now, the crumble: combine flour, baking powder, butter and sugar in a bowl and mix using your fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Set aside.

Make the base: place the butter and sugar in an electric mixer and beat until creamy. Add the egg and beat well. Fold through the flour, baking powder and milk. Spread into prepared pan – it will be a thin layer - top with the apple filling and crumble and bake for 40 minutes until golden. Allow to cool, unmold using the foil “handles” and cut into squares. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Serves 6-8 – I made ¾ of the recipe above, used a 20cm square pan and got 16 bars

I used cupcakes and make 7 cups

Cream cheese banana cupcakes

Still got some bananas sitting in my fridge..... wondering what cake should i do and while looking through I saw some cream cheese.... been there for quite some times.....

So instead of making a cake with butter, I change it to cream cheese which I feel is much healthier. Surprisingly, it do taste good and moist

Ingredient:
250 g cream cheese
250 g self raising flour
150 g sugar
300g mashed bananas
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
100 ml milk
some chocolate chips for decoration

Sift flour together with the baking soda and baking powder

1) beat cream cheese and the sugar till fluffy
2) add in egg one by one
3) fold in the flour and milk
4) then the banana
5) spoon into paper cup 3/4 full
6) sprinkle some chocolate chips on top

Bake 180 C for 35 minutes

make about 15 cups

My kids love it with some whip cream on top

Chocolate chip Banana Cupcakes

Adapted the recipe from here.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe, so fluffy and rich in flavour

Ingredients:
250 g Butter
200 g sugar
300 g self raising flour
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tbsp cocoa powder
200 ml milk
250g chocolate chips
300g mashed banana
some banana wedges (cut into quarter)

1) Beat butter and sugar till fluffy
2) add in egg one by one
3) sift in sifted flour, baking soda, baking powder alternately with the milk
4) then the banana and the chocolate chips
5) spoon into the paper cup and put in the banana wedges in the middle of the batter

Bake for 35 minutes, 180 C

Make about 20 cups. You can reduce all the ingredient by half to make 10 cups

Banana Cheese Cupcakes

As you can see, almost all my cakes are covered by rainbow sprinkle and chocolate chips. Reason is my kids are waiting to do their part, they will be more of (same topping) cake coming soon. Another recipe from kuali



Very fluffy




Ingredients:
200g Butter
150g cream cheese
140g brown sugar
2 tbsp honey
2 eggs
400g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
80ml whipping cream
350g ripe bananas

make about 15 cups

cream butter ,cheese,brown sugar and honey till light. add in eggs, fold in flour and baking powder.
add in cream and bananas
fill the cups till two-thirds full and bake 200C for 25 minutes or golden brown

Peanut butter cupcakes

Peanut Butter Cupcakes



My girl fav.... peanut butter and she has been requesting me to bake it. I used my normal butter cake recipe and add peanut butter to it. taste good but the peanut butter sink to the bottom. got to add more flour the next time.

recipe a below:
230g butter - i used Fern whole block(227g)
180g sugar
300 self-raising flour(sifted) (1/4 soda bicarbonate mix with the flour)
1/2 cup milk
4 eggs
100g chocolate chips
peanut butter - i used peanut butter n chocolate

1) beat butter and sugar till fluffy.
2) add in egg, one by one
3) then fold in flour and milk, slowly
4) coat the chocolate chips with a bit of flour, so the it won't sink down to the bottom
5) fold in chocolate chips last, just stir a bit.
6) put in the cupcakes cup 1/2 full.
7) scoop a spoonful of peanut butter and chocolate and put on top of the batter. (you can used anything that you like, jams, or chocolate spread or blueberry.)
8) swirl it with a toothpick to cover the peanut better
9) mine with the sprinkle cos that is the part the kids like the most....
bake at 180 C for 25 minutes