Chocolate MINT Zebra Cake

chocolate with mint? It is the best pair in the world of chocolate.
Instead of baking a plain chocolate mint cake, i decided to bake a zebra pattern cake.

the outcome is truly unexpected and taste so delicious! I have a doubt initially when i planning to bake this.

" may the mint flavor spoil everything? "

you have to believe me now. it won't! Unless you HATE mint.

Just because the cake tinted with minty aroma, it is not longer belong to an ordinary chocolate&butter combo cake, but something new to trigger your saliva, send the impulse to your brain, tell you it is different, special and luscious ...  :)


Ingredient:

• 140g Self Raising Flour 
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tea spoon of Vanilla Essence
• 60g Molasses Sugar
• 70g Margarine
• 100ml Low Fat Milk ( F&N Magnolia)
• 90g Chocolate Mint (Vochelle)

* dissolve sugar into milk.
# break the chocolate into pieces, melt it by double boil method.

beat egg with * .

until milky color form.

then margarine.

flour & vanilla essence. mix well until no lump.

divide the batter into half. one of it mix well with # .

how to zebra your cake? click here ... ^^

using my Buffalo rice cooker, bake in 20mins time.
let it cool on wire rack before served.

 

Condensed Milk Cake

Malaysian, who don't like condensed milk? Especially when we visiting Mamak Stall, the second most important ingredient to make a nice cuppa of Teh Tarik is the condensed milk. Malaysian never said no to it, me neither!

 

Ingredient:

•  1 can of condensed milk (500g)

•  4 eggs

•  1 cup of self raising flour (140g, sifted)

•  3 tablespoon margarine (45g, melted)

•  1 teaspoon honey vinegar ( or pure lemon juice)

Grease the rice cooker and place parchment paper at the bottom.

Separate egg white with yolk.

Beat egg white until soft peak, honey vinegar add lastly to stabilize the egg white.

How to beat egg white

Take note: no any dust, oil, or yolk mix with egg white! Else, you couldn't beating the egg white successfully.

Using stand mixer, beat the egg yolk with condensed milk until creamy form.

 

 

Add the self raising flour, mix well. Do not over-mixing the flour to avoid excessive gluten form.

Folding the batter with egg white. please click in to learn

 

Lastly, add the melted margarine into the mixture, then mix well.

Pour the mixture into rice  cooker, then tab it about 5times to release the huge bubble that hiding inside the mixture....  (:

Set bake function with 30 minutes at rice cooker 
Immediately upon removing the cake from the oven invert (turn upside down) the rice cooker bowl and place on flat surface to prevent the cake from shrinking and losing its volume. 

It form a lovely dome shape, air holes in the center is super fine and delicacy. Well, the cake also have a very soft and spongy texture.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Nigella Lawson)

this canned pineapple chunks been keeping for months, and i almost forget it until i saw the Nigella Lawson pineapple upside down cake recipe, then only remind me on this pineapple fruit can that full with dust now....  :)

this is the most easier cake to make, just blend all the ingredient together. Top is the sweet and sticky caramelized pineapple while base is the cottony soft yellowish butter cake. The butter cake taste salty, since i didn't added much sugar on it, merely sugar syrup from canned pineapple. But no worries, the sweetness compensate pretty well by the molasses sugar on top....   *^^*

Ingredient:

• 140g self raising flour (1cup)
• 1 canned pineapple chunks (dole brand, 439g)
• 2 eggs
• 100g margarine (daisy brand)
• 50g molasses sugar (1/4 cup)

NOTED: the cake a tad flat and didn't rising much, just because i skip to add the 1/4 tea spoon baking soda. Kindly advice, do not eliminate it!

grease the rice cooker, and place a parchment paper at the bottom.

drain the sugar syrup out and save it for cake base.

decorate the pineapple chunks to a circular pattern. Mash the residual pineapple chunks and keep it for cake base.

 
sprinkle the molasses sugar over the pineapple.

sift the flour. (together with baking soda)

put the flour, egg, margarine, residual pineapple chunks and sugar syrup together. With stand mixer, mix until the batter is smooth.

pour this mixture over the pineapple ring, spread it gently.

set bake function at rice cooker for 30 minutes.

flip it over once it is done. let it cool, then enjoy!

this post is linked to cookLIKEaSTAR event, organized by Zoe,  Joyce,  Anuja .