Sunday 30 September 2012

Chocolate Glazed Banana Loaf

Chocolate Glazed Banana Loaf

Ingredients:
1 banana (mushed)
185ml hazelnuts (chopped)
310ml flour
185ml sugar
5ml salt
5ml baking powder
2ml baking soda
2ml cinnamon
1-2ml nutmeg
2 eggs
125ml vegetable oil or melted butter
125ml yogurt or sour cream
5ml vanilla extract
5ml citrus zest

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C. Lightly butter one 9x5in loaf pan or three 6x3in mini loaf pans.
2) Mix in flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a large bowl.
3) Add your dry mix in (hazelnuts) into the flour.
4) In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, vegetable oil, yogurt, vanilla extract, and citrus zest.
5) Stir fruit or vegetable into the egg mixture, then fold dry mixture until combine.
6) Spread batter into  the prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes for a standard loaf, 35-40 minutes for a mini loaf. Cool 30 minutes in the pans on the rack, then turn out into the rack to cool completely.

Chocolate Glaze
Whisk 250ml confectioner's sugar, 30ml cocoa powder, 30ml milk, 1ml vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt.

Apple Cranberry Loaf

Apple Cranberry Loaf

Ingredients:
1 apple (shredded and squeezed dry)
185ml walnuts (chopped)
125ml cranberries
310ml flour
185ml sugar
5ml salt
5ml baking powder
2ml baking soda

2ml cinnamon
1-2ml nutmeg
2 eggs
125ml vegetable oil or melted butter
125ml yogurt or sour cream
5ml vanilla extract
5ml citrus zest

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C. Lightly butter one 9x5in loaf pan or three 6x3in mini loaf pans.
2) Mix in flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a large bowl.
3) Add your dry mix in (walnuts, cranberries, etc) into the flour.
4) In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, vegetable oil, yogurt, vanilla extract, and citrus zest.
5) Stir fruit or vegetable into the egg mixture, then fold dry mixture until combine.
6) Spread batter into  the prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes for a standard loaf, 35-40 minutes for a mini loaf. Cool 30 minutes in the pans on the rack, then turn out into the rack to cool completely.

Brown Butter Glaze
Brown 3 tablespoon of butter over low heat. Cool slightly. Whisk with 2ml confectioner's sugar and 1ml of milk. Use immediately!

Thursday 13 September 2012

Hello World!


Hi there! This blog was made for the sole purpose to post my creations in Food Art. I'll be posting pictures of what I make and possibly include the recipe as well. This is going to be a sweet year! :D

And also this make this post a little bit more interesting, here's a picture of Chico! C:


~Kelly!~