Eggless Butter Cake with Purple Yam Filling

Last Sunday, I and my husband had a mini food feast in our house. The hubby was in charged of cooking the main dishes, and I was with the baked goodies. I didn't actually plan on what to bake. It just happens that I have some powdered purple yam in my pantry, and I took off from there.

Eggless Butter Cream Cake

Ingredients:
2 1/2 c flour
3/4 c sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup condense milk
1/4 c butter milk
114 gms butter

Procedures:
1. Sift the flour, baking soda and baking powder together.
2. In a mixer, mix sugar,butter,condense milk, and vanilla for 2 mins until mixture becomes fluffy.
3. Add the flour gradually.
4. Pour in the butter milk after all the flour is done.
5. Put in a buttered baking pan and bake for 30 mins with 325 degrees F.

As for the purple yam, you can buy them mostly in your nearest Asian stores. Just follow whatever is in the packaging's directions on how to cook it, and you're good to go.

As for my hubby's creation, I don't have the recipe yet, but just this yummy picture, sorry guys .



Sushi rice, red beans wtih tomato sauce,cheese and fried panir, subdji (mixed fried vegetables with cream and fresh tomato and olives).

Puto (Steamed Rice Cake)

It’s been a while since I posted a new recipe, and some of my friends have been asking me about it. So for my recipe update, I present to you, Puto! Puto is a famous native delicacy in the Philippines. In every province and island, the people has it’s own version of it. Whenever we have special occasions in our house, my mother would make sure that puto is part of the menu. Will, actually even if there’s no occasion at all, I can still avail it, but only the ordinary plane flavored ones. Originally, puto is made of grinded sticky rice that is soak in water for 24 hours, but now a days, it can be made by regular rice flour ( can be purchase at any Asian store) mixed with regular flour. I found some recipes online, and from there, I just made my own for my convenience.Also, when steaming puto, it is usually placed in banana leaves, but since it’s hard to find it here in Florida, I just simply omit it.In this recipe, I made a strawberry flavored one, but plain puto is also good just add vanilla essence for more aromatic experience. Making puto is really easy, but eating it is more delightful. Share with love and enjoy .

Puto

Ingredients:

2 cups rice flour

1 cup unbleached all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup sugar

5 tsp coconut oil (canola oil is ok too)

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp strawberry essence

1 tsp red food coloring

2 cups fresh coconut milk ( evaporated milk is fine if coconut is not available)

1/4 cup water

Procedure:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.

2. Slowly add the milk and stir for couple of mins until no more lumps is visible.

3. Add the oil.

4. If the batter is too thick, slowy add the water, and continue stirring.

5. Fill butter lined prepared puto cups 3/4 full and steam for 25 to 30 mins.

6. Serve with grated coconut or cheese of your choice.

Note: You can make any flavor you want (don’t be afraid of experimenting), all you have to do is to add the flavoring or the essence you’d like.

We Got Married :)

By God’s grace, Radha and I got married last May 10, 2008. It was a small and simple civil wedding attended by our good friends, and we did it in our temple instead in the courthouse. I don’t know much what to say, so I’ll just post some pictures, and also, I found some nice and funny quotations about marriage, and I couldn’t disagree more.

Mohandas K. Gandhi: “I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”

Socrates: “My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife, you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.”

Louis K. Anspacher: “Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.”

Ambrose Bierce: “Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.”

Bill Cosby: “For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.”

John Berger : “All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.”

Lyndon B. Johnson: “Only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, the the other, to let her have it.”

Oscar Wilde: “Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”

Joyce Brothers :”Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.”

According to my experienced :”Marriage is like two false egos living in one roof!”

Outside the temple with our friends after the ceremony.

Our simple wedding cake made by yours truly .

I made the garlands with the smallest needle we had. I made them early in the morning before I started cooking. About my husband’s whereabouts, he was also busy cleaning the entire house,which I really appreciate since it’s not really my cup of tea, hehehe!

A happy posed for a happy ocassion . I didn’t even noticed that Winnie d’ Pooh was there,LOL!

Cake Pops!

It’s been a while since I baked due to our latest relocation here in Tampa, FL. As I was trying to set things up especially my schedule in our new place, I just remember that I’ve been neglecting a lot of stuff, and some of those are my love for blogging and baking. When I finally had the chance to bake, I decided to give cakeballs a try. I got the idea from a great baker and blogger Bakerella. Her creations are just to die for, and on top of that, they’re too cute to be eaten. If you want instructions on how to make this confectionary delight, just visit her blog, and I can assure that you don’t need to be a patissier to pull it off. If I can do it, you can to! Have fun!

About Me

Hello!!!She's just a simple soul who loves to cook,bake, and eat!!!Most of the time she's harassing the kitchen, so the probability of you meeting her in the kitchen is infinite. A full-time wife who just wants to explore her endless possibilities, likes to think outside the box, and best of all is willing to exploit her strength to make things possible. One of her favorite quote is from the hot Bono of U2; ” The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it in shape.” She’s also a certified Asian drama addict, a vegetarian, loves mangas, can’t get enough of her daily dose of animes, but her best attribute is that she can seriously compete with a polar bear when it comes to hibernating.Oh, I almost forgot that she’s a procrastinator Numero UNO!

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