Chocolate chip bread pudding with vanilla sauce

Bismillah

Jadi saya pun mem'baking' lagi. Bukan sebab tak ada sesuatu yang lain daripada resipi untuk dikongsi bersama, ada banyak sebenarnya yang bermain di fikiran saya ni. Tapi apa kan daya, masa sejak akhir-akhir ini macam cemburu benar dengan saya. Jadi dengan masa yang ada ini saya buatkan entry yang cepat siap dan juga bermanfaat untuk saya ( sebab saya juga berhasrat menjadikan blog ini sebagai buku rujukan memasak saya) dan juga untuk anda yang suka masak dan makan dan bagi orang lain makan ^^



Buat pengetahuan anda, dah 3 kali saya buat bread pudding ni dan setiap kali saya buat alhamdulillah laju je habis. Maka adalah begitu 'selfish'nya saya jika saya tak kongsikan resipi yang membawa kegembiraan kepada orang lain ni dengan anda semua yang membaca. Kesimpulannya bukan lah saya yang pandai masak tapi resipi ni memang kena dengan semua orang sama ada family, kawan-kawan atau pun saudara mara sebab saya selalu pelik kalau orang cakap saya pandai masak sedangkan saya hanya membuat semula (baca : reproduce) resipi itu dan bukan lah saya yang mencipta resipi itu. But either way, alhamdulillah and thank you for the compliments :)


Resipi ini saya dapat daripada allrecipes,com. Jadi dalam bahasa Inggeris lah ya. Sebab masa tak mengizinan tak sempat saya nak translate ke bahasa Melayu. Kalau ada sesiapa yang nak terjemahannya boleh bagitahu, nanti lepas dah balik dari Terengganu (ya, esok pagi saya akan ke Terengganu) saya buatkan terjemahannya inshaAllah.


Ingredients

• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar ( I reduced it to 1 cup, trust me, its sweet enough)
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar ( I used 3 tbs)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 cups whole milk
• 10 slices hearty farmhouse-style bread, toasted and cut into cubes ( Gardenia breads will do)
• 1 cup raisins ( I omit this and replace them with chocolate chips)
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• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups whole milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk 3 eggs, white sugar, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/4 cup of butter, and 3 cups of whole milk together, and gently stir in the bread cubes and raisins. Lightly spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set in the middle, 50 to 55 minutes; cover the dish with foil after 30 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Let the pudding stand for 10 minutes before serving.
4. For vanilla sauce, whisk 1/2 cup of light brown sugar, the flour, a pinch of cinnamon, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, 1 1/4 cups of whole milk,and salt together in a heavy saucepan until smooth. Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and the sauce coats the back of a spoon, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the vanilla extract. Pour sauce over warm bread pudding, or serve on the side in a bowl.

Note: For vanilla sauce, dont put the egg together inside the saucepan, instead, take about half cup of the milk mixture from the saucepan, mix it into the egg that has been beaten and pour it back into the saucepan. Otherwise you will be having scrambled egg inside the milk sauce :|

Dan hasilnya..

Terlupa nak ambil gambar bila pudding ini dah dipotong dan disiram vanilla sauce :|

Adalah biasa untuk pudding ini menjadi sangat naik (baca: rise) selepas baru saja keluar dari oven dan menurun selepas lama dibiarkan sejuk. Boleh juga ganti vanilla sauce dengan vanilla ice cream; sesuai dengan citarasa anda dan family. Selamat mencuba  :)

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Banana cream pie

Bismillah

So it's time for baking again, and yes, it's still bananas. But instead of making cakes or cupcakes like I used to do, this time I tried to make a pie with them. This is actually my second attempt of making a pie and alhamdulillah, I have to say that I am very very pleased with the outcome. Everybody in the family loved it. Except my sister, she's not really into desserts and sweet stuff. But I'll keep making it until she likes it. Hehe.


This is the second banana pie I made for this week. You may wonder why so many pies in a week and why bananas? The reason is because last weekend, my father and I went to the market/ pasar borong to buy some fruits and I  remember that I have always wanted to make a pie called' chocolate banoffee pie', and it has bananas as its main ingredient. People been talking about how good the pie is and I was just curious at how it tastes. So I bought them. A lot.


One thing about choosing bananas to make pie is that, you shouldnt be choosing ordinary bananas. I've read somewhere that the best type of bananas to make pie is the one called cavendish bananas as it doesnt turn black easily. Funny thing is, when I went to the market and asked a macha about cavendish bananas, he seemed very puzzled and said that he never heard anything like that. Instead, he offered me 'pisang montel' and 'pisang berangan'..  Eh? When 'cavendish' sounds so elegant, malaysian type of bananas have these funny names and not to mention very cute too. Hehehe


So I ended up buying pisang berangan. And 'berangan' that the bananas will not turn black so quickly and will not alter the taste of the pie. Oh since I dont have the picture of 'chocolate banoffee pie' which I made earlier this week, I think I will just be posting it some other time, when I make it again inshaAllah. In the mean time, enjoy this banana cream pie because it is really really good and not so complicated to make. Highly recommended :)


I actually got the recipe from momswhothink.com. But I'll  just post it here to make it easier for those who want to try.

Before going to the oven

Once baked

Done with the topping. Ready to be chilled

Ingredients:

4 ripe bananas, sliced
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup sugar ( please reduce this amount if the bananas are sweet enough, I reduced it to 3/4 cup but they were still too sweet :|)
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
4 egg yolks, beaten ( I only used 3)
3 Tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 baked 9 inch pie crust

Topping:

2 Tablespoons granulated white sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened.

2. Reduce heat, cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.

3. Separate egg whites; discard. Beat egg yolks slightly.

4. Gradually stir 1 cup of the hot mixture into the egg yolks. Return egg mixture to saucepan; bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir an additional 2 minutes.

5. Remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla, butter, and three of the sliced bananas.

6. Use the remaining sliced banana to evenly cover the bottom of the pie crust. Pour filling on top.

7. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven, cool.

8. Prepare the topping by beating the whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.

9. Place topping onto the banana filling, chill for 1-2 hours before serving.

My only problem about making pie right now is that I dont have a pie tin! But because I wanted to make  the pie so badly  I couldnt care less. Something that looks like a pie tin will do. But I really recommend anybody who wants to try this recipe to get one. It'll make your life easier. Hmm if anybody can give me pie tin and muffin tin right now as my birthday present (yes I know it's in December, but still..) I think my life will be just perfect.. Kikiki

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Moist banana cake

Bismillah.

Sejujurnya, saya tak tau apa yang menyerang diri saya lewat kebelakangan ini sebab saya rasa macam.. I'm addicted to baking! Of all kinds of addictions, I'm actually stuck to this one, which is a good thing I suppose.

Terbaru, saya sempat buat moist banana cake yang saya rasakan adalah satu kejayaan sebab dulu pernah juga saya buat kek pisang , tapi bila dah masak jadi macam bingka pulak :(Anyways, resepi ini sangat mudah. Kalau tak ada mixer, guna saja spatula untuk mengacau. Dan kalau tak ada oven, guna saja pengukus.

Moist banana cake sprinkled with powdered sugar

Kalau diperhatikan, warna kek ini macam agak gelap kalau dibandingkan dengan kek pisang yang biasa. Sebab bahan yang digunakan kita masak atas periuk dulu sebelum disatukan dengan tepung dan telur. Dan bila masuk oven, saya letakkan container yang berisi air di bahagian/tingkat bawah adunan kek yang dibakar (bukan dalam resepi asal) dan hasilnya, voila! A MOIST banana cake, walaupun pada mulanya saya tak yakin kek yang dibakar boleh jadi moist macam kek yang dikukus but alhamdulillah it turned out so well :)

Saya rasa mungkin saya akan lebih serius mendalami ilmu masakan pada waktu cuti ni sebab rasa seronok dan puas pulak bila hasilnya menjadi dan lebih seronok bila dapat dihidangkan untuk family tersayang. Tapi tak adalah serius mana pun, sebab inshaAllah bulan Jun nanti saya akan mula bekerja, jadi sebelum bermulanya hari-hari yang sibuk, saya kira ada baiknya saya isi waktu cuti yang ada ni dengan sesuatu yang saya betul-betul minat.

Well to those of you who feel like baking this cake, I actually got this recipe from here, only that I cut the sugar amount to 3/4 cup instead of 1 cup (I think it's sweet enough) and like I said before, put a container of water on the lower rack of the oven to make it even moist. This is definitely a-must-try cake to those who don't fancy doing tedious job with the cream etc, because this cake is so simple yet so good in its own.

Till then, happy baking! ^^

IZ: Still searching for the best menu to be served to my long-lost friend who will be coming over this weekend..

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Strawberry kiwi buttercake

Oh strawberry n kiwi why are you so sour

Makes me been thinking what to do with you for almost an hour

Luckily the flour is still in store

So I guess this would be a cake once more

Its the end of the day, yes I feel tired

But the butter must be used before it gets expired

Come and join me guys, take a little break

And lets just enjoy this piece of cake !

Hihi.. tak pernah tahu pun rupa-rupanya baking pun is a type of stress therapy jugak.. *^^*

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