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I have a small bowl of chocolate in the fridge, a left-over from the chocolate fountain we served during the last birthday of my nephew. I also have small green bananas (balangon variety) hanging in our clothesline to ripen. So, an idea sparked: make a chocolate and banana cake. Since the banana is not over ripe, i did not mash it but instead, sliced it. For this recipe, I used the the following proportion times three. I churned out three 9 x 6 pans with 1 inch thick cake I cut into squares. So for a small pan, here is the proportion.... 2 cups sifted flour 1T baking powder 2 pcs chicken eggs 1 cup milk or water 1/2 cup canola oil (or may use butter/margarine) 1/2 cup sugar (or more if desired) 1 cup sliced banana (or mashed, if desired and I used a lot of this in this recipe)  1/4 cup chocolate syrup (or melted chocolate of choice) To melt chocolate from the fridge, I boil water in a small deep pan and place a stainless bowl of top of the pan. This will slowly melt the chocolate a...

1 1/2 kilo cassava, ground or grated 2 cans condensed milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar Pre heat oven at 350F. Soften butter. Add a cup of sugar, mix well and set aside. In a big bowl, placethe ground cassava, add the milk and eggs and mix well. Portion by portion, add the butter and sugar mixture to the cassava mixture and mix well. Grease and pour the mixture in a tin pan, ideally 9x6x2 pan. Bake for 30 minutes. If desired, glaze the pudding with butter and sugar. Let cool a bit and slice and serve!

It was so fun trying out the many new flavors of Iloilo City's favorite food hang out for students... Aside from their ensaymada, chicken and pina roll as well as chicken sticks, JD Bakeshop is known for its baked sweets squares and they come in variety... From buko squares, oatmeal, butter scotch, chocolate fudge, pineapple, peanut and a lot more. Since i love small squares rather than pie slices, these slices are thumbs up for me...

By GERLIE M. UY It's so filling. I can't feel the oatmeal. These are what they say about my last banana-oatmeal muffin. I called this ultimate because I love the rise, i love the banana taste and the bready feel of flour and oatmeal. I have made banana cake and muffins  here  and  here  but this is much more memorable output as it is just perfect for me. I made a big batch as we have bunches of "balangon" (green variety) bananas... 2 cups canola oil 6 cups brown sugar  6 large eggs, beaten 10 cups flour, sifted 5 cups oatmeal quick cooking 3 T baking powder 2 cans (3 cups) evaporated milk 2 t vanilla  10 cups of mashed over ripe banana (balangon or the green variety) Pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease a medium muffin tins. In a mixing bowl, cream the first three ingredients until well-blended. Set aside. Combine the sifted flour and baking powder.  In the mixing bowl of creamed ingredients, alternately add mixed flour and milk, a little at a time. Blending...

By GERLIE M. UY My banana muffin sprinkled with chopped almonds...   I have already featured the Banana muffins with glazed pili nut  here  in my blog. That try did not gave me a fluffy muffin as it was loaded with banana and so I noted what I should do the next time. So, I am pretty satisfied with the turn out of my recent banana muffin. In the past I have made banana cake with peanuts too . I made changes this time for my muffin. I used canola oil instead of butter, omitted the salt and baking soda (used to avoid discoloration of the banana) and used vanilla. I made 29 medium-sized muffins all in all for this recipe. Fluffy banana muffin with chopped almonds on top. 1 cup canola oil 2 cups brown sugar (add 1/2 cup more if desired) 3 large eggs, beaten 4 cups flour, sifted 2 t baking powder 1 1/2 c evaporated milk 1/2 t vanilla  6 cups of mashed over ripe banana (balangon or the green variety) a handful of almonds Pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease a medium muffin...

By GERLIE M. UY glazed pili nuts on top! up close with the muffins! still stuck on the tin! Hot.. first tray... my batter! a sure hit, these muffins were gone in no time. More of the muffins; evidently more time to take photos!!! a closer look at the muffins... 1 cup butter 2 c brown sugar 3 large eggs, beaten 3 c flour, sifted 1 1/2 t baking powder 1/4 t iodized salt (omitted) 1 1/2 c evaporated milk 1/2 t vanilla (omitted) 6 cups of mashed over ripe banana a handful of glazed pili nuts Pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease a medium muffin tins. In a mixing bowl, cream the first three ingredients until well-blended. Set aside. Combine the sifted flour, baking powder and salt. In the mixing bowl of creamed ingredients, alternately add mixed flour and milk, a little at a time. Blending the mixture each time the ingredient is added in order to avoid lumps. Put together the last four ingredients and add to the mixture. Place mixture in each muffin tin, then put pili nuts on top. Bake muffin for ...

By GERLIE M. UY POSTER BOY OF PASTELLAS THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF FOODS FEATURED HERE AND YET-TO BE FEATURED. DROLL OVER THEMMMMM... FRESH PANCIT, ANYONE? PATO TIM PATA NGA LINAGA  WITH LANGKA CUCUMBER SALAD TUNA AND EGG BRUSCHETTA BOILED SWEET CORN... SAGING NGA KUMBO AVOCADO, CUCUMBER AND CORN SALAD  GINAT-AN NGA TILAPIA PICKLED BAMBOO SHOOTS VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI AVOCADO TOPPED WITH MASCUVADO SUGAR CASSAVA CAKE PANCAKE WITH BUGNAY SYRUP

By GERLIE M. UY 8 cups shredded cassava (some like it grated) 6 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cans condensed milk (about 300ml each) 1 small evaporated milk (1 cup or 250ml) 4 cups brown sugar 1/4 cup butter cheese for toppings (optional) Lightly wash shredded cassava with two cups warm water and drain liquid. Do not press. Pre-heat oven for 300F. In a deep bowl, mix all ingredients together except cheese. Reserve a portion of butter for greasing of pan. Strain and reserve a cup of liquid from the mixture. Grease two one-inch 7 X 11 pans. Pour half of the mixture in each pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, cook in medium heat the reserved cup of mixture and put the cheese. Set aside. After 30 minutes, put the cheese mixture on top and bake for another 5 minutes until melted. info on cassava http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava http://www.cassavachips.com/cassava.html http://www.agriculture-ph.com/2010/04/cassava-banana-production-boost-in.html

1 small squash (about 500grams), sliced thinly into strips or french fries-sized Batter: 2 cup flour 1 cup cornstarch 2 t salt 2 eggs oil for frying  (half sesame oil and half canola oil) Mix all ingredients. Make sure the mixture is not too dry and not too watery; just enough to form a spoonful into a patty when placed in the pan for frying. Heat oil and drop a spoonful of mixture, press to for into patty. Let fry for 2 minutes on each side or until light brown. Drain oil and serve hot with ketchup or cane vinegar.

Banana, Melon and Sago Malamig By GERLIE M. UY Revisit our Banana cake , Melon smoothie and try our quick and easy cooler Sago Malamig! I prepared banana cake sans the peanuts in our archive recipe and I reduced the sugar by 30% and doubled the recipe. For Melon Smoothie, I blender the melon sans the watermelon in our original recipe, and in lieu of the yogurt, I used all purpose cream. In other times, an evaporated milk may be used. Now, for Sago Malamig, boil a multi-colored 100g sago pearls until cooked without white in the center. Put in the freezer. In a liiter cold water, add mascuvado sugar untl desired sweetness and shake until dissolved and freeze. In a tall glass, put three tablespoons of sago, add the mascuvado juice and top with ice. There, the cooler is for gulping. copyright to photos reverts to owners