Durian Muffins

Durian Muffins

Ingredients

·       3 Cups Flour

·       2 tablespoon baking powder

·       ½ tablespoon salt

·       ¾ tablespoon sugar

·       2 eggs

·       1 cup Durian pulp (blend with a little bit of the coconut milk)

·       1 Cup coconut milk

·       100 grams butter, melted and cooled

METHOD

1.     Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl and make a well in the centre.

2.     In a jug, mix together the eggs, durian pulp, coconut milk and vanilla essence. Stir into the dry ingredients, with the melted butter.

3.     Half fill 12 well-greased muffin tins.

4.     Bake at 220^oC for about 15-20 minutes until well risen, golden and cooked.

It Makes 12 Muffins

Mama's Famous Bread Pudding

Mama’s Famous Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

1 Loaf of Bread (preferably a day old)

2 Eggs

½ cup of Sugar

½ cup of Margarine

2 cups of Condensed Milk

Vanilla Essence

Method:

Place the slices of bread in a casserole dish. Beat the Milk, Margerine and Sugar until it thickens. Add the Eggs and Vanilla Essence and beat again until all mix well. Pour the well mixed liquid ingredients into the casserole dish. Make sure the slices of bread are soak properly and evenly.

Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.

Traditional Kueh Bakar

"The third recipe is courtesy of my mom who is a very good cook before a stroke rendered her unable to cook. Now she gives directions to her maid but they say that the feeling isn’t there. Don’t laugh when someone says that you need to cook with love. This is a very traditional recipe. The taste is fantastic and it can last for a month. Those who are afraid of fat and cholesterol, stay clear of this cake."

TRADITIONAL KUEH BAKAR

Ingredients

1 ½ cup sugar

1 cup eggs

1 cup flour

1 cup Coconut Cream

1 Pandanus leaf

1 tbsp ghee

 To blend

1 cm cinnamon

1 clove

1 star anise

1 tbsp cumin

½ tbsp white cumin seeds

Method

1.   Heat the santan and pandan leaf for 5 mins.

2.  Beat the eggs and sugar until the sugar dissolves.

3.  Put in the flour and blend with the spices and the ghee.

4.  Leave it for at least 2 hours before baking it in a flower shape container for an hour or until cake is done by inserting a tooth pick in the center in a 220 degree Celsius heat.

Note

1. In the old days, mom used to cook in the embers of firewood.  The top lid of the container would also be filled with embers.

Malay Sponge Cake

"This recipe was given to me by my sister, Zaini who is the best cook of all my siblings. Of course she got it from our mum. She is the authority on our family recipes. I , on the other hand like to tweak the recipes according to what's around."  

SPONGE CAKE(GULA HANGUS)

Ingredients:

½ cup butter or margarine

½ tin condensed milk

10 eggs

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

2 cups plain flour

3 tsp soda bicarbornate

Method:

1.   Combine sugar & water to make into brown syrup

2.  Beat butter with the milk

3.  In a separate bowl beat the eggs.

4.  Combine the cooled syrup

5.  Put in the butter mixture into the eggs mixture then put in the flour.

6.  Bake in 180oC oven for 45 mins or until the skewer comes out clean