Chocolate Marshmallow Cake

I did this into a muffins and it came out wonderful. The cake has a crunchy taste and the marshmallow toppings make it a softened taste. Have already lessen the sugar content so you need not lessen it anymore.

Ingredients are for 8 rectangle muffins or 1 square cake.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

57 gms unsweetened chocolate

1 cup cake flour

1/2 tsp baking flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 large eggs

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup applesauce/jam

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 package Corniche Mega Marshmallow pink/white

1/4 cup raisins and walnuts (optional)

Glaze:

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp milk

1 tbsp butter

1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Microwavable bowl: melt butter and chocolate in the microwave and stir until smooth. Cool for 10 minutes.

2. Medium bowl: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. set aside.

3. Large bowl: Electric mixer - beat the eggs, sugar, applesauce and vanilla. stir in chocolate mixture.

4. Using spatula - gradually add dry ingredients and raisins/walnuts - mix well.

5. Pour into a greased 9 x 9" baing pan or muffins tray lined with baking paper.

6. Bake at 180 degC for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

7. Set aside 1/2 cup marshmallows for glaze. Cut and Sprinkle marshmallows over the cake. Return to the oven and bake for another 1-5 minutes or until marshmallows are softened.

For Glaze: In a small saucepan, combine sugar, milk and butter. Bring to a boil for around 1 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips and reserved marshmallows until melted. Quickly drizzle over the cake (glaze will harden as it cools - use ziplock bag as piping bag to drizzle the topping).

Cranberry/Blueberry White Chocolate Muffins

This muffins or cupcakes (didn't feel like putting icing on top) taste really soft and moist. Especially like the cupcake liner from Ikea. Hope they sell more of these liner as it is so useful and cheap.




Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cup cake flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 160 gm butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup marmalade
- 3/4 cup fresh milk
- 1 bar nestle white premium chocolate, chopped
- 1 packet dried cranberry/blueberries
- 1/2 cup raisins (optional)





Method:


1. Preheat oven to 180 degC and line muffins tray. Set aside.
2. Medium bowl: sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. Large bowl: Electric Mixer - blend butter and sugar till fluffy, add egg, vanilla and marmalade. Mix well.
4. Add dry ingredients alternating with fresh milk to wet ingredients and mix well.
5. Using spatula, add in chopped chocolate and dried fruits.
6. Scoop into muffins tray and bake at 160 degC for around 20-15 mins or until stick comes out clean.


Hope you like this cupcakes, cos I love them and will definitely add nuts in it the next time I make them. Yummmmm.......................

Blueberry-Peach Custard Kuchen

Kuchen - means cake in Germany. So you see, I found this recipe in the "Christmas Baking" magazine. The picture looks so delicious that I decided to try it. Sorry for the little burnt look but overall, the cake is easy to make and with added more sugar, it should taste better. So, if you wanna try this recipe, here goes........

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 package 11 gm active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar (add another 1/2 cup if you want it sweeter)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sliced and peeled fresh peaches or frozen unsweetened peach slices, thawed (used can peaches instead, just make sure to dry them before using them)
• 1 cup fresh blueberries or frozen blueberries, thawed
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup half & half or light cream

Method:

1. Grease 9" pie plate. Set Aside.
2. Large bowl: combine 1 cup flour and yeast. set aside.
3. Sauce pan: heat 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter and 1/2 tsp salt -stirring just until mixture is warm and butter almost melts.
4. Electric mixer : pour mixture (no. 3) and 2 eggs to flour mixture (no. 2). Beat on low to medium speed for 30 minutes, scraping side of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth. Beat in as much of the remaining flour as you can to make a stiff batter.
5. Spread batter into prepared pie plate. Top with peach slices and blueberries. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size. (about 45 minutes)
6. Preheat oven to 200 degC.
7. Medium bowl: combine 1 egg, 2 tbsp sugar, vanilla essence, 1/8 tsp nutmeg and 1/8 tsp salt. Whisk in half & half milk and pour over the fruit batter.
8. Place kuchen in a preheated oven over a baking sheet and bake at 160 degC for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack before cutting into pieces.