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Easy Chocolate Cake

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I followed this recipe:

http://www.food.com/recipe/sue-bs-chocolate-cake-31804?photo=3558
Ingredients:

3/4 cup cocoa powder

3/4 cup boiling water

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup canola oil

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cup sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking soda
1. Mix cocoa powder with boiling water.

2. Mix buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix sugar, flour, salt and baking soda.

4. Add dry ingredients into buttermilk mixture.

5. Add cocoa mixture into batter.

6. Pour into baking pan.

7. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 30 mins.
It’s really an easy cake to bake. Yet, it’s very moist and delicious.


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Buttermilk Biscuit

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Original recipe:

http://www.food.com/recipe/southern-buttermilk-biscuits-26110
I just halved the batch.

Ingredients:

1 cups flour

1/8 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp butter

1/2 cup buttermilk
1. Preheat oven to 235 degree C.

2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.

3. Cut in butter and use ginger to make it crumbs.

4. Add in buttermilk and mix till combine.

5. Pat the dough till it’s about 1/2″ thick.

6. Fold the dough around 5 times and gently press the dough to 1 inch thick.

7. Use cutter to cut into small pieces.

8. Place them on cookie sheet with enough space to rise.


9. Bake for 10-12 mins.



They are really delicious.


Serving with some homemade lemon jam is even better.

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/homemade-lemon-orange-jam/

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Banana Walnut Cake

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I baked it according to this recipe:

http://www.food.com/recipe/starbucks-banana-walnut-bread-384181

But I changed a bit.
Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup olive oil ( original recipe said vegetable oil)

1/2 tsp vanilla

3 mashed banana

1/2 cup walnut

1/3 cup walnut

1. Preheat oven to  170 degree C.

2. Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.

3. Blend egg, sugar and olive oil in another bowl.

4. Combine flour mixture with egg mixture. Blend well.

5. Add in vanilla and mashed banana.

6. Fold in 1/2 cup walnut. ( I just put walnut in a plastic bag and roll it with a rolling pin).

7. Place batter in baking pan.

8. Sprinkle 1/3 cup walnut on the top.

9. Bake for around 50 mins, till toothpick comes out clean.



It tastes really great.

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Gingerbread Man Cookies

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It’s Christmas season. I found this great gingerbread man cookie recipe on YouTube.

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Mix all these dry ingredients in a large bowl.

1. Cream 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup sugar till light and creamy.

2. Beat in one large egg.

3. Add in 2/3 cup molasses ( light molasses is used in the video, but I used dark molasses).

4. Add dry ingredients mixture into molasses mixture 1/3 at a time.

5. Chill the dough in the fridge at least 2 hours till it gets firm. ( I put in the fridge for overnight).

6. Roll dough into thin large piece. Use a cutter to cut into gingerbread man shape.

7. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 8-12 mins.



Decorate with icing.





There will be a Christmas fair at the church. So I baked around 200 cookies. 


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Coffee Cake

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Ingredients:

For topping

1 cup flour

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp cinnamon
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and make into crumbs.
For cake:

1 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 cup milk

Cream butter with sugar & brown sugar till light and creamy.

Beat in egg and vanilla.

In another bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.

Add flour mixture and milk alternatively into butter mixture. Mix them well.

Pour the batter into baking pan.

Sprinkle the topping crumbs.
Preheat oven to 170 degree C. Bake for around 30 mins.


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Strawberry Cheesecake Pie

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For the crust, please refer to:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/lemon-pie/

Filling:

250 g cream cheese softened

100g evaporated milk

2 small eggs

100g sugar

2 tsp flour

1/2 vanilla

1. Cream cheese with sugar till smooth.

2. Add in milk and eggs one at a time. Mix well.

3. Add in vanilla, flour and mix well.

4. Pour filling into crust. Preheat oven to 180 degree C and bake for 35-40 mins.


For the strawberry topping:

In a saucepan, put in chopped strawberry and sugar. When strawberry turns soft, add in a little cornstarch. Stir evenly for another minute or 2 till sauce boils again. And pour it over the cheesecake pie.

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Cranberry Scones

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I followed this video:

ingredients:

2 cups flour

1/3 cups sugar

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup cranberry (I used dried cranberry)

2/3 cups milk

1 tsp vanilla
1. Mix flour, sugar , baking powder and salt in a large bowl.

2. Cut in butter. And use hands to make crumbs.

3. Add in cranberries.

4. Mix vanilla and milk together. Then pour mixture into the flour crumbs till it clings together.

5. Pat dough into a round one and cut into triangle shape.


6. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Brush scone with milk.

7. Bake for 17 mins.


They taste really good. Crunchy outside but soft inside.

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Brazilian Cheese Bread

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I got the recipe from my English teacher. I changed the recipe a little bit.

Ingredients:

Water 45 ml

Milk 45 ml

Olive oil 45 ml

Tapioca flour 125 g

Salt 1 pinch

Half beaten egg

Grated Parmesan cheese 30 g

1. Boil water, milk, olive oil together with low heat. Once boiled, remove from the stove.

2. In a large bowl mix tapioca flour with water, milk & oil mixture. Mix them well.

3. Add in Parmesan cheese and knead again.

4. Last add in half egg.

5. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Make batter into small balls. And place them on the baking pan.

6. Bake for 20 mins.

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Spinach Bacon Pizza

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For the pizza dough, please refer:
https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/easy-thin-pizza/

For pizza sauce:

Small onion 1 (optional, if you don’t like, you can delete it.)

Butter 15g

Flour 15g

Milk 200g

Salt

Black pepper 

Mixed herbs (optional)

1. Heat butter in the pan. When it melts, put in flour. And quick stir evenly.

2. Add in chopped onion. Stir a bit.

3. Pour in milk. Turn to low heat. Keep stirring till sauce becomes condensed.

4. Sprinkle some salt, black pepper and mixed herbs.


The sauce is done.

I used 250g spinach. Cut off the root and wash clean. Put spinach in boiling water for around 40 seconds. Add in 1 tsp salt. Then take spinach out and drain.

After cooled, squeeze the water out of spinach. Try to squeeze very hard. After squeezing, chop the spinach into small pieces.
Brush the pizza dough with sauce. (Remember to poke pizza dough with fork before this step). Then sprinkle spinach and bacon bits. Last, spread cheese as much as you like.

Preheat oven to 230 degree C. Bake for around 10-12 mins.



My husband loves it.

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Easy Thin Pizza

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Pizza dough:

Bread flour   100g

Salt   1/4 tsp

Yeast   1/4 tsp

Olive oil   1/4 tsp

Water    60 ml

Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl till they cling together into a dough.

Cover the bowl with a lid or a plastic wrap till the dough becomes 2 times big.

Knead it to let the air out. And use a rolling pin to stretch it into a big thin pizza dough.

Use a fork to poke several times on the dough. Brush the dough with tomato sauce. Sprinkle cheese as much as you like. And last spread several sausage slices or ham. If you like, you can also sprinkle some mixed herbs on it like I did.

Preheat oven to 240 degree C. Bake for 10 mins.


It’s a easy pizza to make and also yummy.