Best Cupcakes Ever !!!

Hi Everyone!

Its been a while since I've blogged a recipe but I'm back now!

So I use to hate making cupcakes.. for some reason they always came out to dense or dry or to risen and never perfect. So i made my own recipe and they are the best cupcakes ever! They never flop always rise just enough and are so light and fluffy! And well the icing .... Soooo light and fluffy. Give it a go guys... below is my recipe, ENJOY!

Ingredients:

150g Butter softened

1 1/2 tsp Baking powder

1 1/2 Cups Flour

2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 Cup Whole Milk

Directions:

Cream the Butter an Sugar until light and fluffy, add Egg and Vanilla then mix. Sift in the Flour and Baking Powder into the Mixture then Milk and Mix till well combined. If the mixture looks like its slightly splitting add 1 Tbs Flour and Mix, if its to thick add a dash of Milk. Use a heaped tablespoon to fill each case about 1 1/2 cm under the top of the cases. Bake in an oven for 15- 20 mins at 180 DegC or untill they bounce back when pressed or knife comes out clean.

Icing:

Cream Butter and Icing Sugar till light and fluffy. Add 2 tsp of Vanilla, 3 drops of Yellow Food colouring and 1 12tsp of lemon Essence, mix well! Spoon into a glad bag, cut the corner and pipe in spirals onto each cupcake. Sprinkle Strawberry Jelly Crystals ontop.

 Enjoy!

Woo Hoo, Sweet & Sour Pork!!!

EASY Sweet & Sour Pork, YUM!

(No need for Maggi!!)

Hello everyone!!! Well a long time since i put up a new recipe! I am back to business... this awsome, super tasy Sweet & Sour dish weill very easily become your next "take out" home meal! You could even use chicken if your not a pork fan! Honestly guys give it a go ... you wont regret it ;).

Pork

1/2 cup cornflour

1/3 cup plain flour

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

2 tbs (sparkling) water

500g pork (loin, shoulder.scotch), cut into 1.5cm pieces

Sauce

1 Large capsicum

1 Large carrot

1 garlic clove, crushed

Equal quantities of caster sugar & white vinegar (1/4 - 1/2 cup)

1 1/2 Tbs Tomatoe sauce

1 Tbs soy sauce

1 Tbs Sweet Chili Sauce (optional)

2 Tbs cornflour mixed with a little bit of cold water

1 can pineapple pieces in natural juice, drained

　

Directions:

To make the sauce, heat oil in a medium pot and add the capsicum, carrot and garlic then cook for a few minutes till slightly softened an coloured. Stir in the sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, tomatoe sauce and a cup of boiling water until sugar dissolves. Combine the cornflour and 2 Tbs of cold water and add to the pan and whisk until it comes to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add the pineapple and set aside.

　

Combine the cornflour, plain flour, salt, eggs and 2 tbs cold (sparkling) water. Coat half the pork in the batter. Carefully deep fry in hot oil for 3-4 minutes until golden. Repeat.

Combine pork and sauce. Serve with rice cooked by obsorbtion method.

　

Note- Before coating the pork in the batter dip mini mars bars in it and fry for dessert!

Real Thai Green Curry

Hi Everyone, so this is the easiest thai green curry recipie you will come across im sure!! You can add any vege you like to it ! Traditionally it would have the asian eggplant , long and skinny however its to hard to find so i even sometimes peel carrots into it! You can leave the chilli out for the kids or through extra in for a dinner party delight. Blend it as course of as fine as you want. ENJOY!

 

　

Ingredients-

3 by 2 cm Piece Ginger peeled & roughly chopped

2 Bunches of fresh Coriander

1-2 red chilli de-seeded

1 Clove garlic peeled

2 sprigs of lemon grass (white only) sliced

1 lime

1 can Coconut Milk

1/2 can coconut cream

Optional- substitute cream for vege stock.

Pinch of salt or dash fish sauce

500g Chicken or Beef Fillet Pieces even Fish

　

Directions-

Place coriander, garlic, ginger & Chilli into the food processor with enough milk to assist in processing (1/2 cup). Once processed to a paste put required amount into a heated pan with 1 Tbs oil. Cook for 2-3 minutes then add meat, cook for a further 2 minutes then add coconut, 1 tsp lime zest & juice of lime, milk & stock or cream. Simmer till meat cooked (7min) and serve on rice.

                                     Note- left over paste can be stored in air tight jar for 2 weeks.

White Chocolate & Passionfruit Mudcake/ Molten lava cakes.

Hi Guys! Below is a completely unique absolutely devine mud cake recipe which can also be used in ramekins to make liquid centre molten lava cakes. Give it a go you wont regret it!!!

White Chocolate and Passionfruit Pods

Ingredients-

400g White choc

200g Butter

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

4 Eggs

4 Egg Yolks

1 Cup Flour

2 tsp Vanilla extract

1 tsp Baking powder

2 TBs Passionfruit Pulp

Directions -

Melt butter, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan over a low heat until well combined, whisking as you go. Add the Vanilla and let cool for 5 min. Lightly beat eggs until semi fluffy then mix in the cooled chocolate mixture, whisking as you go as not to scramble the eggs. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix. Pour into buttered ramekins and bake at 180 Deg.C for about 20min or until browned on top but still slightly uncooked. Rest for 10 min and serve with cream and passion fruit syrup/ pulp. Or use icing as below if cooked into cake form. If making a cake use a 20cm cake tin or pie dish and cook at 160 Deg.C for 40 min or so.

Icing- Equal amount of icing sugar, white chocolate and cream cheese and 1-2 TBS passion fruit.

Real Apricot Chicken

Hi Everyone.. So below is the yummiest easyiest Apricot Chicken, after you try this once you will realise there is noooo need to buy Maggi packets as its super easy without! Plus unfortunitly if you have a look at the ingriediants in the packets its not what you expect!

Ingredients

1 Medium Onion diced

1TBs Oil

1 1/2 Cup's Vege Stock

1 tsp mustard or crushed Mustard seeds

3/4 Tin drained apricots

1/4cup Sliced Dried Apricots

4-6 Chicken pieces or 8 drumsticks

1 1/2 TBs Apricot Jam

1/4 Cup Cream

!/4 Cup finely chopped Parlsey

Directions

Soften onions in oil then add the mustard and chicken pieces top side down. Once the chicken has browned turn it over and add the stock to de-glaze the pan. Add in the apricots and jam stir till combined. Place into a preTBs of water. Add S+P at this point and serve over rice.

Hazelnut & Chocolate Cheesecake

So guys, the recipe below is the most easiest cheesecake to make! Give it a go and write up on my blog how you went! Remember to leave it to cool in the fridge or freezer to rush it up!
(Just dont forget it in there)!


Ingredients-

Nutella or same as- 1 jar

Dark Chocolate chunks- 1/3 cup

1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

3 Eggs

1 Tub of Country Goodness spreadable cream cheese

1 Tub of creme fraiche

1/2 Packet of Super wine biscuits

35g Ground almonds

50g Melted butter

　

Directions-

Blend biscuits in food processor until fine crumbs. Add the butter and ground almonds, mix. Press firmly into a 20cm tin or pie dish. Mix 1/2 jar of nutella with the cream cheese, creme fraiche and eggs in the processor till well combined. Use a knife to cut the chocolate into pieces then add to the cream mixture. Pour the mixture over the base. Soften 1/2 jar of the nutella and drizzle over the cheesecake, swirl in with a toothpick for a marble effect. Bake in a 180 Deg.C oven for 35- 40min or until semi- cracked and wobbles slightly in the middle.

Cool for a few hours in the fridge. Serve with crushed Hazelnuts / Almonds and chocolate sprinkled over.

REAL Stroganoff

Hey Guys ,

So I am currently running a cooking class were i am teaching people how to do their favirote 'Magi' meals from scratch... as stated in my side bar "we can do better than that"! So tonight i taught my class how to make beef stroganoff, and guys it is super easy and tastier than any Magi packet! Get the ingredients listed below if you dont already have them and they will be an investment into a better future for your tummy!

Ingredients-

1 Tub Sour Cream

3/4 Cup sliced Mushrooms

1 Diced Onion

500g Sliced Beef (Schnitzel or steak)

2-3 Large Tbs Tomato paste

1 Tbs Paprika

Splash of Worcestershire sauce

Pasta or rice to serve.

Directions-

Soften onions slightly then add mushrooms and cook until soft, place in a bowl on the side. Place the sliced beef into the hot pan and when browned add the tomato paste, paprika and worcestersire, cook for a further minute. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the sour cream and mushrooms/onions, add S + P to taste.

Serve over fettuccine pasta or rice, makes about four mains.

SUPER EASY- ENJOY!