pancakes with caramel banana

a nice recipe for breakfast on a lazy sunday morning. i came across this recipe in masak masak food blog.

i did not follow the recipe for the hot cakes (pancakes), i just wanted to try out the banana caramel.

for a pancake recipe, click here
its buttery, (too) sweet (can cut down on the brown sugar) and fragrant.

caramel bananas
3 bananas
60g butter
90g soft brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons water

To make caramel bananas: Halve bananas lengthwise and slice into three pieces. In a medium frying pan, add butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract and water. Heat over medium heat , stirring constantly until mixture forms a caramel and darkens. Add bananas and toss until combined. Remove from heat and serve with hotcakes immediately

enjoy!

Irish Cream (Bailey's) Tiramisu

*photograph from ellice lee :)*

a new recipe, a yummy well known dessert.
i came across this recipe few weeks back and copied it in to my exercise note book, meaning to try it out..and here is the recipe!

(its actually from Nigella's website, click here)

Ingredients:
350ml espresso coffee, made with 350ml water and 9 teaspoons instant espresso powder, cooled
250ml Baileys cream liqueur
2 x 200g packets Savoiardi (Italian lady finger) biscuits
2 eggs
75g caster sugar
500g mascarpone
2 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder


METHOD
1.Mix the coffee with 175ml of the Baileys in a shallow bowl.

2.Dip the biscuits into this liquid; let them soak on each side enough to become damp but not soggy. Line the bottom of a 22cm square glass dish with a layer of biscuits.

3.Separate the eggs, but keep only one of the whites. Whisk the two yolks and the sugar together until thick and a paler yellow, then fold in the remaining 75ml of Baileys, and the mascarpone to make a moussy mixture.

4.Whisk the single egg white until thick and frothy; you can do this by hand with such a little amount. Fold the egg white into the yolky mascarpone, and then spread half of this mixture on top of the layer of biscuits.

5.Repeat with another layer of soaked Savoiardi, and then top with the remaining mascarpone mixture.

6.Cover the dish with clingfilm and leave in the fridge overnight. When you are ready to serve, push the cocoa powder through a small tea strainer to dust the top of the tiramisu.

Irish Cream ^_^

lady's finger (made it Italy!!) this is RM8.80

the main ingredient (and the most expensive oneT.T) MASCARPONE CHEESE! rm18.50 for 250 g. thats why i only made half the portion.
the nice cheese mixture

all the stuff you need to assemble the dessert

first layer of lady's fingers

top with cheese

second layer 0f lady's fingers

top with cheese again. and chill it

dust with cocoa powder

and its ready to be served!

quite simple and straight forward to make. yummy too! oh gosh...i miss baking!

finally got my fix! <3>