Wake Up and Smell the Cake

This is the best bread pudding I've ever made thus far! Even Husband thinks so. It was so good I made it twice in the past weekend, and also I've realised how to bake it right. I baked it slightly longer the second time cos the middle was still wobbly, but I should have just left it at 35 minutes cos the custard was sort of cooking still after removing from the oven. I wanted to make Carousel's bread pudding recipe but seeing the amount of cream, I give up. I'd rather find a recipe that uses things that I can find in my fridge at any time. Bread Pudding 1/2 loaf Gardenia white bread 3 eggs, beaten 2 cups milk 1/3 cup sugar 1 tbsp condensed milk 2 tbsp butter Raisins and sliced almonds Tear the bread into pieces and throw into an 8 inch pan together with raisins. In a pot, heat milk, condensed milk, sugar and butter and stir until all are melted together. Set aside to cool until it's warm to the touch. While stirring the milk mixture, pour in slowly the

Sometimes my choice of recipes are made because of lack of ingredients, like this no egg no butter chocolate banana cake. While I do have butter, I ran out of eggs. So I ended up baking a rather healthy cake that's worth making again! Original recipe here , and my tweaks below. No Egg No Butter Chocolate Banana Cake 2 cups flour, sifted 1 1/2 cup sugar 2/3 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 1/2 cup hot water 1/4 cup oil 4 large bananas, mashed Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Grease and flour an 8 (9 also can) inch pan and set aside. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Sieve flour, cocoa powder and baking soda in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, add the hot water, apple cider vinegar, oil to the sugar and melt the sugar completely. Add the banana puree and mix. Add the flour mixture and mix well. Don't overmix. Pour into baking tin and bake for 50 minutes. I made some simple cream cheese frosting (250g cream cheese + 100g butt