Banana Cake & Chocolate frosting

It seem like a common problem in every single household to, somehow, have over ripe banana hanging in the kitchen once in a while. Then, instead of in a rush to eat them all in once or throw them away, as everybody else, i begin to search for some recipes. Yes, as an excuse to bake ;-) Any recipe that sound yummy and healthy to me. I usually choose recipes from their ingredients (and their pictures of course!! :D Nice pictures give me courage to TRY to do as nice!). This recipe i found have a very yummy pictures that immediately drive me to the kitchen and make it. Ingredients are simple and usually in the cabinet ready to be used. Lots of banana in the recipe, love it! I, by the way, substitute some ingredients to suit my family and it still turns out really nice and yummy. Happy! 

The texture of the cake is soft and moist (just moist, not dense not wet!). Taste of banana is just right, not more - not less. The frosting!!! This frosting is yummy! It gets along so well with the cake. They belong together!! I bake them in mini square pan to make it easy for single serve which is fun for kids as they can decorate their own "piece of cake" ^_^ Yes, enough talking. Let's bake now!

Carrot cake for Easter

Bunny Bunny Bunny, Everything turn into bunny and eggs shape during Easter time of the year. This year, i turn carrot (of course! what else can it be! bunny <> carrot! :D) cake into Bunny face and make fluffy fur out of vanilla butter cream frosting. Result? My daughter said it is too cute to eat -_-'' Yes, she is funny! This is such a great cake!!! Cake itself is so soft, moist and tasty - not too sweet. I changed recipe slightly to make it more healthy: raw sugar instead of white, low fat sour cream instead of buttermilk, a little more whole wheat and a little less of white, without forgetting "carrot" of course. Nut are very welcome in this cake. For the frosting part, carrot cake usually pair very well with "cream cheese frosting" but as my kids are not a big fan of cream cheese. So, vanilla butter cream would be my alternate choice. This tasty and oh-so-smooth vanilla butter cream is so good. It make everything come together so well. Next time, i might try to add a pinch of nutmeg. It might get a little kick to this carrot cake, don't you think? ;-) Last but not least, to finish the decorate, I use "sparkle gel decorating" for those cute little long ears, nose and eyes. Now, let see how we can make it happen, shall we ^_^

Sour cream Cake

Sour cream cake. Simple & classic cake that easy to please all ages at any occasions. With " brown sugar filling", it add a nice crunchy texture and caramel taste to the cake. Walnuts, or any nuts you choose will only make this cake even more interesting. Look good, taste great .. serve them along with a cup of tea or coffee. Happy afternoon tea ^_^

Fraisiers

Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes was our July Daring Bakers’ host and she challenges us to make Fresh Frasiers inspired by recipes written by Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson in the beautiful cookbook Tartine.

And .. here is my first time "Fraisiers" ever. Such a fun challenge as usual to baking with "Daring Bakers". It tooks quite many steps to accomplish but it worth waiting at the end when you are on the table with this beautiful and delicious cake in front .. waiting for you to taste ^_^ along with a cup of your choice of beverage you like.. Happy day .. Happy smile ^_^

Apple Cake

We love fruit in our family. Apple is one of many fruits that always in our fridge. We like to eat it fresh and we think it stay fresh longer in the fridge than outside especially when the weather is hot. There are so many kinds of apple available in the market: Mcintosh, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Fuji, .. We try to eat as varieties as possible but we like Gala (to eat fresh) and Granny Smith (to eat fresh and to bake). This cake look so nice, don't you think? The color is so nice. Apple pieces make this cake look so pretty. The taste? Yummy!!! Really nice, soft but firm, and tasty cake. Nutty flavor from walnut make is cake even more delicious. Oh yes, no butter in this recipe.. interesting?!?!?! ^^

Mascarpone-filled Cake with Blueberries

I am not usually bake or make anything with sauce, filling or frosting as my family (especially my kids) love sweets so much that we are afraid to get too fat too quickly by all sweets i bake each day. So, we (actually "I") try not to over-dose :D overwhelm all those sweets we eat by the filling, sauce or frosting. But since i baked "Overnight Banana Sticky Buns" not long ago. I can't stop looking and imagining baking new recipe with sauce, filling, frosting or whatsoever that make my sweets look gooey again .. :} Yes, this is one of them .. and i don't think it will be the last one :P Well, hope we can do more exercise as i cannot stop baking.. I-L-O-V-E-B-A-K-I-N-G!

Pear & Raspberry Cakes with Lemon Mascarpone

Pear & Raspberry Cakes with Lemon Mascarpone
Originally from Taste.com.au

Delicious cake full with tasty fruit. Made with almond meal and margarine, cannot be bad for your health. Pear puree make the cake tasty and soft. Creamy mascarpone along with this cake make it so delicious. DE-LI-CI-OUS!

Warm Sticky Pear Cake

Warm Sticky Pear Cake
Originally from Taste.com.au

.. with warm toffee sauce ..

It's cold outside. I need a cup of tea (and hot chocolate for my kids ^^) but what can we bake to  eat with? I have lots of nice (well ripe :D) pear in my fridge so why not bake something with pear inside? ^^  This is a very nice soft and tasty cake. Smell of warm cinnamon everywhere in the house. Sweetness from dates and runny caramel sauce on the cake .. Happy both mommy and kids ^^

Raspberry Pound Cake

Rasberry Swirl Pound Cake
Originally from MarthaStewart

My girl love Raspberry (in fact she like any kind of berry) so i just try this recipe with Raspberry and they love it. They even can't wait until the cake cool down and eat half of the cake in 5 minutes! That should mean something no? ^^

Cake Pop

CakePoP
Originally from Bakerella

CakePoP = lovely, yummy and anyone who eat is happy! HAPPY!

You can make it as varieties as you want : cake flavor, frosting flavor, coating and even decorating .. all yours, is that fantastic?!?!?! ^^