Durian Cake

Ingredients  :

180g butter
180g castor sugar
5 eggs
250g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder

130g durian meat....mashed

Method  :

Grease a baking tin and sprinkle with flour.

Preheat the oven to moderately hot, 375F

Beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then add eggs one at a time.

Sift the flour and baking powder  together , then fold into the mixture together with the
mashed durian meat.

 Place the mixture in the baking tin, smooth over the top and bake for 1 and 1/4hrs .

Cover with foil if the cake turns too brown.

Turn out on a wire rack to cool.

Cinnamon Butter Cookie with Chocolate

Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner!  And Christmas toooo....:)

Ingredients  :

450 g plain flour
450g melted butter
1/4  tsp  vanilla
1/2  tsp  cinnamon powder
1/2  pkt chocolate- melted

Method  :

1.  Mix melted butter with vanilla  and cinnamon powder till white and fluffy. Add flour
and knead dough until soft.

2.  Shape dough into a long or round shape.   Bake for 15 - 20 mins.

3.  When cool, decorate with piped melted chocolate.

Strawberry Cream Pancakes

Ingredients:

For the pancakes:

120g plain flour, sifted
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 egg plus 1 yolk
2 tbsp melted butter
230 c c milk
pinch of salt
For the filling:

fresh strawberries
whipping cream

Method:

1.  Sift (the already sifted) flour again together with salt and sugar into a bowl.

Make a well in the centre and add the egg, the yolk and a little milk.  Stir well, gradually in the flour

 and adding in enough milk to make a thick cream.

2.  Add melted butter , mix well , and add remaining milk.  Set aside in refrigerator for one hour to 'rest'.

3.  Heat a small thick omelette pan, wipe over with oil and pour in sufficient batter to coat the base
   of the pan thinly.  It is important to roll the pan around off the flame to distribute the batter evenly.  When the base of the pancake is brown, turn and cook for a further minute on the second side.

Alternative method:

Break egg into base of blender, add yolk and half the milk.  Sift in the flour, sugar and salt, and blend well until mixture is thick and creamy.  Short bursts in the blender are better at first until mixture is moving.  Then add in the melted butter and remaining milk .  Rest as before.

Note  :

Pancake making is an art.  Don't be discouraged if you cannot get them thin and light at the start...it will come.  It is far better to practise pancake making for a while before you attempt a recipe that calls for them.

.....extracted from  'Cakes and Desserts' ...compiled by MPH Publishing House...hope they will republish these recipes again because my present book is already old and torn.