Earl grey pound cake

Near the end of September, the weather really started to cool down a lot and perfect for baking as it wouldn't heat up the entire room.

I found this earl grey pound cake recipe on cookpad and improvised it - http://cookpad.com/recipe/3503650

Ingredients:
Flour - 100g
Margarine - 70g (I shall try to reduce it to 60g the next time, to try to reduce the fat content of the cake)
Sugar - 75g
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Eggs - 2
Tea bag - 1 (I shall try using 2 tea bags the next time too for a stronger flavour)
Milk - 50ml

1. Mix everything together and bake in a 180C oven for 20mins.

At first I was worried about how the cake would turn out as I only have a microwave oven, but it browned really nicely. And I judged how long I should bake the cake according to how nicely it browned. I baked it for about 17mins. 

The cake looked absolutely beautiful from the top, till I peel off the baking sheet to reveal the unbrowned bottom. The cake was baked nicely, just that it didn't have the nice brown colour at the bottom and at the sides because the microwave oven only heats up on top.

So yea....I could't achieve the nice brown crusts that I like on pound cakes, but the taste was good and not too sweet.  It was sooo good that I finished a quater of the cake on the spot!

As I did not seep the tea bags in warm milk before hand, the flavour of the tea was not that pronounced. heehee...my lazy method. Hence, I shall try using 2 tea bags instead the next time. If that doesn't work too, I will seep a tea bag in warm milk  before using the milk.

Mel's original coconut cake recipe

Mel's original coconut cake recipe

Ingredients:
200g unsalted butter
100g granulated sugar
4 eggs
190g self raising flour
100g sweetened shredded coconut
*chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Cream butter with sugar
2. Add in the eggs
3. Sift the flour and add them to the mixture
4. Add shredded coconut
5. Pour mixture into cake pan
6. Add chocolate chips if you want (the reason for not folding the chocolate chips into the batter is so that they don't sink to the bottom of the cake when baking)
7. Lightly level the top of the batter using a spatula 
8. Bake at 170C 30 minutes

The result? 

DELICIOUS~!!!

My parents really enjoyed the cake as they both love coconut and the cake is not that sweet too.

Matcha Pound Cake

Another recipe from Ochikeron and this time it's the Matcha green tea pound cake.

I love her recipes.....they always turn out well~!!!

I placed mine for a longer time in the oven as I like cakes that have a darker crust. How do I explain this? You know like how some people like the middle section of a loaf as the bread are more moist compared to the sides? I'm the exact opposite.

Anyways, the cake turned out to be really delicious! Will definitely make more in the future.

Watch this video below for the recipe:

Japanese Baked Cheese Cake

I wanted to bake 2 cheese cakes with different cookie base one weekend but I didn't have 2 similar sized baking trays and I was lazy to bake it twice.....so this is what I did!

2 different cookie base together in one tray. The middle line could have been better but I was just doing it all free hand.

My batter~

The baked product!!! Absolutely love it! Because it is essentially just one cake but then I get two different flavours just because of the different cookie base!!! :D

I make this cheese cake pretty often as it is easy and fail proof! Every single time I make it, it comes out amazing!

I used this recipe by Ochikeron. Below is her youtube video showing how it's done! Do check out her other videos as they're all amazing!

Gateau chocolate cake

Gonna start making a diary of all the delicious cakes that I've made recently.

This is the gateau chocolate cake that I've made following famous youtuber Ochikeron's recipe.

You can check out her video below here

This is the easiest recipe I've ever came across, using only 2 ingredients: chocolate (165g) and eggs (3). Do check out her video for the full instructions!

The cake was rich and delicious! Definitely a go to when you're pressed for time and need to bake a cake in  5 mins!