MILO BISCUITS

These are SO delicious!  I've made these a few times and my family loves them! For the recipe, click here.

APAM PISANG(BANANA MUFFIN)

2 cups  Plain flour(sifted with the baking powder)

1 cup   Castor/Granulated/Brown sugar

6-8nos Bananas (emas/berangan)I just use whatever that's available

4          Eggs

1 cup   Oil(any kind)

1 tsp    Baking powder

1 tsp    Bicarbonate of soda

1. Mashed bananas,put in the bicarbonate soda and mix well.

2. Mix sugar and eggs 'til well blended. Fold in the sifted flour a little at a time,mix well.

3. Pour in oil,mix again. Then add the mashed bananas.

4. Pour in oiled apam moulds/small tea cups. Steam over high heat,boiling water for about 20-25 minutes.

    If you prefer,you can just use a regular cake tin but grease and line it first and steam for 1 hour.

APAM PISANG COKLAT

(A)Sifted:
2 cups  Plain flour
2 tbsps Cocoa powder
1 tsp     Baking powder
1 tsp     Bicarbonate of soda(optional)

(B):
1 cup  Bananas(Emas/Berangan)mashed
1 cup  Oil(any kind)
1 1/2 cups Brown sugar/1 cup granulated sugar
2         Eggs

1. Sift A over a bowl.
2. Pour in B into A and mix well.
3. Pour into apam moulds or small cups and steam over high heat for 20-25 minutes.
    You can use a cake tin,too. Steam for 1 hour.

Have you ever tried steaming a cake? It's really good!The texture is light and fluffy. This is a chocolate cake recipe I got from a forum I was in a few years back,cari.com.my. Please try it. You won't regret it!

STEAMED CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 cup       Cocoa powder
1 cup       Castor sugar/granulated sugar
1 cup       Evaporated milk
1/2 cup    Sweetened condensed milk
1 cup       Oil(any kind) or 250gm butter/margarine
1 1/4 cup Plain flour
1 tsp        Baking powder
1 tsp        Bicarbonate of soda
3              Eggs

Mix cocoa powder,sugar,evaporated and condensed milk and oil in a medium pot. Cook on a low fire til all are melted and combined well. Leave aside for a while.
Sift flour,baking powder and soda. Beat eggs til frothy and pour into choc mixture. Mix well and fold in flour a bit at a time. Mix well again and pour into a sieve over a 20cm greased and lined cake tin. Cover with aluminium foil. Steam over medium fire for about 1 hour.
*Put into steamer when the water is boiling and you can check/wipe the cover only after 30 minutes of steaming.                                                                                                 

photo from yatt1979

photo from gals2     

This is another great recipe.

BUTTER CAKE(got this from Kitchen Capers)

250gm butter
220gm castor sugar
6 large eggs
1tsp    vanilla essence
300gm self-raising flour(sifted)
1/2cup evaporated milk(3/4cup if you want it moistier)

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Beat butter and sugar til white and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time and mix well. Then add in vanilla essence and milk and mix well.
3. Lastly,fold in sifted flour and mix well. Pour into a greased and lined cake tin and bake for 50-60mins. Insert a skewer to test if it's done.

For Marble cake,just replace 30gm of self-raising flour with cocoa powder. When butter mixture is done,divide into 2 and add cocoa into one part.

For Coffee Butter cake,dissolve 2 tbsps instant coffee with 2 tbsps hot water and add into mixture.

This is my all-time favourite versatile cake recipe. To make Chocolate cake,just add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 2 tablespoons of milk. For Orange cake,just add 1/2 tablespoons of orange juice. Same goes for Pandan Cake,1 teaspoon of pandan extract and 2/3 drops of green food colouring.

Basic Butter Cake Recipe:

250gm Plain flour sifted together with 1 1/2tbsps Baking powder
250gm Castor sugar
250gm Butter/Margarine
5         Eggs
1tsp    Vanilla extract
2tbsp  Milk(optional)

1. Mix butter and sugar in electric mixer until pale and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time until well mixed.
3. Put in vanilla extract.
4. Fold in flour a little at a time. Mix well.
5. Pour in a lined and buttered 22' round cake pan. Bake for 1 hour at 180C pre-heated oven.