Chocolate Banana Mini Cake

I bought some pieces of fresh banana but it got ripen so easily that I could not enjoy eating it anymore. I don’t want to waste food as much as possible, so I brought out some ingredients and tried making a Chocolate Banana Mini Cake. 

 

Chocolate Banana Mini Cake

Ingredients

- 2 pcs ripe banana, mashed

- ¾ cups all purpose flour

- 1 tsp baking powder

- ½ cup cocoa powder

- ½ cup sugar

Procedure

- preheat oven for 10 minutes

- combine rice banana and flour in a mixing bowl, mix well

- add sugar and baking powder, mix well

- add cocoa and mix until evenly distributed

- grease mini cup cake molds

- bake for 10 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean

Desiccated Coconut Macaroons

In my first version of Coconut Macaroons, I used shredded coconut. In this one, I used desiccated instead. Try this version of desiccated macaroons and know which one suits your taste.

Desiccated Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients

 - 1 cup desiccated coconut

- 1 14 ounces (1 can) condensed milk

- ½ cup melted butter

- ½ cup brown sugar

Procedure:

- preheat oven for 10 mins

- put desiccated coconut and sugar in a bowl, mix evenly

- add the melted butter and milk

- grease mini cup molds

- scoop a tablespoon of the mixture and put into the molds

- bake macaroons until color turns light brown

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa

This is one of my favorite vegetable dishes. The combination of coconut milk and squash make me eat more rice every time I eat. I want the vegetables to be fully cooked and the sauce to be creamy as well. This version has pork slices and dried dilis which make it tastier. 

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa

 Ingredients:

- string beans

- squash cut into cubes

- 6 tbsp coconut powder

- 2 cups water

- pork slices

- dried dilis

- garlic powder, onion, ginger

- 1 tbsp fish sauce

Procedure:

- dissolve coconut powder in water, set aside

- in a pan, sauté onion and ginger

- add pork slices together with fish sauce, and cook until semi brown

- pour the coconut water mixture

- add the squash and cook until half cooked

- add the string beans and dried dilis, cook for about 5 minutes

- remove from heat, serve and enjoy!

Duldol

Back in Cavite, my late Auntie Rosie used to cook this type of snack for us. I’ve been searching for the recipe of this on the net but could not find the taste that I used to enjoy. I learned from some blogs that this is a southern Philippines version of Maha Blanca. Tastes are different as Maha is sweeter than the Duldol I used to eat.

I reduced the sugar for this recipe so I came up with the taste I’ve wanted to eat.

Duldol

Ingredients:

- 1 cup cornstarch

- 12 tbsp coconut powder

- 4 ½ cups water

- ½ cup sugar

- 1 cup toasted desiccated coconut

Procedure:

- in a bowl, dissolve coconut powder in 4 cups of water, set aside

- in a separate bowl, dissolve cornstarch in ½ cup of water, set aside

- in a pan, boil coconut mixture and sugar to blend

- add the cornstarch mixture, stir continuously until thick

- place in a serving container and top with toasted desiccated coconut

- serve and enjoy