Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Cinnamon Bread

Our virgin Bread-Making session♥~

how great and fascinating to see our dear live organisms (yeast)

growing inside our little bread babies :)

Seeing it grows every seconds till it is BIG enough to put inside the oven to bake 

makes us feel really excited~

Growing BIG~ READY FOR BAKING! :D

HEHEHE!

It's a suceed though it's our first try~

How amazing it looks~

Don't you feel they look so pretty~?

All the cinnamon twirling in between the bread~

YUMYUM!

Want to have a bite too?

heee^.^

Cinnamon Bread Recipe

(recipe adapted from: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/08/homemade-cinnamon-bread/)
-a really great blog to follow along with pictures^.^ thank you for sharing~

Prep Time: 4 Hours  |  Cook Time: 40 Minutes  |  Difficulty: Easy  |  Servings: 12

Ingredients

• 1 cup Milk
• 6 Tablespoons Butter
• 2-1/2 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 3-1/2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
• Egg And Milk, Mixed Together, For Brushing
• Softened Butter, For Smearing And Greasing

Preparation Instructions

Melt butter with milk. Heat until very warm, but don't boil. Allow to cool until still warm to the touch, but not hot. Sprinkle yeast over the top, stir gently, and allow to sit for 10 minutes.

Combine flour and salt.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix sugar and eggs with the paddle attachment until combined. Pour in milk/butter/yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add half the flour and beat on medium speed until combined. Add the other half and beat until combined.

Switch to the dough hook attachment and beat/knead dough on medium speed for ten minutes. If dough is overly sticky, add 1/4 cup flour and beat again for 5 minutes.

Heat a metal or glass mixing bowl so it's warm. Drizzle in a little canola oil, then toss the dough in the oil to coat. Cover bowl in plastic wrap and set it in a warm, hospitable place for at least 2 hours.

Turn dough out onto the work surface. Roll into a neat rectangle no wider than the loaf pan you're going to use, and about 18 to 24 inches long. Smear with 2 tablespoons melted butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle evenly over the butter-smeared dough. Starting at the far end, roll dough toward you, keeping it tight and contained. Pinch seam to seal.

Smear loaf pan with softened butter. Place dough, seam down, in the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix a little egg with milk, and smear over the top. Bake for 40 minutes on a middle/lower rack in the oven.

Remove from the pan and allow bread to cool. Slice and serve, or make cinnamon toast or French toast with it.

♥ baking with muimui~

XOXO,

munchmunch~

Chocolate Banana "Bread" Recipe

Chocolate Banana "Bread"

I love Chocolate, I love Banana. 

Imagine the combination between both, 

I know i am gonna love this "bread" with all the rich chocolate and the taste of bananas~

if u are wondering why am i putting it as "bread" instead of just bread, 

i think u will know why later~*wink*

 I mixed everything just as what the recipe stated~

Feeling really excited about how this "bread" will turns out ^.^

I even decorated it with slices of bananas~

wee~ so pretty!

 VIOLA~

The "bread" was done~

it stated 55min-65min

but it turns out to be 10mins earlier~

45min and this "bread" is done!~

notice how the picture of the "bread" looks like?

Don't you think it looks so so much like a CAKE?

it even taste so much like a cake!

Maybe.., a really dense Bread?

but the taste and everything is really nice~

All the rich chocolaty taste with a tinge of bananas in between~

YUMMY!

though it doesn't taste or look like a bread, it is a really nice recipe for a chocolate banana cake:)

Chocolate Banana Bread

(recipe adapted from: http://moneysavingmom.com/2011/10/chocolate-banana-bread-recipe.html )

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (i use Hershey brand)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 stick of butter, melted and cooled ( 1 stick=113g of butter)
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed well
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (vanilla essence works too~)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips  (i use Hershey brand)

Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Stir the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Carefully fold the banana mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Pour into a greased loaf pan (i only lined it with baking paper). Bake at 350 degrees (which is 177°C) for 55 to 65 minutes ( Mine took only 45 mins) until the bread has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and wrap in plastic wrap and foil or in a ziplop bag. Store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Adapted from Joy of Baking

hope there will be more baking coming on~ <3 baking with muimui~!

XOXO, 
munchmunch~

Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant

Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant

Heard a lot of good review regarding this Korean Restaurant and since Jandy and I have been a fan of Korea food recently, we decided to pop down Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant to have a taste of some korean food. We are welcomed by a waitress dressed in Korean costume with a korean greeting "annyeohaseyeo" (am i spelling the correct spelling? I do not know>.<). Anyway, we settled down and ordered some food that we LOVE:)

 the side dishes that came along with any food ordered~

there is a total of 7 dishes~ 

and the side dishes change everyday~

Look so healthy with all the beans, veg and fruits~

 KOREAN PANCAKE

i think it's abit floury but it still taste nice with the sauce provided

MY FAV~~..

KIMICHI FRIED RICE~

i've fallen in love with this dish~

it tasted really really nice~

abit spicy and hot just like the way i want~

<3

*we ordered one more chicken bulgori dish but the pix is blur..so decided not to post that picture*

(>.<")

P.S.~ will definitely come back for MORE Kimichi Fried Rice~

best in Singapore so far :D 

ADD: 265 Upper Thomson Road

(near Thomson Plaza) 

XOXO,

munchmunch~

Chocolate Decadence Cake at Seah Street Deli

I begin to browse through the pictures saved in my hard disc and i found this really pretty photo of a Chocolate Decadence Cake that I have eaten a few months ago at Seah Street Deli located inside Raffles Hotel. The 7 different layers of moouse and sponge cake do bring you up to a different level as you slowly indulge in these layers of rich chocolate cake.  

  Back into 1950s New York setting

Chocolate Decadence Cake

~maybe it's time to go back again to enjoy this delicious chocolate cake~ ^^
p.s i'm getting hungry again. xoxo

Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins

MUFFINS~

don't you ever love to eat muffins accompanied with a cup of tea?

I LOVE IT~

with the combination of chocolate and banana, I'm in heaven~

ohhhlala~

I even put the mix into a hello kitty mould and it becomes a...

HELLO KITTY MUFFIN~

awwwww~

so cute don't u think so?

Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe
Yield: 12 standard muffin cups

Wet Ingredients:
3 overripe bananas, mashed with a fork
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
1/3 cup melted butter

Dry Ingredients:    (shift all dry ingredient)
1.5 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
A pinch of salt
Desired amount of Semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Mix dry and wet ingredients separately.
3. Combine the dry to the wet ingredients. Do not over-mix.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips. (Save some chocolate chips for decoration)
5. Divide the batter into 12 standard muffin cups.
6. Decorate muffins with chocolate chips to your desired pattern. 
7. Put them into the oven and bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on top.

COFFEE CLUB AT CHANGI T3

COFFEE CLUB AT CHANGI T3

hehehe~ 

here to blog again~ 

FOOD!:D

i always enjoy a nice hearty breakfast 

imagine a cup of coffee/tea 

accompanied with freshly -made Hot pancakes/waffles, 

oozy scrambled eggs and some meat.

Your whole day will be so energized

and it made me really happy with the amount of delicious food with the great ambience at T3!

Great start for the day~^.^

Coffee Club offers great deal 

from the amount of food they serve 

and their collection of coffee /tea selection will definitely make u coming for more :D

ICE Latte for coffee-addict like Jandy

It's a pity that they give me this disposable cup instead of the lovely glass pot of tea.

i do love my tea to be serve in teapot..

but oh well...

OUR BREAKFAST OF THE DAY

3 STACK CRAZE

-see the amount of yummy food~ 

GOSH! LOVE IT! :)

it's always nice to visit T3 with Jandy~ nice food, nice shopping and nice getaway plus gossip too~ :D

can't wait for another T3 food outing again~