Banana Chiffon Cake

One day morning when I start my mixer to make a cake, all sudden I saw one old banana at my kitchen corner - hmm.. what should I do with those ugly , moist banana ! right away I put into my mixer bowl and since then I love to put banana into my chiffon cake..

Banana Chiffon Cake

300 gr sugar

120 ml vegetable oil
280 gr all purpose flour
1 tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
7 egg (separate between yolk and white eggs)
180 ml water
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
vanilla extract

1 old banana, mashed

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl.

Using electric mixer at low speed, beat in vegetable oil, egg yolks, water , banana, vanilla until well blend. Add into flour mixture, beat about 10 minutes.

Combine egg whites and cream of tartar in another large bowl. Using clean dry beaters, beat until stiff but not dry. Fold 1/4 of whites into batter to lighten. Gently fold in remaining whites.

Pour cake batter into ungreased 10-inch-diameter tube pan. Tap pan on counter or run rubber spatula through cake batter to release air pockets.

Bake cake until springy to touch, about 75 minute. Immediately invert cake in pan over neck of bottle. Cool cake completely. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Transfer cake to plate. Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with chocolate

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Cotton Soft Japanese Cheesecake

Yuuuppsss.. !! monday, Dec 15 was my birthday .. getting old, not always getting wise .. but get much of white hair ^_^

My husband gave me birthday present on sunday, I didn't say anything until in the afternoon he asked for my birthday cake ..!! OOOH.. MY .. !! it's mean he really forget about the day . And than he offer me to buy a birthday cake ! hmmmm .. let me think about that he..he..he..

Well, since I love to bake , I baked my own birthday cake, this time I chose cotton soft japanese cheesecake ... waaaaaaaaah.. long title .. but belive me, it's easy to make.. and yummy..off course. Let's try

Cotton Soft Japanese Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

Source : Diana's Dessert

140g/5 oz. fine granulated sugar

6 egg whites

6 egg yolks

1/4 tsp. cream of tartar

50g/2 oz. butter

250g/9 oz. cream cheese

100 ml/3 fluid oz. fresh milk

1 tbsp. lemon juice

60g/2 oz. cake flour /superfine flour

20g/1 oz. cornflour (cornstarch)

1/4 tsp. salt

Directions:

Melt cream cheese, butter and milk over a double boiler. Cool the mixture.

Fold in the flour, the cornflour, egg yolks, lemon juice and mix well.

Whisk egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy. Add in the sugar and whisk until soft peaks form.

Add the cheese mixture to the egg white mixture and mix well.

Pour into a 8-inch round cake pan (Lightly grease and line the bottom and sides of the pan with greaseproof baking paper or parchment paper).

Bake cheesecake in a water bath for 1 hours 10 minutes or until set and golden brown at 160 degrees C (325 degrees F).

Makes 1 (8-inch) cheesecake, 12 servings.

For decoration I chose butter cream, but next time i will put fresh fruit for topping i think taste more better..