Buckwheat banana bread (with walnuts)

Hello!!

I bought a great amount of stuff from Iherbs.com again and was excited to try the recipes! Among my loots includes buckwheat flour and it was my first time making pure buckwheat banana bread. The recipe was adapted from Spoon University. It was easy and fast to make. It turned out great and yummy, sweetness was perfect but my bread had a sandy feel. Did not like it but otherwise, it would be a perfect bread for breakfast! It went well with greek yogurt or peanut butter! Love the walnuts crunch too! Note to self: buckwheat flour produces a sandy effect in baked goods. 

Love,

Cheryl Miyo

"Skinny" Cheesecake brownies

Hello!

July is a month full of celebrations, be it birthdays or graduations so I decided to bake cheesecake brownies for all my loved ones for birthdays especially and congratulate those who graduate alongside with me! I have searched high and low for a skinnier version of cheesecake brownies but yet, not too raw and acceptable for others to accept! Finally, I found this perfect recipe and I decided to try! Please refer to Annie's Noms's skinny cheesecake brownies. I doubled the recipe and made 9 muffin sized brownies. Should have split them into more cups as they all overflowed at 7/8 batter full before baking. I baked them for more than 45 minutes. The original recipe's mini cheesecake brownies must had been really small then for them to only require a maximum of 15 minutes. Anyway, it is a lovely skinnier version of cheesecake brownies but yet, not that healthy. It is butter-less though!

My guests were happy with these! :)

Ignore the ugly swirls!

Anyway, July is my birthday month! If you live in Singapore, I would recommend you to go Night Safari, Zoo, River Safari or Jurong Bird Park on your birthday as it will be free for you, citizens and PR! I had an awesome time at the Night Safari, I find it more interesting than Zoo. These days, as I grow older, I find it very superficial for people to wish others a Happy Birthday on FaceBook. We don't talk to each other yet we know each others' lives, not entirely but in snapshots. We act as though we are on close and happy terms on FB but we might not even say hi when we walk pass each other in real life. Hmm...some food for thought there so I decided to remove my birthday on FaceBook and have a great awesome peaceful day without all the superficial unnecessary replies. Well, even if close friends do not remember your birthdays, it does not mean that they do not love you anymore. Your friendships shouldn't be judged or based on remembering one's birthday nor gifts. Again, that is how I chose to spend my birthday by being at home to rest and enjoying my me time before I start work and hope for a relaxing birthday like this again in future. Anyway, shan't bore you anymore. :)

Cheers,
Cheryl Miyo

Strawberry Banana ice cream cake

Hello!!

Today is a special day for me. :) 

I am in love with frozen banana ice cream and so here goes flavoured banana ice cream cake.

I was trying to immitate Thisrawsomeveganlife's awesome, beautiful 2 layered cake but I failed. Nevertheless, it is absolutely delicious and refreshing especially in a all year round sunny Singapore. I swear my cake melts within 1 minute from being out of the freezer, hence I did not picture my melted slice. As you can see from the photos, the cross section melted and oozed out! 

Unfortunately, the original and strawberry banana layer blended together and I was not pleased with it! Hahaa and no joke, I finished the entire cake by myself throughout a week. I was a little bored by it! Shall just have the usual jar of frozen banana cream next time! Do share with others ok!! The first slice was always the most awesome of the lot!

Simplified Recipe: (Modified as I did not have cashews)

Original banana layer

3 frozen bananas

1 tbsp soy milk

Strawberry banana layer

2 frozen bananas

3 frozen strawberries

1 tbsp soy milk

Blueberry banana layer  (Would change this layer mixture as I am not pleased with the colour and double or triple this layer as you can see, it is a mere thin pathetic layer.)

1 frozen bananas

1 frozen strawberry

1 cup frozen blueberries

1 tbsp soy milk

I blended each layer's ingredients in a food processor and press it into my springform pan.

How would you like this in your tummy?

Supposed to have 3 layers but it seemed like there was only 1 layer left. Oops. Regardless, delicious!

Aww the middle portions have melted and oozed out due to the extremely hot weather.

Love,
Cheryl Miyo