Banoffee Tarts (Banana Toffee Tarts)

A week that is not so fun and not so relaxing for me!! Due to my "delayed" bathroom renovaion and a "too" short school break made me feel like time passes too fast and I've done nothing for my blog!! And then school will starts tomorrow...:(
Well...luckily I got a day to gather with my friends yesterday for a tea-party with loads of delicious food...that satisfied me alot!! And I've managed to baked something too...^^".

Banana Toffee Tarts adapted from the magazine "Her World" in March issue. I got this recipe from this magazine while I'm having a hair wash last few weeks at the hair saloon....hehe!

It was named...Banoffee Tarts! I like the name given to this tarts....classy!!

I've never made any toffee before, and this my first. I have totally no idea how will it taste and how it looks like until I opened the can of condensed milk after steaming for 2 hours.

My expression was...WAH..it looks good!! (at that moment)...LOL!! And there are some left overs in the fridge now which I think I should make a chiffon cake with it..:)

My favaourite tarts base from my blueberry cheese tarts recipe. It does goes well with the bananas fillings!

I can't get any sweet and nice bananas so I just bought whatever they have at the nearby store. So if you are making this, make sure you'll get some good quality bananas.

Recipe for this tarts (yells 15 tarts):

15 frozen mini tarts base or my blueberry cheese tarts base.

1/2 tin (225ml) condensed milk

4 large bananas

125ml whipping cream

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

~ To make the toffee: carefully immerse the unopened tin of condensed milk into a pot of water.Bring to boil and simmer for 2 hours. Carefully remove from the hot water and cool completely.

~ Bake the tarts base well and cooled.

~ Whip the cream, sugar and vanilla until thick.

~ Spread the cooled toffee over the tart base using the back of a teaspoon.

~ Slice banana and and layer on top of toffee.

~ Spread cream over bananas.

~ Repeat and end with a dallop topped with sliced bananas and a sprinkle of cinnamon powder.

** Toast some almond flakes and sprinkle on top of tarts for some crunch. (which I didn't...;p)

I used some light fresh cream for this tarts as I don't want it to be too heavy or too sweet. I find it was just nice, and my daughter prefer it without the cinnamon powder..;)

They are really good to go with a cup of english tea, just to bring out the flavour of the tarts.
I think it will taste nice with other fruits, maybe peaches or pears..:)

Try out and let me know then...^^

Cheers!!

An Award and My friend's house warming gift

I was honored to received this award from Jane from Passionate About Baking. Thanks for remembering me..:)

In returned I'll like to pass this award to the following bloggers.

HoneyBeeSweets
Table for 2 or more
The Sweet Spot

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A gift for a dear friend's house warming. Glad that everyone loves it and it really made my day!!

Although its just such a simple small bakes that I can do for her in such a limited time, but I was happy with the outcome and results..:) Hopefully I can bake something alittle more special for her in future!

Some blueberry cupcakes with blueberry butter cream, chocolate cupcakes (a recipe from Elin but with few changes) with chocolate butter cream. All top with some simple fondant...pretty!!
Then surrounded with my signature blueberry cheese tarts...haha! Perfect ya...;p

Chocolate cupcakes with some changes of ingredients here:
I've doubled the recipe here which makes 12 cupcakes.

120 gm butter
160 gm castor sugar
2 egg
180 ml milk
6120 gm dark chocolate
2 teaspoon cocoa powder
4 teaspoon instant coffee granules + 30ml hot water
150 gm self raising flour
80 gm ground hazelnuts

~ Preheat oven to 180C and prepare cupcake cases on baking tray.
~ Combine instant coffee granules and hot water. Set aside.
~ Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add in egg and mix till well combined.
~ Melt the dark chocolate and add to the butter mixture.
~ Sieve together flour, cocoa powder and add half to the butter mixture. Add in the ground almonds.
~ Add in the milk, coffee and the balance of the flour mixture and mix well.
~ Divide into cupcake cases and bake in preheated oven for approximately 20-25 minutes.

Next time when I try to bake this again, I'll never miss out the bailey's cream. Thanks Elin for sharing this wonderful recipe...:)

There are the few designs I got to mould with fondant. It has been such a long time I never practice with it, and only these few simple ones made me so tired...;p

Some small roses, well at least it looks like flowers...haha!

and a butterfly, which is the most simple one with my cutting mould....haha!
I hope I'll have more time to play with fondant again, and more bakes coming...:))

Finished with the blueberry cheese tarts which was the most welcome ones during that night!! Guess my friend will be asking for more....hehe!

Have a nice day!!

Cheers!!

Blueberry Yogurt Tarts

Its Sunday, a day that my daughter always look forward to. That is because we have promised her that we'll bring her out to park, shopping then swimming or picnic. Every Sunday, she'll wakes us at 8am sharp and make sure we are on time to start the day..;p But this morning she was late..haha! Think it was because the late night sleep and we've been traveling the whole day back to hometown. And so her schedule was alittle miss out here and there..LOL!! And what's more....a surprise gift from her daddy while shopping to cheer her up...:p She's one happy girl again..haha!
Alright, about today's post is a light and delicious tart that i found in the book "The lifestyle Cuisine magazine" again. I actually made this for my daughter's teachers in her kindergarten. Don't get me wrong, my daughter is no more in kindie but we just make a day to visit her old teachers who she miss..:)


The recipe calls for plain yogurt but I've used a blueberry flavored yogurt instead. I just want the taste to be more concentrated with blueberries. The colour was a beautiful purple with a light touch of yogurt and a crispy chocolate crust...yummy! Again my daughter took 2 of the tarts after her dinner! Too bad I only had a small bite of it, I'm sure to make this again for myself soon..:)
The Crust: (makes 20 small tarts) 250g plain flour
10g cocoa powder
1/4tsp salt
170g butter
40g beaten egg

~ Combine flour, cocoa powder and salt. Rub in butter then add in beaten egg and make to form a dough. (Do not knead too much).
~ Wrap dough with cling foil and chill for 30 minutes.
~ Roll out dough to fit a small pie mould, press and trim off edge.
~ Prick the base of the dough with a fork and bake in preheated oven at 180'C for 10 minutes. (shown above)
~ Remove crust from oven and set aside.

The fillings:

400g blueberry yogurt

20ml fresh milk

90g sugar

2 eggs (beaten)

~ Bring fresh milk and sugar to boil. Remove and leave to cool.

~ Add yogurt and beaten egg into the cooled milk mixture and mix well.

~ Pour filling into baked tarts crust.

~ Bake at 180'C for 25-30 minutes until the top of the fillings are set.

~ Remove from tarts / pie mould to cool.

The decoration:

Fresh blueberries

Alittle icing sugar

~ Place some fresh blueberries on top of the tarts and sprinkle some icing sugar.

~ Chill the tarts before serving.

The crust was good, had a light flavour of cocoa which matched the blueberry fillings perfectly. Its a good dessert to serve after a heavy meal..:) Hope you'll like this as much as I do!

Cheers!!

Mixed Berry Bakewell Tart

I made this at last!! I've been wanting to bake this tart sometimes ago after reading it from the other bloggers like Passionate About Baking & Kitchen Corner. Their pictures of those tarts looked so tempting and I just can't wait to taste it!

Well, instead of only blueberry jam, I've tried to make with 3 types of berries...Strawberries, Rapsberries and Blueberries! First time trying to cook my own jam, it was perfect! I was happy with that 1st step..;p Following the steps from another blogger, Happy Home Baking, this is not difficult at all! I just added another berries into the recipe which became Triple Berry Jam..heehee...;p

Kindly refer to their posts for recipes and method..:)

How does it look?....

The jam......................

...............the tart before bake.............

It was a wonderful tart I ever made. So delicious, I just love it. The jam, the almond fillings and the fresh berries topping...WOW! Oh and the almond flakes that I added on top of the tart before baking was just perfect. Its crunchy!

I'll definetely make this again very soon since its so delicious, and it goes well with my favourite coffee........Hmm..:D

Happy Weekend!!

Durian Cheese Tarts

Hi there, how are you? I've been absent for sometime, and friends have been asking why there is no new post lately..;p I did bake but all old stuffs like chiffon cake and baos. (requested by my daughter) With only 3 of us, those food need some time to finish..;)
Alright, enough for my excuses...bla bla bla..;p

Are you a durian fan? I am, and I'll go crazy with this fruit! The past 2 weeks I've been craving for durians. I just can't let it down..haha! Yesterday while my daughter and me went out for dinner at the nearest mall, I saw some durians!!! And I was like walking faster and faster to that stall, and my girl asked me "mummy why are you rushing"? I told her I saw durians!..haha! Crazy me!



After almost 20 seeds of durians, I thought of saving some for these tarts. Aren't they look lovely..;)


Transform my blueberry cheese tarts's recipe into durian cheese tarts. And top with fresh cream and durian....Wonderful!

Did a small tiny one for my girl to try. She doesn't really like durian, hopefully she'll like this.

A peep the inside of this tart, the soft and creamy fillings are just right to match with the crust pastry.

Here's my version of the fillings:

250g Cream cheese

50g Durian flesh

50g castor sugar

20g butter

1 egg

~ Beat the cream cheese, sugar and durian until light and fluffy.

~ Add in egg and beat well.

~ Transform the cheese mixture onto the baked tarts shells.

~ Bake at 180'C for 15 minutes.

~ Cool and pipe cream topping on top.

~ Chill before serve.

Topping:

250g Fresh cream

20g Durian flesh

~Beat together until its almost stiff.

Cheers!!

BLUEBERRY CHEESE TARTS

A wonderful recipe from the book (Bake With Yen), recommended by a friend. This tarts turn out to be a favourite desert for all my friends, especially my daughter. Try it out.....you'll see!

Pastry:
125g butter
60g fine granulated sugar
250g all purpose flour (plain flour)
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp COLD water (may need more than that)

METHOD:
~ Sift flour and sugar into mixing bowl
~ Rub butter into flour until resembles coarse crumbs (rubbing method)
~ Add in egg yolk, vanilla and water
~ Shape dough into ball and refrigerate (20-30 minutes) before using
** (before using, take out fr fridge, wait for awhile until dough soften)
~ Place dough onto tart shells, and pooked the base with fork (this is to let the air comes out while baking)
~ Bake at 160-170'C for 10-15 minutes or until brown

Filling:
250g cream cheese
20g butter
60g fine granulated sugar
1 egg

METHOD:
~ Beat cheese, butter and sugar together until fluffy
~ Add in egg and beat till well mix
~ Pour mixture onto baked tart shells
~ Bake at 170-180'C for 10 minutes

** Spoon some blueberry on the unbaked tarts, used a toothpick or a small fork to create some graphics.
** Makes about 11 to 12 tarts (size : Big)