Posts Tagged ‘ cream-cheese ’

Scallion Cream Cheese Viennese

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From the last post I still half batch extra Viennese dough, my craving still hasn’t move from the cheese area… this time I used cream cheese to fill in the dough kneaded in scallions.I’m a scallions addict I eat chopped scallions with almost everything savory 🙂

If you dont like the strong aroma you can opted the scallions with chives.

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I’m sending the above picture to Jugalbandi for CLICK-August

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Jasmine Pistachio Cheesecake for Rosa

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This time is Rosa from Rosas-yummy-yums turn, She’s a cat lover, who’s also still in love with her mountain bike (I guess living in Switzerland has something to do with it 😉 ) and on her darker side she’s her PC abuser 🙂

For her, I made a mid-east inspired cheesecake, with a good dose of pistachios and exotic floral aroma.  If you want a cheesecake recipe, you can find Rosa’s Strawberry cheesecake recipe here.

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What are your favorite kitchen gadget?

My measuring cups (it would be a KitchenAid if I had one)…

What are your favorite drinks?
Coffee, tea, water, cold milk with Ovomaltine, almond-flavored rice milk…

* I adore sweet cold almond-flavored rice milk

What are your favorite dessert?
 Cheesecake, chocolate mousse, lemon meringue pie, fruit tarts/pies, pecan pie, lemon mousse, konafe, baklava…

What are your favorite  herb/spices?
Curry, paprika, tonka, chili, ras-el-hanout, cumin, basil (all varieties), coriander, dill, tarragon, rosemary, garlic, oregano, cinnamon, allspice, 5 spice powder …

What are your favorite fruits?

Berries, mangoes, passion fruits, star fruits, grapefruits, limes, lemons, cherimoya…

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Strawberry Banana Cupcake with Orange Blossom Banana Frosting

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I don’t know what’s got into my “better” half’s mind, when he brought home 6 kg bananas… he said those bananas were honey bananas, small but very sweet, now it’s the season, on sale etc…etc…

Yes, of course I love bananas, I love eating on banana leaves, I even used to eat banana’s hearts…. but 6 kilos…. man???

For the sake of not  throwing food away… I made banana smoothie , banana bread, banana pie, banana ice cream, and this is my last attempt on finishing my banana stock… no more banana  at least for the next month 😉

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Strawberry Banana Cupcake with Orange Blossom Banana Frosting

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Egg
  • ¾ cup Milk
  • ⅓ cup Cooking oil 
  • 5 small  ripe bananas (about 2 medium), mashed
  • 150 gr strawberries diced
  • Directions

    1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cupcake pan with shortening and lightly flour.
    2. Beat all ingredients except bananas,and strawberries in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally until all is blended.
    3. Beat in bananas on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in strawberries.
    4. Pour batter into greased pan and bake 20-25  minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack, remove from pan to wire rack.

    Frosting

    Ingredients

    • 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
    • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
    • 1/4 cup sugar
    • 3 small ripe bananas (1 medium), mashed
    • 1/2 teaspoon Orange Blossom essence

    Directions

    Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and 1 Tbsp butter in medium bowl until light and fluffy. Add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until well blended. Beat in bananas and Orange Blossom essence. Set mixture aside.

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    Hummingbird Cake

    First of all I want to say sorry for my blogger friends, that I’ve been away for a while, but now I’m back 🙂

    I have some leftover pineapple and was looking for a cake recipe, when I stumble upon this super moist with excellent flavors recipe. I don’t know why the creator calls it hummingbird cake, but maybe because its light and full of beautiful colours (flavors).

    I made half of the recipe, but 2/3 of banana, 2/3 pineapple, 1 tsp of cinnamon (looove the spice) and only 1 tbsp the syrup of pineapple.

    This is also my entry for SHF : Time to spice up your life host by talented Anita of dessert first

    Figs, Cream Cheese and Mini Pancake

     

    Figs…o…figs, heavenly fruits… I’ve been wanting to make something really good out of figs, tried  couple of recipes, but disappointment after disappointment filled  the air. Until now, I still believe that figs are best eaten fresh as fruits them selves, without touching the “fire”, and cheese is it’s best company.

    This time I’m going to extend my believe a little, that  maybe… just maybe,  fig filled with cream cheese topped by walnut, with mini pancake in maple syrup, will make my day?… mmm… let me taste… 🙂

    Also, I’m not going to give you pancake recipe, because I guess you all foodies already have your own favorite pancake  or even crepes recipes, and If you want to explore figs further more and have some great recipes for using figs please check this out.