THE "Cinnamoncake"

I think these are the most delicious pancakes I have made in a long time! Thanks to the recipe by the SORTED guys! A cross between a Cinnamon scroll + Pancake = Cinnamoncake! It's quick and easy and the pancakes were really light and fluffy due to the buttermilk. If you don't have any buttermilk you can MAKE YOUR OWN! Yes!! Just add 1/2 tbs of white vinegar or lemon juice to the 150ml of milk and let it stand for 5 minutes.... then TA DA~~ just like magic it turns into buttermilk ^__^ 

Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes
Recipe adapted from SORTED food

Ingredients
75g salted butter
75g dark brown sugar 
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
150ml buttermilk (or 1/2 tbs white vinegar + 150ml milk)
pinch of salt
knob of butter to cook

1. In a small bowl, beat butter, sugar and cinnamon together till smooth and lump free. Transfer mix to piping bag/sandwich bag and set aside.
2. Mix flour and baking powder in separate bowl. Crack in the eggs and stir to mix. Keep whisking while you slowly add the buttermilk. Add pinch of salt and mix until smooth batter.
3. Heat large, non-stick frying pan to medium heat. Rub with butter. Spoon heaped tablespoon of pancake mixture into pan and cook for 30 seconds. Pipe a thin line of spiral on top of raw batter and leave for another 30 seconds.

swiiirrrllll~~

4. Flip pancake over quickly and cook for another 30 seconds. Transfer cooked pancake to plate. Wipe pan clean to get rid of any burnt sugar and repeat process to cook the rest of pancakes.

You can check out their youtube video here! 

My pancakes didn't exactly look like theirs because I didn't have DARK brown sugar, hence the piping mixture is quite light.. and I also forgot to wipe the pan clean so there was a bit of caramelisation happening.. :/ but all in all... yummy fluffy pancakes =D and addictive!!!

yum yum yum :D

Anyways it's a public holiday todayyy~~~ so for those in Victoria.. enjoy it :D maybe make some pancakes... or bake some cookies or bread!! or go out and have some brunch =) such a lovely day~~~ as for me! Gonna do some BAKING!! YAY!!!

Martabak Manis: an Indonesian sweet :)

Time to make some Indonesian sweets =) 

I saw these on Sweet Samsations blog and they looked so yummy that I just had to make them ^___^" so had some time last week to give it a go~

I've never tried a real Martabak Manis... So not too sure if I made it right =S but all I can say is that it was quite delicious :) It tasted like a really fluffy pancake ^^" You can be creative with the fillings - not too sure what the traditional ones have as fillings but I had cheese/brown sugar/peanut butter.

Martabak Manis
Recipe adapted from Sweet Samsations

Ingredients
1/2 tbs dried yeast
1 cup warm coconut milk
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs, beated
1 tsp margarine
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp water

1. Mix yeast with coconut milk in small bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes until bubbles form (make sure the milk isn't too hot otherwise you will kill the yeast! ><)
2. Sift flour, sugar and salt in large bowl.
3. Add in coconut milk mixture to flour and mix. Allow to rise for 2-3 hours in a warm place (the longer you leave it, the more fluffy/the more it will rise)
4. Beat eggs with melted margarine. Add baking powder dissolved in water and mix well.
5. Combine egg mixture with coconut milk mixture, beating for about 30 seconds.
6. Preheat frying pan with low heat. Grease pan with a little margarine. Pour in batter, cover and cook until you can see bubbles starting to form. (~10 minutes).
7. Add desired fillings on top. Remove from pan and fold in half immediately. 

Peanut butter filling ^___^"