Banana Chip Muffins from Kraft

Hello world,

 A few weeks ago at my boyfriend's house, I was treated with some cute tasty homemade Banana Chip Muffins! An original Kraft Recipe, these little muffins were moist, and full of chocolate flavour. One would thing that made them different from typical banana bread flavour is that they have a very doughy banana taste. It almost tasted like a banana cake with more density and moisture inside. The bananas really give them a full charge of flavour, and for and even bigger flavour experience, a walnut was added on the top. The walnut made them ultimate banana-nut muffin experience. Once the muffins were out of the oven, I smeared butter all inside them. It wasn't the most healthiest of choices, but it sure was delicious.

Figure 1. The Inside of the Banana Chip Muffin . Adapted by Me on February 5th 2015.

This is a photo of the muffin fresh out to the oven without the butter.
 Now for the good stuff, I am going to include the recipe for this tasty little muffins because they're easy to make and delicious.

"1. Prep Time: 10 -30 minutes

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1/2 cup of brown sugar , packed
1. tbsp of baking powder
1/2 a tsp of salt
1/2 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips
1 egg
1 1/2 cups of ripe mashed bananas
1/3 cup of melted butter or margarine
1/2 cup of milk

Procedure:

Pre-heat the oven to 400 F (200 C) .
Grease or line in 12 large muffin tins and set aside.
In one bowl mix in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, brown sugar , and and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
In a second bowl, whisk in the wet ingredients: milk, egg, butter, and bananas. Set aside.
Combine the wet mixture in with the dry mixture and stir just until moistened.
Fill muffin mix into the tins, just till it reaches the top.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until muffins are firm. Remove muffins and let them cool for about 5-8 minutes on a cooling rack."

Eat and enjoy!!

1. Recipe Retrieved from "Kraft What's Cooking?" by Author Unknown 2013. Retrieved February 17th 2015 from http://www.kraftcanada.com/recipes/banana-chip-muffins-83564. Copyright 2013 by Kraft Canada.


xox
Viki

Birthday Churro Experience

Hello everyone!
    So this past week was my birthday ! It was an excellent time with laughs, friends and of course FOOD! I got to try one of the best desserts...Churros! The Restaurant La Cantra Taqueria in Toronto specializes in Mexican food, and for dessert they offer the best churros I have ever had. The Churro's were long long in length and came with a little bowl of apple caramel  de leche sauce. I have never tasted anything so wonderful in my life. I'm not a huge fan of caramel de leche, but somehow this restaurant managed to make an excellent sauce. Typically de leche sauce is all caramel and thick, this sauce was warm, milky and had an apple flavour in the caramel. The Churro dipped in that sauce would melt in your mouth with every bite , they were very generous with the sauce which is always a plus. The churros were fried to perfection and very full in cinnamon flavour.

Figure 1.  Churros from La Cantra Taqueria . Adapted by Me on January 26th 2015.
     
The next night I went out for a family birthday dinner to Oliver and  Bonacini. After the main course, I was scanning through their dessert menu and low and behold they had Churros! So I ordered the them to make a comparison and because I enjoyed the ones from the night before. The Churros were okay. They were smaller in length , a lot more fried and coated in cinnamon sugar. They were also very sweet and came with regular de leche sauce. I did like them, but I enjoyed the ones from La Cantra Taqueria much more. I felt the focus s was more in the presentation more so then the taste and flavour.  I still did enjoy the Churros though! It was a great part to my birthday week, just spending time with family and friends.

Figure 2.  Mini Churros  from Oliver and Bonacini. Adapted by Me on January 27th 2015.
xox
- Viki

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Hello everyone!

This here is my first blog post for the semester , and I'm super excited to tell my stories about all the desserts, and sweet treats I eat . So the month of January is an exciting month in my household , just because we celebrate two birthdays. Birthdays mean celebration,celebration means food ,and food means cake! Everyone love cake, at least I do. Last weekend there was a birthday celebration at my house which included a Chocolate Fudge cake from Longo's Supermarket.

Figure 1. Longo's Logo. Retrieved from "Longo's Fruit Markets -Check this Out", by Author Unknown , 2012 , Lotus Fine Foods Blog. Retrieved January 21st 2015, from http://lotusfinefoods.com/blog/tag/longos/ . Copyright 2012 by Lotus Foods .


In the past I have had Longo's cakes and they always look fancy and are full of flavour. This chocolate fudge cake was no different. The cake was circular shaped, medium sized ,and had lots of icing around the edges. The icing was bursting with chocolate flavour , and it almost melted in your mouth during each bite.  The cake was very good, however I found that the chocolate flavour was a little too rich for my liking. I love chocolate and I love cake, yet it wasn't the best cake I've had. However, it was still tasty and everyone else in my household enjoyed it because it was gone within a day!

 Figure 2.  Chocolate Fudge Cake . Adapted by Me on January 18th 2015.

This here is a piece of the cake I took when it was Dessert time. See how thick the icing is? Lots of chocolate . Yummy!
 As for next week , it is my birthday and I will be enjoying many celebrations this weekend which will include more reviews and stories in my Diary of Desserts.

Stay tuned for more!

Vik