Simple banana cake..

Actually, I have planned for today to visiting aoi matsuri, one of greatest matsuri in Japan. However, when I woke up this morning, I couldn't feel any sunrise on my bed. I know, maybe you will have question, how come the sunshine on my bed? Of course usually I have it every morning since I arrange my bed positions nearby the window to my balcony. And like Japanese balcony windows, it is very big, like a door actually and made from glass. Fortunately, my windows head to east, directly to the place where the sun rising every morning, but in cloudy morning like today.
The sunrise was gone as well as my spirit to jogging and to cycling to the matsuri. Instead of do sport and some outdoors activity, I was starring on my kitchen while somehow feel very hungry. I want to eat something sweet, like red velvet cake, but I don't have much ingredients. Even my last butter only remain about 20gram. What can cake could I make if I only have these one?
Like usually what I did, I do blog walking to some blogs, and finally stop by on Mbak Endang's blog. Thank you so much mbak for your inspirations to gain my weight in very simple way. :D I was thinking to make like banana steam chocolate, but I don't have any dark chocolate, I want to make sponge cake cheese, I don't have any lemon and cheese. So, here it is. Simple banana cake. Can you believe, I only need five, yup f-i-ve ingredients to make this delicious softly cake.
Curious? Wanna try at home? Let's do it.
Simple banana cake.
Ingredients:
1. 120gram of rape banana (I use 2 cavendish banana) refined it.
2. 60 gram butter (I use 20 gram butter and 60 gram olive oil), melted.
3. 2 eggs
4. 50 gram sugar
5. 100 gram all purpose flour.

Directions:
1. Prepare spatula, mixer, a bowl for mixing, about 200ml warm water in a pan, and preheat oven for 175 degree celsius.
2. Place your mixing bowl into warm water. Put 2 eggs and sugar into mixing bowl and mix in slow speed, after well mixing, increase the speed until ribbon stage, that is when the dough become so thick and leave a track for second when you lift your mixer. The purpose of using warm water to make the dough well develop and ribbon stage make in soon. Trust me, this simple method helps you in mixing.
3. Add the refined banana into the mix, mixing well by stir-reverse method. How to do this method is quite simple, that is use your spatula, and stir around the bowl edge, and reverse it. Do this stir-reverse until mingled. The purpose of stir-reverse method to minimize rupture of foam.
4. Add the a quarter of melted butter. Stir-reverse slowly until reach the bottom of the bowl. Add part by part the rest of melted butter, and stir-reverse until well done.
5. Add the flour gradually and stir-reverse again until all the ingredients well mix.
6. Bake for 20 minutes, slice lengthwise in the middle of the cake to give banana's cake thew, then bake again for another 20 minutes. Should be notice here if we should make the slice in no time, other wise the cake will not well developed.
7. After 20 minutes, remove the cake from its pan, let it cool, and ready to serving.

Churros aka fried pastry, a delicious simple snack..

Since few weeks ago, I was attempting by Mbak Ricke's, that is this. Due to weight has gained reason, I try to ignore it. But, lately, I couldn't endure to try to make the choux pastry. I do agree with mbak Ricke statement that this fried choux pastry making process is quite simple and easy. Even I do not need mixer, oven and others baking equipment. 

Besides that, this crunchy snack also suitable for people who avoid emulsifier. Want to know how to make it?

Ingredients:

1. Water 250ml

2. Butter 50gr

3. Sifter of all purpose flour 150 gr

4. Sugar 1 tbs

5. Salt 1/4 teaspoon (I used 1/2 teaspoon)

6. 2 Eggs, whisk off.

7. Vanilla 1/4 teaspoon ( I used +/- 10 drop of liquid vanilla)

8. Canola oil for deep frying.

For topping:

1. Sugar 4 tbs

2. Cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon

(I didn't use topping, but it still tasteful.)

Directions:

1. Boil water, butter, sugar and salt until the butter melting.  Turn off the fire. Add the flour and stir quickly. After that, turn on the small fire, thus stir again until the dough disconnected with the pan or immune. Turn off the fire. Let it warm.

2. When the dough already warm, put the mixing of one egg. Stir well. If the dough is to thick, put another egg and mix well. 

3. Put all the dough into pipping bag. Set a syringe into one empty pipping bag, prepare a brass and sprinkle with flour.

4. Put a plastic of dough into set of syringe, and squirt in a brass. Form anything that you want. In that occasion, I made a stick and love.

5. After finished, put all the mold into freezer about 20 minutes to let them freeze therefore easy to fry.

6. After the choux freezing, take them from freezer, and deep frying until browned. When frying the churros, use a lot of oil.

7. Lift and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. 

Spring is flowering time.

This is my first spring. In my tropical country, I only know summer and rainy season. For a flowery season like now, of course I am so interested. I couldn't tell much more about how so greaaatttt it is.
Please look at some pictures below.

The carpet of beautiful blue magic is so breathtaking. 

Red always elegance. A perfect red color for tulips give an honour for taking their picture.

Rainy and pink are perfectly combination for romance and dramatic moment. This tulip show us how it is.

Spring in Japan without sakura will be not completed. I love how their bunch gathered.

So, what do you think? Like I do, I am become a new loyal fans of spring. The nature fragrance from the flowers are in everywhere. So sweet. They can teach me, as a woman, to be silently beautiful. It is so difficult to do. From seeing how they was struggled during winter, and when the sun arrive, they blossom welcoming for the center of universe. Without complaint, their enthusiasm for cheers and colorful was enviable. So lovely.

Wanna more something breathtaking? Here it is. 

I took this picture near with Yawatashi station, in Kyoto.

An awesome sunset on sakura fort. 

Hopefully, in the future I can visit these picturesque scenery.