Cream Puffs (with Sweet and Savoury Fillings)

Ingredients :

1) 1 cup boiling water
2) 4 level dessertspoons butter
3) 1 cup flour (sifted)
4) pinch of salt
5) 3 eggs
6) 2 teaspoons baking powder

Method :

1. Put boiling water and butter into enamel soucepan and boil.\
2. Add sifted flour and salt, stirring in well, till mixture is smooth and leaves sides of pan.
3. Remove from fire and leave to cool a little.
4. Place cooked flour into bowl and stir, adding eggs, one at a time, beating well, till smooth.
5. Brush top of loaves with whiter of egg beaten slightly with a few drops of milk. bake in hot oven for 40 minutes or until done.
6. when loaves are done, turn them on to a cooling tray. (Size of loaf tins 7" x 3" x 3")

Cornflour and "Gula Melaka" Mould and Hot Coconut Milk Sauce

Ingredient :

For the Cornflour Mould :

1) 2 cups water
2) 1/2 cup thick "Gula Melacca" syurp. (Boil 2-3 ozs. gula Malacca in 3/4 cup water and then strain)
3) 4 1/2 level tablespoon Cornflour
4) 1 egg white beaten to a stiff froth

Method :
  Cook together (1),(2),(3), stirring all the time till mixture boils and thickens. Coll a little and then fold in the egg white which has been beaten to a stiff froth. Put into mould and chill in refrigerator.
  Serve with hot Coconut Milk Sauce.

Hot Coconut Milk Sauce:

Ingredients :

1) 1 1/2 teacups coconut milk from 3/4 coconut (remove brown skin before grating coconut)
2) 1/2 teaspoon  salt
3) 1 dessert-spoon cornflour

Method :
  Put all ingredients in small enamel pan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring all the time.
  Serve this sauce hot with chilled cornflour and "Gula Melaka" Mould.
  * If fresh coconut milk not available just use fresh milk. ; )

Country Cookies

Ingredients :
1) 1/2 cup butter
2) 1/2 cup brown sugar
3) 2 eggs
4) 1 tablespoon milk
5) 2-3 cups flour
6) 2 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
7) 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
8) 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
9) 1/2 teaspoon soda
10) 5 drops lemon essence

Method :

  Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and milk. Add spices and soda and enough flour to make a rollable dough. Roll out thin about 1/8", cut into pieces and bake in moderate oven 325-350F.

Baked Custard

Ingredients:

1) 1 and half cups evaporated + 3/4 water
2) 3 tablespoons sugar
3) 1/4 teaspoon salt
4) 2 eggs
5) 1 dessert-spoon butter
6) 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Method :

Add milk, salt and vanilla.

Beat eggs till light, add sugar and continue beating to dissolve it. Add milk, salt and vanilla in slow oven till custard sets.

Banana Pancakes

Ingredients :

1) 1 cup self-raising flour or 1 cup flour sifted with 1 teaspoon baking powder
2) 1/2 cup water or milk
3) 2 eggs
4) 6 bananas - "pisang rajah" preferred mashed
5) 2 dessert-spoon sugar
6) pinch of salt
7) cooking oil for frying

Method :

Beat eggs till ight, add milk or water, and stir into flour till smooth. Add mashed banana and sugar and salt.
Fry in hot oil, not deep, turning pancakes when one side browns. when golden brown remove, drain on paper.
Place on platter, sprinkle sugar and few drops of lime juice on pancakes.

Banana Orange Cake

Ingredients :

1) 8 ozs. self raising flour, sifted with 3/4 teaspoon bicarbonates of soda
2) 6 ozs sugar
3) 6 ozs butter
4) 4 eggs
5) 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (the kind with green skin)
6) 3 tablespoon fresh orange juice

Methods :

Cream butter and sugar till light. add egg yolks, one at a time , and continue beating. then add mashed banana. beat well . fold in the egg whites which have whisked to a stiff froth. Fold in the flour, and last of all the orange juice.

bake in greased cake tin for about an hour. (350F)

Banana Cake

Ingredients :

1) 6 ozs. butter
2) 6 ozs. sugar
3) 2 eggs
4) 2 tablespoons milk mixed with 1 dessert-spoon lime juice
5) 1 cup mashed banana (about 3 large ripe "pisang hijau"
6) 8 ozs.flour
7) 1 teaspoon baking powder
8) 1 teaspoon bicarbonates of soda

*ingredients (6)(7)(8) sifted together

Method :

Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Add the milk and the banana. add the flour which has been sifted with baking power etc.bake in modern oven for about 1 hour.