Cherry Cake for my Amor

One afternoon (still in England), I decided to bake something I haven't made before. Since I'm fond of experimenting in the kitchen, I gathered all the ingredients available. Then I found a cup of sweet cherries in the fridge and the next thing I knew I'm already mixing the flour with the butter... My very own cherry cake.

My Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup self raising flour

2 eggs

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup unsalted butter 

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup white sugar

a pinch of salt (optional)

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup cherries 

How I did it: I only had simple ingredients as you can see. Preheat the oven at 150 deg C. Begin by sifting the flour in a big bowl and put the butter ( butter should be sliced into small squares), salt (optional) baking powder and white sugar. Beat the eggs separately and pour it in the dry mixture including the milk. Mix thoroughly and add more flour if needed. Finally, mix the cherries and add the vanilla. Get a non-stick baking pan and wipe it with melted butter. Then pour in the mixture in the pan. You can also make use of the other cherries as design like the one above. But please note that the cherries will melt so better mix it thoroughly with all other ingredients. Set the oven to 200 deg C and put the pan in the oven. Cook for approximately 25-30 minutes or until it turns brown.

hmmm.. looks lovely!

a soft, yummy  and sweet cherry cake!!! Enjoy!

DIY Scones

Philippines is an archipelago with many known delicacies. To name a few, I'll start in my hometown in Cagayan de Oro. I didn't know if CDO has its own delicacy until I tasted this sweet yema flavored buns in boxes. This is not actually a CDO product as it originated from Camiguin- an island in the region. But most people who visited CDO would always look for these yummy buns so somehow it became CDO's trademark. Cebu on the other hand is known for its otap, dried mangoes (one of my favorites), pork cracklings, the ever popular lechon and many others.

When I first visited England early this year, I was also curious if they too have this so-called delicacies aside from the fact that the British fish and chips is known worldwide. I learned about scones and cornish pasty. But no, they don't call them delicacies.The most common scones you can buy from the supermarket are those with raisins but with pasties, you can buy them in different fillings. I tried to bake some scones and this time I used cherries instead of raisins.

my cherry scones

My first pasty (they're a bit huge) with sausage, cooked potatoes, butter, raisins, onions and ham as fillings.

so yummy!

I'll write a separate blog for my cherry cakes so I can post the ingredients for those who are interested.