Homemade Pizzas

This is my first attempt at baking a Homemade Pizza!

The fav boy was unwell and needed to rest so we didn't head for service that evening but headed to my place where he slept and I prepared dinner.

Firstly, it did not turn out as well as I wish it had. 

But! It was still good. This was a shared attempt with my sister (Mon) and we had fun!

This is one EXPENSIVE project! 

Probably cos' I didn't wanna be stingy on the ingredients.

I spent about $30 for everything but it can yield 5 thin personal pizzas. 

Pretty reasonable price to me!

I took 2 hours for this project.

Recipe from The Batter Baker while the roasted bell peppers recipe is from The Wednesday Chef.

Homemade Pizzas (Yields 5-6 thin personal pans)

Ingredients:

PIZZA BASE 

120ml lukewarm water

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp instant yeast

2 tsp olive oil

200g bread flour

1/2 tsp salt

TOPPINGS (From Cold Storage, Kovan)

2 bell peppers (One green, one yellow) 

3 smoked cheese sausages

1 pineapple (You can use canned ones if you prefer)

1 piece smoked duck ($3 from roast section)

1 tomato

1 can (5 tbsp will do) of tomato pizza base

Shredded cheese ($2.99 promo from Cold Storage)

Spare bread flour for working the dough

Chocolate Banana Cake

This chocolate banana cake project was done in May 2011.

Guess I was just being experimental and since I really love choco banana cakes, I tried this.

Recipe credits: Suzette Cooks and Simple Makan aka Sunesh

This cake's ingredients will cost somewhere between $40-50 on first try if you do not have most of the ingredients. If you have an equipped kitchen, this will probably cost $25-$30. This takes about 4 hours to piece together cos' it's a multiple stepped layer cake.

Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Chocolate Chiffon Cake (A)

30g cocoa powder, mixed with 120ml water

4 egg yolks

75g caster sugar

130g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

60ml corn oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

(B)

4 egg whites

60g caster sugar

1/4 tsp cream of tatar

Cake Filling

1/4 tsp cream of tatar

225g dark chocolate

85g unsalted butter (I always use salted butter though)

3 eggs, seperated

250ml whipping cream

3 tbsp caster sugar

4 bananas, sliced

Chocolate Frosting

140 UHT whipping cream

350g good quality dark chocolate

1 tbsp butter