Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3 tbs vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

 Methods:

• Preheat oven to 175 Celcius
• Coat a large 12-cup muffin tin with butter
• Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into large bowl
• Stir in eggs, water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla until smooth, about 3 minutes
• Spoon batter into cups. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool in tin 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 10 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (not needed if you use salted butter)

Methods:

• Preheat the oven to 176 Celcius
• Lightly grease a 9 1/4 by 5 1/4 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan with butter.

• Puree the bananas, sour cream, eggs and vanilla in a food processor.

• Sift the cake flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer.

• Add the remaining 10 tablespoons butter and mix on medium-low speed until blended, about 30 seconds.

• Add the banana mixture in 3 batches, scraping the sides of the bowl and mixing on medium speed between each addition.

• Pour into the loaf pan. Bake until lightly browned and bread bounces back to the touch, about 1 hour 10 minutes.

• Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire rack to cool completely.

Ingredients:

• 500 - 600gsm Frozen strawberries (cut off the green leaf before you freeze the strawberries)
• 200gsm All purpose flour
• 1tsp Baking powder
• 100gsm Butter (room temperature)
• 6tbs Light Brown sugar
• 2tsp Corn flour
• 1tbs Vanilla essence
• 4tsp Caster sugar

Methods:

• Preheat oven on 175 Celcius.
• Mix all purpose flour, baking powder and butter in a big bowl with your fingers until it forms like cookie crumbs. Combine the brown sugar into the mixture and leave it aside.
• In a baking plate, mix the strawberries with corn flour, vanilla, and sugar.
• Pour in the crumbs onto the strawberries and make sure that none of the strawberries appear on the surface to avoid leaking.
• Bake for around 15 - 18 minutes.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tbs baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup full cream milk
• 1 tbs vanilla extract
• 120gr butter (at room temperature)
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chip
• 2 - 3 tbs light brown sugar (for topping)

Methods:

• Preheat the oven to 176 Celcius.
• Mix the flour, sugar, and baking powder in a big bowl (A).
• Mix the butter, egg, vanilla extract, and milk and combine well (B) using spatula (do not use electric mixer).
• Pour the B mixture into bowl of A and mix them well together.
• After the mixture is well combined, fold in the chocolate chips and be careful not to overmix them.
• Spoon the muffin batter into muffin cups until 3/4 full and bake for 10 minutes.
• Take out the muffins from the oven and sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the muffins and bake them again for another 10 - 12 minutes. Using toothpick, check the muffins if they are fully cooked inside.
• Serve warm.