Coconut and Condensed Milk Cake

My Mum makes a cake that is moist and delicious and it looks like this.
I do not have the recipe so I just made this up.
It pleased a few guests and friends.
Let us see what you think about it.

Ah, in case you are wondering, this is most definitely not a diet cake!

You will need:

2 cups self raising flour
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
1 cup desiccated coconut if you cannot get freshly grated{I used fine cut}
1 can condensed milk
1 cup coconut to decorate cake

All ingredients need to be at room temperature.

Pre heat your oven to 180 Celsius.
Mix all ingredients {except the condensed milk and the second cup of coconut} until you have a homogenous dough.
Cover a baking tin with parchment paper. I used 2 trays of 20cmX20cm as I did not have a bigger one at hand.
The cake has to be no taller than 4/5 cm tall after baking or else it will not be as moist as necessary.
Bake it until a stick is inserted and it comes out clean {about 30 minutes}.
When the cake is still hot make holes on it and drizzle with the condensed milk so that it moistens inside the cake {if your cake is very tall, cut the cake in half horizontally and drizzle inside of the cake too}.
Cover it with second cup of coconut.

Enjoy it with a nice espresso or a nice cup of tea!!!
Yummmm....

Pumpkin in Sweet Coconut Milk ♥

Here in Thailand everything is bought fresh. 

At the market, the produce you choose to take home can be chopped for you exactly as you wish. This is such a treat specially in the case of pumpkins which are, at times, very hard to peel...

I went to the market and got busy...

Click here to see a video on how Thais make coconut milk at the markets!!!

You will need:

2 cups of kabocha cut in chunks {japanese pumpkin} with or without the skin or any squash you can get your hands on
1 cup of fresh coconut milk {or plain milk if you dont have any coconut milk}
1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil {omit if using coconut milk}
Add any spices you may desire {cardamon, star anise, cinnamon stick, nutmeg, ginger...}
Sweeten to taste

Add all the ingredients to a small pan and cook in medium to low heat until the pumpkin is cooked {about 10 minutes or so}. You can eat it hot or cold, both are very delicious and remember that in Traditional Chinese Medicine, pumpkin is a very good spleen tonic. 1 cup contains only 30 calories and 0 fat, rich in Vitamins A, B6, C and E. Strengthens your immune system and is rich in beta carotene, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.

Let me know what you think!!!!!!!