Macaroons - a coconut dessert

 

Macaroons is a coconut base dessert that is addicting and really easy to do.

I've been baking these yummy treat for two days straight last week  as a thank you treat for friends.

To make these macaroons you will only need desiccated coconut, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, sugar, and butter. Chewy on the outside, soft and moist inside. When you start popping a piece in your mouth you just can't stop, it's addicting!

Coconut Macaroons

2 cups desiccated coconut/sweetened coconut
1 can (250ml) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla (optional)

Procedure:

In a mixing bowl beat eggs and add the rest of the ingredients.

Fill each mini cups with the coconut batter until 3/4 full. Bake in 180C oven for 30 minutes or until the top are golden brown.

Cool for 10 minutes.

Saging Pinaypay

 

Saging Pinaypay a childhood favorite and one ultimate comfort food. We usually get this treat after having our afternoon nap time before we go outside to play with our friends in the streets of our village.

It was the first time that I introduce one of my favorites to V and I'm such a proud Mama when he enjoyed 3 pinaypay all to himself that is after making sure he left one piece for his Dad.



Saging (banana) Pinaypay (to fan out, paypay is fan). Slice bananas thinly and spread it out like a fan dip on your pancake batter and fry. Sprinkle with some sugar and serve.

When my husband saw the photo I posted on facebook he called up to ask what I prepared. Described pinaypay as the saba banana dip in a pancake batter and pan fried. He just replied that they call it by a different name in Manila, it is called Maruya.



Saging Saba has been a staple in our household ever since I got pregnant. It's one of my go to food when I can't eat anything. I eat it boiled, fried, stewed, or braised in sugar. It's simple delicious and nutritious.

Ube Macapuno Cake Recipe for FIA's Cake-a-Thon

My fun family of UAE food bloggers celebrated its 1st birthday at Tea Junction with a Cake-A-Thon party!

[caption id="attachment_748" align="aligncenter" width="402"] Little Z and V blowing FIA birthday candle[/caption]

FIA had a sugar high birthday celebration with not just 1 cake but more than 15 cakes! Imagine a full spread of cakes in front of you, just by looking at the yummy goodies you are off  to sugar la..la..land.

[caption id="attachment_749" align="aligncenter" width="402"] FIA Cake-a-Thon[/caption]

When I wrote this birthday post last July, there was 56 of us and after 3 months we have grown to 70 foodies. I can't put into words how blessed and happy I am to be part of this family.

Arva announced that we are going to celebrate FIA birthday with cakes I initially planned to bring V's favorite Moist Chocolate Cake then as I was checking if I had the ingredients C suggested to bring Ube Macapuno Cake (his favorite) since he was sure that there would be atleast 2 chocolate cake on the event.

You can read more FIA birthday post from FooDee, GingerAndScotch, MyCustardPie, and IriniSavva. (I may be missing some posts, will edit list if needed)

And before I forget our group just relaunched with a new name - Fooderati Arabia. If you're a UAE base food blogger drop us a note and join our growing family. Don't forget to like Fooderati Arabia facebook page to get the latest food recipe, restaurant reviews and lots of food love.

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I have been searching for the perfect Ube Macapuno Cake just like what Red Ribbon sells back home. I've tried several recipes found online some requires the use of ube jam, while some just make use of ube flavoring , and others that use the jam as the frosting itself. So many to choose from and luckily I found one from Corrine of Heart of Mary that was just perfect for us.

 

[caption id="attachment_750" align="aligncenter" width="472"] Photo by Devina Divecha of FooDee[/caption]

 

Here's the recipe and I do hope that you give it a try.

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