bored on a long wekend??

Long weekend… since I started it with eating, drinking and karaoke, I have to suffer the rest of the "long" weekend with red blotches (ulk!) all over my body (normal occurrence whenever I drink)... my skin felt like it was on fire and I cant take as much showers as I want to since it will only cause my skin to dry—bad for a person suffering with skin asthma!

Thus im stuck at home doing nothing... I got bored watching tv re-runs... I actually slept my Saturday away! Sunday came and I’m fully charged..still with no idea what to do! I decided to make another banoffee pies since I have left over toffee and crushed grahams from the last time I made some.

Made these with my two year old niece hovering and looking at what I do. She also was my designated taste-tester for the day… who knows she might become a pastry chef someday (an aunt's wishful thinking!hehe)...

For the recipe and procedure.CLICK ME!

These will only be some snapshots of the pies... and my niece!

This time around it actually looked like a pie since I made use of round tins AND (ehem ehem) there's an improvement with my presentation, thank you very much! *grin*

i made three pies!!! *can you find the hidden mickey?!?*

creamy... yummy!

pieLOVE! :)

my niece, clairebear, who can resist sneaking a spoonful-taste of the pie (EVIDENCE: see the cream smudge on her upper lip???)

sweet-tooth,

prettytwistedchick

BANOFFEE PIE!!!

once again, i answered the call of the kitchen and whipped up acouple of pies...

i just made my first attempt at banoffee pie! Yum-oh!

My taste-testers--aunt, mom, bro, cousins gave a two –thumbs up!!! despite the fact that i wasnt able to decorate it enough, to make it more appetizing (due to lack of choco drizzle thingy and toffee), the taste more than make up for the presentation...hehehehe

here's how i made it...

INGREDIENTS:

1 butter (melted)
1 pack crushed grahams
1 condensed milk (caramelized to make as toffee!)
whip cream
3-4 ripe bananas, sliced

PROCEDURE:

crust:
1.) mixed melted butter and crushed graham, spread on the bottom of a tin. CHILL!
toffee:

2.) boil cans of milk for 2-2.5 hours. LET IT COOL! (better to make this ahead of time…)

(CAUTION: BE SURE THE CONDENSED MILK TINS ARE FULLY SUBMERGED IN THE WATER AT ALL TIMES OR ELSE YOU WILL BE CLEANING THE CEILING!)

3.) when things are cooled down, spread the toffee over the graham base
4) slice up a couple of ripe bananas and put it on top of the toffee
5) topped with whipped cream
6) grate some choco or drizzle with melted choco and left over toffee
7) CHILL (or serve it right away)

TIP: one can boil up a load of tins of condensed milk. once they're cooked, they will keep safely for months...save energy, fuel and TIME the next time you make a banoffee pie!


sweet-tooth,
prettytwistedchick