Pecan Carrot Cake

Ingredients

* 4 eggs
* 1 1/2 cups cooking oil
* 3 cups carrots cut in 1 inch slices
* 2 cups sugar, divided
* 2 teaspoons cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup pecans
* 2 cups sifted all purpose flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Method

Lightly oil 12 cup fluted micro proof cake mold.
Dust with sugar. Set aside. Put eggs and oil in electric blender container. Blend on high.
While blending, add carrots. When carrots reach grated consistency, add 1 cup sugar, cinnamon, salt, and pecans. Blend until pecans are chopped.
In large bowl, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and remaining sugar. Add blender ingredients. Stir. Pour into prepared cake mold and cook on simmer or low for 15 minutes. Rotate dish one quarter turn at 3 to 4 minute intervals during cooking time. Cook on HI for 4 minutes. Rotate dish one quarter turn. Cook on HI for 4 to 5 minutes, or until cake tests done with toothpick. Let stand 10 minutes. Invert on cooling rack or serving plate.
Cool completely.
Drizzle on Powdered Sugar Glaze or frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Note:
A blender is not necessary, though it comes in handy.
To prepare without blender, grate carrots first. If carrots are grated, 2 cups are needed. Chop pecans before adding and beat batter well.

Recipe by: 123 Easy As A Pie

Easy Chinese Noodles

This is something that I have cooked last week and my sister loved it. So, I better record it here and share with all of you. It is very simple, delicious, fast and economy.

Serving: 1

Ingredients:

Part 1 : Noodle

1 piece of Instant noodle
100ml water
2 tbs of sesame oil
A pinch of white pepper
A pinch of black pepper

Part 2 : Gravy

1 potato chopped into small cube
1 carrot chopped into small cube
4 shitake mushrooms soaked and slice into small slices
50ml shitake mushroom broth
A pinch of white pepper
A pinch of black pepper
2 tbs of light soya sauce
1 tbs of oyster sauce
2 tbs of corn flour mixed with 10ml of water


Method:

Noodle

Put the instant noodle in a bowl and pour in the water.

Leave it there for about 10 minutes.

Drain it and add in the sesame oil, white pepper and black pepper.

Mix well.


Method : Gravy

Put all the the ingredients in Part 2 in a clay pot except the corn flour.

Pop it in the microwave oven for 6 minutes.

Take it out and add in the corn flour mixture in.

Pop it in the microwave oven for another 3 minutes.

Take it out and pour it in the noodle bowl and mix well.

So, you have your easy to cook chinese noodles... enjoy!

Buy a microwave oven today at:
Shop the AJ Madison Outlet for Savings up to 50%!

As Easy As ABC

Today I am cooking a dish that is commonly called ABC soup locally, but I am cooking it a different way in microwave. Maybe you can give it a try too.


Ingredients:


200mg of red carrot
200mg of potatoes
2 pcs of shitake mushroom
A pinch of salt and white pepper for taste
40ml shitake mushroom broth
1 1/2 tbsp of cornflour


Method:
Cut red carrot and potatoes into cubes.
Cut shitake mushroom into small pieces.
Put the red carrot, potatoes and shitake mushroom into the claypot.
Pour 40ml of shitake broth into the claypot.
Add a pinch of salt and white pepper for taste.
Pop it into the microwave and cook it for 6 minutes.
Put the cornflour into a small bowl and mix it well with the balance of shitake mushroom broth (mixture)
Take the claypot out from the microwave after 6 minutes and add in the mixture.
Pop it back into the microwave for another 2 more minutes.

That's it. Now you can enjoy a great ABC dish within 8 minutes.