Banana brown butter cake

This cake is our new favorite. Whenever I have very ripe bananas, I love to bake this cake. Freshly baked banana cake is very light and fluffy but when I leave it overnight it becomes dense and moist. Very delicious in both ways.

 

Raspberry financiers

I was craving for financiers with cold milk. I have some fresh raspberries leftover from making raspberry ripple ice-cream. Raspberry and almond financiers are a perfect combination. This is another way to use up my egg white.  I had a ton of egg whites in my freezer that I try to use up to clear some space in my freezer. I gladly baked this.

I had some freshly baked financiers with cold milk. Delicious! G and Z finished the rest after they came back from school.

Pumpkin gnocchi

I love to eat pumpkin. Japanese pumpkin is my favorite because it's sweeter than other types of pumpkin and the texture when it's cooked is powdery. Plain steam japanese pumpkin is my all time favorite snack. Love it. Unfortunately, I'm the only one in the house who love to eat pumpkin. CP and the boys, they don't like to eat pumpkin. So I try to find ways to make them eat pumpkin. Making the gnocchi dough at home with the children and get them to help kneading and rolling is so fun! And such a great experience for them. G finished one bowl of pumpkin gnocchi by himself. G said "This piece of gnocchi was made by me, I remembered.", before he popped the gnocchi from the spoon to his mouth happily. 

Honey and brown butter Madeleines for mid-afternoon

The smell of brown butter is so nice. Such a unique nutty flavor! Makes the house feel so welcoming. I made the madeleines batter the night before and baked them for mid-afternoon snack. I love the sizes of it. It is so easy to pick up by hand or fork and just pop it into the mouth. Yummy!


G and Z love to have it with homemade vanilla gelato or fresh milk. For CP and I, we love having it with tea or freshly brew coffee.

Madeleines with milk

Madeleines with homemade vanilla gelato

Toasted Hazelnut & Brown butter mini bundt cakes

The whole reason I wanted to make these cakes is because I like the smell and taste of the brown butter. Brown butter and toasted hazelnut are like the perfect combination.