Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Toilet-shaped house

While doing a little web surfing we stumbled across this beauty. Really funny story and interesting read as well. With all the joking aside this article does have a serious message attached to it. Enjoy the read and photo:




Sim Jae-duck, a South Korean politician built this two-story house for the World Toilet Association. The group wants to bring attention to the fact that only about 40% of the world has access to working toilets. The home is located in Suwon, 30 miles south of Seoul and is named Haewoojae which means “a place to solve one’s worries”. The $1.1 million home is 4,520 sf and was built in 2007.

Fruit Bread

 Fruit Bread, just don't take it out of the tin until cool.



Whole Wheat Cornmeal CupCake/Muffins with Caramel Frosting

My Oven is baking busy all these days, so for Magic Mingle #3 too, i chose to bake something interesting, so it doesn't stay waiting for my Family's attention. First i attempted to bake Broa/Portuguese Corn Bread, but me and yeast are lover's  who are still having a Pillow-fight, so it didn't turn out well!!!! 
So, again in the evening i tried to bake these muffins, thank god, they came out well. After tasting, we felt we need some more sweetness in the muffin, so i added Dulce de leche frosting. Needless to say, they vanished!!!!!

Recipe Source : The Happy House Wife
Ingredients
1 cup Whole wheat flour
1 cup Yellow cornmeal
2/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar (increase to 3/4 Cup, for a sweeter Cupcake)
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 tbsp Flaxseed Meal mixed with 1/4 Cup of Warm Water - Replacing 1 Egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup canola oil/Butter
Almond Flakes for garnishing

Frosting
1/4 Cup Dulce de Leche /Caramel Spread (store-brought)

Method

  • Preheat Oven to 180C. Grease a  Muffin Pan ready. 
  • Mix all the Dry Ingredients together. 
  • Add the Wet ingredients one by to the Dry Mixture. Combine Well. 
  • Spoon them into Greased Muffin pan. Fill till 3/4th  of each Cup. Garnish with almond flakes.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until tooth-pick inserted comes out clean.
  • Take it out of the Oven. Let it sit in the pan for 5-10 minutes. Take it out of the pan and Cook completely on Wire Rack.
  • For the Frosting, let the Cupcake Cool Completely. Spoon 2-3 tsp of Sugar syrup on top of each muffin and go creative over the Muffin with the frosting.

Note
Baking time differs from Oven to Oven, so bake accordingly