Time to resurrect this thread!
I think ever since I was 11 years old I've really liked cooking. It's not something I'd want to make a career of, but it's just something I really enjoy. Mostly because the results are often food. Food = good.
One thing I make pretty often is a simple, small cake in the microwave. I usually just improvise it on the fly, but here's something of a recipe for it. It's very customizable and very delicious.
- a microwave-safe bowl
- a (big?) splash of oil
- about 0.5 dl (50 ml) of sugar (adjust to taste)
- an egg / an egg white / one or two egg yolks
- about 1.5-2 dl (150-200 ml) of plain flour
- (0.5 dl of flaked oats (the stuff you make porridge of))
- 0.5-1.5 tsp of baking powder (or half the amount of baking soda)
- 1-3 tbsp of milk / water / coffee / chocolate milk / fruit juice
- (2 tsp of apple sauce, mashed fruit or your favorite jam or jelly)
- (vanilla to taste)
- (a bit of cocoa powder)
- (a lot of cocoa drink mix)
- (cinnamon or cardamom)
- (whatever the fuck you can think of)
Mix sugar, oil and egg in the bowl, add dry ingredients and adjust the consistency with the other liquid ingredients. Put the bowl with the batter into the microwave and cook for 2.5-3 min on full blast. Let it cool before eating.
Here are how you can customize it:
-if you add less egg, add more liquid
-if you add apple sauce, mashed fruit, jelly or jam, add less liquid and sugar
-if you add cocoa powder, add a bit more sugar
-if you add cocoa drink mix, add less sugar
-if you add the flaked oats, add less flour
-feel free to use any spices that work with sweet things
-use your fucking imagination
This is a recipe you just have to experiment with to find something that works and what you like. Every time you make one, it's different from the last.
And then there's the incredibly simple banana ice cream. It's a lot cheaper than "real" ice cream and it's healthier as well! It's also suitable for vegans and those on a raw-food diet.
Take bananas that are really ripe. One banana makes one small serving, two bananas make one huge serving. Slice the bananas, put to a freezer bag and freeze so that the slices don't overlap too much. Once they're frozen, put them to a food processor with a small splash of water, milk or coffee and optionally some cocoa powder, vanilla or other frozen fruits or berries, and process until it forms something akin to soft-serve. It might take a while and you might have to mix it up a bit with a spatula. If you don't want it to be like soft-serve, just put the ice cream to a freezer and let it firm up more.