Apple Cake Pudding

When I made the white mud cake for the Christmas Tree cake, I had to remove the thick, heavy crust to use the soft center to obtain a truffle-like mix. I was not too sure what to do with the crust. I tried pulsing some in a blender to see if I could turn it into cake pops of some kind, but they turned more into dust than into crumbs.

Then I remembered the bread pudding I made last October, and thought I could make something similar to deal with these somewhat dry, leftover cake bits. I used some pudding mix (another one that was sitting in a cupboard, which had sugar already mixed in so I could not adjust sugar content as I wished), and threw in cake pieces that I broke off. As the cake is sweeter than the dried bread used in the bread pudding, I needed to offset the sugar a bit. Luckily, we had some somewhat tart apples laying around, so I diced those, and used a few for topping. The whole thing was baked. For something quickly put together to use up leftovers, it got quite a decent reception.

Triple Dessert

Another friends' gathering dinner. I think it'll be a regular thing from now on on Saturday nights.

One of my friends made a 5-spice stew to eat with rice, which was delicious. Another friend provided some steamed vegetables. I opted for dessert, since that's what I enjoy making most.

I made three small desserts for each of us. First, I did something very simple, which was to make pudding out of a pudding packet (mix with sugar, add to hot soymilk, pour into containers, refrigerate). Next, I took a few kiwis that were getting very ripe. I cooked them up with some brown sugar and lime juice, and topped them with a crumble mix (mix of flour, butter, and sugar, pan-fried to create a crumbled cookie mixture). Last of all, I made a mug cake, with cinnamon and more brown sugar as flavoring.

You can tell it was originally a mug cake, but due to the depth of the mug, it was very hard to take good pictures. So I decided to take the cake out of the mug.