Banana Walnut Teacake

Woohoo! Today, my mother asked me to bake a cake for her cell group! I was really happy to do it for her, since baking is my passion!

I seriously believe in http://community.livejournal.com/bakebakebake/ for all my recipes! (:

I decided to bake banana walnut tea cake since my family had 8 bananas at home. In case you didn't know, my family are banana fans. Every week, we will always buy 2 clusters of bananas home.

Bananas are great. by the way. Bananas are rich in vitamin B6 and they are a good source of fiber, vitamin C, magnesium and potassium. Bananas also contain plenty of carbohydrates which are the body's main source of energy.

Bananas can be used to blend with low fat yogurt to make healthy smoothies. Due to its thick texture, the smoothie will taste really excellent. Bananas can also be blend with passion fruit and oranges to give you a healthy fruit juice.

Okay, enough said about the benefits of bananas. I shall touch on my newest baking creation! The photos really don't look like much because of the dull brown colour. However, the smell of the cake was amazing and the texture of the cake was smooth. I am really proud of this cake creation because even I was shocked at the end results!

Banana Walnut Teacake

Banana Walnut Muffins

Banana Walnut Teacake and Muffins (:

Enjoy! (:

Cheezelmomeezel,

Cereal

Running For God

It has been such a long time since I’ve ran for God. This may sound stupid, but the thing that stopped me from running was the fear of getting bigger thighs.

But today, during church service, when I saw that video that Pastor Andy had put up for his preaching. It spoke to me so much.

Rick, the father’s son, wanted to run a marathon so badly and his father decided to enter it with him. As Rick was physically unable to do anything by himself, his father had to pull or push him during the marathon. The very last sentence of the video said “Don’t Run Alone”

When I saw that sentence, God spoke to me, He said, “Cheryl, come along and run with me.”

Running was one of sources that allowed me to remember who God is. Every time I run, I would plug in Christian music. It has never failed to speak to me. Every run that I’ve ran, many of the guys would look at me and give me the “I bet this girl can’t run far” look. But every single time, whenever they can no longer have the stamina to continue running, I will still keep going. God has told me, “because these men are relying on secular music or their own strength, whereas you are relying on my power and my strength, that is why you won’t grow weary.”

Every single time I’m upset or angry, God can speak to me through the runs. I am able to get recharged through the runs. I thank God for giving me such an avenue to recharge my spiritual strength. I still remember whenever I ran, I would carry with me this BIG and HUGE grin, because I can really sense God’s presence and I know He is there with me and for me yesterday, today and forevermore.

I believe that these runs that I’ve had also motivated me to have this feeling to want to do every single thing well for God, especially through my academics. I’ve forgotten feeling of wanting to use my academics to glorify God’s name. Because of God’s favour and providence, I’ve gotten the first in my cohort. But due to these victories, I was so concentrated on trying to be first again that I forgot about my purpose, which is to bring glory to God.

It has been a long time since a church service has spoken to me. Now it’s time for me to pick myself up and RUN!

Run for Jesus! So what if my thighs get bigger, right right? So long as my faith can be on solid rock, I’m going to run, I’m going to count on God.

Cheezelmomeezel,
Cereal

IBSM!

Woohoo! I got selected to go for the International Business Study Mission to China and Hongkong! Oh my goodness! I’m so elated! :D

Finally! I get a chance to step into Hongkong! I have always wanted to go there ever since I was a small girl! I will finally be able to converse in my favourite dialect, Cantonese and I will be able to breathe in the air of Hongkong!

In addition to all these goodies, I will be able to shop in the clothing shop, H&M!

Hmmm… I’m going to use this opportunity to see if I really want to work overseas (: A part of me really wants to go overseas to work, to get away from Singapore for 6 months. But to be able to just survive on my own and be independent in a foreign country seems like a daring challenge. I don’t want to leave my home country just for internship.

Okay, switching topics, I’m just going to do some ranting on my favourite food! Haha! I love my peanut butter with everything! I seriously think I’m going crazy over my consumption of peanut butter. I eat it with muesli bars, cookies, apples and prunes. Prunes and peanut butter? You may be wondering what kind of combination is that. I agree with you! But it’s totally delicious! :D

My other favourite food is pork floss! I can eat pork floss with any staple food. I’ll fry my rice with mix vegetables, chicken rice mix and add a whole lot of pork floss! I’ll drench my chicken soup with pork floss. I’ll eat my silken tofu with pork floss. I’ll spread condensed milk on my multigrain bread and toss in some pork floss on top of the toasted bread.

Gosh, I still remember Amelia’s recommendation of the pork floss biscuits in Bangkok! I had actually intended to save a packet of pork floss crackers for my family, but I ended up devouring everything while watching a Hongkong drama serial.

:D All right, I better get back to my revision. I can’t wait to go for the Swissotel Christmas Buffet with the Bangkok group! I will finally be able to eat a TURKEY! I’ve never eaten a turkey before! Also, hopefully, I will be able to try the Christmas drink, eggnog? I heard about the goodness of an eggnog! Also, I hope to get my hands on the Christmas log cake! I’ve only eaten log cake once in my entire life and I feel so ecstatic just by seeing log cakes! I wonder if they have Green Tea flavoured Christmas log cakes :D

I’ll end my musings here!

Cheezelmomeezel
Cereal