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 * How to bake a cake - 101:**


 * Ingredients:**
 * 2 cups flour
 * 1 cup milo
 * 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate soda
 * 120gm butter (unsalted)
 * 2 eggs
 * 2 teaspoons of strawberry jam
 * 1 1/2 cups vanilla yoghurt
 * Condensed milk
 * Block of chocolate

Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs, one at a time.
 * Step 1 -**

Mix dry ingredients together in another bowl. Add the flour mixture alternately with the yoghurt and strawberry jam in three parts. Do not overmix.
 * Step 2 -**
 * Step 3 -**

Place batter in greased tin and bake in oven at 180 degrees celsius for 40 - 50 minutes. Leave to cook before icing.
 * Step 4 -**

Slowly heat condensed milk and chocolate in saucepan until runny. Do not boil!
 * Step 5**

Allow icing to cool before pouring over cake. Allow to harder if you would like it to be thicker.
 * Step 6**



Decorate with strawberries and serve with cream!
 * Step 7 -**




 * Happiness is eating this cake - YUMMO!** I'll upload more photos tonight...




 * 15/3/12**

I found Haloumi, my favourite cheese, at Carrefour on Wednesday. It made me very happy :), but also a little homesick. Isn't it funny how food can conjure such strong memories...??? So I cooked myself a yummy, comfort food meal! Below is a lentil, brown rice and veggie mix, with grilled haloumi on top. Yum! In the mix I put some currents, onion, carrot, zucchini and beans. I drizzled lemon juice and olive oil over it all for a kicking finish.



This weekend, I am baking some cakes. If you are all lucky, I will bring some in to class for breakfast :)


 * Do you have a sweet tooth? Here are somethings I made earlier :)**




 * 12/3/201**

This is a yoga website where I often go to find do at home classes - http://yogatoday.com/

On the weekend I went for a 14km run on Friday afternoon, and then I did a flow yoga class on Sunday afternoon. The perfect way to frame my weekend. I was so relaxed sitting at home last night and slept soundly until my alarm woke me up at 6.15 :(

Food highlight of the was dinner at Masala Art on Saturday night for my friends birthday. Check out SmartShanghai - it is where I find all my food stuff for Shanghai - http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/2329/Masala_Art_shanghai


 * 5/3/12**

This is what you eat for dinner when you are training for a marathon - Brown rice, lentils and currents with spinach, celery and carrot, spiced with cinnamon - topped with tuna!


 * 26/2/2012**

Today I ran 23kms to an anthology of Michael Jackson hits in alphabetical order - I made it from A to W...