Bake, Gratinate and more with the Philips Avance XL Airfryer

Chocolate Chip with Rasin cake

Chocolate Chip with Rasin cake

Having the Philips Avance XL Airfryer has really been so much. Besides air frying Carrot Chips there are so many other things you can do with it beside just frying. You can bake, roast, grill and gratinate too!! It  is one of the most versatile kitchen gadget which I have to date.

Baking the chocolate chip rasin cake in the Philips Avance XL fryer

Baking the chocolate chip raisin cake in the Philips Avance XL fryer

The kids have not eaten chocolate cake in a while so I decided to bake a Chocolate Chip Raisin cake for them with the Airfryer.

Ingredients 

2 c. self-rising flour
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder
1 c. oil
1 tsp. vanilla
6 eggs
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 c. chocolate chips

Instructions.

1) Mix all the ingredients into a 7 inch round baking tin.

2) Bake at 170 degrees for 18 minutes.

As you can see from the above  that the cake came out moist and chocolaty. The kids really loved it.

It baked faster then a traditional oven and it tasted just as good!!

If you are counting calories this festive season and cake is not something which you can indulge in why not consider baking these apple chips instead?

Ingredients for Apple Chips

Ingredients for Apple Chips

It is really easy with only 2 ingredients needed – Apple and Ground Cinnamon.  Slice the apple and sprinkle some cinnamon powder on it before baking it for 18 minutes on 160 degrees.

Apple chips before baking

Apple chips before baking

The apple chips after being Airfried

The apple chips after being Airfried

The apple chips smelled and tasted really yummy. It was crispy and sweet and as it was airfried

i did not have to feel guilty about piling on the calories which were associated with deep fried chips.

 

Besides baking do you know that you can make gratins with the Philips Avance XL Airfryer?

 

 

Making Courgettes Gratin in the Philips Avance XL AirFryer

Making Courgettes Gratin in the Philips Avance XL AirFryer

I saw this recipe in the Airfryer Recipe book and decided to try it out after having success baking the chocolate chip raisin cake.

The baked Courgettes

The  Courgettes Gratin

The Courgettes Gratin was as yummy as it looked after being Airfried.  The gratin layer was cruncy and tasty and it really complimented the courgettes making it a dellish appetizer.

If you are not into cakes of gratins why don’t use try grilling some chicken in the Philips Avance XL AirFryer instead?

Grilling chicken wings in the Philips Avance XL Airfryer

Grilling chicken wings in the Philips Avance XL Airfryer

You just have to marinate your chicken wings with your chosen marinate. ( I used Char Siew sauce to marinate the chicken wings)  Set the airfryer for 12 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius and  you are free to prepare the other dishes for dinner.

Grilled Chicken Wings

Grilled Chicken Wings

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Dreams Do Come True This Christmas

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

It was a great week for the kids last week as we brought them to Disneyland. It was a dream come true as the kids have been asking to visit Disneyland again since we brought them to Hong Kong Disneyland a few years back. This year we decided to bring them to the Disneyland in Japan so that they could have a different Disney experience now that they are slightly older.

Here is a list of 10 items of the things that we did during our vacations.

The kids taking a break

The kids taking a break

1. The kids got to experience their first winter with temperatures dipping to about -5 degrees at night. The scarfs that they made really came in handy.

Sushi Platter

Sushi Platter

2. The kids and I got to eat our fill of sushi. There were so much variety and some of the sushi we ordered were not readily available here in Singapore.

Shinkansen

Shinkansen

3. The kids got to ride on the Shinkansen(Bullet train) twice as we traveled from Tokyo to Kawazawa and back during our holidays.

At the train museum

At the train museum

4. The kids visited a train museum and got to ride on some of the rides there. They got to see how it was inside the engine room of a steam train.

The boys skiing

The boys skiing

5. What is a winter vacation without a trip to the snow fields? The boys got their first experience of snow and skiing when we brought the to the ski fields in Kawazawa.

Snow capped mountains

Snow capped mountains

6. We got to see snow capped mountains and lovely scenery.

Shabu Shabu

Beef for BBQ

7. We enjoyed eating Shabu Shabu and Yakiniku during the week. Now is back to my detox dieting.

Waterfall Viewing

Waterfall Viewing

8. We went waterfall viewing and took many lovely photos there which I will be sharing on the blog later.

Tiger girl and me on the carousel

Tiger girl and me on the carousel

9. We got to go on many different rides in Disneyland and Disneysea. I preferred Disneysea better as it was more family friendly and less crowded.

 

Beautiful sunset

Beautiful sunset

10. We saw one of the most beautiful sunset while at Disneysea. Don’t you find it lovely?