I'm a fan of milo. 

I never really knew that until today. 

My friend reminded me of the days drinking a cup of warm milo as we sat in the air-conditioned computer room in our mentor's office. 

It was a warm feeling. The feeling of home and happiness. 

It was the warmth of chocolatey goodness in a cup that gave us the strength to keep working. 

Milo. The power of it all. 

Plus nutella? Absurdly good. 

Makes 7 large muffins 

1/2 cup (125g) softened cream cheese 

3/8 cup sugar

1 egg 

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup oil

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 

2 tsp baking powder

6 tbs milo powder

7 tsp nutella, cold 

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease or line 7 muffin tins with paper liners. 

In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and sugar until well combined. Add egg, vanilla and oil. 

Fold in the flour, baking powder and milo. 

Spoon the muffin batter into muffin tins until 1/3 full. Put 1 tsp of nutella in the centre and fill the top up with batter.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. 

Wednesdays call for baking. On some Wednesdays, I come home late from a long day in school. Most of the time I slack when I reach home until I leave house for dinner and some exercise. But this Wednesday, I had the urge to do something. Something worth my time. Something comforting like banana and Nutella and caramel. 

Then I saw the yellowed bananas on my counter and I thought - caramelised bananas. The flavour of the sweet and salted banana caramel flavour lingered in my mouth. 

I knew there was no turning back. 

You first bring the sugar, butter and cream to a boil, before adding the little chunks of banana. Stir in the Nutella, and cream cheese before placing onto little puff pastry squares and baking them in a hot oven. These are so easy, and the mixture comes together in one pot on the stove. No messy dishes! 

The smell of bubbling caramel is enough to make my day. This is the ultimate comfort food. 

1/4 cup brown sugar 

1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes 

1/4 cup cream

1 banana, cut into small chunks 

1/4 cup Nutella 

3 tablespoons of cream cheese

2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed 

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius. 

In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the brown sugar, butter and cream to a boil. 

Add in the banana and let it simmer for another 2 minutes, until the mixture turns a light caramel brown and you can smell the caramelised banana. 

Add in the nutella amd cream cheese and stir until smooth. Let the mixture cool to thicken. 

Cut each sheet off puff pastry into 16 squares. Cut a slit in each corner of the puff pastry square and place a dollop of the cool mixture in centre. Fold alternate corners of the triangles towards the centre. 

Bake for 15-20 minutes until the mixture is bubbly and the puff pastry is crispy and golden brown.