Only three more weeks before Christmas…can you feel it in the air already- the spirit, the stress and the frenzy of the coming Holiday season?! I’m sure a lot of us do but take it easy…do some baking- it’s a good stress-reliever (it works for me!) Here’s a good chocolate oatmeal bar recipe that you [...]
This is my nth attempt to make pastel at home. Pastel’s a specialty filled soft buns from Camiguin, Philippines, it comes in different delicious fillings, but the best-seller is yema and it’s not surprising, ’cause once you’ve tasted yema , you’ll know why..it’s just so delicious!! These brioche rolls that I filled with homemade yema ( [...]
Layer cakes are beautiful but they take a lot of time to make so I make cakes like those on special occasions only. For ordinary days, I like to bake one-layer cake such as this cake..very simple and easy and yet, it gives the same fix when you’re hankering for a coconut cake. :) you [...]
Congratulations to the Royal newlyweds, Prince William and Princess Kate!! It was such a beautiful and grand wedding, I truly wish that they’ll have a long and happy married years together! I made these pastries yesterday while watching a feature of their love story on tv..it’s like a modern day fairy tale…*sigh* :) Speaking of [...]
I love cinnamon, yes I do!! These cookies are very cinnamony ( not a proper word, I know :S ) these are my favorite next to chocolate chips cookies. Snickerdoodles is sooo very, VERY easy to make, I know I almost always say that especially with cookies but really this is by far the easiest for [...]
I’ve only tried pineapple upside-down cake once before, one of the many cakes I’ve attempted to make when I was just learning how to bake on my own; it didn’t turn out well, to make the story short. I was very disappointed then because it was supposed to be a very easy cake to make, [...]
These cookies are so deliciously light and buttery, you may never want to stop eating them so make sure that you count the cookies that you put in your plate if you’re watching your diet :) Russian Tea Cake, Mexican Wedding Cake, Polvorones - they’re basically the same: butter-nut cookies, just with different names and nuts used [...]
This cake is unbelievably easy and delicious- it’s moist and sweet and chocolate-y even though it only has cocoa and coffee in it. Actually it has more coffee in it but the cocoa flavor balanced it well. The recipe below is adapted from the famous texas sheet cake floating on the web..there are so many [...]
I’ve been wanting to try this recipe since I saw this from Yummy magazine but I keep putting it off since I can’t find puff pastry here and I don’t want to make it from scratch either (I tried making it before, I failed and am not yet ready to try again..it wasn’t easy for [...]
Meringue cookies are quite intimidating to make but it’s actually very easy once you get the hang of it. Here are some really important tips to make a fool-proof meringue cookies: Make sure that the bowl you’ll be using is metal and very clean; it must be free of oil/grease ( rinse it with vinegar to be [...]