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Simple Coconut Cake with Seven-Minute Frosting »

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 [...]

May 5, 2011 | Posted in Baking, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »

Squash and Fish Curry »

This is from Nigella’s cookalong a few months back. I like trying out her recipes, this is one of the many that I want to share here. I really like curry and squash is one of my favorite veg, and unlike other veggies, I don’t mind if it’s over-cooked ’cause I like it soft and [...]

March 24, 2011 | Posted in Featured, Photo, Seafood | Read More »

Re-post: Sweet Sticky Rice with Topping ( Bibingkang Kanin) »

Bibingkang kanin sweet sticky rice topped with coconut cream custard topping; it’s so yummy and I always feel like I could eat the whole thing by myself! It’s one of my favorite foods and one of my earliest posts, naturally but the photo is blurred, not good at all so I thought of posting it again with much clearer photos and a [...]

March 21, 2011 | Posted in Olive's Twist, Photo, Sweets | Read More »

Squash in Coconut Milk (Ginataang Calabasa) »

This is one of my favorite veggie dish, I’d like to share this because not only is this so delicious, it is also very simple and easy to cook..as most of my favorite dishes are. You can have this with fish or any meat- fried, broiled, grilled or steamed. You only need a few ingredients [...]

December 6, 2009 | Posted in Featured, Filipino Food, Photo | Read More »

Easy Chicken Curry In A Hurry »

I’m borrowing a line from Rachel Ray: I call this my Chicken Curry in a hurry. This dish is really simple and takes no time to make that is if you remembered to thaw the chicken. Chicken curry is one of my family’s favorite dishes, I usually use bone-in chicken pieces to make this but [...]

October 31, 2009 | Posted in Chicken, Photo | Read More »

Pork and Chillies in Coconut Milk (Bicol Express) »

My husband is crazy about hot and spicy food, and “trained” me to like it too. I remember my first time to eat chilli in pork sinigang, I was literally crying and sniffling, my nose just won’t quit dripping, but my husband kept encouraging me to go on, he said I’ll get used to it [...]

October 17, 2009 | Posted in Featured, Filipino Food, Photo | Read More »

Maja Mais »

This is very similar to Maja Blanca, the only difference is the addition of corn. I’ve always like my maja mais smooth and creamy, without any corn kernels in it, most of the recipes I’ve come across while searching for one has corn kernels which is fine especially if you love the crunch of corn [...]

July 19, 2009 | Posted in Kakanin-Native Delicacies, Photo | Read More »

Maja Mais Panna Cotta »

While I was making the maja blanca I thought how it is similar to panna cotta (Italian cooked cream), the ingredients and the process are pretty much the same except panna cotta uses gelatin powder and of course cream. I got inspired and thought of making a fuzion of kakanin and Italian dessert… maja mais [...]

July 4, 2009 | Posted in Filipino Food, Olive's Twist, Photo | Read More »