Archive for April, 2006
jumbo cookie
People who like cookies can generally be divided into two camps: those who like their bites to be crisp and pop-in-the-mouth small, and those who like their cookies upsized to jumbo, chewy and soft. Oh. I forgot, some also like it wincingly sweet while others like a reduced-sugar version (WHy??). And a few prefer a [...]
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Be warned. Various disparate threads of thought are gonna appear in this post. I do not claim some overarching sublime semblance of connection between all the stuff I’m gonna say so don’t try to find one. Today was a weird taste day, where I craved for creamy comforting pasta in the afternoon and spicy deep-fried [...]
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caramel mud cake
A three-hour old cake and a three-year old honey. Both delish and sweet
Mud cake. What an unappetizing name for a cake you are actually expected to eat. How could you associate something fluffy, buttery and light with brown sludge? But then, mud cakes are NOT fluffy, buttery and light. The godawful name actually derives from [...]
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comfort food 101
Chunky fudge brownies, sensuous custard ice-cream speckled with vanilla seeds, and topped with a crisp meringue kiss
I’m back. A 70-page thesis, three 10,000 word essays, a crashed PC, a fritzed laptop, two breakdowns and countless panic attacks later, I’m still standing. miraculously. sigh… It’s been the worst semester ever…whoever said school gets better with time [...]
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Can gingerbread be considered cake? just wondering….
Anyway, I accidentally baked gingerbread today. I wanted to alter a basic vanilla cupcake recip by adding molasses cane sugar and spices. Fifteen minutes after I popped them in the oven, I started smelling gingerbread. Guessed I should have seen that one coming. haha.
The magic ingredients that made [...]
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I made orange cupcakes last night, and decided to pair them with something chocolate. I made two frostings, one a chocolate glaze, the other a chocolate buttercream.
The verdict: Though the buttercream piped beautifully and made for a lovely presentation, taste-wise, it was too rich for the already buttery cake. And because I made really [...]
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perfect alchemy
It’s been a while since I worked with chocolate and I sensed a craving attack coming along- so it was really best that I prepared something utterly and completely filled with the dark, sweet confection in preparation of the ‘I need chocolate!’ storm. God, I so am gonna die if/when I ever get pregnant. If [...]
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