Archive for March, 2007
Sometimes, you just want a plain cookie. Nothing too fancy or rich. Just plain. But you know, plain doesn’t ever have to mean boring or tasteless. Plain can be the most amazing thing you’ve tasted, just simple and clean on the palate. These cinnamon coins are all that and more. They are crisp, buttery and there is just enough cinnamon to lend these slice-n-bake cookies [...]
Filed under: Cookies, Vegetarian | 11 Comments
Blueberry Muffins: two ways
I have this belief, unfounded as it may be, that muffins are alot healthier than cupcakes. Somehow, they don’t seem as sinful as those mini-cakes topped with a swirl of sweet frosting and embellished with sprinkles and what not. Muffins, they are like the Amish cousins of the cupcake, plain, unadorned, and often feature nuts, [...]
Filed under: Fruits, Muffins | 3 Comments
You. Must. Make. This. Frosting.
That’s all I’m gonna say. The rest is up to you.
Chocolate Frosting
(recipe from here)
6oz dark chocolate (60-70% cacoa… I used Varlhona Guanaja)
4 oz salted butter
3/4 cup full-fat sour cream, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp light corn syrup
7 oz icing sugar, sifted
1-3 tsp hot water
1. Melt butter and chocolate on a [...]
Filed under: Chocolate, Frostings | 17 Comments
Peanut Cookies
So Chinese New Year huh? Haha.. I dunno why, but now that the first fifteen days have past, I’m having very bad cravings for all kinds of CNY goodies like almond cookies, love letters, bak kwa and yes, peanut cookies. Delayed reaction time I guess..heh.
I came across this recipe at another local blog and it [...]
Filed under: Cookies, Nuts, Vegetarian | 8 Comments
Vegetarian birthday cake for dearest Banu… When she was ordering it, Zhen told me, “Must be a death by chocolate experience ah.” So I frantically went online and started to look for a fudgy chocolate frosting that would be rich, vegetarian, and most importantly, chocolatey enough to kill someone. Half an hour of weeding thorugh seemingly lacklustre recipes, I spotted this. It [...]
Filed under: Cakes, Chocolate | 17 Comments
food porn… I mean, really, look at that!!
Okay okay… Despite the luscious photo, I JuST know alot of ya’ll are going “Eeeww, ginger….who puts ginger in cake?? gag. And preserved ginger? yuck!”
But seriously, aren’t ya’ll bored by all the chocolate entries? I know I am, and I’m really looking for some unique recipes to try out. And don’t put [...]
Filed under: Cakes | 7 Comments
As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I had to try it out. The sweltering heat of the recent afternoons made me crave ice-cream real bad and honestly, I was NOT in the fiscal frame of mind to spend close to fifteen bucks on a miserably tiny tub of hagen daz.
(On a side note, I know I must sound incredibly tight-fisted, but I’m [...]
Filed under: Cakes, Caramel, Chocolate, Ice cream, Nuts | 5 Comments
Chocolate chip meringue cookies
I haven’t posted about them yet, but I made not one, not two, but three butter cakes in the span of one week (post to follow soon). This is all part of my ongoing quest to discover the ultimate, meltingly rich, tender and moist butter cake out there. I think I may have found the answer, [...]
Filed under: Chocolate, Cookies, Low-fat (I hope!), Meringue | 7 Comments
