Sweet Indulgence: Maja Blanca Source: Panlasang Pinoy During a conversation with my friend ‘F’ recently, I discovered that one of her favourite Filipino desserts is Maja Blanca. Although I’ve had various Filipino desserts before, I had never had (or even heard of) Maja Blanca. I thought it would be fun to try making it…that way [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Espresso-Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Source: Smitten Kitchen If you love coffee, then chances are you’ll consume it in any form available, from ice-cream to chocolate to cookies (and possibly intravenously if you could). I can’t promise that these cookies will provide you with a huge caffeine kick (unless you eat all of them) but they definitely [...]
I’ve added a brand new ‘toy’ to my kitchen collection…an ebelskiver pan (other spellings: aebelskiver, ebleskiver). Basically, a pan that makes round, puffy pancakes! I’ve wanted one of these for years, but have put off getting one because I was a little skeptical about whether it would work as advertised. But, I have to say, [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Ice-cream cake & chocolate snowball hot fudge sauce Source: Rose’s Heavenly Cakes Author: Rose Levy Beranbaum I love birthdays! Growing up, birthdays were always a huge deal in our household and were always celebrated in big ways. That’s not to say that we had extravagant or expensive birthday parties. They were not extravagant [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Sweet Potato Cupcakes Source: Piece of Cake Although I love cupcakes covered in mounds of piped frosting, I do find that they’re not the easiest to transport. This is where self-frosting cupcakes come into play. With self-frosting cupcakes, you get to have your icing while being able to easily transport your cupcakes without [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Anzac Bickies Source: Canadian Living It might seem that I’ve been neglecting my blog lately, which is true to some extent. Now this neglect is not a result of me not baking, because trust me I’ve been baking up a storm! My reason for the neglect has to do with…photos! Yes, photos. Some [...]
Sweet Indulgence: Coconut Madeleines Source: Food Network (Ina Garten) A while back I went out to purchase a madeleine pan as I did not have one. I thought it would be a quick, simple task which would involve walking into a store and walking out with one a few minutes later. Well, not quite. [...]