Mocha Cake
A coffee-infused cake with velvety mocha buttercream. Turning a year older is not as bad as it seems. As I grow older, I think I am becoming more mature and I have learned a lot. I will not enumerate all…
Tomato Corn Pasta Soup
Soups are mostly served in the Philippines during cold and rainy days. But do you consider the weather to make a soup? I don’t. I can eat soup anytime of the day at any season – hot or cold. I…
Puto (Steamed Rice Cakes)
This is where I used my egg whites. Puto is a Filipino steamed rice cakes. It usually uses rice flour but mostly, we use all purpose flour. I wonder if we can still call it ‘rice cakes’ even if we…
Leche Flan
Leche Flan is the Filipino version of Crème Caramel which is popular in Europe. It is, according to Wiki, a heavier version of Spain’s Flan de Leche (literally means ‘Milk Flan’) which uses more egg yolks and condensed milk. Leche…
Cellophane Noodle Soup with Fish and Squid Balls
I had my migraine for almost two weeks. The trigger? I don’t have any idea. I have many triggers like cream cheese and oily foods; strong scent of perfume or not so-good strong scent; too much exposure to light; and…
AWARD: September 2013
It’s been five months and two days since I started my blog and I am very much happy with the feedbacks, likes and comments made. I enjoy every conversation I have and I love commenting on other’s posts. I love…
Brazo de Mercedes
A sheet of meringue from the egg whites and a tasty custard filling from the egg yolks, which makes them like a jelly/Swiss roll. **** Aside from Mocha Cake, this dessert has been my favorite for a long time. I…
French Almond Cake
This has been waiting to be posted on this blog for almost two months now. I still have a lot to post but I don’t know which one should be next to the other. If I can remember it correctly,…
BULANGLANG: A Filipino Vegetable Dish
Pronounced as ‘Bu-lang-lang’. Before I knew that this dish really exists in Philippines, this has been a part of our table for as long as I can remember. I thought that my Mom just got bored with all the dishes…
‘Mix Anything’ Cookies
When I was just starting to bake, I didn’t have any idea that baking would be so close to my heart as cooking. In fact, I have lots of recipes for baking than cooking. 😀 As a cook and a…