tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37632580121785479852024-03-14T09:29:19.535-07:00Nutters For ButterSashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-56272088042702325972011-11-06T21:59:00.000-08:002011-11-06T22:03:26.504-08:00Coffee Macarons<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/macarons7.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/macarons6.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/macarons5.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Recipe <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/french-macarons.html">Here</a>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-1212747853910034462011-11-06T21:45:00.000-08:002011-11-06T21:51:13.785-08:00Sugar Coated Pecans<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sugarpecans1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sugarpecans2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Just when you thought pecans couldn't get any better.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-32787917246109331382011-08-12T03:55:00.000-07:002011-08-12T04:06:40.657-07:00Sable Viennois<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sables1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sable2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div>
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<br />I like my cookies with personalities. I like the naughty and nutty peanut butter cookies and the hippie, carefree oatmeal raisins. I love the crisp and sharp gingersnaps and the fun and happy chocolate chip. Gingerbread biscuits are wise and soft and caring. Snickerdoodles and crazy and kooky. Meringues and sweet and simple. French macarons are elegant and... french.
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<br />That being said, i think that the one cookie that REALLy lacks a personality are butter cookies. or shortbread. potato, potahto. So plain! So dry! So bland!
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<br />I don't know why i decided that sables, or french butter cookies, would be my first attempt at baking such cookies. To tell you the truth, i didn't know they were butter cookies until i read the recipe. I was lured by the pretty piped cookies i had seen in the picture. (WARNING! do not be lured by pictures. Except for mine. Mine are worth the lure)
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<br />But what can i say? The french make everything a little better. The excessive amount of vanilla really gave the little cookies OOMPHFT! and it was not as dry or bland as their shortbread counterparts.
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<br />What do you know? i may like butter cookies after all.
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<br />P.S. yes, i was baking during my prelim exam period. but do as i say, not as i do! But in my defense, baking is theraputic for me and it really helps me to calm myself down whenever i get the wrong value for 'x' for the umpteenth time.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-33868254744754247212011-08-06T19:34:00.000-07:002011-08-06T19:46:22.818-07:00Phyllo Almond Roll<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/phylloalmondroll1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/phylloalmondroll2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br />Yes, I am back.<br />No, i have not exploded from eating excessive amounts of granola. I'm tougher than that.<br /><br />My exams are coming up and they're going to last pretty long. I have my prelims then application and entrance examinations then my O levels, so i'll be pretty tight for time.<br /><br />So I probably won't be baking/blogging as much. I'll be doing much eating though. Eating helps me study better.<br /><br />In the meantime, for those of us who DO NOT have crazy exams lined up for them (lucky ducks), make this phyllo almond roll. It's like a rose macaroon wrapped up in pastry. And not as fickle. Eat some with <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/07/vanilla-ice-cream.html">vanilla ice cream</a> an it's to die for.<br /><br />Okay.<br />Now.<br />What is the square root of two?Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-35326679792944086372011-07-29T20:55:00.000-07:002011-07-29T21:01:52.780-07:00Peanut Butter Banana GranolaI feel like Elvis everytime i eat this.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola7.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Be warned though! this recipe makes a measly mount if you are known to consume excessive amounts of toasted oats.<br />(especially since this one has peanut butter)<br /><br />The only way i justified finished the whole batch in a day (Alone!) was that it was full of good-for-me peanut butter, and natural sweeteners and nuts. Good, right?<br /><br />I hope so.<br /><br />I got a bit carried away with the photography this time round, so i thought i would take all of you on a virtual tour of my new favourite food.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola4.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola3.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola5.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/peanutbuttergranola6.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />I know your stomach is growling. Man i can hear it from here. Do yourself a favour and whip up a batch so that your tummy will stop that nonsence.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-88738079060141525282011-07-26T03:55:00.000-07:002011-07-26T04:01:05.041-07:00Oven Baked 'Fries'<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/ovenbakedfries1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/ovenbakedfries2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />You want fries with ZERO guilt but still crisp and fry-like?<br /><br />Well, here it is folks!<br />The ultimate fry-less fry does exist, and let me tell you, it's even better than the real thing.<br /><br />Beaten egg whites give them their crisp exterior, and the eggs also help the salt and pepper and spices cling to them. <br />In fact, if you didn't tell me that these were fry-free, i would have thought this was the full-guilt version!<br /><br />So breathe out and keep your fat pants in your closet.<br />This is a fry for all.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-9823680296470313772011-07-23T00:43:00.000-07:002011-07-23T00:48:20.186-07:00Cookie Dough<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocchipcookiedoughic1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocchipcookiedoughic2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /> <br />I have realised i have been posting ice cream mix-ins and what-have-yous.<br />What can i say? i am in an ice cream phase.<br /><br />The best part of cookie dough?<br />You don't even have to wait for this baby to bake/chill/set/cool/harden.<br /><br />You just chuck it all in, whisk it together, and if you've got no ice cream to mix it into or sprinkle over, just pop a huge chunk into your mouth.<br /><br />Done and done.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-74754690135635978112011-07-19T03:46:00.001-07:002011-07-19T04:03:42.476-07:00Vanilla Ice Cream<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/vanillaicecream1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/vanillaicecream2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br />No one should survive without the perfect vanilla ice cream recipe.<br />Don't have an ice cream maker?<br />No one should survive without an ice cream maker.<br /><br />Goodness knows where i will be without mine (probably in the corner licking plastic-tasting factory-made strawberry Popsicles, but <span style="font-style:italic;">anyway</span>)<br /><br />If you're more of a wild-wacky-explosion-in-your-mouth-flavour kind of ice cream person; Never fear. We add loads of other ingredients to this basic recipe to jazz it up a bit.<br /><br />Feel like some <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/07/hokey-pokey.html">hokey pokey</a>?<br /><br />Cookie dough ice cream is also a staple here, and the perfect cookie dough recipe will be coming your way as soon as i dig out some old pictures of them (or, make a new batch so i can take more photos) (and eat it along the way)<br /><br />Don't you love how photography is such a good excuse to pig out?<br /><br />Other variants of this recipe include rum and raisin, strawberry ripple. Or any ripple of your choice, chocolate chip, chocolate shell, chocolate ganache ripple (<a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/chocolate-ganache.html">here's</a> the ganache), brownie batter, <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/05/blondies.html">blondie</a> batter...<br /><br />And for the daring, vanilla ice cream filled choux puffs with melted ganache smothered all over.<br />(<a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/cream-puffs.html">Here</a> of the choux recipe, and here for the <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/chocolate-ganache.html">ganache</a>)<br /><br />And now, see? i am hungry again.<br /><br />What can i do?<br /><br />Eating another scoop of this is my only choice. you see what this does to me? Off you go now. Let me sneak another scoop out of the freezer.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-32800992035793691252011-07-15T15:44:00.000-07:002011-07-19T04:05:02.052-07:00Hokey PokeyI hate going to the dentist.<br />I hate the way their rubber gloves taste and I hate the gas tube they put at the back of your throat.<br />I hate the drill they use to srub your pearly whites (although in this case i doubt they would be truly pearly if your at the dentist for a cleaning)<br />More than ever, i hate the way they tell you to STAY AWAY FROM SUGAR.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/hokeypokey1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/hokeypokey2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Hokey Pokey.<br />If you think saying the word is fun, wait until you say it with loads of hokey pokey in your mouth.<br /><br />If your the prim and proper type, you may call this 'Honeycomb".<br />Nevertheless, i'll bet you can't resist a bit of 'honeycomb' every now and then.<br /><br />Come on, everybody loves 'em a little hokey pokey.<br />Yes. Even your dentist.<br /><br />If your a'searchin' for the perfect vanilla ice cream recipe, I have the perfect one.<br />Give me a few days to type it out and fancy it up a bit and i'll post it over here.<div>(UPDATE: <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/07/vanilla-ice-cream.html">Here</a> is your future best friend, the vanilla ice cream recipe)</div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-86168732636393712882011-07-11T23:29:00.000-07:002011-07-11T23:32:47.650-07:00Almond BiscottiWhat is a cuppa good joe without one of these babies?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/almondbiscotti.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/almondbiscotti2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />I love biscotti. <br />Whoever came up with the idea of dunking these crisp, nutty cookies into piping hot caffine is a genius.<br /><br />He deserves a nobel peace prize.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-28372525908930703612011-07-10T03:34:00.000-07:002011-07-10T03:39:15.833-07:00Sugee CakeThis is a typical Eurasian cake.<br />We have it all the time, anytime. At birthdays and weddings and anniversaries and christmas and new years and every other day we can think of.<br /><br />Anytime is sugee cake time.<br /><br />And it's easy to come across a horrid sugee cake.<br />Too dense, too greasy, collasped, too sweet, too--<br /><br />un sugee cake like.<br /><br />Growing up, my grandfather made the best sugee cakes. I swear. In fact, my sister ever proclaimed 'No one can make better sugee cake than grandpa except Jesus."<br /><br />i struggle to imagine Jesus baking sugee cake, but i am sure he would have loved it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sugeecake1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/sugeecake2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />It uses an unhealthful amount of eggs and butter, but hey. It's sugee cake. You can spare a bit of indulgence.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-82090855118445692822011-07-07T03:50:00.000-07:002011-07-07T04:00:01.592-07:00Pineapple tartsAlright, arguably, this isn't really a tart.<br />But it is a cookie that is usually shaped like one. a small, cookie sized tart base with a rounded ball of pineapple filling right smack in the middle. We used to have it every Christmastime.<br /><br />But the one thing about these 'tarts' is that sometimes, you would have to eat the pastry without the filling or the other way around. And you can't have that! The pineapple filling and buttery, crumbly pastry go so well together it would be a waste to even spend a nibble-full without either one.<br /><br />S we solved the problem by encasing the whole ball of pineapple filling with a layer of crust. Sort of like a cake ball slash chocolate truffle. Problemo solved!<br /><br />although, now, it isn't really a tart anymore, is it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pineappletarts2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pinneappletarts1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />If you really have no clue on what pineapple filling is...<br />neither do I.<br /><br />I just get it ready-made fuss-free, from my neighbourhood baking shop.<br /><br />But if you're up to the challenge, i have found a wonderful <a href="http://www.myasiankitchenny.com/2011/01/pineapple-tart-filling-step-to-step.html">recipe</a> for you to make your own.<br /><br />Or if you're really a lazy potato but still wish to reap the benefits of this crumbly confection, just thicken some pineapple jam. Won't be AS good, but still pretty darn delicious!Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-11591426070169245542011-07-06T03:25:00.000-07:002011-07-06T03:38:17.869-07:00Pavlova<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pavlova1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pavlova2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Is this a cake? A tart? A pie? A meringue? A giant, sweet, chewy cookie?<br /><br />I will never know.<br /><br />But one this is for sure: I love pavlovas. And so simple to make! Everyone always has extra egg whites in their fridge, don't they? Or is it just me?<br /><br />Instead of freaking out over a batch over macarons, I decided to give Pavlovas a go. We didn't have a giant supply of berries to garnish this dish, but strawberries tasted pretty darn good with this egg white slash sugar concoction.<br /><br />It will be MAGICAL if you had kiwis, or cherries, or any other berry for that reason. And don't feel the need to stop there. i hear that they are pretty good with caramelised pears. If you've got the time (and patience) for that. Whipped cream lovers can pile 'em high on this. Or if you're just a jam baby, I place several dollops of good ol' blueberry bonne maman on mine.<br /><br />I made several smaller pavlovas with this recipe because i find slicing a giant pavlova might just result in getting covered in Pavlova dust (tip: it does happen). SO i had one with blueberry jam, one with fig jam, one with marmalade...<br /><br />Yes, you see where i am going.<br /><br />Anyway, I would just like to send a little shout out to everyone there reading my blog. It's so humbling to know that there are others out there reading my odd recipes and critiquing my photos. But do not be silent! i am a chatty girl, and i adore comments.<br /><br />so if you feel like telling me a recipe turned out scrumptious (hopefully) or darn-i-may-need-to-buy-a-new-oven-this-thing-just-exloded bad (hopefully not). DO NOT HESITATE to leave a comment. <br /><br />i get lonely, you know.<br /><br />And being a foodie blogger, there is nothing more that i love than reading other people's foodie adventures and expeditions and experiments so leave a link if you have tried out something you think i might like!<br /><br />Alright. It's pretty late and i'll be having dinner soon. That means dessert after. And we are out of pavlovas. Ah, what to do?Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-88349733318464781982011-07-02T19:54:00.000-07:002011-07-02T20:11:24.066-07:00Ricotta and Almond CakeI love cheesecakes, but i am tired of having the same old classic new york cheesecake time after time.<br /><br />Gingersnap crust with cream cheese filling? Sure it's delicious, but after a while, aren't your taste buds just crying of any other cake, any other <span style="font-style:italic;">cheesecake</span>?<br /><br />This is unusual cheesecake number 2. Previously, I tried a <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/japanese-cotton-cheesecake.html">Japanese sponge cheesecake</a>. This one is an Italian recipe, and calls for ricotta cheese. <br /><br />Like mascarpone in northern-Italian cuisine, Ricotta is a favorite component of many Italian desserts, such as cheesecakes and cannoli. There are also kinds of cookies that include ricotta as an ingredient.<br /><br />We had a tub of expiring ricotta in the fridge, so what could be a better excuse than this to experiment with unusual cheesecake no. 2? <br /><br />A ricotta and almond cake. If you're out of almonds, walnuts work as well. Actually, the original recipe called for walnuts, i just used all of mine making my c<a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/05/coconut-maple-granola.html">oconut maple granola.</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/Ricottaalmondcake1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/ricottaandalmondcake2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-66877995819889497302011-07-01T03:03:00.000-07:002011-07-01T03:08:37.240-07:00Apple Almond TartApple and almonds together is the classier version of peanut butter and jelly.<br /><br />Two so completely different ingredients in both texture, taste and tartness, yet they seem come together in a out-of-this-world, well-i-couldn't-have-guessed way.<br /><br />I love this tart.<br /><br />ALmond meal is pretty pricy, but this tart?<br />It's worth it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/appletart1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/appletart2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Looking for an out-of-this-world, insanely good pastry recipe to accompany this tart? <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/05/savoury-or-sweet-pie-crust.html">Here</a> it is!Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-54180572884346661702011-06-27T06:44:00.001-07:002011-06-27T06:50:05.608-07:00Chocolate Cake PopsI am a terrible mess in the kitchen.<br /><br />And so you can imagine the chocolate on the walls, sprinkles on the floor, cake bits all over my coutertops while i was making these cake balls.<br /><br />but despite being a huge setback on your new year's resolution to keep things tidy AT ALL TIMES, these cake pops are worth it.<br /><br />Nest i am going to try a carrot cake pop. I have to.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/cakepops1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/cakepops2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />The Ganache recipe is <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/chocolate-ganache.html">over here</a> and One-Bowl chocolate cake recipe is <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-bowl-chocolate-cake.html">over here.</a><br />Hop to it!Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-31884130025621219042011-06-27T03:11:00.001-07:002011-06-27T03:12:47.149-07:00Chocolate Ganache<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/1chocolateganache1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Add a splash of rum if you are feeling indulgent.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-86033619994682951762011-06-27T03:01:00.000-07:002011-06-27T03:10:30.492-07:00One-Bowl Chocolate CakeThis, essentially, is a diet chocolate cake.<br /><br />What am I doing baking a diet cake when i am in no need of a diet?<br /><br />Well, i think i have mentioned before that i am not a chocolate-cake lover. Or, in that case, a brownie lover. I love my chocolate but i love it plain. Straight out of the packet, a chunk of a bar. I will name my future cat Cadbury.<br /><br />So what do i do when i FEEL like eating a chocolate cake but i know that about 99% of the recipe on the Internet will give me a dense, oogey gooey rich chocolate cake?<br /><br />I google "Light Chocolate Cake Recipe'.<br /><br />It took a fair amount of searching and skipping recipes because of horrible review, but i eventually found this one. I was skeptical at first. A cake made out of Olive oil? no BUTTER? But the review were phenomenal. SO i had to try it out.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocolatecake1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocolatecake2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />It did not taste like a diet cake.<br />At all.<br /><br />It sort of tasted like one of those box-cake mixes i love so much. Sans the preservatives and artificial flavouring. My sister, who isn't terribly fond of chocolate confectioneries as well, whacked about 1/3 of the cake by dinnertime.<br /><br />You don't have to be on a diet to eat this. but if you ARE on a diet. Say hello to your new best friend!Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-7643780992493844592011-06-25T23:27:00.000-07:002011-06-25T23:31:21.428-07:00Cinnamon Sugar Apple ChipsHave you ever had the irristable urge to hop out of your house to the nearest seven-eleven to invest in a good old packet of Lays sour cream and onion?<br /><br />I know i have.<br /><br />It's not a particularly good habit.<br />But i love chips! i love the thin crisp crunch i get whenever i bite down on them. <br /><br />Until i discovered these.<br /><br />Although they require a pretty long pre-craving preparation time (2 hours in the oven!) it can be easily solved by whipping (or slicing) up a new batch every time your previous one dissapears.<br /><br />and trust me, that's what they do.<br />They dissapear.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/applechips1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/applechips2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-2114813809909853372011-06-24T20:38:00.000-07:002011-06-24T21:08:40.843-07:00Chocolate Chip CookiesWhat kind of baker would i be if i didn't have a chocolate chip cookie staple recipe?<br /><br />And these cookies are 'da bomb.<br />crisp and brown on the edges and gooey and chewy and divine in the middle.<br /><br />Man, I am still hungry.<br /><br />If you want to shake it up a little, add white chocolate chips. Or butterscotch chips. Or peanut butter chips.<br />Well, whatever floats your boat.<br /><br />I love walnuts and semisweet hersheys bake-able chocolate morsels.<br /><br />Mmm.<br />Now ponder this: Should i ask for a giant tower of chocolate chips cookies for my sixteenth birthday 'cake'?<br />Fancy Schmancy sweet sixteen cakes are so overrated.<br /><br />I'll have a leaning tower of choc. chip goodness.<br /><br />Pros:<br />1. i don't need to CUT the cake into slices<br />2. You don't need to feel bad asking the hostess to cut you another slice. just nip one right off the tower.<br />3. i like cookies more than cake<br />4. i ESPECIALLY love these cookies<br /><br />cons:<br />1. i might finish the whole cake myself<br /><br />well, then.<br />it looks like i am having a birthday cookie tower.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocochip3.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/chocochip1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-61728143627290150402011-06-23T16:59:00.000-07:002011-06-23T17:08:25.461-07:00Pumpkin PieLet me say this:<br />I love pumpkin.<br /><br />I love pumpkin salads, and i love roasted pumpkins in olive oil and rosemary. I love pumpkins in pasta and risotto. i love gnocchi made out of pumpkins, i love pumpkins.<br /><br />So, of course, i had to bake a pumpkin pie. because what pumpkin lover does not love some pumpkin pie?<br /><br />After eating this, i must say that my love for pumpkin has, if possible, grown even stronger. it even tastes slighly of sweet potato pie. Although it is slightly less starchy.<br /><br />So have a go at it and try your best not to finish the whole pie in one sitting. It's rude not to share. wink. wink.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pumpkinpie1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/pumpkinpie2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/05/savoury-or-sweet-pie-crust.html">Here</a> is the pie crust recipe.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-87229334670702823642011-06-21T20:26:00.000-07:002011-06-27T03:13:18.429-07:00Cream PuffsI love this recipe.<br /><br />Make them into little balls and you have cream puffs.<br />Roll them a little long into logs and top with <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/chocolate-ganache.html">chocolate ganache</a> once they are done, and you have elcaires.<br /><br />Brush the little balls with egg wash and cross hatch like and peanut butter cookie and sprinkle some pearl sugar and you have those deliciously delicate french pastries, choquettes.<br /><br />this is the ever-versatile choux pastry recipe. Mine is a Japanese take on the choux recipe.<br /><br />It tastes incredibly similar to those custard-filled giant cream puffs that exploded in my face (quite literally) on my trip to Hokkaido.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/creampuff2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/creampuff1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Next i need to master the cream puff swans.<br /><br />Something just fills me with glee when i think of eating cream-filled swan puffs.<br /><br />Fill these babies with <a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/simple-buttercream.html">buttercream</a> or c<a href="http://nuttersforbutter.blogspot.com/2011/06/vanilla-custard.html">ustard</a>.<br />If you are daring, vanilla ice cream.<br /><br />In fact, i stuff my puffs (heh. heh.) with a variety of ingredients. the whackier the better. I like fig jam and kaya (coconut custard) and peanut butter and mousse.<br /><br />Try it out. go crazy.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-78457952213306041052011-06-19T20:11:00.000-07:002011-06-19T20:28:06.613-07:00Apricot upside down CakeThis cake has been an important part if my life for the past three years.<br /><br />I still remember the first day my mother decided to try out a recipe from some odd magazine we sneaked out of a hotel.<br />Peach upside down cakes.<br /><br />Of course, we did not have peach jam.<br />So we used the only jam we had in ridiculous quantities: Apricot.<br /><br />Why we possess so much apricot preserves? Because my mother loves making fruit cakes. For Easter, Christmas, dinner parties. And whenever you ice a fruit cake with marzipan it is never half as good when you do it without a layer of apricot jam in between.<br /><br />So, anyway. Apricot Jam it was!<br />And, my oh my. i must say, apricot jam would probably be the better choice. As much as i do love my peaches, apricot really brought out the buttery, warm, moist cake more than it's peach counterpart would have.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/apricotupsidedown1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/apricotupsidedown2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Now even if we have a jar of peach jam in the fridge, we still may these babies with apricot jam.<br />But i suppose this would go well with almost any kind of jam.<br />Imagine raspberry, or blueberry. How about Marmalade?<br /><br />Oh!<br />My recent jam-obsession : Fig Jam.<br />I wonder if fig upside down cakes will taste just as good.<br /><br />Because i was incredibly bored today, I doodled out the recipe too.<br />I am no picasso.<br />but, here it is anyway. have a laugh.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Recipes%20in%20doodles/IMG.jpg" alt="" width="720" /></div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-3825311183847797432011-06-18T03:27:00.000-07:002011-06-18T03:48:36.043-07:00Japanese cotton cheesecake<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/Cottoncheesecake1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/cottoncheesecake2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />I hate it when i have to walk past bread talk every time i go to the mall.<br />You know why?<br /><br />Because every time--EVERY TIME--i catch a glimpse of their cotton cheesecakes and i just die.<br />right there.<br />In a public place. i die.<br /><br />Well, not literally. But inside.<br />Why i never BUY one?<br /><br />Because by that time i would have already spent about 99% of my savings on topshop stuff. More accurately--ONE topshop item. gosh things are getting pricey, aren't they?<br /><br />Then i came up with the GENIUS idea that i would make my mom buy me all the ingredients so i can MAKE my own. That way i get to stuff my face all free of charge!<br /><br />SO here is the ultimate sponge-cake-like, light, cheesy, Japanese-inspired cheesecake that i have been obsessing over for about nearly a year. It's about damn time.<br /><br />This is what happens when a cheesecake meets a sponge cake. ever want all that cheesy goodness in a less dense, not-so-rich cake?<br /><br />Of course you do.<br />Now you have the solution so don't dilly dally and get your parents to invest in some quality cream cheese.<br /><br />And because i couldn't resist...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/zIMG_8304.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div>Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763258012178547985.post-77465143465349472492011-06-17T01:54:00.000-07:002011-06-17T02:01:28.985-07:00Cheat Banana Soft ServeOne ingredient is all this baby needs.<br /><br />That's right.<br />Ice cream made with no cream. no milk. no sugar. no egg white. no--<br /><br />heck.<br />ice cream made of--and only of--creamy rich sweet bananas.<br /><br />Too good to be true?<br />Believe me, i was skeptical at frist.<br /><br />But now i have tasted the real deal, and i am never going back.<br /><br />I look forward to night upon night of indulging in my icy-creamy banana soft-serve.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/cheatbananasoftserve2.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc455/Heypopsicle/Taste/cheatbananasoftserve1.jpg" alt="" height="720" /></div><br /><br />Ach.<br />My photo does not do this any justice.<br /><br />I am SERIOUS. <br />try it.Sashawashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681771885838720407noreply@blogger.com1