I was startled when I saw a friend’s status message on FB that said RIP Nora Daza. I was silenced. I’ve always said that it was because of the show Cooking it Up with Nora – that I learned to appreciate watching a cooking show. Nora Daza is an icon for me. She’s one of…
Tag: Baking
Cupcake Attempt #3: Pink Cupcakes!!
I have been craving for something sweet for the past week. I actually bought a Coffee Crunch cake from Red Ribbon. I was browsing through blogs when I found Joey’s post on her Yellow Cupcakes. This reminded my of my cupcake making phase a few years ago – Cupcake Attempt #1 and Cupcake Attempt #2. …
Project: TURDUCKEN
Thanksgiving Turkey! Just this morning – I made a Plurk/Tweet that I wanted to have a Turkey dinner. I’ve been secretly wanting to make one – but was always overwhelmed with the preparations and the size! I can only dream of making one. I was honestly thinking of buying a cooked bird, and inviting friends…
Cooking Quest #2: Parmesan Baked Fish
I have been wanting to do this for months! But it was just now that I found the time (and the urge) to make it. There’s the baked fish bandwagon – you have Cookbook’s Parmesan Crusted White Fish, Angel’s Kitchen’s Parmesan Cesar Fish, then there’s Moksha’s Baked Fish, and some others. Here’s my attempt to…
Baking
I think I might want to bake this weekend. I don’t know why – but there’s that certain tug that makes me want to bake something.. cupcakes or cookies maybe… I’m not so sure.. Hahaha… This begets skipping sweets for 3 days!! (I know! 3 measely days!!)
Cupcake attempt #2
Last Saturday afternoon, I decided to make cupcakes again, and this time I did not forget to cool the cupcakes before frosting them! Yey! I used Cake Flour instead of the self-made Self-Rising Flour and ol’reliable All-Purpose Flour. The cupcakes came out softer and yummier! Double Yey! The only disappointing thing was the color of…
Cupcakes: Attempt #1
I have been craving for cupcakes since I last visited Cupcakes by Sonja after Market Man’s eyeball. Christine suggested that I make my own concoction to suffice my craving – a good idea? – Brilliant! And so I searched the information super highway for recipes for a good cupcake. I searched and searched till it…