As much as I love eating egg roll or roulade, I found it extremely intimating to make the sponge cake. My first two attempts went completely disastrous as the cake was not spongy at all, and it SHATTERED completely when I was trying to roll it. TOTAL FAILURE! Then I came across with this recipe [...]
Category Archives: Cake
06-Sep-10
Strawberry Roulade
This is my mother-in-law‘s birthday today. I made her a cake which looks kind of elegant, definitely not her style. She’s more a happy-go-lucky type, my favorite type. Ingredients (8-inch layered cake): Yellow Butter Cake 6 large egg yolks 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 cups sifted cake flour 1 1/2 cups granulated [...]
It’s my day off today. A real day off. On a WEEKDAY! Meaning not only being off from work, but since Ethan is at his grandparents, it also means my being off from something repetitive (like playing the same toy with Ethan over 400 times), maddening (like trying to convince him that bowl of pasta [...]
28-Jul-10
Fruit Pastry Cake
“You’ve picked up 3 pounds for the past 2 months”, my doctor told me during my last maternal check-up. At some point, I thought I heard “2 weeks”. But no, 2 MONTHS! “Are you on diet or exercising a lot?”, she then asked me. If continuously packing and unpacking counts, then yes. I’ve never been [...]
10-May-10
Strawberry and Cream Cake
I spent my Mother’s Day not doing what other moms do – be with my child, as my in-laws took Ethan. HOW COOL IS THAT! So, I got a chance to come up with this cake to celebrate. Ingredients (6″ cake): 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 stick [...]
08-May-10
Zebra Cake
I redeemed a free tub of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” soft spread from the product package that I received earlier. I’m not a very health-conscious person except I encourage home-cooking. I use full fat products as I love my food tasteful. Usually those products like this one highlighting “No trans fat, less saturated [...]
21-Apr-10
Spiced Honey Lemon Cake
Winner! Winner! Winner! Here is the winner who wins the KitchenAid cast iron casserole. Marlis – “I spoiled my first born with gourmet homecooked, organic babyfood. Her favorite was rice/chicken with spinach and seasoned with a tad rosemary, pepper and salted butter. the only problem was traveling… she refused to eat any commercially available baby [...]
28-Feb-10
Blackberry Cake
Now, we have the most gold. We won the hockey game. I believe. I believe the Stanley Cup is coming. Ingredients (6″ cake or 1 loaf): 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1 cup plus 2 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 large egg 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 [...]
31-Jan-10
Apple Almond Coffee Cake
We were shopping at a mall yesterday where we came across a petite old man wandering around alone. With tubes inserted into his nose, he’s hauling a ventilator which helps him breathe, I believe. Yes, it was that kind of machine you see attached to a very sick patient in the hospital. Why that old [...]
This is why I have come up with this cheesecake. Ingredients (9-inch cake): Crust 1 cup gingersnap cookie crumb 1/2 cup pecan, processed to crumb/powder 5 tbsp unsalted butter Filling 450g cream cheese, softened 1 cup light brown sugar 3 eggs, room temperature 1 3/4 cup pumpkin puree 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon cinnamon [...]
