Merry Christmas dear readers! This is the second Christmas cookie I made with the help of my son. He actually picked it out about a month ago because it looked so cute. Making this type of cookies was like playing with playdough Snowball Trees Makes about 36 cookies 1 cup unsalted butter, softened [...]
I don’t have a bake-a-thon this Christmas but I managed to bake two extra cookies today. The first one is this Cream Cheese Shortbread with Toasted Kenari Nuts. The inspiration was from a book I borrowed from the library, One Girl Cookies by Dawn Casale and David Crofton. Their book has good reviews everywhere and [...]
I’ve always loved Italian plums ever since I ate a handful of them off of someone’s homegrown tree. They were ripe on the tree and that’s when it’s the best time to eat them. I plucked one and bit into it, instantly I love how firm and sweet was the flesh. Since then I’m [...]
I have stock photos of some recipes that I made this summer; one of the is this glutinous rice cake cooked in coconut milk with palm sugar or wajik. This diamond-shaped cake is known as “wajik” in Bahasa Indonesia because it refers to the shape of it, and it’s traditionally made with lots of palm [...]
Kabocha Squash Muffins
Entering a blustery first day of November, the rain was relentless today. But towards the late afternoon, the sun peeked for a few hours among the black clouds. The color of changing leaves looks so pretty. I’ve been observing the red, yellow, and brown of the scenery and I felt that autumn is a...
Lavender Scones
I read the other day about the summer days being over; what that meant was we’d say goodbye to barbecues, picnics, beach outings, tank tops, long vacation, and lazy days. The list is certainly long, isn’t it? But I get it and I’m certainly sad about leaving summer as well. Yet a few days ago...
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
I found these zucchini in my parents’ garden Monday afternoon. Two plants grew healthy this summer in the sunny patch and they’re starting to produce yields big enough to enjoy. My mom couldn’t contain her excitement when she saw these babies in her garden, she could hardly wait to pick more of them. The day...
Dried Cherry-Almond Scones–Bake sale #3
The third item in my bake sale tray: dried cherry-almond scones. Traditional scones are plain, eaten with jams and clotted cream. Modernized scones are colorful, with dried fruits, chocolate chunks, fresh fruits, and nuts. There is nothing wrong of wanting to eat the original flavor, and at other times, the modernized version. The important thing...
Lemon-Coconut Bread
Quick bread is nothing sort of spectacular for a dessert but even if it posits to be humble, the effect is most often sweet and delectable. Give way to lemon-coconut bread, made a few days ago because I wanted to escape the ho-hum of everyday chores. I was in a good mood and had lots...
Cheesy Potato Corn Scones
The weather has been nice, there’s no rain in the forecast for several days, life has been good, why not baking something cheesy? :) I’m going back to baking for fun again and I like it so much, thank you. For a long time I haven’t participated in any blogging events, that I almost forgot...
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This sanctuary is a means for me to express my creativity through food and photography. I am delighted in simple things in life so you will not see any pretentious in everything I write here.
My passion is in baking, whether it is Western-or Asian-style baking, I love them all. While baking doesn't always happen all the time, cooking is a must for me so what I cook is occasionally posted here too. I'm completely self-taught in both baking and cooking, everything you see here is all homemade.
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