Thursday, July 25, 2013

NY Times Chocolate Chip Cookies


Baked after 24-36 hours of refrigerating the cookie dough.
It was the most perfect chocolate chip cookies I'd ever eaten.
Nothing super special though.
on February 14, 2011

Recipe slightly adapted from New York Times


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Friday, July 19, 2013

Truffle Butter Pasta



It was the first time I used Truffle Butter 
and was pleasantly surprised. Absolutely one of the best things to come out of my kitchen in years. It is easy and one of the most flavorful pasta I've ever made.
I had a hard time finding a truffle butter. But I bought it  at Wegmans. yeah!

Recipe from Ina Garten


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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Pompom and Shaggy Mum Cupcake

Tah-dah!  These are my first flower cupcakes.
Pompom & Shaggy mum



I got the Wilton Cake Decorating Class every Friday last summer. So,It took me the whole afternoon to bake cupcakes, make icings and I also had to pack tons of stuff I needed to bring to the class. 
Especially, I had such a hard time making a good consistency icing. phew-. I needed special skill and concentration when I piped two type of flowers. 
It was very helpful and fun fun fun.


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My First Rose Cake

Last year around this time, 
registered the Wilton Cake Class.
This cake I made was my first rose cake in the Class.
I learned how to apply icing & decorate cake.
I felt really great about my cake even though it was not perfect. Don't look at this closely, rose looks like earthquake. And it was funny icing :)



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Monday, July 15, 2013

Lemon Mint Ice Cubes

I used a really easy simple syrup for lemonade.
It looks so cool and fresh.
Take an Ice Cube Tray and place  fresh sweet mint in each section.  Fill with  homemade lemonade.
and freeze.  Really easy!



Once frozen just toss the ice cubes in a Zip Lock Bag to store in the freezer. 
It will be very easy to store lemon mint ice cubes.

I chose Lemon and Fresh Mint, but just think of all the fun things you could come up with using mint, basil, lemon, lime, orange, and other herbs or berries. 
You can change  the ingredients.

I used this vido clip


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