Maki

| February 18, 2009

For the last two or three weekends, hubby, our little girl and I haven been going to the same place for lunch (a Japanese fast food, which I have yet to write about).  Last Sunday, we decided we wanted to try a new place – still Japanese, but one that we haven’t ever tried yet.  [...]

WS #45: Luscious Chocolate Cake

| February 15, 2009

I baked two birthday cakes last weekend.  The first one was a Honey Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, which I made Saturday night.  On Sunday night, I made a Luscious Chocolate Cake with “Perfectly Chocolate” Chocolate Frosting for my chocoholic friend and neighbor. ;) I consider this to be a rather ambitious project.  For one, [...]

Lasang Pinoy, Sundays #36: Blonde Brownies

| February 14, 2009

The theme for this week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays (La.Pi.S.) is “I Love/Heart Food”.  Well, I do love food, obviously.  My dilemma was which one to post.  Since it’s Valentine’s weekend anyway, I decided to post an entry on a treat that I love to bake…Blonde Brownies or Blondies.  I made two batches of these to [...]

Quaker True Delights Granola Bars

| February 11, 2009

Quaker recently launched it’s newest line of treats, the Quaker True Delights Granola Bars.  I was one of several Foodbuzz Tastemakers to receive these treats in the mail for sampling. Last Friday, hubby and I had a granola bar sampling session. There are three variants available: Dark Chocolate Raspberry Almond Honey Roasted Cashew Mixed Berry [...]

Honey Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

| February 9, 2009

Two of my friends have a February birthday, one right after the other.   My male friend, E, celebrated his birthday yesterday, while my girl friend, L, is celebrating her birthday today.  Birthday shout out to E and L! Birthdays are a good excuse to have a cake, don’t you think?  So I did the most [...]