Lego-Inspired Cake

| September 17, 2010

Last weekend, I made three birthday cakes, all requested by friends.  I started working on the fondant decorations for the  cakes as early as Wednesday.  For this entry, I’ll tell you about cake #3, one that was Lego-inspired.  It’s the simplest looking one of the three birthday cakes.  Don’t be fooled though.  It isn’t much [...]

Baked Hot & Spicy Drumettes

| September 16, 2010

Believe it or not, my first grader loves (mildly) hot wings.  That makes her dad and I mighty proud, spicy food loving people that we are. :)  We had a tray each of wings and drumettes in the freezer.  The wings, I used to make Parmesan Crusted Wings.  The drumettes, I used to make  Baked [...]

Birthday Cupcakes and a Bonus Cake

| September 14, 2010

I hope you like cakes because in the next few days, starting today, you’ll be seeing a couple of them here. You have been forewarned! My daughter celebrated her birthday last month.  Hubby and I pretty much let her dictate what we were to do.  Surprisingly, she didn’t want to go to Chuck E. Cheese’s, [...]

School Week #2 Lunchables

| September 6, 2010

It’s Labor Day!  Shout out to all moms giving birth today!  KIDDING!!!  Hee hee.  Because it’s a holiday, we got to sleep in and I didn’t have to pack a school lunch for the first grader.  ;) Last week’s lunchables, save for one, were a resounding success.  You have no clue just how happy it [...]

Fish Balls

| September 3, 2010

As the neighborhood kolehiyalas (female college students)  back home would say, “Let’s make tusuk-tusok (skewer) the fish balls!”  And tonight, I did just that.  I skewered some fish balls! As expected, these were a hit with hubby and our first grader!  Major beauty points for me yet again! :D Fish Balls are a popular street [...]