munchkinmommy | February 2, 2009
Yesterday was Superbowl Sunday, a good enough excuse to make a football cake and practice my star and zigzag piping skills. ;) And that’s exactly what I did! I baked a football-shaped cake using a football pan and decorated it with stars and zigzags. The sun has already set by the time I finished decorating [...]
munchkinmommy | January 31, 2009
“Steamed” is the theme for this week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays. I have two steamers, both of which I use fairly often. I use the bamboo steamer, solely for dim-sum: siopao, siomai, dumplings, and cuapao. This good-sized aluminum steamer, I use for fish and one of my all-time favorite Filipino desserts, Leche Flan. Generally, steaming is [...]
munchkinmommy | January 25, 2009
As promised, I’m posting the fool proof buttercream icing recipe I recently discovered, and which I have now been using shamelessly to ice and decorate cakes and cupcakes such as these… INGREDIENTS (STIFF CONSISTENCY) 1 cup solid white vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon Wilton Flavor (Vanilla, Almond or Butter or a combination of the 3) 2 [...]
munchkinmommy | January 24, 2009
This week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays (La.Pi.S.) theme is “Eye Candy”. I saved the photos I took of the cupcakes I made last Monday purposely for this entry. Ready? Let me send in the clowns! I used buttercream icing to decorate these cupcakes. Yes, I’ve been decorating again. You didn’t think the rainbow cake would be [...]
munchkinmommy | December 14, 2008
I’m a little late for this week’s Lasang Pinoy, Sundays. Crazy weekend, yet again! Anyway, better late than never! For as long as I can remember, there are two desserts that always graced our holiday feasts… …soft, yummy, melt-in-your-mouth Leche Flan… …and Halayang Ube (recipe HERE). There’s usually fruit salad, too, and loads of fruit [...]
