Munchkin Mommy :. Mapped Memories :.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 the [...]
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 the healthier cooking [...]
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 tablespoons milk or water [...]
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 the [...]
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 cakes, which I never [...]
