musings of a traveller and food lover

Baking

…and we shall feast in the English countryside

Post long overdue again, my body finally took a toll after hitting thousands of nautical and air mileage.After the 5 weeks trip cruising the Bahamas, I found myself going through countless ...

dainty macaroons

Long way back January when I was working in Italy, I had a constant excess of egg whites from the weekly test and trials of different kinds of cheesecakes. Oh yes cheesecakes non baked and ...

Irish Hazelnuts Biscuits

As they say some end is a new beginning….my life had turned upside down but I decided not to be put down with it. The pressure, the depression, sleepless nights and endless tears that ...

….those angelic cakes

Saturday’s culinary adventure left my palate satisfied and my kitchen looking like a war zone. Just when I was about to tackle the mess, I wanted something sweet, lemony perhaps. This ...

Ensaymada

Finally I baked my own ensaymada, the Filipino sweet bread that taste like brioche, that is topped with creamed butter and sugar. When I was growing up in a small town, we did not snack on ...

Nutella Cup Cake Swirls

Sometime a month ago, I visited 80 Breakfasts and saw her truffle cupcakes ( she had truffle left over the Christmas past). She used a recipe she dug from Baking Sheet that has been adapted ...

Fudge Cupcakes

Yesterday, I was looking forward for a quite night. Just when I finished at the gym, my cell has a text : “Remember you promised to meet up today!” I totally have forgotten about ...

Apple Cake ~ Kanada õunakook

Just before Christmas Baby Rambutan baked an APPLE CAKE. I knew its a matter of time I will test that recipe. Well I have lots of old apples. No one will touch them so I have to ...

Coconut Macaroons

I have been wanting to do this for a long time but I had to wait when I needed the egg yolks. After making thosescrumptious flans I had a lot of egg whites.

Crispy Brownies & Pineapple Upside Down Cake

New Year’s Eve Indulgence…what shall I bake? I know the party am attending to will have kids around. I wanted to do something different. Am sure after a week of indulging ...

Kourabiedes- Greek Christmas Cookies

Ah its kourabiedes time again… those huge white mountain of shortbread christmas cookies that adorn most pastry shops and bakeries in Greece. Well, I have been challenged. On the 23rd ...