Making everything for the first time
This is based on the banana cake recipe here, just modified to make it more moist and suitable for little cups. I love crunchy cinnamon sugar-topped muffins and I took the opportunity to use it here. It’s very easy to prepare so this is something that you can bake with your kids. This simple but [...]
I can’t believe it’s been six weeks since I posted. It must be my lazy gene at work. I’ve tried a lot of new recipes since the last post but, being Ms. Forgetful, didn’t always have my camera with me so I was only able to document a few. And one of those precious few [...]
Last week, we held Ina’s surprise bridal shower just a few days before her wedding. Being the forgetful friend that I am, I completely forgot about it until Jovett texted me that morning as a reminder. (See, my friends know me very well.) It was a potluck dinner and I didn’t know what to bring! [...]
For last night’s potluck, I had to think of something that wouldn’t require me to go out and buy ingredients. The first thing I thought of was cinnamon. I had lots of cinnamon! I browsed through recipes of various cinnamon rolls and breads but due to my previous efforts, I knew that any sort of [...]
NOTE: This is a semi-disaster. What did I do wrong? I didn’t use the small red plums. I’d advise using those instead of these larger, blander ones. What else? I used too much whole-wheat flour. Try using purely APF or a smaller ratio of whole-wheat. Smitten Kitchen’s original recipe calls for 8 small plums. I [...]
I’ve been wanting to try the pumpkin rolls from The Kitchn ever since I saw the recipe last week. I’ve never made bread before and I figured I may as well start with yummy cinnamon rolls with a vegetable mixed in. I had a lot of time in my other kitchen (I live in 2 [...]
