Food-Desserts
All desserts
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Rustic Apple Tart
super easy way to make apple tart
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Sticky Rice
How to prepare sticky rice for 2 different snacks / desserts , as indonesian dessert , ketan bubuk or as thai dessert , sticky rice with mango
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Chinese Buffet Style Doughnuts
I am sure most of you been to those chinese buffet . It’s everywhere in US . And i know they’re not the healthiest choice of meal , but like i said once in a while probably you end up going there just because that’s the only place that pops in your mind , or just you’re hungry for chinese food . So , every chinese buffet that i’ve been to ( probably about 3 times i went to different ones of buffet the past 5 years ) , they always have these doughnuts . I don’t really think they’re supposed to be dessert , since they’re not in the…
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How to make Caramel for Flan
Here is a little step by step of how to make the caramel for flan . The only intimidating part of making flan is to make the caramel sugar . If you get this done right , the custard shouldn’t be a problem . In the beginning i wasn’t too sure about making it either . It’s like making candy , you need a thermometer and stuff , but i don’t have any candy thermometer . Probably if you do have them on hand , that would make it a lot easier instead of guessing game . There are 2 methods to make caramel sugar , either you do the…
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Sweet Vanilla Bowknots
This recipe calls for a vanilla beans , except i didn’t have them on hand . As a result , i replaced it with 2 Tbsp. of vanilla extract , and it tasted really vanilla-y ! I love making bread , they make your house smells so good . I made these buns last night , it didn’t take me long to make the bread dough . Instead the regular use of my standing kitchenaid mixer , i ended up using food processor for this . Still i had to finish up to knead the dough manually , since the food processor gets hot too quick . Like i mentioned…
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Cocoa Coffee Brownies
I was enjoying our afternoon by the pool , when i thought , let’s make some brownies . Mind you , i’ve baked a lot of stuff , but as far as i remember i only baked brownies from scratch once before this . And it’s been couple of years i believe , so i wanted to make them again , from scratch . I don’t really like brownies mix from the box because they tend to be too sweet for my taste . This recipe below is for you chocolate lover , and especially if you like dark chocolate , i can guarantee you like this brownie . I…
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The Perfect Lemon Meringue Pie
I’ve been longing for the perfect lemon meringue pie . This pie is my husband’s favourite pie , so of course , being a good wife that i am , i really wanted to make one that is perfect . I’ve made lemon meringue pie 2 times in the past few weeks , both times , there was always something that went wrong .. whether the filling isn’t thick enough , or maybe the meringue shrunk , or not enough filling .. So .. last night , i decided let’s try to make it again , and this time , make it RIGHT !! Well i think i did…
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Banana Foster Crepes
Banana Foster crepe is so easy to make . As long as you have the idea how to make basic crepes , then you can play around with any kind of filling you want . I’ve used Hazelnut spread such as Nutella before , and it tasted wonderful , i guess you can use strawberry jam too . This time i used Banana Foster and if you happen to have rum , go ahead use it , but be careful because it ignites the flame ( the part i like ) . This one right here , didn’t use any rum , i didn’t have them on hand . Still…
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Crepes
I happened to make indonesian spring rolls wrapper when i thought about crepes . How similar they are , and i thought shouldn’t be much difference in the ingredients . Lumpia wrapper is exactly like crepes , but i think crepes is slightly thicker than the lumpia . So using the same ingredients i used for lumpia , with added a little sugar , i made crepe wrapper . Next time i will try to make it the right way , with milk and butter . Thought i found nothing wrong without any milk or butter . I used hazelnut as the filling for this crepe , it also reminds…
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Flan
So , this is not my first time to try to make flan . Few days ago i tried making flan , of course had to make the caramel sauce , when i made them , i added little water , that was a wet method that i used . For some reason after few minutes boiling , it started to crystallize . I didn’t even stir it .. i started stirring it with metal spoon when i saw them started to crystallize , well that made it worse . They all went to the garbage .. LOL .. This morning , i tried making it again , except i…
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Sweet Bread with Fillings 2
This recipe is a slightly different than the other sweet bread , the only difference is the method of kneading the dough . I used food processor , and i used my own hand to knead them for a good 10-15 minutes afterwards . The result is amazing !! Light and soft bread !! 4 tbsp. of unsalted butter , melted 1/2 cup of milk ( i used 2% , if you have whole it’s even better , but i’ve done 1% too and it’s not bad at all , just don’t use skim milk ) 2 eggs 1/6 cup of sugar 1 1/8 tsp. of active yeast pinch of…
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Chocolate Souffle
I think this was my second time trying to make Souffle . The first time was not as successful , this time , i did it right . And it came out perfect !! Beautiful and just heavenly !! I think the key of making souffle is on the folding egg whites , because if you fold it too hard it could deflate the batter . Try this , especially if you’re a big fan of chocolate ! You will need : 6 -4.5 oz ramekins , butter all over with your finger and coat with sugar everywhere , then freeze . Do this overnight or hours before you do…
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Mocha Pots de Creme
This dessert very similar to creme brulee , they’re super easy to make , and yet , the result is so delicious !!! Not many ingredients needed in this dessert , as long as you hhttp://www.yahoo.com/ave eggs , milk and cream .. voila .. you can make them . Either made them mocha , or vanilla .. This is the recipe for mocha / coffee pots de creme . You will need : 4 – 4,5 oz ramekin dishes 3/4 cup of milk 1/2 cup of heavy cream 2 tbsp. of light brown sugar 2 tbsp. of sugar 1 tbsp. of instant coffee 1 tsp. vanilla extract pinch of salt…
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Cat’s Tongue Cookies ( Lidah Kucing )
When i was younger i grew up with this kind of cookies , usually we bought it . We never made it ourselves .. and now that i know how to make it , it made me wonder .. why didn’t we make it ourself back then ? Why did we have to buy it ? It is easy to make , but the only thing is , it easily burnt , hence , we have to watch it . Even with watching it , you still have to becareful because you want them done . For me personally , i loved the burnt part , just like butter cookies…
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Halloween Theme Cupcakes
The boys asked for me to make some cupcakes today , with its famous yummy smooth icing , french butter cream icing . And i ended up making a huge mess , playing with fondant . The icing was very quick to make , which wasn’t a big deal at all . But we’re just having fun making the pumpkins , the tombstones and the ghost . It took time , but wasn’t bad at all ..
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Autumn Pumpkin Cupcakes
Originally was just going to make regular cupcakes for my family , no fancy stuff , just regular cupcakes and slathered some icing on top . Well , it never went that way , although i was so distracted earlier while i was making the french butter cream icing , i turned the sugar into caramel .. LOL , yes i had to redo it , wasted 2 eggs and sugar !! So my chocolate cupcakes , ended up with beautiful orange icing from yellow and red gel coloring that i used , and why did i choose orange ? Because my son loves the color of orange , and…
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Japanese Black Sesame Ice Cream
This is one delicious nutty ice cream . The color of the ice cream might not be so inviting , but believe me , looks can be deceiving sometimes . I really think this has become my favourite ice cream , on the top list .. more than the vanilla ice cream !! It’s not hard to make , just make sure you watch it closely when you roast the sesame seed because it might get burnt easily since it’s black and you wouldn’t be able to tell . So anyway , here it is You need : 1/2 cup of roasted black sesame seed 3/4 cup of sugar 4…
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Carrot Cake
I have been looking for a better recipe of carrot cake . I used to have this recipe , that needs 3 sticks of butter to make a 2 layers of carrot cake . No i don’t have any complains about it , but the 3 sticks of butter plus another stick for the cream cheese icing ,doesn’t make me feel better about it . Luckily i found this one recipe that does not even require any butter !! And it tasted so good , i don’t even bother to make it into a round cake , but i made it into cupcakes and loaf cake . And since i…
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Red Velvet Cake
Southern speciality cake , red velvet cake is a deliciously moist cake with cream cheese icing as the frosting . I love the cake , but i don’t care too much for any kind of icing , esp. cream cheese icing . Even when i make carrot cake i scraped off the icing off my cake , i still make the cakes the right way of course , with the cream cheese icing , except when i have my own slice , i scrape it off 🙂 Anyway , this red velvet cake is quite easy to make , as any other layer cake , the consuming time is the…
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Mint Chocolate Gelato
I bought this gelato and sorbetto book by Ciao Bella , i never even heard of the name before . But , i looked through the book , they have some great recipes , i decided to try one . Made the mixture the night before .. just like when i made other Gelato before , Zabaglione Gelato . So , this recipe is quite similar to that one , 2 cups of milk 1 cup of heavy cream 2/3 cup of sugar 4 egg yolks In a pot , heat the milk and heavy cream , while it’s heating , beat the egg yolks and sugar until it’s pale…