I got my Food and Wine February ’09 issue awhile ago and saw this yummy cake in the back. It was the Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit filling. Oh my gosh, it looked so good that I just had to make it. I need a reason to make it and since our Chinese New [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Mango Filling
Posted in Dessert, tagged cake, coconut, mango on January 26, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Cookies and Cream Cake
Posted in Dessert, tagged cake, chocolate, hershey's, oreo on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Brian’s birthday was coming up so I asked him a month in advance what kind of cake he wanted. It took him a while to come up with something and he finally decided on a cookies and cream type cake. I didn’t know any recipes off the top of my head so I was surfing [...]
Cocktail Buns (Chinese coconut buns)
Posted in Dessert, tagged Bread, chinese, coconut, sweet, yeast on January 22, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My favorite chinese pastry of all time is the cocktail bun or as some of you might know it as chinese coconut buns. These yummy treats are filled with sweetened coconut on the inside and a soft, fluffy bread on the outside. It’s a bun of love. Now, this is the first time I’ve ever [...]
Pasta Bolognese
Posted in Pasta, tagged beef, spaghetti, tomatoes on January 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So over the holidays, I was stuck at home because of the big snowstorm that we had. I was flipping through the channels and came across the show, “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef” on the food network. She was making Pasta Bolognese. I was intrigued…I’ve always liked making my own pasta sauce from scratch. My [...]
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Posted in Dessert, tagged blueberry, brunch, coffee cake on January 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So my mom really loves blueberry coffee cake. She’s always asking me to make her some whenever I have the chance. I’ve tried the recipe from Ina Garten and really do love the recipe. I wanted to try a difference recipe and just compare the two and see which one is better. I must say, [...]
