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Homemade Creme de Cacao
This was my latest DIY project: Creme de Cacao. Actually I can buy creme de cacao at any liquor store but I enjoy making things from scratch, plus I am able to use the ingredients that has been sitting...
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Espresso Cheesecake
This is the latest addition to Taart etc. menu. I've been planning to make this for quite sometime now but I couldn't find a perfect timing. Last week was Pieter's birthday and it was perfect because I...
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New Hobby
I am playing with polymer clay lately. This was my first project: life size macarons and tiny macaron fridge magnet for my friend. This was also my first time to handle polymer clay. Although the...
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White Forest Mousse Cake...Happy Birthday Alma!
I made this cake for my birthday. My original plan is only genoise sponge, cherry mousse and white chocolate mousse but since this is White Forest, I want to add more cherry flavor so I made another...
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Miniature Bakeshop
Pieter finally ordered a dollhouse for me. I am so excited to make a dollhouse bakeshop. These cuties are 2 1/2 cm in diameter, handmade by me using Fimo polymer clay and then oven baked. Still big...
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Dollhouse Miniature Food 1:12
Because of my new found hobby I haven't been in the kitchen this past few weeks. Haha believe me making this dollhouse miniature foods is so much fun. Today I finally completed the macaron tower for my...
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Back In The Kitchen...Fresh Orange Cream Tart or Should I Call It A Cake.
This was the second time I made Dorie Greenspan's Fresh Orange Cream Tart. As usual I made a shortcut: from sweet tart dough to digestive biscuit (again) and of course I cut down the quantity of sugar....
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Something like Macaron Tower and a late post about Sinterklaas
Something familiar? Haha yes! this is Ferrero Rocher's Christmas edition container that I got from Sinterklaas last Dec 6. The Sinterklaas feast celebrates the name day, Dec 6, of the Saint Nicholas...
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Mango, Passion Fruit and White Chocolate Entremet
My plan is to practice for my taalcoach's raspberry and blueberry mousse cake for December 28 order. Lately, I got bored with berries flavored mousse cake that's why I've decided to make tropical...
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Dollhouse Miniature Macaron Display 1:12 scale (or not :-P)
This is how my dollhouse counters look like now. Still a lot of space to fill but I finally completed the macarons, though I'm a bit disappointed because they are not small enough to my liking. It's...
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Jackfruit Pie
Yesterday was Pieter's day off. I promised him that I will bake something. The Jackfruit (in can) was sitting in the pantry for like 2 months now so I've decided to use it for this pie. The recipe was...
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Spicy Chocolate Beef
Last weekend I saw Jonathan Phang's Caribbean Cookbook in Travel channel. He cooked Spiced beef in a chocolate sauce with cook up rice. I got really curious how chocolate taste like if mix in a savory...
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Mango Shortcake
It is really hard to find a decent mango here in The Netherlands. Pieter bought these mangoes last week as I planned to make this cake since last week. But last weekend we visited my parents in-law so...
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Coffee Eclairs
I am really fascinated with beautiful straight colorful eclairs and wondering how the hell I can do that. I tried making eclairs many times but mine always look like a hotdog buns, big and fat lol....
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Rijstevlaai (Rice Pudding Pie)
When I first tried rijstevlaai from one of the famous vlaai seller here in The Netherlands I got addicted to it. But after few times of eating I got bored with it because the more I eat it, the more it...
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Steak, Guinness and Cheese Pie
Last sunday while waiting for our usual weekend movie night to start, I saw this show "The Food Truck" in travel channel. It's about Chef Michael Van de Elzen as he tries to create healthy,...
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Pieter in The Kitchen: Seared Salmon with Wasabi-Butter Sauce
Pieter really enjoyed cooking and every weekend he became more and more adventurous in the kitchen. Of all the food he made this was my all time favorite and yes this was the 3rd time I requested to...
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Black Forest Mousse Cake
It was 7 years ago when I made my very first black forest cake. I was still living in The Philippines back then. Pieter used to send me a parcel full of Dutch and German goodies and one of them was...
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Alma's Chili Garlic
This chili garlic is super delicious with noodles and dimsum. But I must warn you that the bird's eye chili is indeed spicy. You can remove the seeds to reduce the spiciness (just a little) or better...
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