Tutu cute baking

WAFFLES!

2011-03-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

yummy waffles!

Guitar enjoying brownie/cookie samples at HEB while me and chat shop for waffles ingredients!

Since we hadn't eaten anything yet, we made cheesy waffles with chicken tenders to start off the day!

Chat in her cute apron she brought over "I don't want to get paulina's shirt dirty!" although.. the apron didn't cover most of it!

toasted shredded coconut!

the waffle recipe we used contains yeast to make it nice and airy and crispy on the outside and dense on the inside

lukewarm milk to wake the yeast babies up!

macerating strawberries! chat was confused when I said macerate lol

chat taking a break to drink some sweet tea from sonic happy hour

panda was being lazy all day

we went to choo choo for sushi while waiting for the batter to rise

I made another chicken and cheesy waffle for papa

it doubled in size!

perfect waffles!

this one had nutella, strawberries, bananas, and cookies and cream icecream!

this one had condensed milk, bananas, shredded coconut, and buttered pecan icecream!

so yum! we had a blast making these! :)

Coconut heaven homemade Macaroons!

2011-03-09T00:24:00.000-08:00

I followed the recipe on joy of baking

Ingredients!

The recipe required beating egg whites, sugar, and salt over a double boiler, which is just heating it up in a heat proof bowl over simmering water

The product is smooth and creamy

doesn't really look appetizing yet huh? lol

used an icecream scooper to make even rounds

Well I baked it for the amount of time the recipe called for, but it didn't have that classic golden gleam which true macaroons need! so I but it under a broiler and gave it a little tan :)

Making Sushi @ home

2011-02-28T20:17:00.000-08:00

Simple imitation crab roll just for Guitar, since he won't eat anything else!

Tempura shrimp & we even tried frying up the imitation crab meat, yummy!

Sushi rice (sorry the pic came out weird, don't know why it's been doing that)

Success!

Snickerdoodle Cookies : Pillsbury

2011-02-25T21:24:00.000-08:00

So, I really wanted to try to make these from scratch, but two tests in one week did not permit such a freedom. Instead, I found this....

Boxed Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix? I didn't know it existed! Hooray! Fairly simple to make, all I needed was the box, 1 stick of room temp butter, and 1 egg. Simple enough.

First, cream the butter and egg together

(don't forget to preheat oven at 375 degrees!)

Then, slowly add the packaged dry cookie dough mix

Mix well till it forms somewhat of a dough ball....

Much like this :)

Then, use a tablespoon to scoop the dough and use your hands to form them into ball shapes...

Well, mine looks like the walnuts from PVZ (not perfect) anyhow, swirl them around in the cinnamon/sugar mix, provided

And place on cookie sheet 2 in apart

Bake for 10 mins

And there you go, easy snicker doodle cookies when you're trying to convince your bf to let you take pics of him modeling clothes on :) if you haven't seen that visit my other blog here !

They were super swt! Im gonna try to make them from scratch and less SWEEEEET!

Happy bday shortness!

2011-02-12T23:07:00.000-08:00

I made a choc/vanilla cake soaked in kahlua with cream cheese frosting in between the layers and choc ganache covering the cake!

Will, Birthday boy, & datman 58

Nikki chilling in the ginormous shower in the penthouse suite :)

The girls & I

So cute, the guys were matching (on accident lol)

Long, Elise, Me, & Nikki

Me and Baybes

Twins of the night!

Phone blogging test!

2011-02-08T01:59:00.001-08:00

My favorite cake from ruggles, domino cake! It never disappoints me and never ceases to amaze :).

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Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies!

2011-01-31T00:17:00.000-08:00

CONFESSION: I have an obsession with dark chocolate. I just love the bitterness with the powerful chocolate flavor coating my tongue. I just can't get enough of it! Every weekend I watch my nephew, and he is the pickiest eater I've ever met. The only foods that I know he never refuses are desserts. After convincing him to finish a bowl of fried rice... plain fried rice with eggs only (can't forget the soy sauce now). I told him he could help me bake some cookies! The recipe was originally adapted from All Recipes: The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies . I just tweaked it slightly by adding the dark choc.

Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup bittersweet dark chocolate chunks

1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F, so you can just pop the cookies right in
2. Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking soda)

3. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients (brown sugar, white sugar, and vegetable oil) until smooth

4. Add in eggs one at a time
5. Add almond and vanilla extracts

6. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients a little at a time

7. Add bittersweet dark chocolate chunks

8. Line cookie sheet with wax paper
9. I used an ice cream scoop to drop the cookies on the sheet
10. then flatten them a little

11. bake for 10 minutes
12. ENJOY!

Blueberry Lemon Upside Down Cake :3 yum

2010-07-03T00:32:00.000-07:00

I was watching food network last night, and It was an episode of Throw down with Bobby Flay where he goes and challenges people. In this episode, it was two cute grannies making pineapple upside down cake. The images on tv made my mouth water, and I wanted some so bad! So, I was thinking, there's still a bunch of blueberries in my fridge from the last time I went picking! *light bulb* I should make a BLUEBERRY LEMON UPSIDE DOWN CAKE! I immediately searched some recipes online, knowing I wanted it to be pretty simple. I decided on using boxed cake mix vs. making it from scratch to save on some time. BLUEBERRY LEMON UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Ingredients

1 box of yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/3 cups water
1/3 cup oil
2 teaspoon lemon extract
2 cups blueberries
1 cup brown sugar
bundt pan or any kind of cake pan

1. First make the cake according to the directions on the box.
2. Add lemon extract and stir it in a bit.
3. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F
4. Spray baking pan with nonstick spray.
5. Sprinkle brown sugar in the bottom of the pan.

6. Spread blueberries on top of brown sugar. (sry forgot to take a pic of the berries on top!)
7. Pour the cake batter into the pan on top of berries.

8. Bake for 37 - 42 min (for bundt pan)
9. When done, take out and cool for about 10 minutes.
10. Flip the cake out onto a plate, and enjoy! :3

Look how amazing the blueberries came out!
Cake + Vanilla Icecream = yummy in my tummy

Hi! My name is Tutu :3

2010-06-28T23:23:00.000-07:00

Who's the cutie above you ask? Why that's my baby panda bear aka Panda. Hence the "baybeepanda".. I know.. you're thinking who spells baby, b-a-y-b-e-e anymore?? Too bad I was hardcore A-Z-N in middle school when I made my first aim sn, and.. it just stuck. So.. I'm pretty much a noob at blogspot, but seeing as I love browsing others, I want to try one out myself :). Since this is my first post, I'll introduce myself by listing 10 fact about ME!

10 AWESOME fact about Tutu ;3

1. I have the most AMAZING boyfriend <3.
2. I am a Thai American.
3. Recently, I've been loving TEQUILA!
4. I like baking, especially for people I love.
5. At first, I'm really shy, and it's hard to get to know me.
6. But once you're my friend, I'm really open and will be loyal till the end.
7. I be jammin' to some rap and r&b, occasionally pop: it's so darn catchy!
8. My fave color is hues of green: teal/turquoise (you'd know this if you walked into my room!)
9. I enjoy make up and beauty related products!

10. Some of my fave makeup gurus include: Makeupbyleinabaaaby, Itsjudytime, Michellephan, Julieg713, and hollyannaeree, and many many more!