Latest Recipes

Flourless Chocolate Almond Cake

Olive — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:06:53 +0000

This cake is on top of my favorites at the moment, it is very similar to my favorite chocolate cake recipe except this one has ground almonds (which I like better ) instead of flour and cocoa. Apart from being easy to make, this cake is simply delicious- with beautiful texture and rich chocolate taste [...]

Pan-seared Salmon

Olive — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:39:04 +0000

This has become one of my favorite dishes to cook regularly. It’s super simple yet really delicious and..easy to make! Everyone in the family loves it. I have this Takara plum sake white wine, that I got as a gift; it has a sweet aroma similar to mirin so I thought of using it for [...]

Cake Pops

Olive — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:10:29 +0000

I was supposed to post this last Valentine’s Day.. and last Easter too, but I couldn’t find the time to finish it. Anyways here it is..cake pops! I’m pretty sure you’ve seen a lot of recipes of this already and basically they are all the same..Cake, icing and white chocolate or candy melts for color [...]

Oven-toaster apple crumble with Pecans

Olive — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:25:24 +0000

I have been craving apple pie lately but I’m too lazy to bake, because it’s too hot these days and turning on the oven just makes the matter worst. I’ve been buying pocket pies from McDonald’s but it’s deep-fried and they’re not really healthy especially if consumed regularly. So, I thought of making apple crumble, [...]

Red Velvet Rose Cake

Olive — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:59:29 +0000

You’ve probably seen this cake around the web, the rose cake..it’s pretty isn’t it? Of course I have to make it too cause I just love dainty, pretty, and swirly cakes! I was thinking of making chocolate cake at first because it’s my favorite but I’m not sure my whipped chocolate ganache will hold the [...]

Tabbouleh

Olive — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:39:18 +0000

I saw this on Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn, it was my first time to catch the show and it was an instant like for me! I happened to watch an episode with her mom where they made grilled lamb, stuffed artichoke and this salad-tabbouleh. I’ve seen tabbouleh in some food blogs before but [...]

Spider Cake

Olive — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:37:09 +0000

My 7 -year old son helped me in making this awesome cake; he designed the spider, otherwise I would have just made a big cake ball with legs and eyes..I would have been satisfied with that, but I have to admit this cake looks so much more like a spider than what I had in [...]

Chocolate Plastic (Chocolate Modeling Clay/Dough)

Olive — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:02:19 +0000

I was obsessed with making chocolate plastic years back. I was (and still am) not very fond of fondant so I was trying to find a good alternative to it and I was so happy to have found a detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to make chocolate modeling clay from Baking Obsession (thank you!). I’ve [...]

Mocha Meringue Buttercream

Olive — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:28:34 +0000

This is a cross between Italian Meringue Butter Cream (aka IMBC to homebakers like myself) and French Butter Cream or Mousseline. Both are really delicious, the difference between the two is that the former uses egg whites only while the French buttercream uses egg yolks which I find too rich, btw. These two are quite [...]

Kare-Kare (Pork)

Olive — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:30:43 +0000

I’m so happy, I can make kare-kare now! Yay! :) Kare-kare is an ox tail stew with peanut butter to add richness and flavor to the sauce. It’s a popular Filipino specialty dish from Pampanga, you see this in menus of Filipino restaurants served in a clay pot (palayok) …it so delicious! A lot of [...]