nutella cookies July 7, 2009

i was craving for something nutella sometime last week, and spreading it on bread didn’t help much. initially i thought of baking self-frosting nutella cupcakes, but i wasn’t particular feeling cake-ish, so i googled for a cookie recipe… and found this:

1 1/3 cup plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
7 tbsp butter
2/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup Nutella
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 170C.
2. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla essence and Nutella. Mix in egg.
4. Add in the flour mixture. Add chocolate chips, if desired.
5. Bake 11-13 minutes.

the boy loved it; so did his couple of friends who got a taste of it. i thought the taste of the nutella didn’t come through that much (as it usually does after baking). probably next time i shall leave out the chocolate chips.

rock on baby! June 30, 2009

for one of my best buddies – hardee. we celebrated his birthday playing rock band at his place, it was tremendous fun! to stay true to the theme, i made these cupcakes.

from a few weeks back June 17, 2009

lemon meringue pie cupcakes June 17, 2009

i baked this for a friend’s birthday gathering last month, but i totally forgot to blog about it. knowing that she loves lemon meringue pie, i decided to make these.

recipe taken from here.

it’s a little more time-consuming compared to the normal chocolate-cupcake-and-frosting combination, but the results were worth it. the lemon curd added a zing to the fluffy cupcake and the meringue frosting wow-ed my friends. i think it looks really spunky!

chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting May 10, 2009

birthday cake May 8, 2009

for the sister’s birthday celebration last week – buttermilk birthday cake with a peach filling and cream cheese frosting.

overload April 23, 2009

chocolate cupcakes + peanut butter frosting + tim-tams + m&ms. happy belated birthday syafii!

peach cupcakes with cream cheese frosting March 24, 2009

birthday cheesecake March 15, 2009

chocolate ganache sandwich hearts March 9, 2009

i like how these look. they are chunky cookies – very buttery and melt-in-your-mouth. i spread a couple with nutella and made them my pre-bedtime snack. recipe from here.