The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, and it falls on September 30th this year (2012). Although it is still about 1 1/2 months away, preparation for the making the mooncakes has to begin now .................... Continue to read and for recipe and how to, click HERE
It was my grandson Alexander's 7th birthday and the theme this year was Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Thank goodness they were pirates, ................ Continue to read HERE
I have always been fascinated about this cake - OPERA CAKE. Fascination turned into Inspiration by looking at all the lovely pictures of this cake baked by so many. At a glance of the ingredients, i can attest that it will be a very very rich delicious cake...........
It has been a busy summer for me so far, a wedding and several birthdays after, baking cakes after cakes, i am all caked out, i had to make something different when Renee, a Girl Scout had a potluck. So my daughter suggested that i baked a giant chocolate cookie, which was an excellent idea. The cookie was such a great hit with the girls and Renee said that she did not have a chance to taste it, not a crumb left on the cake carrier, they licked the platter clean. If the cake carrier was silver, i could use it as a mirror.
