Watermelon is the fruit of the summer. You cannot go to one picnic or family gathering and not find a big bowl of this juicy fruit. Another fruit that is nice and ripe in the summer is lychee (pronunciation: lee-chee or lie-chee? I always said lie-chee growing up, but always heard lee-chee outside of my…
Everyone knows that summer is the time of sunshine warm weather. What coincides with this beautiful time is berry season. It's the best time to go strawberry picking and raspberry picking -- when the fruit is sweet and ripe, and super delicious. This year I caught some inspiration from Pastry Freak by Ludo, a youtube…
If you're familiar with Filipino culture, then you know that pandesal is a common sweet and fluffy bread roll from the Philippines. It's similar to a milk bun and delicious with everything from peanut butter, to cheese, to chicken salad sandwiches. Ever since I decided to recipe test and make this, my family has been…
I make strawberry shortcake every. single. year. It is my go-to summer cake because it is so amazingly simple and delicious. I wanted to try and change it up this year and create a strawberry shortcake that was slightly different from all of my previous years, while still keeping the beautiful simplicity of it. So…
I grew up eating pandesal -- a soft and pillowy sweet bun. It is great with everything from cheese to peanut butter, or even on it's own. I've been wanting to attempt to make pandesal for a long time, but I've always felt intimidated by Filipino recipes. I went to school for baking here in…
Are you spending your days Netflixing by yourself/with family? Have you easily consumed all your snacks and all the best TV shows in the past few months because of this whole pandemic? I can safely say I have, and I was feeling determined to upgrade my snacks to a whole new level, and came up…
A delicious super easy, people-pleasing cake. Requires no icings and no buttercream, making this an effortless cake. It can be made dairy-free with a simple swap of almond milk instead of regular milk, and will still come out super fluffy and luscious. This cake is officially my new go-to cake. I plan on bringing this…
First of all reader, how are you dealing with the pandemic? I find that during this whole two months of being in lockdown I've had two moods -- incredibly happy or incredibly upset, with no in-between whatsoever. I will admit the whole first month and a half was really rough for me -- I was…
Have you ever wondered "how can I possibly consume more Nutella in other ways than by putting it on toast"? If so, you've come to the right place. I definitely have had my chocoholic/Nutellaholic moments, from cleaning out the jar with nothing but a spoon, to changing my grilled cheese to grilled Nutella, and to…
If you're like me, cheesecake is a sentimental baked good for you. It was often served at special occasions growing up, and I always had cheesecakes out on family vacations. I remember all the pride and joy I had when I successfully baked my first chocolate-marbled cheesecake (even though it was cracked), while impressing my…
Time has been flying by. I'm extremely pleased to say that in the last month of being in lockdown with my family, I have only cried a handful of times -- and it is all due to Korean Dramas. When we first started lockdown, I was pretty sure I would lose my mind and have…
You've probably heard about the viral coffee trend where people are taking instant coffee, sugar, and hot water in order to create this amazing frothy, fluffy, meringue-like coffee goodness. Then using it to top iced milk, and drinking it, as an elevated iced coffee drink. I think the reason it is so popular is because…
