Cream cheese brownies
Posted on: March 11, 2013
Here’s the recipe for the best cream cheese brownies ever. It’s adapted from Baking Illustrated, which I think is the ultimate baking bible.
Cream Cheese Brownies
adapted from Baking Illustrated / makes 16 brownies (or depends on how you cut them) / bakes in 50-60 mins at 325F (160C)
For the brownies, you’ll need:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup unsalted butter, chopped
1 cup sugar
2 tsps vanilla extract
3 eggs
For the cream cheese layer, you’ll need:
1 cup cream cheese, room temperature
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 325F and butter an 8-inch square pan. Set aside.
2. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
3. Put the chocolate and butter in a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave at 50% power in 30 second increments or until completely smooth and melted. Let mixture cool.
4. Mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla extract to the chocolate mixture. Make sure to add eggs one at at time. Fold in the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
5. Pour batter into the prepared pan but set aside 1/2 cup of the batter.
6. For the cream cheese layer, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth and well-blended.
7. Pour the cream cheese batter evenly over the brownie batter. Spoon small dollops of the reserved brownie batter on top of the cream cheese filling. Run a knife or a skewer through the two batters to create a marbled effect.
8. Bake until the edges are puffy and the cream cheese filling is just starting to brown, around 50-60 minutes. Few, moist crumbs should stick when a skewer or cake tester is inserted in the middle. Remove from oven and let in cool in a wire rack for at least two hours. Refrigerate overnight then cut into squares.
These brownies can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for about 5 days.
Last Wednesday, my mom asked me to bake some cream cheese brownies. Being a good daughter that I am, I decided to make a batch of blondies as well. I went to the grocery store (which is known for stocking eclectic and high-end/foreign-made stuff) looking for some butterscotch chips. I know that in this side of the world, butterscotch chips don’t exist, but that time, I was secretly hoping that I’d be able to find a bag. I didn’t find one, but I saw some Reese’s peanut butter chips so I grabbed a bag (plus a small cup of Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream!) and went home. Started baking and these came out from the oven –
Totally awesome. Unfortunately, I only got to eat few pieces each since these were for my mom’s friends. Lucky them.
So back to the peanut butter chips. I don’t know what to to do with them, but I have already spied on some food blogs and peanut butter blondies seems to be the best thing to do next. I also have some cream cheese bricks here. I went to the grocery yesterday again and I saw that there was a buy-1-take-1 promo on them. These babies are going to expire on March 31st though, explaining the sale. I bought some cornmeal too, plus Oreos and pancake mixes. Ah, my love for grocery window shopping and the actual shopping is endless. Too bad I get broke afterwards.
I have peanut butter chips, cream cheese bars, cornmeal, Oreos and pancake mixes. Actually scratch that, I made wicked Oreos this morning (double-stuffed Oreos!!!) and this was the result –
I just dipped them into the batter and fried them (not deep-fried, didn’t have enough oil at home). I don’t know how to make the batter stick to the cookies, though, that’s why they ended up looking like that.
Peanut butter chips for peanut butter blondies. Check. Cream cheese bars for individual cheesecake cups. Check. I just have to buy milk, eggs, sour cream and more butter. I love buying and stocking up on butter.
On another note, since I have been searching the Internet for recipes for the past few days, I occasionally stumble upon local food blogs talking about the local dining scene. From home-cooked meals, to fast-food dining and now to eclectic, specialized restaurants, it’s nice to know that the people here are becoming more adventurous and maybe mature when it comes to food. There are burger bars, ramen bars, all-day breakfast restaurants popping up all around the metro. And here I am, wishing that I can try them all. I don’t mind shelling out extra money to eat because in the end, it’s the experience that will make these things memorable. Actually as I type this down, I’m imagining myself sinking my teeth into some juicy burger patty (I hate buns, I just want to eat the meat).
Food. Food. Food. I’m posting recipes for the next entry. FOOD.
Cookies for the single ladies!
Posted on: February 16, 2013
I made these awesome cookies for my office-mates last Thursday. Thursday wasn’t as awesome as I expected it to be. Our boss gave us donuts and that was it. Saddest Valentine’s day ever, LOL! Friday night, my best friend and I went to a buffet because we were feeling lonely and we thought food would be the only thing that would cheer us up. We had three rounds (last round was dessert) but we felt like we had only eaten half of what people usually get for their first round. I think I had a buffet hangover. When I got home, I was so sleepy and bloated I just changed into my sleeping wear and jumped into my bed. Next thing I know it was already 9 AM!
Okay back to the cookies. These are thick and chewy and full of chocolatey-oatmeal goodness. It is love at first bite, I swear. It screams I’m healthy but not really! I will definitely make these again.
Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
adapted from Brown Eyed Baker / makes 2 dozen cookies or more, depending on size / bakes in 12-15 minutes at 350F (180C)
You’ll need:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chunks (I chopped my chocolate bars for this)
3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookies sheets with a Silpat mat or parchment paper.
2. Mix or dry whisk flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Set aside.
3. Cream the sugars and butter for 3 minutes using a stand mixer or hand mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix well. Mix in the vanilla extract.
4. Add in 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix. Add remaining half and then mix until combined.
5. Using a large spatula, fold in the chocolate chunks and the rolled oats.
6. Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon or your hands (I used a small cookie scoop), roll the dough into balls and place them in the cookie sheet. Make sure you are spacing them at least 2 inches apart. Bake until the edges are golden brown, about 12-15 minutes (I baked mine in 13 minutes). Place the cookie sheets in a wire rack for 2-3 minutes then take the cookies out of the sheet and place them in a wire rack to cool for about 30-45 minutes.
As you can see in the photo, the top cookie is paler than the bottom two. The top cookie baked in 13 minutes, the other two maybe about 15. But that’s just because the timer went off and I was still in the bathroom and no one was able to pull them out on time.
These can be stored in an airtight container for 5 days. I’m sure that these won’t last for 5 days though. They’re THAT good. 🙂
Caramel Cupcakes
Posted on: February 1, 2013
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I find making homemade caramel sauce quite difficult. I have tried making my own when I was on my ‘salted caramel’ everything phase and it was a disaster. I can’t buy the canned stuff because caramel is something that can’t be found easily on this side of the world. Caramel syrup is everywhere but the sticky, gooey stuff is elusive. I have searched the interwebs for other ways to make caramel sauce and luckily, I have found two easier alternatives. The first one involves dark brown sugar and boiling all the ingredients for around 3 minutes. The other one, which is quite more expensive, is buying Kraft caramel candies (who knows we have these candies in the supermarket?!) and melting them with milk or heavy cream. Last week, I made caramel sauce using the Kraft candies as a topping for my chocolate malt cupcakes. They tasted okay but the caramel just flowed on the sides of the cupcakes and most of it went under the cupcakes instead. Fail.
I had some leftover caramel sauce, so today I decided to make caramel cupcakes. The recipe is from The Hummingbird Bakery’s cookbook Cake Days. The recipe states that the yield is 12-16 cupcakes but I have gotten 22. The notes on the back of the book say that they use a 50ml scoop and that’s the same scoop that I have. The ingredients are also listed in weight, which is really easier as you can just put a bowl on top of your digital scale and then weigh away. Anyhow, those 22 cupcakes are now down to 11, six hours after baking them cupcakes. My mom, who is my most highly regarded critic, says that these cupcakes are almost perfect. Not bad, eh?
Caramel Cupcakes
adapted from Cake Days / makes 12-16 as per the book / bakes in 18-20 minutes at 375F (190C)
You’ll need:
80g unsalted butter, softened
280g granulated sugar
240g all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
240ml milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
150g caramel sauce
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375F or 190C. Line a muffin pan with liners.
2. Mix together the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and salt using a hand-held whisk or stand mixer on low speed until crumb-like in consistency.
3. Mix the milk, vanilla extract and eggs in a small bowl until combined.
4. Pour 3/4 of the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Pour in the remaining 1/4 of the milk mixture and the caramel sauce and mix until incorporated and the batter is smooth.
5. Scoop into the muffin pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the muffin pan on a wire rack for about 5 minutes. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool further.
6. Serve and smile! 🙂 Best eaten with a tall glass of cold milk!
Calamansi Cupcake
Posted on: January 30, 2013
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It’s hump-day Wednesday on this side of the world! It’s 10AM here and I’m thinking of what to cook for lunch. I’m on the last week of my three-week long staycation and I’m already dreading the coming Monday!
Last week was pretty busy. I had my last few days of driving lessons (manual really is hard!). Thursday last week turned out to be really crazy, given the amount of alcohol I had ingested that night. I was supposed to go to a party last Friday but plans changed the last minute and I ended up sleeping instead. Good thing the party wasn’t that fun (according to the rumor mill ) – it turned out to be one drama-filled party.
Now, I present you my take on calamansi muffin (or cupcake, whatever, they look similar to me LOL). Calamansi is our local version of lime and lemon. It probably tastes more like lime than lemon though. Calamansi is usually used while it’s still in its unripened state (green in color). It’s used to flavor drinks, cakes, etc and it’s also used as a condiment. It gives food some kick to it.
Pepper.ph made a food hack of the calamansi muffins found in probably one the best beaches in the world, Boracay. I have never been there and I don’t have plans of going there soon. I’m not a beach person because I’m half blind and I’m deathly afraid of riding small boats. You need to ride those small boats to get to the island. If the government puts up an airport on the island itself, then maybe that’s the time that I’ll think of going there.
So why cupcake? I used cupcake liners for this recipe because I didn’t want to bother with cleaning my muffin pans. It wasn’t a bad idea actually, it was just that the sides didn’t turn out as golden as the ones on Pepper.ph’s photos. Mine were pale, like vanilla cupcakes but boy, they tasted amazing!
Calamansi Cupcakes
adapted from Pepper.ph / Makes 12 / Bakes in 18-23 minutes at 350F (180C)
You’ll need:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup calamansi juice
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with liners. But if you want that golden hue and crust on the sides, grease well the muffin pan holes and put the batter directly to the pan.
2. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
3. Combine calamansi juice and milk in a small bowl.
4. Cream butter and sugar on medium speed for about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time. Make sure to mix thoroughly between additions.
5. Alternately add the dry and wet ingredients to the creamed mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
5. Scoop into the muffin pan and bake for 18-23 minutes. Mine were okay at 19 minutes.
6. Cool cupcakes in the muffin pan on a wire rack for about 15 minutes. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool further.
These can be stored on air-tight containers for about three days. Best eaten on the same day of course! If you check Pepper.ph’s photos, you’ll see that the sides of their muffins are golden. You can achieve this by doing away with the liners and putting the batter directly to the muffin pan. The heat will give them that crusty, golden look.
One brownie heaven
Posted on: January 21, 2013
Happy Monday to everyone who’s in the same side of the world as I am! I have been hibernating for a week now (I’m on a three-week long staycation) and my days have been quite productive. For starters, I have enrolled in a driving school and yes, I can now more or less drive a manual car! Driving is quite a daunting task, especially here in our country. We have crazy drivers, rough, pothole-filled roads (yeah I just drove on one long stretch of said road this morning) and crazier pedestrians who will risk their lives crossing the highway instead of using the overhead bridge. Funny thing is I’m learning on a manual but our car is an automatic, so I don’t know… I don’t think it’s a waste of time but I won’t be able to practice my manual driving skills after driving school ends on Thursday.
Anyway…
Last Saturday, I was browsing through food blogs and looking for something to bake. I had just baked cupcakes the week before, so I decided on making brownies instead. A lot of the food blogs I have read proclaimed this brownie as the best brownie ever. And yes, this brownie recipe didn’t disappoint. The recipe was from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. The brownie was moist, rich, dense and very chocolate-y (hello 11 oz of chocolate plus cocoa powder!). It wasn’t crumbly and dry like the other brownies I have tried before. It was really one awesome brownie and I’d definitely bake it again and again and again. Everyone here in our house couldn’t get enough of it too!
The Baked Brownie
From Baked: New Frontiers in Baking / 350F (180C) / Bakes in 30 minutes
You’ll need:
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
11 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
8 ounces unsalted butter, chopped
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (I don’t have espresso powder here so I used Moccona instant coffee granules instead)
1½ cups granulated sugar
½ cup packed light brown sugar
5 eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F or 180C. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
2. Melt butter, dark chocolate and coffee powder in a heat-proof bowl set over a saucepan with simmering water. Once melted, turn off heat and stir in the white and brown sugars. Let it cool to room temperature.
3. Sift flour, salt and cocoa powder in a small bowl. If you’re lazy like me, you can just dry-whisk the mixture.
4. Once the melted chocolate mixture has come to room temp, add in 3 eggs and stir until combined. Add the last 2 eggs and mix until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and stir.
5. Sprinkle the flour mixture over the chocolate mixture and FOLD until just combined and with no flour streaks left. Do not whisk the two mixtures together! Do not over-beat! This is important! 🙂
6. Spread batter over the pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the brownie comes out with few moist crumbs. Make sure to rotate the pan halfway through the baking time. Let cool in a wire rack for 30 minutes then cut into squares (or whatever shape/size you like).
Or you can also cut it immediately and get your tongue burnt just like me. But it was so good I wasn’t thinking of my tongue or my fingertips which were already reddish from holding the hot brownie. 😛
Here’s to a positive week ahead! Aja!
These cupcakes are insanely rich, moist and delicious! These are by far one of the best cupcakes I have ever made. Plus the peanut butter frosting is to die for!
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Makes 12 cupcakes
350F
Bakes in 18-20 minutes, Recipe adapted from Brown Eyed Baker
Ingredients:
Cupcakes:
½ cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 oz bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
½ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp baking powder
2 eggs
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp salt
½ cup sour cream
Frosting:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter (not natural peanut butter)
3 oz unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
1/3 cup heavy cream
Directions:
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a standard-size muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- Combine butter, chocolate and cocoa in a heat-proof bowl. Set bowl over a saucepan with simmering water (bowl’s bottom should not touch the water) and heat mixture until chocolate and butter are melted. Whisk until smooth. Set aside to cool.
- Whisk flour, baking soda and baking powder in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Add eggs to the chocolate mixture, whisk until combined. Add sugar, vanilla and salt and whisk again until incorporated. Alternately add the flour mixture and the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix batter until homogenous and thick.
- Divide the batter evenly. Pop in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until skewer inserted into center of cupcakes comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes in the muffin pan on a wire rack for about 15 minutes. Remove from pan and place on wire rack and cool for 30 minutes before frosting.
Frosting:
- Combine the powdered sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in a bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on medium-low speed until creamy. Scrape down sides of bowl as you work. Add the cream and beat on high speed until mixture is smooth.
Make sure you thoroughly mix your cupcake batter. I ended up with some small lumps of flour mixture in my cupcake. 😐
Welcome 2013!
Posted on: January 1, 2013
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So how did you celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day? For NYE, I was up and about, busy cooking food for our media noche. We didn’t stay up late, maybe all of us were already asleep by 2AM. Then New Year’s Day came and I was greeted by a bad case of stomach flu. Maybe because I ate too much food when I wasn’t supposed to? I’m currently on Phase 2 of the South Beach diet so I should be staying away from simple carbs, like white pasta, noodles, rice, etc. So yes, I gave in yesternight and gobbled up food like a mad woman. I spent most of today either lying on my bed or sleeping. 😐
But here’s what I’ve baked for yesterday’s events –
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Chocolate Walnut Torte (makes one 8-inch cake)
350F/bakes in 60 to 70 minutes
Adapted from Bake Happy (which she got from Martha Stewart)
You’ll need:
Cake:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
Ganache:
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-inch round cake pan with parchment paper.
2. Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a small bowl. Set aside.
3. Melt the butter and the chocolate in a bowl using a double-boiler or microwave. Let it cool for 3 minutes.
4. Mix sugar and vanilla extract with the chocolate-butter mixture, then mix the eggs then the buttermilk. Add the chopped walnuts.
5. Fold in the flour mixture just until incorporated.
6. Bake for 60-70mins. Test using a toothpick – few moist crumbs should stick to it. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes then invert into a wire rack. Cool for three hours.
7. For the ganache, place the heavy cream and chocolate in a heat-resistant/microwave-able bowl and heat (using a double-boiler or microwave) until chocolate is melted and ganache is smooth. Let cool for a few minutes then pour over cake. Garnish with remaining chopped walnuts.
So I got excited and took the cake out 10 minutes before the minimum baking time. I pricked it with the toothpick and got satisfied with the results. The top had a crust already so I kinda panicked. Well, when I sliced the cake, it was still a bit too fudge-y for my liking in the middle. My mom said it tasted fine though.
Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2013! I have a new journal and I can’t wait to use it. And yes, I’m hoping that I’ll be spending the next holiday season with a certain special someone. 😛
Snicker at the doodle
Posted on: December 29, 2012
I have seen snickerdoodle recipes everywhere and since I begun baking, I haven’t tried baking it. I’m not that keen on baking cookies as I don’t like my hands getting all buttery and sticky. Cleaning up takes longer and cleaning is the only thing that I hate about baking (aside from unsuccessful recipes).
I mentioned in the previous post that I have ground nutmeg in the cupboard. I have been really meaning to use it since I got it around November and luckily, I have stumbled upon Nami-Nami‘s snickerdoodle recipe that has nutmeg.
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The cookies are small (I like bite-size cookies) and they’re very cinnamon-y with a hint of nutmeg. The cookies are not without flaw though – they are somewhat on the hard side and some are bordering on being burnt. They aren’t as cracked as the other cookies I see on the net, maybe because the recipe doesn’t have cream of tartar. Plus, I think my oven thermometer is trolling me. It was in the 325F mark during baking so I waited maybe a minute or two more than the maximum suggested baking time before pulling the cookie sheets out. Then out came the not-quite-chewy-cookies. 😐
On a side-note, my 8-year old cousin helped with scooping out the dough and coating them and she told me she had fun doing that. Good job, cousin!
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Snickerdoodle Cookies (makes 35 teaspoon-sized cookies)
180C, bakes in 10-12 minutes / Adapted from Nami-Nami
You’ll need:
125g all-purpose flour
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
62.5g of butter, softened
50g sugar
1 small egg
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp sugar
½ tbsp cinnamon powder
Directions:
1. Mix the flour, nutmeg, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
2. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Beat until incorporated.
3. Add the flour mixture and mix just until the flour is blended.
4. Mix the tablespoon of sugar and cinnamon powder in a small bowl.
5. Scoop teaspoon-sized dough balls and roll into the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place them 3cm apart on the cookie sheet. Lightly flatten with a back of spoon or with your fingers.
6. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes at 180C or until they are firm around the edges. The middle should still be a little soft. Remove and then place on a wire rack to cool.
These can be stored on airtight containers for a week.
Fresh from the oven!
Posted on: December 29, 2012
Cheers to the final weekend of 2012! It’s Saturday and I was supposed to sleep in but lo and behold, I was wide awake at 8 in the morning and was already fiddling with WordPress. I realized I should start a blog that would document my adventures in cooking and baking. I’m a new baker (and cook), you see. I have been baking for just a year now. It started when I helped out my best friend make cookies for her church-mates. I remember feeling giddy while mixing the dough and using the cookie cutters and seeing the final products of our labor. When I went home, I bought ingredients and baked on my own. I wasn’t as successful as her though, so I tried using a cupcake box mix. It turned out okay, nothing spectacular. But my love for baking just grew exponentially bigger from there. I researched, watched videos, read numerous food blogs and tried their recipes. I was ecstatic! I just had one teeny problem, I didn’t have an oven that could accommodate a tray or a pan as big as 12-cup muffin pan. Baking a lot of cupcakes took forever, plus our electricity bill went high from time to time. So Christmas 2012 came and yes, I bought a bigger oven! It’s still a table-top oven though, but it can now fit a 12-cup muffin pan inside, which is good since most cupcake recipes yield 12 cupcakes anyway.
Cooking is another story. I can fry and make traditional Filipino soup dishes like sinigang and nilaga (it’s kind of like throwing everything in the pot right?). I don’t know how to make adobo, menudo and such, though. And I just remembered, I can make pasta too! Everybody here loves my aglio olio, whose recipe I have gotten from Rachel Ray. Now I can hear my tummy begging to be filled again. Goodbye South Beach diet.
It’s still a little bit early and I don’t know what to do today, aside from baking snickerdoodles which I’ll blog about later. I haven’t tried baking this cookie and I have searched the interwebs for a recipe that has nutmeg since I have the ground variety here which I have been itching to use since I bought it at Chocolate Lovers. Woah long sentence there, eh? Anyway, it’s been a great year of baking and a little bit of cooking and I look forward to more kitchen adventures in 2013!
PS. I think this year-end/start of new year post is a little bit early. I just want to write, that’s all. 😀
Baker at Heart ♥ 