Ever since I visited Mexico a year ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about the enchiladas I ate there. I decided to try making them myself and wrote a shopping list of the key ingredients: tortillas, salsa verde, chicken, Mexican cream and queso fresco. Corona, Queens is a mainly Hispanic neighborhood and consequently there is a…
Recipes
Guava Filled Cupcakes with Meringue Frosting
Lately I have been enjoying the cakes from a Dominican/Spanish bakery near my home. You may even say an addiction is forming. I fell in love with the guava filling used in the Dominican cake and I can’t get enough of the meringue frosting (Suspiro) they use. I did try making my own Dominican cake…
Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
I’ve never been a big fan of banana desserts or baked goods of any kind, with the one exception of my mum’s banana cake. She makes it with whole wheat flour and it truly is the best banana cake I’ve ever had, and also the only one I’ll now eat as an adult. This past…
Ghost Twix Cupcakes
While browsing for ideas on what to make for Halloween, I came across these adorable ghost cupcakes on ambrosiabaking.com I had never worked with fondant before, but I decided to give it a go when I saw this recipe. The fondant ghosts are held up by a toosie pop placed in the center of the…
Cookies and Cream Fudge
This was my first-ever attempt at making fudge. I’m not sure why I’ve never made it before but when I saw this recipe on Food Fanatic I really wanted to make it. It’s made with white chocolate, Oreo cookies and marshmallow fluff, so how can you go wrong? The end result was delicious and I…
Almond Joy Brownies
I had a bag of fun-size Almond Joy bars sitting in the cupboard, waiting for me to bake something with them. After craving chocolate in a big way, I decided to go the simple route with them: place them on top of brownies. Not just your average brownie, mind you. These had to be super…
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you’re like me and you like your cookies soft and chewy, with a slight crisp on the outer edge, then you must try this recipe. I’ve tried many cookie recipes over the years and this is the closest I’ve come to making the perfect chocolate chip cookie. The recipe contains more brown sugar than…
Chocolate Macaroon Cake
My friend Eleana’s birthday was coming up and I offered to make the cake for the rooftop party she was having. I knew it had to be some sort of chocolate cake, but I wanted to do something different than my usual chocolate cake, which I made for her last year. So after some searching…
Personal Strawberry Shortcakes
Need an impressive dessert that doesn’t require much time and isn’t fiddly to make? Then you should make these personal strawberry shortcakes. ‘Personal’ because everyone gets their own little cake. This was my first time ever making a shortcake recipe and it was a hit with my girlfriends who I had over for dinner. Recipe…
Snickers Seven Layer Bars
I came across these bars when I was searching for something to make for my boyfriend’s and mine combined birthday party (we’re two days apart), in addition to the birthday cake. We both love Snickers bars so I jumped on this recipe. It’s super easy to make and if you love gooey, chewy caramel and…