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Lately we can see different themed cakes at the bakeshop and during birthday parties. Mostly the cake is inspired by the theme of the party or whatever is the favorite of the birthday celebrant. Today I’ve searched a very interesting cake… a gold bullion coin inspired cake and cupcakes… take a look:

This one is a four-tier Vienna gold coin cake. As you can see it is covered with gold coins and gold leaf.

I think this kind of cake is a nice idea for a wedding. It’s like an inspiration for the new couple to start saving and have interest to invest on gold, which is regarded to be a precious asset that has a timeless value. Everything else will fall but not the value of gold that’s why it’s one of the best investments you can think of.

And next is a pot of gold cupcakes…

The cupcake looks simple but with the additional touch of colorful icing and the gold coin, that made it really nice and cute… Well these cupcakes inspired me to bake for the holidays. Such a nice gift for friends and relatives…

I’m sure there are more pretty gold coin inspired cake out there… I guess it’s a nice idea for your next birthday… giving you more gold inspiration.

As I was sorting out photos of my son for this year, I browsed again his 6th birthday party held last March. It was one of his happy birthdays since all his classmates and friends went to the party. Aside from that, he was also delighted because the Lightning McQueen cake that he requested has been granted… here’s the photo of the cake:

It was totally cute and yummy indeed. I love the taste not too sweet. The guests were also satisfied with it. In fact, there was one mommy who asked me where we ordered it.

Anyway, for his 7th birthday that is 7 months to go he’s telling me he wanted the toy story theme… I’m not so sure about it but I hope I could grant his request…

Almost everyone wanted to have the iPhone as it has the best features so far but I think it doesn’t have the sweetness as this iPhone cake has….

Just by looking, you can tell it is sweeter than the apple, haha… great! I wonder if iphone warranty comes with this cake, hehe…. perfect match to complete the sweetness… Well, I stumbled this while browsing pretty cakes on the Internet. And since iPhone is the latest craze, doing a theme cake like this is just very timely. Also, this makes a great birthday cake for those who love gadgets or a big fan of apple products… (Oh, I can think of the husband here, hehe…. )….

To those who are planning a birthday themed cake, this is truly perfect!

I definitely missed it…. baking that is! And the more I miss it when I saw this photo of chocolate salted caramel cupcake…

Oh my what a yummy sweet delight!

I stayed late tonight as I have some documents to check regarding our life insurance and before hitting the sack I decided to do some net browsing (good thing I got a nice connection at this time) and saw the photo above. Just then I felt I have missed a big part of my passion and yes that’s baking…

And isn’t this cute to have those ribbons?

I will definitely try this.
If you’re interested, you may check the recipe at
http://gracessweetlife.com/2010/07/chocolate-salted-caramel-cakes-mini-cupcakes/.

Whether you have an early meeting with a client or a pre-employment screening to attend, start your day with a nutritious and delicious breakfast as it can stimulate your senses with endless possibilities. Eating breakfast gives you a mental advantage and concentration throughout the day. In our household, breakfast is a must and shouldn’t be missed. That’s why I’m up early in the morning to prepare food for my boys. And if there’s one thing that we love to eat in the morning, it is the oatmeal…

And for oatmeal lovers out there, I found this healthy breakfast recipe that you can prepare for your household… Yogurt-Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients:
* 1 cup(s) oats, quick-cooking or old-fashioned rolled oats
* 1 cup(s) yogurt, low-fat plain
* 1/4 cup(s) margarine, low-calorie
* 2 tablespoon sugar, brown
* 1 banana(s), mashed (or use 1/2 cup apple juice concentrate)
* 1/4 cup(s) egg substitute
* 1 cup(s) flour, all-purpose
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 tablespoon baking soda
* 1/2 cup(s) raisins

Preparation:
1. Mix the yogurt with the oatmeal and let stand for 1 hour.
2. Cream the margarine with sugar and banana or apple juice.
3. Add egg and oatmeal mixture.
4. Sift the dry ingredients into the oatmeal mixture. Stir in raisins.
5. Spoon into 12 muffin cups coated with nonstick cooking spray.
6. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes.

Enjoy your muffin!

From clothes to shoes to home stuff to phone accessories and just recently laptop, gps items, LOL! I was surfing from one site to the other. I spent an hour to do this just to unwind a little, … anyway, my last stop was a recipe site and I’m actually thinking of food for our dinner. But when I happened to see this Moist pumpkin Spice muffin from thepinoneerwoman.com (I’m a big fan of this site.. ) ) …
oh lala, I just want to bake this one instead, haha…

Last week, I baked a banana cupcake as a long time request by the husband… and when I saw the above muffin, I just want to try baking it too…hmmm… let’s see if I can do it this weekend.

By the way if you wanted to try, recipe can be found at http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/10/moist-pumpkin-spice-muffins-with-cream-cheese-frosting/. Enjoy and have fun baking

Another sweet tooth recipe for you… I haven’t bake this one yet but it’s on my list…

Ingredient: (serving size: 16 pieces)
-70% bittersweet chocolate 8 oz, break into small pieces
-unsalted butter 8 tablespoons, cut into small pieces
-fine brown sugar 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons
-salt 1/4 teaspoon
-large eggs 2 pieces, beaten
-all purpose flour 1/3 cup

How to cook:
1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Put the rack in the lower position of the oven. Lightly butter the baking tray on all four sides. Place the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl set over a pot of gently simmering water and stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Remove from heat.

2.With a large spatula,beat the sugar and salt into the chocolate mixture. Then, beat in the eggs one at a time.

3.Add the flour and mix vigorously until the batter is very glossy and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

4.Pour the batter into the baking tray and make sure the batter is level. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out moist but clean. Let cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Remove the brownies from the pan using a fork, tipping the sides and cool completely on the rack for cutting.

Have fun baking and enjoy the brownies….

Last week, my son requested for some cookies. It’s been a while since I bake cookies for him so I gave in to his requests… Towards the end, he said why not form letter M for his name. And since I have few batter left I formed his nickname and it goes like this:

He was happy to see that, LOL!

And after few minutes in the oven… here’s the cookies

… hehe.

He enjoyed our baking time and definitely will do it again…

Yummy!

A perfect match to my coffee. Our snack yesterday and today, LOL!

The residue from the carrot juice that the husband made last Wednesday prompted me to bake carrot cake. Well, he kept on bugging me to bake one since last week. So I baked this and sooooo good compared to my carrot cupcake. I’m proud of this one and I can truly say it’s really yummy, hahaha! The husband loves it. It’s not too sweet. And the carrots were perfectly mixed. Now I realized it’s good to use the one extracted from the juicer. I will definitely bake this one again and I will try the one with cream cheese topping… yezzz!

Though one of my agendas last weekend was to bake, it’s not my plan of doing this Pecan Brownies. I’m eyeing to bake a Blueberry slice since my blueberries will expire soon. But I’m lacking one of the ingredients, which I couldn’t find in the nearby supermarket. I’m sure it has on the other store but I need to commute to get to that store, which is quite far. Then the thought of baking brownies came up when I saw some Pecan nuts on the cabinet. It made me smile and then I said to the husband, I’m going to use this and bake brownies…

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