Month: June 2025

Okay, so today I wanna share my little adventure with making “dulce sugar.” It’s not some fancy recipe or anything, just a thing I kinda stumbled into while messing around in the kitchen. It all started last week. I had a bunch of leftover sugar – the regular, granulated kind. And, I was watching some cooking show where they talked about caramelized sugar. Got me ...

Alright, so I’m gonna spill the beans on my latest kitchen adventure: baking a pie in an aluminium pie plate. You know, those cheap-o ones you can grab at any grocery store? First off, I grabbed a couple of these plates. They’re light, flimsy, and honestly, I never really trusted ’em. But hey, I was feeling thrifty. Preheated the oven to 375°F (about 190°C), standard ...

Alright folks, gather ’round! Today, I’m spillin’ the beans on my glazed fruit adventure. It all started with a hankering for a proper fruitcake – the kind that’s dense, boozy, and studded with jewel-like candied fruit. First things first: Picking the fruit. I hit up the market and grabbed a mix of stuff: cherries (both the bright red and the dark, almost black ones), some ...

My Caramel Sandwich Cookie Adventure Alright, so the other day, I got this massive craving for caramel sandwich cookies. You know the kind – two buttery cookies with that gooey, chewy caramel in the middle. Store-bought ones are okay, I guess, but they never quite hit the spot, and honestly, they cost a small fortune. So, I thought, “Hey, I can totally make these myself!” ...

So, someone asked me the other day about low gluten flour, and it kinda threw me back to this whole baking disaster I had a while ago. It’s funny how you learn things, usually the hard way, right? I decided I was going to bake a super delicate, fluffy cake for my niece’s birthday. You know, one of those ones that just melts in your ...

Alright, so today I’m gonna walk you through something I whipped up in the kitchen recently – red velvet shortbread cookies. I’d seen a few pictures, and they looked pretty neat, so I thought, why not give it a shot? Sometimes you just gotta try these things yourself to see what all the fuss is about. So, here’s my little adventure with these red beauties. ...

Alright, so I decided I was going to get a bit fancy for a little get-together I was hosting. You know how it is, you see these pretty pictures online, and you think, “Yeah, I can do that!” My big idea this time? Individual desserts. And I stumbled upon these 3 oz dessert cups. Seemed like the perfect size, not too much, not too little. ...

Right, so let’s talk about these cute cookie cutters. Everyone wants their bakes to look good, yeah? And you see all these perfect pictures online. It’s not always that simple, though. Not by a long shot. I got it in my head a while back that I needed cookies with more… pizzazz. Tired of the same old circles. So, I went looking. Hit the internet, ...

Figuring Out This Instant Pudding Mousse Thing So, I was in the kitchen. Wanted sweet. Now. No time for real baking, you know? Remembered hearing about instant pudding, but like, as a mousse. Sounded easy enough. Worth a shot, I figured. Found a box of chocolate instant pudding. The regular stuff, nothing fancy. Box says milk. Whisk. Simple. But for mousse? Gotta be different. I’d ...

Right, so I decided to tackle this matcha tiramisu cake thing. Been seeing it around, and honestly, regular tiramisu, while good, gets a bit samey after a while. Plus, I had this tin of matcha powder staring at me from the pantry, practically begging to be used for something other than just another latte. Waste not, want not, right? Getting Started – The usual kitchen ...