Tiramisu Cake

I decided to use sponge cake instead of savoiardi biscuits (lady fingers). It really tastes good! :)

Ingredients

Sponge Cake:

- 3 eggs

- 100g sugar

- 90g flour

- 15g butter

- 1 tbsp milk

Mascarpone cream:

- 250g mascarpone

- 2 eggs (separate egg yolks from egg whites)

- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar

Coffee syrup:

- 1/2 cup of espresso coffee

Garnishment:

- chocolate flakes

Procedure

SPONGE CAKE:

1) Boil some water in a pan. The ideal temperature is between 160-170° C.

2) Put the eggs in a bowl and beat them in low speed.

3) Put the sugar in the egg mixture and beat for 30 sec.

4) Deep the bowl in the hot water and beat for 1-2 mins until the sugar is totally dissolved. Take it off the hot water.

5) Add milk to the butter and melt.

6) Beat the egg mixture in high speed for 3-4 mins until it forms a whipping pattern on the surface (soft peak stage).

7) Sift the flour into the mixture and gently mix about 30 times. Pour the butter mixture and fold the batter for 50 times until it becomes glossy and smooth.

8) Pour the batter in a circle baking pan. Tap it to release air bubbles and bake for 23 mins. Let it cool.

MASCARPONE CREAM

9) Beat the egg whites until it becomes firm. Set aside.

10) In another bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar. Add mascarpone and mix well.

11) Add the beaten egg whites in the mascarpone mixture and gently mix until all the ingredients are well combined. Put inside the fridge for 10mins

CAKE ASSEMBLING

12) Cut the cake into half with the cutting area facing up. Soak the cut part with the coffee syrup.

13) Put a generous amount of cream on the first layer and spread evenly. Add some chocolate flakes and cover with the other layer.

14) Repeat the same procedure as step 13. Keep in the frigde for 15mins and serve it. ^_^

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Brownie Bites

Ingredients

- 55g of butter

- 115g of dark chocolate in pieces

- 175g of brown sugar

- 2 eggs

- 85g of flour

- 55g crushed toasted peanuts

- white royal icing

Procedure

1) Preheat the oven to 180 °. Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Mix well and leave to cool.

2) Pour the sugar and eggs in a large bowl and whisk until they form a light and fluffy cream. Combine in the chocolate mixture and sift in the flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly. Finally, add the crushed peanuts.

3) Grease a rectangular baking tray and pour the mixture in it. Put inside the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 mins until it becomes firm. Let it cool. Cut into small squares and top it with royal icing.

Enjoy! ^_^

Egg Custard Tarts

I made these yesterday morning because I was craving for it!

Ingredients

For the butter dough:

- 1 cup of flour

- 125g of cold butter

- 50g of brown sugar

For the water dough:

- 1 cup of flour

- 2 eggyolks

- 1/4 cup cold water

For the egg filling:

- 3 large eggs

- 1 cup of milk

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

For the simple syrup:

-1/3 cup of sugar

-1/2 cup of water

Procedure

BUTTER DOUGH

1) Take the cold butter and cut into cubes. Combine the butter cubes, sugar and flour until you can form a ball.

2) Transfer the butter dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap and wrap it until you form a square shape. Refrigerate the dough for 15mins.

WATER DOUGH

3) Combine eggyolks to the flour. Add half a teaspoon water at a time until you can form a ball of dough.

FOLDING THE DOUGH (technique 3x4x4)

4) To work the dough nicely make sure to have a floured surface. Roll out the water dough about a 1/4" thick in a diamond shape.

5) Take the butter dough out of the fridge and place it on the center of the water dough and wrap it up like a little present. :D

6) Roll it out into a rectangle shape. Fold into thirds. (There should be 3 layers)

7) Roll it out again into a long rectangle. Take the both ends of the rectangle and meet it up into the center. Take a quarter and fold it like a book (there should be 4 layers)

8) Repeat the same procedure of the step 7. Pop it into the fridge

SIMPLE SYRUP

9) Combine water and sugar and microwave for one minute. Set aside to cool.

EGG FILLING

10) Into a bowl combine eggs, milk and vanilla extract. Whisk together and slowly add the cooled simple syrup. To make sure that the custard is smooth when it cooks, sift it a couple of times.

11) Preheat oven to 220°C. Roll out the dough and cut out the dough with a cookie cutter about the same size as your mold. Lay it down the molds. Press into the bottom and inner edges. With your thumbs slowly work the dough up unto the sides of the molds until it meets the corners. Take a fork and prick the bottom of the tart to prevent it from puffing while cooking.

12) Put the tarts onto a baking tray. Fill them up with the egg filling. Cook for 15-20mins until the crust turns into a light golden brown color and just until you can touch the custard filling without sticking onto your finger. Take them of the molds and trasfer them onto a cooling wrack.

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!! *_*

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Valentine's Day 2014

I had the weirdest, funniest, sweetest Valentine's Day ever!

Me and my boyfriend Luigi were both busy that morning (I was on a morning shift in the hospital and he had work until 3pm). I texted him that I would like to go home for lunch and to take some rest so I suggested him to do the same. I have to get the whoopies that I baked for him. At the end we went out at almost 5pm.

I took the bus 028 from home then I stopped at Casal del Marmo and waited for the bus 146. He took the same bus and I asked him where were we going. He replied "SECRET! it will be a surprise". We went to Battistini and took the tube to Termini. He told me that we had to go to Via Piave before 7pm. I hadn't got any idea on where were we going nor what would we do once we arrive there. Since Via Piave is near to Via Palestro, I suggested him to take the Line B from Termini to Castro Pretorio. It was 6.40pm so we hurried up and I kept asking him about the "surprise". He told me "sana magustuhan mo at sana everytime na makita mo yun ay maaalala mo ako". (ngek! para ka naman namamaalam... LOL)

Anyways, we reached the street so I asked him the street number. He replied "8" then he screamed "ayun bilisan natin Bebeeh!". When I saw the shop, I was like "OMG!!!!! OMG!!!!! don't tell me you're going to get me that thing!!!!!!!!" and I was sweating due to the excitement and surprise. He took me to a photography shop and he planned on buying me a "polaroid camera" as his early bday gift for me. <3

Grabe talaga! Even if it was pretty cold outside, I started to sweat and my face was red. My heartbeat increased and he told me "your face is PRICELESS."

We were thinking if we should get the Instax mini 7 or the Instax 210. I ended on picking up the Instax mini 7 (though I would prefer an Istax mini 8 but it wasn't available). We went to the pay the cam but his Bancomat didn't work. The salesman told him that he kept entering the wrong password but Luigi was sure that the password was correct because he changed it. The salesman suggested us to withdraw from a bank nearby the shop. It was already 7.10pm but they told us that they will wait. So we ran out and search for the nearest bank. He tried to withdraw but the machine said that the password was wrong so we went back to the shop and told them that we will return the day after. POOR DADEEH! He was very disapponted to himself. The surprise was ALMOST PERFECT. I was very sad for him not because we weren't able to get the cam, but because he put so much effort for that surprise but everything went wrong. Therefore we decided to go to Barberini for dinner. (We went to Burger King)

At BK we met some friends (Mizen and JayR). They were having their date as well.

We ordered Angry Whooper for him and Chicken tendergrill for me. After the meal, he ate my Valentine Whoopies and he liked it :)

Then we went to Trevi Fountain and threw a coin for a wish :)

I was about to throw the coin :)

He bought me a Raspberry Baccardi Breezer and a Corona beer for him the we walked by Via del Corso, took a bus to Barberini and took a tube to Cornelia.

This year's Valentine's was without chocolates, flowers and balloons. The important is despite our busy lives we still have time for each other and, above all, he showed me how important I am and how much he loves me <3

Thank you Dadeeh for everything!!! Words are small compare to what I really feel. I love you so much! <3

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