We were planning to have dinner with my family and Andy's family, so it was sort of a special occasion. I planned to bake something new that I haven't tried. Then it hit me - what perfect way to celebrate the occasion with cupcakes? Upon realizing, I immediately went to the mall first thing in the morning and bought a cupcake pan. Yay! I was so excited!
It has been months since I had this jar of Nutella with me. Me and my roommates are too busy to consume it. Also, I am too conscious about my weight that I tend to stray away from eating it! Lol. As much as I love having a huge jar of Nutella, I never want it to go to waste. So I decided to make use of it and bake some Chocolate Chip Nutella Cookies
How ironic of me to be making a detox juice drink in the morning but still planning to bake chocolate chip muffins in the afternoon. Healthy vs. unhealthy - my constant battle everyday. Apparently, unhealthy always wins. Hahaha. And so I baked these muffins. Sadly, they were a fail.
I got this recipe from Joy of Baking, and followed the exact ingredients and procedure. I don't know why they didn't rise but I suspect that our old-fashioned vintage oven does not heat up to the temperature set even I already preheated it. Perhaps I need to buy an oven thermometer.
People have their own variations of a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe. Mine, well.. I have yet to come up on my own. As of now, I've been following alot of fantastic food blogs. I got this recipe from this very lovely blog.
These cookies came out really soft and chocolatey. As you can see, I added alot of chocolate chips! And topped them with even more!
Honestly, I was never into the kitchen before. I had no interest in
cooking or baking. I always thought that cooking and baking requires
alot of expertise and good taste in food. But surprisingly, when I tried
to bake for the first time (the real food, not just fried eggs), I
eventually became hooked. Right now I seriously can’t stop baking! It
all started last December when Andy and I decided to cook dinner for our
5th anniversary and for Christmas Eve (they fall on the same date!).
Andy took in charge of the main dishes and told me to make the dessert.
At that moment, I became so excited. I searched for recipes and videos
on easy desserts. I stumbled on different websites and videos and
couldn’t decide which one to choose! I finally decided to bake some
brownies. It was really my first time to bake something! And the result
was…not that bad! Lol. I overcooked them but they still tasted good. My
family actually loved it, but I knew I needed more practice to make it
better. But I realized that baking and cooking is really fun and EASY!!!
I’ve been trying out recipes since then. Let me show you my experiments :)
The brownies I baked that night!
Choco lava cakes
