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"Cooking Mama" is a DS game that features a matronly character who teaches you to cook! Here I'm cutting a tentancle to make takoyaki (octopus dumplings). Watch out--if you work too slowly she gets pissed and her eyes catch fire!
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Ingredients:
•2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring
•1 tablespoon baking powder
•1/2 teaspoon baking soda
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
•1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
•1/2 cup butter/margarine, softened
•1 1/3 cups sugar
•2 eggs, beaten until frothy
•1 cup mashed cooked or canned pumpkin
•3/4 cup milk/soy milk
•3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Preparation:
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a bowl. Cream butter/margarine and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs. Blend in mashed pumpkin.
Stir in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, blending until batter is smooth after each addition; stir in chopped walnuts. Spoon batter into well-greased and floured or paper-lined muffin pan cups. Fill about 2/3 full.
Bake at 375° for 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cool completely before filling.
I cheated on the filling and used a Caramel that I got from a Russian Deli but you can use any Caramel Spread or even pre-made if you'd like. Once the cupcakes were completely cool, I filled them with caramel.
Cream Cheese Frosting
•8 ounces Cream Cheese/Soy Cream Cheese
•1/2 cup butter/margarine
•2 cups powdered sugar
•2 tsp vanilla
•a dab of food coloring of your choice
•jimmies
Blend in mixer until fluffy and spread on cool cupcakes. Add jimmies.
I recommend refrigerating the cupcakes when completed and eating them cold.
On the other side, 2 person are doing some cooking and another 2 curious on-lookers glancing at it. Maybe the aroma smells fabulous! Wahahaha!
Photo used at blog post - ronald-tan.com/2009/10/16/exploring-pulau-ubin-singapore/
Shot while my boyfriend was cooking vegetables :p
Artificial kitchen lights, with a little bit salt and pepper ;)
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Photos prises alors que mon chéri préparait le repas :p
Beef shank, tripe,
Beef shank, tripe, beef hoof, mirepoix, star anise, serrano chillis, lemongrass, sichuan pepper, cinnamon
Beef shank, tripe, beef hoof, mirepoix, star anise, serrano chillis, lemongrass, sichuan pepper, cinnamon, anise seed, pepper, fish sauce, ginger, garlic, a splash of glögg and probably a few other things.
Beef shank, tripe, beef hoof, mirepoix, star anise, serrano chillis, lemongrass, sichuan pepper, cinnamon, anise seed, pepper, fish sauce, ginger, garlic, a splash of glögg and probably a few other things.
This stuff will change your life.
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Another Cookswell Jikos original handmade animal BBQ. A 3ft tall goose with an energy saving ceramic firebox and handblown Kitengela glass eyes.