If you are hopeless chocolate addict use this luscious buttercream to create your own.
Ingredients :
· 1/4 cup whipping cream
· 1-2/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
· 2 tbsp. chocolate liqueur
· 2 tsp. pure...
This basic frosting is used for many cakes. Do not stir sugar syrup once the sugar has dissolved, and ensure the whipped egg yolks are cool before adding the butter.
If the buttercream separates or curdles, beat...
Ingredients :
· 1/3 cup soft butter
· 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
· 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
· 3 tbsp. cream or milk
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Cooking Procedures :
1. Blend soft butter, 1 cup of confectioners'...
This glaze takes no time to prepare and adds a simple finishing touch to plain cakes.
Ingredients :
· 2 tbsp. lemon juice
· 1 tbsp. apple juice
· 1-1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
· 1/2 vanilla bean
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Baking sugar cookies is the perfect way to get everyone in the family together in the kitchen.
With an easy-to-handle dough, it takes no time to cut sugar cookies into interesting shapes to suit any season or occasion....
Ingredients :
· 1-1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
· 1 tsp. baking powder
· 1/4 tsp. salt
· 1/4 cup softened butter (or margarine)
· 1/4 cup liquid honey
· 1/4 cup sesame paste (tahini)
· 1/2 tsp. almond extract
·...
Ingredients :
· 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
· 2/3 cup oats
· 1/2 cup cornstarch
· 1/2 cup confectioners’ (icing) sugar, sifted
· 3/4 cup butter, softened
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These biscuits go superbly with smoked salmon, cheese or butter and marmalade. If you omit the baking powder, the texture will be crisper. You can also make them thinner than specified in the recipe—just reduce...
Ingredients :
· 2/3 cup uncooked oat bran cereal
· 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
· 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
· 1/2 tsp. baking powder
· 3 tbsp. softened margarine
· 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
·...
Macaroons are the classic meringue cookies that have lately taken Paris by storm. Thay can be made large or small and filled with every conceivable flavouring, from green tea and fruit to herb pastes.
Mostly everyone...
This is the definitive chocolate chip cookies, with chocolate in the dough and chocolate chunks distributed throughout the cookie. It is always the first to go on a tray of mixed cookies.
Ingredients :
· 1/2 cup...
Ingredients :
· 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
· 1 cup sugar
· 3/4 cup cocoa powder
· 1-1/4 tsp. baking powder
· 1/4 tsp. salt
· 1/2 cup oil (vegetable oil or corn oil)
· 2 eggs, at room temperature
·...
Ingredients :
1-1/4 cups water
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp. lye (lihiya) water, for cooking
grated fresh coconut
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Cooking Procedures :
Bring water and sugar to a boil. Let...
Ingredients :
1 bar gulaman (unflavoured gelatin), red or green
3 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 medium coconut, grated
1/2 cup pinipig, toasted
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Gulaman, the local...
Ingredients :
6 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup glutinous rice
1 can (10 oz.) corn niblets
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup thick coconut milk (optional)
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Cooking Procedures :
In a heavy...
Ingredients :
1/2 cup glutinous rice
1 can coconut milk
1-1/2 cans water
1 pandan leaf, cut into 2 pieces
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups frozen or freshly scraped corn niblets from 4 ears of corn
3/4 cup sugar
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Ingredients :
4 cups coconut milk
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 cups malagkit (glutinous) rice
Topping
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup thick coconut milk
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Cooking...
Ingredients :
1 cup pinipig
1-1/4 cups rice flour
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 pkg. grated young coconut with coconut water, thawed
1 tsp. pandan extract (or 1 leaf)
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Cooking...
Ingredients :
2 cups grated cassava
1 can coconut milk
1/2 can condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
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Cooking Procedures :
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
Divide...
Ingredients :
Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup margarine or butter, cut into thin slices
1/4 cup shortening
5-6 tbsp. cold water
eggwash
Filling
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1...
Buko Pandan Salad is a favourite Filipino salad served in almost every kind of party and special occasions in the Philippines and around the world where Filipinos live. This dessert is addicting.
When I was younger,...
