Chocolate chip cookies

I'm not a baker. If you follow my blog, I often write that Baking is not my forte but I try to bake once in awhile, especially those that I know I can manage.  I've always been confident in making chocolate chip cookies, they don't really look pretty but i can assure you that they really taste good.

So my cousin sent me this knock-off recipe from a very famous pastry chef in New York, and I immediately bought the ingredients and waited until everyone retreated to their respected rooms so that I can have the kitchen all to myself.

I already placed my mixer in its box so i was kinda lazy to just bring it out again.  Besides, I kinda needed the arm exercise.

It took me atleast 10 mins to incorporate the butter and the sugar.  It's called creaming by the way.  By this time, the over was already pre-heated.

I made small and big cookies from the batch.  I'm a fan of chunky big-size cookies but I felt that it's more practical to have regular size ones so that my senior parents can munch on them as well.

My friends are encouraging me to "sell" my products online (join in on the bandwagon) but I told them that I'm confident that my cookies are tasty-but I can't promise if I can be consistent.  I'm not saying that I can't be consistent, but my confidence level is not yet 100 percent.

I see alot of people selling their products online.  I'm sorry but some of these are not even enticing to the eyes.  And I'm no expert in cooking or baking, but I can almost always say that some dont even look edible.  Like why would you even sell that? 

Trust me, I am interested in selling my cookies and or even my buchi ( will do another post on this) but I need to be confident first that i can provide my consumers a consistent product.  It's not just food here, it's my reputation on the line.

But that's just my opinion... I still wish everyone success, and if I can help in any way in promoting your product, just give me a shout out and will gladly do so... I support local, especially start-up businesses with potential.

UBE-fever invades dream cake

It's been awhile since I created a post... been too busy with life and work, but I never really stop eating. 

In the coming days will be posting more...promise! 

Alot of my friends and family know that i'm very picky with my cakes; like i prefer certain brands not because of their name or price, but because it's the only cake that I like. When dream cakes started going viral, i automatically joined the bandwagon and tried almost all "branded" dreamcakes available in the market. 

I got too tired easily though coz of the "umay" factor in most of them, and yes, some of sponges they use are not that great either...they're either too moist or dense that after being in the fridge for awhile, it just tastes argh...

However, someone gifted my mom on her birthday an Ube dream cake-ish.  Hesitant to try it, coz I dont really like Ube being something else aside from Halaya and putting it as a topping on Halo-Halo... 

But my mom insisted that I should try it coz it came from the same dessert shop where we got one of the best carrot cakes in town.  

True enough, the Ube cake didn't disappoint.  It wasn't exactly a dream cake as they used regular icing.  It wasn't too sweet, neither the taste of the Ube was overpowering.

You can also taste the Ube in the cake, but not overbearing.  I love how it melts in your mouth, and you can eat a big chunk of it, because it's just your typical cake placed inside a tin can.

I'm beginning to think that this dessert shop has potential...hehehe... I already like 2 of its products, carrot cake ( which I'm not really a fan of) and this Ube in a tin can cake...

Honestly, I would like to promote this cafe since i'm all for supporting locals.  And who knows, when this pandemic is over, I could try their other products as well.