Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
And now, for something completely different… Have you ever tried Mochi Brownies? These rice flour “brownies” taste like a cross between chewy sweet mochi and chocolate cake. They are moist, chocolaty, with a springy and chewy texture. There are various types of “rice flour” on the market. If you want the mochi texture – be careful [...]
Apfelkuchen is a traditional German/Austrian apple cake. It’s very simple, as it calls for only basic pantry ingredients. You can “dress it up” a bit by adding raisins, walnuts, whatever you like – but I think the apple flavor stands out the best without these additions. This cake makes a wonderful dessert than can be [...]
On our recent trip to Florida, we picked up some “taste of Florida” Tortuga rum cake sampler packs. The sampler pack contained three flavors: Florida Orange, Key Lime, and Coconut. The Florida Orange Rum Cake was my favorite… and for the low price of $26.95… I could have another one mailed direct from the Cayman [...]
Over Thanksgiving, we decided to skip the turkey… and took a cruise down to the Caribbean instead. Our second port-of-call was Phillipsburg, on the Dutch side of St. Martin. We took a tour over to the French side of the island, and stopped for lunch in the seaside town of Marigot. Now, after eating cruise [...]
I’ve never been a fan of traditional British Style (bitter) marmalade made from Seville Oranges (Citrus aurantium). And here in California, very few people like bitter marmalade… so making a batch to give away as gifts is often met with an, “Um… no thanks.” In the last year, I’ve spent a lot of time trying [...]
While I was browsing Amazon.com for Christmas gifts this year… I came across something I just HAD to have! The “GingerDead Men” Cookie Cutter & Stamper combination, by Fred. I figured this would make an interesting departure from the regular (boring) sugar cookies that I make with star or tree cookie cutters. The cookie cutter/stamper [...]
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