Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
(Original Post Date: Jan 9, 2011) Who knew that Vietnamese Honeycomb Cake (Banh Bo Nuong) would end up being one of the most difficult cakes I’ve ever tried to make? My friend gave me a delicious homemade Banh Bo Nuong around Christmas time, and I’ve been trying to duplicate it ever since. The more I [...]
(Original Post Date: December 28, 2010) I was intrigued by these packages of vacuum-packed chestnuts (already peeled and roasted) that I found at the Chinese Market a few weeks ago. I tend to stay away from chestnuts in coking/baking, since I find them so hard to peel… So I thought why not give them a [...]
(Original Post Date: December 06, 2010) I’ve always been a fan of the Vietnamese sweets that incorporate Pandan flavor (Screwpine leaf)… but I’ve never seen a Pandan leaf – so I probably wouldn’t recognize it even it if was right in front of me. Thankfully, my friend Connie had a bottle of Pandan extract that [...]
(Original Post Date: August 13, 2010) Have you ever had an Italian Rainbow Cookie? I had them for the first time last year… and they are so good! Three layers of spongy-almond dough (in colors to mimic the Italian flag) with chocolate surrounding all sides… yum! I’ve been on a cupcake kick lately… so I thought, [...]
(Original Post Date: August 2, 2010) When I was in grad school at UCLA, there was this little Italian restaurant that I used to love to go to… Giovanni’s Trattoria. It was located in a small strip mall on Venice Blvd. and run by two brothers who were originally from Italy. Their food was always fresh, [...]
(Original Post Date: June 4, 2010) Sometimes I feel like eating cake. The problem is, I seldom want to stop eating cake. The twisted solution in my mind, of course, is to make a cake that is somewhat healthy (in the attempt to make me feel better about over-indulging in dessert). Carrots are a good source [...]
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