Kusina Maria and Davao Foodie is proud to announce that the winner of our Bake Me A Cake Contest is Brendel Balaga and she wants me to bake her a Ssaeng Cream Cake.
The Cake of Brendel's Dreams
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For our second baking session with Doc Joanna (first session here), we decided to bake some brownies and some butter cake.
I have baked both before so it was a painless session.
Brownies
We chose this recipe and technique in making brownies since my cousin wanted fudgy, moist brownies. I think brownies are as good as the chocolate they’re made with. In this case we used imported cocoa powder from I forgot where. 
Butter plus Chocolate
Category: Desserts
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Bluebery New York Cheesecake
To finish off our Sunday Lunch we decided to make some Blueberry New York Cheesecake. We decided on this since one of our cousins is allergic to chocolates and I was also trying to avoid chocolates. According to the Joy of Baking New York Cheesecakes as distinct from Italian Cheesecakes because they use cream cheese as opposed to the traditional Italians that use ricotta.
While some people contend themselves with no-bake cheesecakes with the use of gelatin, my gastronomic adventures at Lachi’s has led me to believe that baked cheesecake is the richest, creamiest, best kind of cheesecake. I was initially intimidated when we learned this in school.
Category: Desserts, Entrees
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Chocolate Souffle
On the very first day of culinary school, the very first thing I made was a Mocha Souffle. And it was a nerve-wracking but very fulfilling task. I enjoyed it because I love mocha. And so did my groupmates.
Mocha Souffle
One of my aunts, Tita Teri, an experienced baker, requested that we bake souffle. She already knows how to bake a lot of pastries but has never tried baking souffle. And it was the very first thing she asked from me after I finished culinary school… baking souffle. Tita asked that we baked chocolate souffle, which I didn’t bake in school but had baked for Kuya Andrew during one of our kitchen testing sessions. So I wasn’t very intimidated when Tita Teri asked for it.
Category: Desserts, Tips and Tricks
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