Sugar-coated Donuts with Oats

Last weekend I attempted to make my gramma's donuts but sadly, mine did not taste and look like hers. My donuts looked pretty but they tasted funny too. Lola Miming made the task of baking donuts look so easy.

Champorado

Suddenly I had the urge to eat champorado. Okay, you're probably wondering what the heck is champorado? I'm not quite sure if this is purely a Philippine delicacy but this is the term that we coined for chocolate porridge. Back home, my grandmother always prepared this during breakfast and she always made sure that there was a bottle of milk on the table, just in case we found the cocoa in the champorado too strong or too thick.

Since this is not sold nor served here in Thailand, I decided to make one.

And The Third Will Be A Charm

About two weeks ago, I bought some materials and ingredients so that I can finally start my kitchen project. They are not much but they will do for the time being since I have only started. My first attempt at baking was a mess. It was probably a mess because other than not knowing what I exactly needed to do, I also lacked the most important equipment --- the oven(LOL!!!) I know, I know. What the hell was I thinking, right? Well I read in one of the blogs that the microwave can also be handy in baking so, I decided to give it a whack.

My first attempt at baking using the microwave was a disaster. My, eherm, food critic said that it was delicious but the presentation was really messy (in short, if it was sold in a pastry shop --- no one would bother even tasting it!) Check my Choco-Carrot cake with chocolate frosting below:



That was my first attempt. Fortunately, my second attempt at baking in a microwave turned out better than the first one. I decided to make a chocolate cake with cheesecake frosting. Yum!!!

My First

I forgot to blog about this last month. My mother finally shared her secret 'ube jam' recipe and I gave it a whack. I gave my friends a cup each so they can try it out and they told me that it was delicious but the presentation needed to be improved. Further, it was suggested that I finely grind or mush the 'ube' or taro. Here's a photo of my 'ube jam' --- yum!