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“Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.” – Henry David Thoreau. Mary Ann, my co-worker, gave me a giant zucchini from her son’s garden, since she knows that I love to bake. You can see the giant size of…
“Where there’s tea there’s hope”. – Arthur Wing Pinero. Matcha is actually a powdered green tea leaves originated from China in the 7th Century. Among the many benefits of matcha, it is an antioxidant for your body. The weather temperature have been in the eighties and very humid lately…
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” – Dr. Seuss. My co-worker and good friend Lori is moving away to the Sunshine State Florida next year. In numerous occasions, she has opened her house for all her friends and co-workers to…
“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice”. – Brian Herbert. Right after the Bread Camp, I took French Pastry Camp to my baking portfolio. Why not? I might as well learn more about baking wholeheartedly, and learning…
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread”. – Pablo Neruda. Another year of learning experience again this summer, a whole week of bread baking. Prior to my cake camp last year, I taught myself how to bake bread through online research. There…
“Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of ‘you’ to the world.” – Anonymous. It’s finally here. I’d been thinking about this day for months when my parents-in-law said they would visit us. I browsed ideas about mini cakes, went through my ingredients, and…
“As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.” – Victor Hugo. I’ve been wanting to practice making a purse cake. I’ve been seeing it online, and it look so real and edible. I was so tempted to make one, but who’s going to celebrate it? After all…
“Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how holiday starts.” – Unknown. It’s been my tradition for several years to give away baked goods on Holidays, and I always love it. Every year I learn to add something new to my treats, so it has never been the same. I…
“In my dreams I could be a Princess, and that’s what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.” – Loretta Young. My co-worker, Alberto, asked me if I’d like to make a birthday cake for his…
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill. My husband asked me to make a graduation cake for his co-worker, Lucky, who just graduated with MBA degree. Of course I agreed. I always love first time cake project…
“Happiness is like a kiss, you must share it to enjoy it.” – Bernard Meltzer. My co-worker, Lori, opened her home for a breakfast gathering in the summer. So I decided to bring mini cakes, just because I wanted to… Whenever I browse online, I always think mini cakes are…
“Practice only makes for improvement.” – Les Brown. For my second cake project, Imer, my co-worker, asked me to make a pink car for his daughter, Lily. For this car, I used the chocolate cake recipe that I learned from my 5 days cake camp. I started by creating a…