Kimbap (or something like that)

It had been over two years since the last time I made makizushi...

This is my first attempt at Kimbap. The ingredients are not as authentic as the real deal, but it was pretty tasty :9

Cream Cheese Crostata with Orange Marmalade

The recipe is from Epicurious.com, and is very easy to make. I added a teeny bit of Grand Marnier to the cream cheese mixture for extra orange-y flavour ;)

"Chick Love" Threadless Cake

I'm so excited that Threadcakes is back!! Here's my "first" entry this year :) The design I chose this time is very cute "Chick Love".

Outside is store-bought chocolate fondant with homemade marshmallow fondant decorations.

Inside is Betty Crocker Butter Pecan cake (yes, I *do* use box cake mixes occasionally), Smucker's orange marmalade and homemade orange custard cream.

Samurai Blue(berry) Pancakes

2010 is such an exciting year for all sports lovers with the Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup South Africa! The Samurai Blue has been playing remarkably well in the Southern Hemisphere and hopefully will continue to make us proud in the next game against Paraguay, whatever the final score is.

In the morning of June 24 (the game day against Denmark), I made some blueberry pancakes for my pre-game(watching) breakfast. Yes, BLUE.

I added some fresh blueberries to my fave Sunny Boy Complete Buttermilk Pancake Mix. Served with more fresh blueberries and blueberry syrup from Summerland Sweets = triple blueberry!

I'm thinking of making more of these again on June 29, the next game day... Am I being a bit superstitious?

Yuzu Muffin

Inspired by the hassaku loaf my sister in Tokyo made with my mom's homemade hassaku marmalade, I baked some Yuzu muffins today.

They are super easy & quick to make, packed with intense yuzu flavour, AND contain no added sugar. All the sweetness comes from Korean Yujacha.