Puto Cheese

It is called "Rice Puto" these are mini rice cake in Filipino version. These are delicious mini rice cake from the Philippines sweet delicacy.

However, my children protested "NO!!!" well, I said you can call them whatever you want. LOLz.

The recipe that I followed is from the Goldilocks recipe that I found online since year 2006. But at this time I cannot find the recipe I was using. The recipe posted below... I found it in other site. http://www.filipino-food-recipes.com/puto.html

INGREDIENTS

§  3 2/3 cups Rice Flour (or 1 pound bag)

§  1 can Coconut Milk

§  3 cups hot water

§  4 teaspoons Double-Acting Baking Powder

§  1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence(optional)

§  1 1/2 cup Sugar

§  1 stick butter, softened

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes plus 1 1/2 hour for letting the mix rise.

COOKING TIME: 35 minutes

1 Mix together the coconut milk and rice flour. Add the sugar and softened butter.

2 Heat up the water and add to the rice flour mixture. Strain and let it cool down thoroughly.

3 Add the baking powder and vanilla essence and set aside for an hour and a half.

4 Pour the mix on a lined muffin pan up to 2/3 full.

5 Steam for 25 - 30 minutes or until the top is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

6 Let it cool down before taking out of the pan.
When I cook this yummy snacks I do not put cheese as per request of my kiddos, they love it without the cheese on top.

Source: Lutong Pinoy

AristoCat Birthday Cake

Aristocat (Cute Cat) Birthday Cake for my friend Sarah's one and only daughter Amira on her 23rd birthday last January 23, 2014.

It is one of the best cakes I've ever made. LOL'z, Well I can say it is! My Friend Sarah asks me if I can bake and decorate a cake with a cat on it because she wants to surprise her daughter. I was hesitant at first because I didn't have a clue how to make a cat.

As I a new to my craft, I did not make a promise to her since I know it would be difficult to do. If I would make it this will be my first because I have never done this before. Yet, I told my friend yes I will try to make it for her.

To make a fondant cat is not easy. I did try so many times with no success so I need help from Mr. Google. I made several researched online and on YouTube on how to make a fondant cat. I am very much happy that I found this tutorial and I was able to follow the steps. Of course, the first time I did was not really nice looking, so I also made several attempts until the picture above was the result.

My friend Sarah had called the next day asking not to continue the making of the cat because she feels it very difficult for me. However, everything is already made but I never said anything to her that it was done. I just told her that it was okay.

The day when she picks up the cake she was like an awed... and really amazed how the cake turns out. She thanks me so many times and paid more than the amount I asked for.

This is the link I used for making my pinky kitty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbCaI5ToGX0

💝😉Thanks Sarah for giving me this opportunity.

3-Tiered Yellow 80th Birthday Cake

The roses were made of mixed fondant and gum paste. I made all of those ahead of time to make it hard. The figurine was made of just fondant. I'm having a hard time making that figurine; it took me a while to figure it out how to make a granny looks. The lovely granny figurine that holds flowers setting on a lovely fondant chair surrounded with yellow flowers added to the great looks of my cake which made me very proud. The buttercream icing grass made the cake stand out.


 The flavors of the cake were mocha and buko pandan as my cousin Criselda requested. I never had a taste of it but I heard comments from my cousins and some other guests. At the party, one of the guests who seated beside me said to the woman beside him (I thought is his wife), he doesn't like chocolate cake, so he pushes the cake away from him. While I was listening to their conversation, the woman told the guy, just taste it! So the man tasted the cake a little bit and his reaction made me so happy and content because he liked it then he asked for more cake LOLz...

Mama Eda was very happy when I presented the cake to her and so I am very happy too.

Angelynna's 6th Birthday

Angelynna was celebrating her 6th birthday on Dec. 30, 2015. On that day, she was really sad because she felt nobody remember her birthday. She asked me if she could go with me at work. I granted her wish to come to work on that day because I knew what she felt and thought that nobody cares to mention or sing a birthday song.

I observed her the whole day, she tried to smile and pretend to be happy. At her age, I thought she cried that easily and also thought that she forgot her birth date but I was totally wrong.

At 5:20 PM, when the children in my care and I went to the other classroom waiting for their respective parents to pick up, I never seen Angelynna anywhere in the daycare, I became so worried. I thought, she followed us! I went back to the classroom when I heard somebody's crying inside. My heart melts as I saw her crying in the corner of the classroom. I asked her what had happened, she simply said "nobody love's me" she sobbed... I told her how much I love her, the reason why I did not prepare her a birthday party because I was working however, I will make it up the next day on the 31st. By saying it, she stopped crying and started to smile and hugged me so tight.

One more she requested was the Clawdeen Monster High Birthday Cake. Although, this time she had no visitors but I can feel how happy she was.

Here's the video of her 6th birthday celebration.