Muffins

i had cravings for Muffins since last week. Wanted to bake some last weekend to curb my cravings, but i ran out of flour! :(

finally, i bought my flour and a can of peach.. and tadaa!!!

See the slices of peaches and bananas? yummy,

there were more than enough for me to curb my cravings, and the banana ones are really fragrant! Even the peach muffins smell of bananas.

On a side note, i've baked pizza again last weekend for my darling.. i love watching him enjoying the pizzas after a tiring day at work :P (I apologise for the lousy picture due to my very-outdated-and-should-be-in-museum-handphone).

I also cooked spaghetti carbonara for the first time using Martha Steward's recipe. They taste really good! My darling finished every single strand of them and the mushroom soup, and ended up with a bloated stomach! hahaha

Recipe adopted from MarthaStewart.com

Ingredients
(Serves 6)

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
10 ounces pancetta, cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 pound spaghetti
1 cup heavy cream, plus more if needed
4 large egg yolks
2 cups grated (about 5 ounces) Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Heat a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and pancetta to skillet, and cook until the pancetta is browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, and keep warm.

Cook spaghetti in boiling water until al dente, about 8 minutes. While spaghetti is cooking, whisk cream, egg yolks, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl until combined. Drain pasta, and return to saucepan. Immediately stir in egg-and-cheese mixture until well combined. Add warm pancetta and fat from pan. Toss well. Thin sauce with additional cream, if necessary.

Serve immediately, garnished with grated Parmesan cheese.

Blueberry & peach muffins!

A basket full of muffins..

Peach & oreo cupcakes

Let the pictures do the talking.. :)

Strawberry & Peach cupcakes topped with mascarpone cheese cream

I bought a punnet of blueberries, as well as a box of nectarines (peaches) from NTUC during lunch today. It got me excited for the whole afternoon, hoping that I can knock off on time so that i can rush to bake something out, hopefully for breakfast tml!



Surfed around for recipes, and finally found this that I like! Improvised a little by adding in additional strawberries (my fav! Yummy) to the batter, and all i can say is.. it's so yummy that you wanna eat the batter!


my cupcakes before they are frosted.. see the peaches n strawberries on the top?


cupcake with mascarpone cheese & cream, with an additional oreo cookie! (Slurp~ don't u just want to slurp the frosting down? haha. )





Here comes the chocolate chips..

And a happy family of 3!

I made a total of 15 cupcakes, but before i could get them frosted, 4 were gone.. eaten by my family haha. Daddy says its nice, and soft.

And i couldnt help but keep licking on the frosting, and feeding my boy spoons after spoons. FYI, mascarpone cheese are really ex. $10.80 for a tub of 500ml. Mascarpone cheese are used to make tiramisu cakes (and if u remember my previous post, I promised to make a tiramisu for my bf! But the cheese ended up on my cuppies instead :X ). They are exceptionally fragrant and soft, and taste really light and sweet.

After frosting and all, i'm left with ONLY 8 cupcakes. Half gone within an hr. I intended to keep 4 for myself, and 4 for my bf but who knows.. my evil sister actually gave 4 of my cuppies away to her tuition kid!!! arggggggggh. there goes my breakfast :(

Nvm, i'll make them again.. since there's still peaches and strawberries in the fridge!