Aside from work, I also bought my first home! This, of course, creates a whole new list of things to keep me busy, but it's also fun because it is MY place...not another person's place that I'll be living in.
Needless to say, I haven't had all that much time to bake, but my new place has an awesome oven, so be prepared for more baked goods in the future.
Here are a few things that I did get the opportunity to whip up....mostly for celebratory purposes...birthdays, Father's day, and cultural festivities.
For Boris' birthday....a group of us went to SF for some yummy Peruvian food , then red velvet whoopie pies with cream cheese filling for dessert!
In honor of the Dragon Boat Festival - these are like the Chinese version of Mexican tamales...filled with sticky rice, peanuts, chestnuts, meat, and some other flavorful things, and wrapped with bamboo leaves....joong! The filling is raw; after they are assembled you have to cook them in boiling water for 4-5 hours.
For Father's day, lemon meringue cake. I had some fun with a blow torch and cooked the meringue in the flames. Unfortunately, I didn't have a kitchen torch, which emits a less intense flame, and probably would have resulted in a more evenly toasted outside...maybe a potential birthday present? :)
Oh, and I had some extra batter, so I made a regular-sized cake and a mini one that I gave to my neighbors.
More to come soon....I promise :)
