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Month: January 2022

Corn Fritters

Sweet Corn Fritters

Corn is the third largest human food crop; after wheat and rice and is the main nourishment for millions of people the world over.In the Philippines where I grew up, rice was my dad’s main crop and corn was only grown as a back up, so there were only a […]

Sponge Cake

Best Ever Sponge Cake

If you love baking, you should have a recipe for a basic vanilla sponge cake in your repertoire.And this is it! The best ever Sponge Cake. It is light and fluffy , befitting the title of sponge and worthy of its own tea party. It’s a Plain Jane kind of […]

Orange Poppyseed

Orange and Poppyseed Cake

I’m a fairly confident baker and I’ve made a few cakes in my baking life, ranging from simple to the very complicated. There is one cake however, that I return to again and again because it’s easy to make , with accessible ingredients and it’s super delicious. I’m talking about […]

Banana Nut Muffins

Same Same But Different Banana Walnut Muffins

You might already have a go to Banana Walnut Muffin Recipe. It’s one of the easiest things to bake and the hardest to stuff up. However, there’s banana muffins and then there’s moist muffins that’s full of banana flavour , soft and fluffy with a hint of spices. They are […]

Frank’s Chicken

Frank’s Red Hot Sauce Baked Chicken

Who is Frank and what is he doing in my chicken? The short version is, Jacob Frank invented the red hot sauce made famous in the legendary Anchor Bar Buffalo Wings. Frank’s Red Hot Sauce is an aged mix of spices vinegar garlic and cayenne peppers with a hint of […]

Galette de Rois

Galette des Rois

All throughout France , in the month of January, the feast of the three kings (who brought gifts to the baby Jesus) is celebrated with this baked Galette des Rois aptly named the Kings Cake. This is traditionally made with a bean or a small charm inside as a prize […]