"Sweets Challenge" from Italy

Last April 10 or 11, 2014, I received a notification in my Instagram account. My friend from Italy, Francesca Fradegrada, who's a very pretty and adorable cook, challenged me to bake sweets for 5 straight days. She said that I would post every picture in Instagram with the hashtag #5foto5giorniaituoiamici.

Franci's such a pretty and sweet friend.

Franci's challenge as seen in my Instagram

It was a challenge that I would like to participate since I liked, no, I LOVED my theme. It was quite easy for me and my mom to whip up desserts. It was also perfect because Franci and I both love desserts. She's even a luckier girl for she gets to eat all those classic Italian desserts.

So I thought about what to bake for five days since I needed to bake one dessert per day. My thoughts were quite blurry since I wanted to bake five, beautiful, scrumptious desserts for Franci. I also visualized my desserts. Finally, I came up with five basic desserts that Mom and I can easily bake... So much for the fancy pastries floating in my pastry-cream filled head.

Here's the 5 desserts I baked for the challenge, #5foto5giorniaituoiamici. The other desserts were posted in my previous blog entry.

clockwise from top: Red Velvet Cake Pops, Chocolate Brownies, Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, Durian Cake with Durian-Infused Cream Cheese Frosting and Deluxe Chocolate Cupcake with White Chocolate Chips

I wished that Franci and her mom were here to taste these. Mom and I used premium ingredients for those. Looks matter but taste matters more. That's the philosophy that we always stick to.

Happy reading, salivating and baking,
Loi

Home baking in my tiny kitchen

Baking in a tiny kitchen is not easy. The dishes easily pile up into a mountain, the sink is not deep enough, Mom and I often bump into each other, and it can easily get crazy during holidays and festive events.

Even though there isn't enough space, Mom and I still manage to bake pretty treats that will surely be a feast for your eyes and palate. It's all about the quality of ingredients that makes food palatable. Surely, the cheap ones doesn't burn a hole in one's pocket, but it will pierce your palate and you wish that you've never tasted that kind of food. Well, crappy food is not and will never be served in our kitchen. Mom and I have sensitive palates developed through several tastings done at baking school.

Here are some of the baked treats that Mom and I prepared in our tiny kitchen. Rest assured, the taste and design is not compromised.

Deluxe Chocolate Cupcakes

Choco Hazelnut Bars

Red Velvet Cake Pops

Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

These are just some of the baked treats we made. I'll be posting more pictures soon.

I hope you'll like my blog.

Happy reading, salivating and baking,

Loi