Happee Monkee

Kladdkaka is a well-loved chocolate, gooey cake in Sweden. This cake is so low effort and high satisfaction guaranteed, it’s mad. It’s almost as easy as the eggless, butterless chocolate cake recipe. Mr. G asked if I could look for a recipe that had chocolate and rum in it and that’s how I found Johanna [...]

We’ve been very fortunate to have good weather wherever we travel. We were in Helsinki, Finland about two weeks back and although it was cool, there was plenty of sunshine. One of the many things I appreciate about traveling is seeing the local produce. I love, love, loveeee going to markets and studying ingredients I [...]

I get Chinese food withdrawals when I don’t get enough of it. Of course it doesn’t help to read food blogs, I just get hungrier. I know this has nothing to do with lemons or yogurt, poppy seed or cake. But I really need to get it out of my system. Actually, it is kind [...]

I was smiling the whole time while photographing this cake. The sunlight in the background, the cute and colourful bravado behind those words made me happy. And with every happy thought and emotions I felt, I dedicated it to Japan. Lately, my heart wrenches every time I see the news. My friends are suffering and [...]

I’ve been in Japan for four weeks now. Time sure flies. Sigh, yes, I do wonder where it all went. I was walking in Roppongi several weeks ago and I was intrigued by a large cooking school smacked in the middle of a shopping/ business complex. It didn’t look like it was for professionals but [...]

I decided to walk home from work on Monday. It was a gorgeous winter’s day and since it was only 3pm, there was plenty of time until the shops closed. I took a different route and scoured interesting looking shops. I love charming boutique stores with sit-and-sip neighbourhood cafes with little dogs sitting patiently at [...]

Who would have thought that there were so many types of flour? I alone have seven types of flour in my larder. And seriously, I really only use two – plain and self-raising. Is all that flour really necessary? I was looking for a red velvet cake recipe when almost every recipe I found asked [...]

Caution: Fatty cake ahead. Take a good look at this cake. You may think, ‘Yeah? it’s a carrot cake. Carrots are good for you.’ That’s where you’re mistaken my friend. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for [...]

I’m sooooo excited! We received a package in the mail today. What do you think it could be? With a quick rip, I saw two DVDs and the name of our wedding photographer. The wedding photos are here! (*Happy jiggle*) I have to be good and wait for Mr. G to come home so we [...]

You know how I get around a new ingredient, especially, with one I have never used before – I simply become obsessed. I start finding 101 ways to use it. Cook it. Bake it. Stew it. Roast it. You-name-it, I’d do it. My cousin once wrote on my  Twitter after my plum episode that I [...]