Boxes of Chocolates

Yay! My dad-in-law just got back from Dallas and brought these heavenly chocolates! Macadamiaaaaa and Godiva and Peanut Butter, I loouve! *hearts*

Nutella Mug Cake

By Angie McGowan - I thank you for creating this lovely and supereasy recipe (: 

I found the recipe on tumblr and then attempted to make it!I just made it and my life would never be the same. Neither will my waistline...

Anyhoo, here's the recipee:

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons self rising flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons Nutella
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil

Method

1. Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug.
2. Whisk well with a fork until smooth.
3. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 – 3 minutes. (Time depends on microwave wattage. Mine took 1 /2 minutes.)
4. Top with whipped cream and a little chocolate sauce if desired.

By far the best Cake in a Mug I have ever made. Oh and I didn’t have self rising flower so I made my own, 1 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.

I cooked it for 2 minutes. Watch it, after 30 seconds it was about to overflow, so I stopped it and kept stopping it when it almost overflowed. After 2 minutes, TADAAAAAA... it's ready!

So gooooood! Totally the start of many more nutella mug cake sessions! 

all ingredients in a large coffee mug.

all ingredients in a large coffee mug before whisking

Whisking with a fork until smooth

Smooth!

Microwave on high for 1 1/2 – 3 minutes.

Nutella Mug Cake fresh from the microwave!

Okay let's blog about this!

Yay or Nay?

Macaroons

Yay or nay? Naaayyy!!! I don't love macaroons albeit they really are delicious and come in an insane range of flavors. Yes a lot of people love macaroons, doesn't mean I have to love them as well. Well okay, maybe there are some particular macaroons that I like... the ones from pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki and Pierre Hermé I like them both! But Ladurée, not so much. Maybe a lot of people going crazy for Ladurée because they haven't tried the ones from pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki and Pierre Hermé. In Bali, there was this small macaroon shop that I also quite like, it used to be inside the Metis restaurant. But the few weeks ago I went there and found that the macaroon shop is out of business, oh dear. In conclusion, I don't go gaga over macaroons except they're from pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki and Pierre Hermé (: 

Macaroons from pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki

pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki (photos are from Sadaharu Aoki's Facebook page)

Cupcakes

Yay or nay? Ehm... not a fan. If someone give cupcakes to me, I'll eat one. But I won't buy cupcakes myself. Too thick icing, too sugary and the flavors don't work on me. So, nay. 

Green velvet cupcakes = perfect treat for St. Patty’s Day. Why I picked this photo? Because my birthday = St. Patty's Day lol 

Apple Strudle (Apfelstrudle)

Yay or nay? Yaaaayyy!!! (: In Indonesia, I always buy apple strudle from Corica and Domino's Pizza. And of course, at the annual Christkindl-markt event at Hotel Aryaduta Jakarta.  They're so gooooood! Corica, originally from Perth is my favorite since the first time I tasted one back in 2004-ish. Soft pastry and flaky to the fork with perfectly sweetened custard along with with soft, sweetened apples. Ugh now I'm craving for it. Blah. I. Want. Corica. Right. Now.

Corica's Apple Strudle - image via Google/search

Domino's Apple Strudle - image via Google/search

Yoghurt
Yay or nay? Well... I gotta say, yay. HOWEVER, I somehow do not enjoy drinking yoghurt, both plain and flavored ones. I only love frozen yoghurt and my favorite places to get froyo are Sour Sally and JCool. Red Mango in Indonesia not so much, because they don't have mochi topping.

Getting my froyo at J.Cool

Will always love plain froyo with longan and mochi toppings (:

Magnum Ice Cream
Yay or nay? Well I only love the vanilla ice cream, but the so-called Belgian chocolate covering the vanilla ice cream? Nope.

via Google/imagesearch

White Chocolate
Yay or nay? Naaaayyy... too sweet. I love milk chocolate with cashew nuts / biscuits / macadamia nuts / hazelnuts - favorite brand: Hawaiian Host, Lindt, Godiva, Valrhona, Choceur - Rahm Mandel, Nestle and Milka.

White Chocolate Bars... I don't love them!--- via Google/imagesearch

Assorted Godiva chocolate caramel and nuts --- via Godiva website

Hawaiian Host!!! My favoriteee since I was a little girl! --- via Hawaiian Host website

Oh well, if you don't feel the same,  we can always agree to disagree (;

Nutella Injection

Oh I so need this! The best medication...

via tumblr

A Cup of Heaven

via tumblr

Nutella is one of the greatest things to exist on the face of the universe.

Do not argue with me about this.

Can somebody send me a box of this stuff? Pwease?

Chocolate Caliente Recipe

The Spanish are known to be locos for chocolate, since they “discovered” it in the New World 500 years ago. As in centuries past, today the Spanish drink rich hot chocolate for breakfast, so thick that you can stand a churro in it! If the only hot cocoa you’ve ever had is the kind made with powdered envelopes of mix and hot water, you won’t recognize this incredibly rich and flavorful drink. In fact, once you try the Spanish version of hot chocolate, you might be hooked! There are two versions below - one that uses baking chocolate and one that uses sweetened chocolate.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Sweet Chocolate Version
• 2 8-ounce cups whole milk
• 4 ounces milk chocolate
• 1/2 tsp. cornstarch
• Baking Chocolate Version
• 2 8-ounce cups whole milk
• 3 ounces (3 squares) baking chocolate
• 1/3-1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cornstarch

Preparation:

With either type of chocolate, the process is almost the same:

Pour the milk into a medium saucepan and add the cornstarch. Whisk to dissolve the cornstarch. Once the cornstarch is dissolved, heat the milk on medium heat just until it boils, then remove from heat. Add the chocolate squares immediately and begin stirring until the chocolate is completely melted. If the milk cools off too fast, place the pan back on the stove on low heat to melt the chocolate.

If you are using baking chocolate, which is unsweetened, pour the sugar into the chocolate milk mixture and stir until thoroughly dissolved.

Place the pan back on the stove on medium low heat, stirring slowly, but constantly. (Do not cook the mixture over high heat because it may cause lumping.) Taste the chocolate for sweetness and add more sugar if necessary. The mixture should thicken quickly. As soon as you see it thicken, remove the pan from the heat so the cornstarch will not thin. Ladle immediately into cups and serve piping hot.

Note: Be sure to use a clean spoon every time you taste the chocolate. Enzymes from your mouth can cause a thickened cornstarch mixture to thin.

Note from blogger: Got this from tumblr. 

Love For Chic Choc

I'm so addicted to Chic Choc! (^,^)