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Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake by Selba

It's been awhile since I've been looking for a yummy carrot cake recipe. So glad that I found one in JoyofBaking.comDefinitely, I got very tempted to bake it directly!So here is the result. As usual, I tried not to put any cream nor frosting to my cake but don't worry, I still put the frosting cream recipe here, in case you want to…

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Little buns and a big thank you

Little buns and a big thank you by Selba

You all might have noticed that my food blog has a new look :)I owe a big thank you to these 3 wonderful food bloggers who had helped me to make this new look happened.It started all when LK - Food4-Tots, suggested me to change my header because my old header didn't represent my blog at all (remember the cherry's header?). At the end,…

2 votes
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Peaches and "vla" on a Vanilla Cake

Peaches and "vla" on a Vanilla Cake by Selba

When Natasha - 5 Star Foodie mentioned that she is hosting a "makeover" for Peaches and Cream a week ago, it got my attention and I would love to participate but then there's a hesitation because it's not easy to find fresh peaches. Anyway, I was glad when Natasha said it's ok to use canned peaches so... this is what I baked in order…

2 votes
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Pickled Chinese Mustard Greens with Tofu

Pickled Chinese Mustard Greens with Tofu by Selba

I have always love everything that tasted sweet and sour :) I just think it's a very perfect combination of those two taste. I like sweet taste because it related to happiness - we do look for sweet food when we feel sad, right? And you know what, there's old german saying, "Sauer macht lustig" which means sour (acid food) makes (you)…

2 votes
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Christmas Stollen

Christmas Stollen by Selba

It's a tradition for my mom to bake Stollen every Christmas. Sometimes, my mom would make stollen as Christmas presents or she got some orders from our friendsStollen is a traditional Christmas cake from Germany, made from yeast dough containing dried fruits, chopped almonds and powdered with icing sugar. Stollen usually shaped like a…

2 votes
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Cute doggies cookies

Cute doggies cookies by Selba

Last week, my little doggies - Vincent and Bella, celebrated their 1st birthday :)In order to celebrate it, I wanted to make something that resembles to my puppies and found out this cute doggies cookies recipe which also tasted really yummy especially because the chocolate chips and crushed cornflakes' filling inside it that make…

1 vote
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Happy Valentine's Day cookies

Happy Valentine's Day cookies by Selba

Love is in the airEverywhere I look aroundLove is in the airEvery sight and every soundAnd I don't know if I'm being foolishDon't know if I'm being wiseBut it's something that I must believe inAnd it's there when I look in your eyesLove is in the airIn the whisper of the treesLove is in the airIn the thunder of the seaAnd I don't know…

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Pao de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Rolls)

Pao de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Rolls) by Selba

My friend even provided the "Pao de Queijo" recipe from "about.com" site as below:Ingredients:Preparation:1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.2. Mix milk, salt, vegetable oil and butter in a pot, and bring to a boil. As soon as it boils, remove from heat.3. Stir tapioca flour into the milk and butter mixture.4. Stir in the eggs and the…

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Almond cookies with vegetable shortening

Almond cookies with vegetable shortening by Selba

I was pretty tempted to try out to make a new simple cookies recipe using vegetable shortening beside butter in order to make the cookies more crunchy as someone told it to me. Then, I also decided to add almond extract to make these cookies to become almond cookies. I made 2 types of cookies shape, a flower and a bear's head :)Almond…

1 vote
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Tukang Susu Kacang Kedelai (Soybean Milk)

Tukang Susu Kacang Kedelai (Soybean Milk) by Selba

I love drinking soybean milk and think that I'm quite lucky that just diagonal across my house, there's a man with his cart selling soybean milk every weekdays from morning till noon. He serves the soybean milk hot but surely, there's ice cubes for those who like to drink cold soybean milk.Soybean milk in plastic bags for…

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