Braided apple tart sneak peek

My work colleague likes these kind of cakes, so I decided to make one for his birthday this week — it is an apple tart with beautiful pastry decorations: the grid, braided edge and some flower-shaped crisps.

Simple sauted chicken bento idea

This is literally the simplest bento idea ever — you just sauté the chicken breast pieces to golden color, then add some dried garlic, and voila! The bento is ready for lunch.

Simple whole-grain farfalle and tuna bento idea

Bento doesn't have to be only rice, right? Today I got into adventurous mood with some whole-grain farfalle pasta and tuna paste, with a classic salad-side with tomato slices. Easy, tasty, healthy! :-)

Vanilla-butterscotch cupcakes sneak peek

Oh my, look at these irresistible cupcakes! They look like they are just vanilla, but there's some butterscotch in there for a seriously amazing sweetness ending... So perfect!

Preparations for "the Cupcake Weekend"

It's almost weekend (well, at least two-and-a-half days more :P), and most of my new cooking equipment arrived: 200 paper muffin forms, 24-piece set of icing tips, and I'm still waiting for my new muffin tray! :-)

It's going to be a seriously delicious, experimental weekend. I think I will do butterscotch-filled cupcakes with delicious vanilla Italian meringue buttercream, because why not? ;-) Check out my new stuff: