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Halloween Goodies!

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I’m a vanilla cupcake…
with yummy chocolate frosting and colorful confectionary of tiny sugar balls…
eat me.. eat me!

I badly need an electric mixer.  I am having muscle strains with all the whisk-beating and spoon-stirring…

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I am quite proud of my frosting this time, not perfect I know but YUM!
Recipe to follow…

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I’m gonna eat you… yum yum yum yum!!!

For Lasang Pinoy, Sundays…
I am still preparing for more Halloween goodies!

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Iska
I am not a professional cook. My only claim to having a culinary background is a short stint as my dad’s teen ‘sous chef’ in his carinderia ages ago. Dad ran small eateries since I was a young kid - serving standard ‘turo-turo’ food ranging from the likes of menudo, adobo, pritong isda, dinuguan, binagoongan, bopis, munggo, pinakbet and giniling to merienda fares like goto, ginataan, pancit bihon, halu-halo and saging con yelo.

My father, a farmer in his hometown before working his way to becoming an accountant, definitely influenced my cooking in a lot of ways than I thought. My siblings and I were raised in a backyard full of fruit trees and vegetable garden. We spent weekends and the summer breaks running around with ducks, chickens, goats and pigs. I had wonderful memories of gathering eggs, butchering chickens, selling vegetables and the sweet aroma of preserved fruits. But my love for art led me to a degree in Architecture. Just few months after getting my license, I went abroad and lived independently at age 23. Definitely no maid, no cook, and a totally different food culture. Along the way I met lots of friends and spent what seemed a lifetime learning new tricks and recipes.

Now living in Auckland, I am a work-from-home mum who juggles time between work, fun and family - in pursuit of work-life balance. No matter how busy I am, I love the idea of cooking for my family. My blog chronicles home cooking greatly influenced by life outside my home country from Southeast Asia to Beijing and Auckland. And most of the time, being busy also means easy (sometimes quick), affordable meals.

3 thoughts on “Halloween Goodies!

  1. Looks like your son was glad to oblige the cupcake’s “request” – yummy indeed!

    Think of not having an electric mixer as a blessing – at least your biceps and triceps will get toned from all that baking action, di ba? Hehehe! :)

    Pinkys last blog post..Chicken Potato Salad

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