Cheesecake Brownies

A special slice for a VIP

I bought a big slab(1k) of dark chocolate last saturday and was thinking of ways how to make good use of it. I also saw that I had some cream cheese from my fajita, isn't that a great mix? Bittersweet chocolate and cream cheese with a little bit of lovin <3 . Way before I started cooking, my tendencies were geared towards baking. It started with just moist cakes, brownies and the likes. Then came this most challenging piece I had made for my little girl's birthday; a doll cake. I was crazy experimenting with fondant having little knowledge on how to handle it, what was I thinking! 

(I will try to post the picture on a separate entry; that's if I can find it.) 

Going back to the cheesecake, instead of the usual biscuit crust I opted to have brownies for base. The cheesecake mix was supposed to be just refrigerated and not baked but I was not happy with the firmness of the cheesecake after a few hours of freezing it so I decided to bake it for a couple of minutes and vhoom! (hehehe how is that for sound effects?). It doesn't look perfect but I reckon it taste uh-mazing ;~)
 Did it?

Bo's Coffee Frappuccino

Faceless: I am never a fan of frappuccinos and never will be. But hey look at me I am drinkin' frappys at Bo's... Do I look happy or do I look happy??? 

The reason why I bought this espresso frappuccino is because I got it for a lesser price than their regular other than that it just makes my stomach upset. I just paid Php50 for this drink. Bo's coffee has this promotion going every Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 10am -3pm you get to pay 15 pesos for the brewed coffee and  3pm- 7pm pay only 50 pesos for your choice of frappuccino. Not quite sure with rest of the details on the said promotion but this applies to Bo's Ayala Cebu City.

Tortino al Cioccolato Caldo su Creme Anglaise

I have to admit I didn't think that mangoes would compliment the chocolate lava cake. The recipe was from "thefatkidinside" himself, Erwan Heussaff -- Hahahaha wish we were that close but I am just a mere follower of his wordpress blog. Did a few tweaks here and there on the ingredients-- sans the peppered chocolate (just plain dark chocolate for Ava) and the raspberries. My little girl kept on calling it Ava's lava; a pretty catchy name. I exponentially made his recipe to cater to a number of people in my family. They all liked it! esp. that oozing bittersweet chocolate inside. The yellowish cream is Anglaise, that tastes like melted custard with a hint of cashew flavor.This by the ways is served while hot! An alternate compliment to the cake is vanilla ice cream drizzled with melted dark chocolate.

So, is there a proper way to eat this stuff??? Hell yeah! Here is where the merriment of flavors happen... 

Fork the tortino al cioccolato caldo, scrape a bit of the creme anglaise and leave a bit of room for the mango and eat that in one bite- delish!

I made this on the 4th of July not because I wanted to celebrate Independence day together with the American's but it calls for a far more special celebration; it's my late grandmother's birthday.

Happy Birthday Lola Bebe!

recipe resource: [http://thefatkidinside.com]

Finally, a bit of R&R action ~ a bit of ME time =) 

watching Outsourced with a cup of  hot coco, perfect mix for the rainy days.

Tex-Mex Chicken Fajitas

Chicken Fajita

Here is a little tex-mex recipe for my collection :) 

I loved eating these chicken fajita's @ El Loco resto (if any1 can recall, they were located below Skyrise bldg.) before they closed down. I like anything wrapped in pita/ tortilla, i guess; burittos, shawarma, quesadilla. Ava enjoyed rolling out the flour tortillas and everybody else enjoyed eating it!

But these fajita's are definitely better(self-proclaimed goodness) with the sour cream, cream cheese and a bit of spice to the chicken just giving you that tex-mex feel. And if you noticed Coke Cola in the picture that's because it is THE perfect combination to the fajitas! Enjoy ;)

Me and Running

It has been exactly 1 week since my knee failed on me while running, they have not done that ever since I started. (This may gross you out) I miss the feeling of sweat and the endorphines rushing after each workout. My avatar is clearly bored with paddling and so am I with all my everyday routines.

Quitting and Starting Anew

So... to date, it has been more than 2 weeks since I've deactivated Facebook; I've started to feel that it has been an addictive and non-productive cycle I had become to acquire. But, I would not put an end to that statement the chances of reactivating it is still fairly high! I have kept my fingers busy with far more meaningful things these days. I have been searching for avenues to put my hobbies to a test and hopefully create a brand name out of these skills (shooting for the stars!!!)


And where am I now? @ blogger.com putting myself out there on the cyber community again LOLz wasting a few hours on the net. Hopefully, I would find this blogging experience of greater purpose and I am also looking forward to connect to people from different walks of life, sharing whether experiences, small talks or what have you.