Cakes and Petals

How to bake a really special Pandesal? Use a lot of egg yolks, butter and make the dough sweeter than the regular breads you make. For example, and you can use this formula because this is what I used in the photos below. Bread flour 1000 grams Sugar 200 grams Instant yeast 20 grams Salt 17 grams Milk powder 40 grams Butter 200 grams Egg yolks 100 grams Water about 520 grams depending on…

Holiday Bakes and a Happy New 2022

This is probably the busiest Christmas i have ever had since i started baking. No, i was not selling cookies or cakes this time, just some orders i have to fulfill for my sister and for the first time, for me. Yup, i am giving away cookies for this Christmas, my first time ever. Too afraid to go out to shop for gifts, too afraid to end up with products ordered online that does not work so, here…

It’s 2021 and 1 year into this Covid Pandemic, still no sight of the vaccine as i write this February 18, 2021. We are still alive, fighting and praying we do not get sick until our firs dose of the vaccine gets to us. i have had inquiries here and there but since i think we should all still wait, i did not accept any students just yet. Let’s wait, we are still virus free as of now so i do not…

Baking cupcakes, muffins and then on to the bigger world of Chiffon Cakes and Sponge Cakes is every girl’s dream. I would say most and not all because i have 2 sisters and both do not bake at all. Both would love to cook but i guess their careers come first so the cooking and baking part did not materialize. For me, the picture of this lavish party food spread on Gulliver while he was tied up in…

Vegetarian, Meat, and other variations

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Everybody can make their own Pizzas. Small, large, minis!!! Pizza Sandwich! Why not? The same Pizza dough can make Pita Breads! Using a Pizza Stone, Pita Chips baking at the bottom to crisp them up. Again, same dough. Deep dish pizza, as requested. Lots of meat and mushroom inside. No kidding, the same dough can be made…

My Loaf, My Bread

Been a week since i had my last bread and i was craving for something to snack on one night i went down for a midnight raid on the fridge. There was nothing plain, all sweets, some donuts, some pastries and i did not want to fry an egg that late.

There was a loaf of …., and though i do not eat this anymore, i was really hungry so i grabbed one slice and munched on it. Nah. Just not the same. I…

July 2017 Bread making Session

Just posting an updated Bread making session with my friend from facebook from a long time ago. She is a friend whom i met through facebook and we don’t get to meet here in Manila until i decide not to leave last May. If i left as scheduled, we both would miss each other again as it happens every year for like what,,, 4 years or so???

Anyways, here are the photos. She brought with her Surfina, a…

Baking cupcakes, muffins and then on to the bigger world of Chiffon Cakes and Sponge Cakes is every girl’s dream. I would say most and not all because i have 2 sisters and both do not bake at all. Both would love to cook but i guess their careers come first so the cooking and baking part did not materialize.

For me, the picture of this lavish party food spread on Gulliver while he was tied up in…

Baking Soft Buns and….

Soft buns are one of the best sellers when you have a bakery. I remember this bun or bread used way back when i was a child as a container for dirty ice cream in Baler. The soft bun is perfect for burgers and ham/cheese, tuna salad, chicken salad, and many other sweet and savory fillings.

The best thing about the bun is that it is soft and neutral. It is not sweet, but not too plain like a…