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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Cookieventure # 4: Christmas Feast: Cheesecake, Cookies and Cupcakes

Since it's the holidays, and the most wonderful time of the year, the kitchen calls yet again. So for today's blog, I will share with you what I made for the family and our guests this festive season.

To start off, I will share with you what I made for the family. They requested the usual favorite, Blueberry Cheesecake, and then I decided to add a few more treats for the guests which are Cookies and Cupcakes. But, lower down your expectations a bit as these cookies and cupcakes are store-bought (Cheat day). Hahaha!

For the Blueberry Cheesecake, we'll need the usual ingredients and make the same as previously shared in the previous blog: http://mycookietasticdiary.blogspot.com/2013/10/cookieventure-3-blueberry-cheesecake.html.

Cookieventure # 3: Blueberry Cheesecake

Sunday's best is what is in store for today. :)

Due to my husband's request some weeks ago, I finally gave in and made my mom's all time favorite Blueberry Cheesecake - to which I am now guessing will be one of my husband's favorites too.

The recipe I used to follow was the one I found inside a store-bought butter's packaging. But I always end up adding my own flavour to it.

Now, let's get it on.

Past Adventures

Even back in my child hood years, I seem to have developed a liking to making sweets, and had my fair share - there are the pastillas, polvoron, and yema - all of which are Filipino milk-based candies or sweets. But just like other people, I stopped making them and focused on what I needed to - school and studying.

For some reason, after finishing college, I came across a recipe for a chocolate chip cookie at the back of a store-bought flour and immediately had the inkling to make them. And voila. I made the first batch of cookies without burning our house to the ground.

Feeling all proud of my accomplishment, I gave it another try. This time, adjusting the ingredients to suit my own taste buds. I was really anxious making adjustments to the recipe simply because (1) I was only able to make one good batch yet, and (2) I never had any formal training whatsoever to baking for me to be confident at all.

But!

Oh yes my dear! I was able to make them my own, and even had another batch that was suited for my lola who was diabetic. One thing I regret - I never wrote them down! Booo! Hahaha.

So this little blog, will help me remember, AND TAKE NOTES, of any "revisions" I will have with what ever recipe I will find and try on my own. :)

For now, feast your eyes on the few sweets I have made in the past...