Fresh Start soon...

I haven't been able to actually cook or bake anything
due to the fact that my kitchen is currently being
built. You have no idea how exciting that is! I just
wish it would all be done already. It had been a while
since I posted anything because I was getting ready
to get married.. and you ladies know how stressful and
time consuming that is. Now that I'll be back and at it
soon, I'm sure I'll be posting often..if not every day
if I can. It would be awesome if any of you would be
willing to cook with me.. or just watch me..it would
be fun either way. We could work out like.. a recipe of
the week or something like that. Well, I'll be updating you
on how my kitchen is going and we'll go from there. Thanks
for stopping by! Have a happy Monday and a great week!!

- ivette

TwD- Banana Cream Pie

This week's recipe was chosen for us by: 

Amy of Sing for your Supper

I have to say that I had been waiting for this recipe for 

a VERY long time. I know I could have made it before

but... I don't know why I never did.

The recipe itself is very simple and consists of pretty

much basic ingredients. If you have not tried this...

TODAY is the day! 

I only have one question.. maybe its a dumb question..

but just like they would tell me in high school "the only

dumb question is the one NOT asked"... so I'll believe

it's true and ask.

Why is it called banana cream pie... if the cream doesn't

even taste like banana? Don't get me wrong.. I LOVED 

the pie... but I guess I was hoping for something with 

more banana flavor. Just wondering....

Back to the great pie... I was unable to get a good 

photograph of the delicious pie, simply because I was 

too lazy to make the pie crust that the recipe called for.

I know.. I know.. I could have bought it.. BUT... I also

love the way banana pudding tastes with vanilla wafers

so I decided to make a wafer crust..yay! Well... maybe

I just didn't let the poor pie rest enough... or at all!

As soon as I finished assembling it I started taking pics.

So when I decided that it was time to cut the slice to 

photograph it...my slice just kinda.. disintegrated.. or 

something.. the point is that I just couldn't manage to 

get it all in one piece.. especially with the crumbly crust.

I'm guessing that if I had refrigerated it I would have had

no problem but I was trying to get the last rays of sun

for my photographs. 

I really don't think I even need a good picture for this 

pie though... for those who made it...you know that 

no matter what it looks like, it tastes incredible...

right? right? .. Yeah.. maybe I'm just trying to make 

myself feel better.. 

Like I said... if you haven't made this pie... GO NOW!!!

You can find the recipe HERE. 

Please visit all the other TWD blogger's blogs for amazing

pics and different pie versions :)

                     

                       

TwD- Blueberry Crumb Cake

Today's recipe was chosen by: Sihan of Befuddlement

First things first... I thought this cake was really good.

I honestly liked it and would probably make it again

using just a little less nutmeg.. I wasn't too crazy 

about that particular flavor.  Other than that 

small detail.. it was fantastic... with coffee as I always

say :)

While making the cake.. I really don't know what 

exactly I was thinking.. that I made the topping 

first.. refrigerated it.. and proceeded to just 

put all of the cake ingredients in the bowl... 

that's not really what the recipe called for.

I was like OMG.. WHAT DID I DO!!!?!?!?

I just totally missed the part where you have to 

add the eggs slowly and the dry ingredients.. and

the buttermilk. Totally missed it. 

There wasn't much I could do at that point so 

I just decided to blend it all together... the batter

got SUPER thick..I thought "that's what I get for

not reading instructions properly" I just kept at it

for a bit more and prayed that it would all be fine.

Well.. my prayers were definitely heard because 

I baked it for about 55 min and LOVED what 

came out of the oven. The cake is simply delicious!

If you haven't tried it yet.. YOU HAVE TO! 

Thanks Sihan for the delicious recipe!

Please visit all the other TWD blogs out there.. 

I'm sure they baked delicious cakes :)

TWD- French Yogurt Cake with Marmalade Glaze

This Delicious recipe is brought to us by:

Liliana of My Cookbook Addiction

I have to say that I wasn't very happy about 

the lemon thing.But I decided I had to try it 

and ended up loving this cake. 

It's so simple to make.. and has SOOO much 

flavor! I really enjoyed eating it :)   The recipe

is also very easy to make and doesn't ask for any 

hard to find ingredients.. well... it does ask for 

lemon marmalade.. which many people couldn't 

find.. so I like many others, ended up using 

orange marmalade.. which goes fantastic with 

the lemon flavor. The only "tweak" on that was 

that I used 1/4c. of plain yogurt to go with it.. that 

I saw in Ree's blog and it looked and probably 

tasted better than plain marmalade. 

Liliana...thank you for choosing this 

recipe.. I loved it! 

My mother told me to let you know that this 

cake is fantastic. And being the coffee addict 

that I am... it goes great with a cup of coffee 

in the morning :)

My "new" brother in law also liked it a lot.. 

and ate about half of the little cake... jk.. 

maybe a little less.. but I'm glad he enjoyed it . 

Thanks Bere (sis) for helping me with the pics! 

LOVE YOU!

Please check out all of the TWD blogs! 

         And here are some pics to show you some of the steps..enjoy! 

                         

Thanks for visiting!! 

TWD- Lemon Cup Custard

Wow... its been a while since I posted. With

my sister's wedding and all, I hardly had any

time for anything! 

This weeks selection was Lemon Cup Custard

and it was chosen by 

Bridget from The Way the Cookie Crumbles

I have to say I was a bit skeptical about making 

this one, since a lot of people reported it had an 

eggy flavor to it and not enough lemon. 

Since I don't really care for lemon flavor I chose 

to make a vanilla-cinnamon flavored custard 

instead. I used a lime to decorate it.. but 

that was it. I really enjoyed the flan texture and

realized that it would have been much better had

I added some sugar caramel at the bottom before 

baking the custard. It was a little blah.. but it wasn't 

so bad. 

The recipe was very easy to make.. and I was thankful

I didn't have to go out and buy weird or hard to find 

ingredients. Great pick Bridget!!

You can find this recipe HERE. Please don't forget to 

check out all the TWD blogs!!