Cupcake Luxury

Mar 22, 12 Cupcake Luxury

Posted by in Home Bakers, Makati

New cupcake flavors from one of my favorite cupcake makers.

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Joan & Jane: Love Those Names, Love Their Treats

Mar 07, 12 Joan & Jane: Love Those Names, Love Their Treats

Posted by in Home Bakers, Quezon City

These girls make exceptional Three-Nut Tartlets, Salted Caramel Brownies, and an arresting beauty called Black Beauty.

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Spooning on Valentine’s Day

Feb 09, 12 Spooning on Valentine’s Day

Posted by in Alabang, Home Bakers, Makati, Pasig/Ortigas

Title caught your eye, didn’t it? This post is rated “XS” for Extra Sexy, the annual DCF Love Month sexy post.I’m distraught when I find out that chocolatier Benoit Nicolay has moved to Singapore. I’ve fallen hard for his Chocolate Spoons, one of his big-seller creations. The business has been taken over by his former...

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Favorite Queso de Bola Food for the Holidays

Dec 12, 11 Favorite Queso de Bola Food for the Holidays

Posted by in Home Bakers, Miscellaneous

Of course these foods aren’t limited to Christmas, but they seem even more delicious when eaten at this time of year.I ask several people what their favorite foods with queso de bola (QdB) are. The initial reactions are almost always similar: a sharp intake of breath with a simultaneous closing of the eyes and a slight raising...

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Cookies & Lace

Dec 06, 11 Cookies & Lace

Posted by in Home Bakers, Makati

These are the thinnest cookies I may ever eat.These cookies are so thin that they’re probably not even a millimeter thick. It’s an astounding fact made even more so when I realize that there are two cookies that make up one whole. Yes, it’s a sandwich cookie. Karen Murphy makes these web-like wonders and she simply calls...

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Christmas Gift List Purveyor #18: John Sta. Cruz of Cake Planet

Nov 10, 11 Christmas Gift List Purveyor #18: John Sta. Cruz of Cake Planet

Posted by in Cafés, Home Bakers, Restaurants

At Dessert Comes First, it’s about making sweet wishes come true.Previously featured Christmas Gift List purveyors . My feature on John Sta. Cruz’s Cake Planet is one of this year’s most popular and commented-on posts. Even now, I have people telling me that “… I’m from the south and I didn’t know until I read...

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