Who says that two different worlds can’t mix peacefully? These cookies remind me almost of ying and yang, they balance each other out beautifully. Half of it is of a chocolate cookie, while the other half is plain vanilla with semisweet morsels tying the two together. Delicious! It’s the first thing I’ve baked since being back at my apt in LA, and I forgot how much work it is to bake without my kitchenaid mixer. I should probably start working out or something, cause mixing the dough made me tired. Oh dearrr.
Cinnamon Sugar Muffins.
The other day, my friend asked me what the difference between a muffin and a cupcake was. If you frost a muffin, does that make it a cupcake? With my baker knowledge, the only distinguishing answers that I could come up with were:
1. A muffin has a “muffin top,” whereas cupcakes are flat and do not rise as much after baking.
2. Cupcakes are frosted, muffins are not.
3. Muffins are much heavier in texture than cupcakes since cupcakes are basically miniature cakes. Muffins are technically bread, while cupcakes are technically cake.
Regardless, I am still stumped on the “official” definition that actually differentiates the two delicious treats. All I know is that these muffins were spectacular.. light, healthy (er), and scrumptious.
P.S. Happy 4 months to me & my boy! :]
Carrot Cake
Carrot cake has always been my dad’s favorite dessert. I decided to bake something for him because I haven’t been baking much at all this summer. I normally do a hand me down recipe, but I didn’t have it handy because it was in LA. Worst ever! So… against my will, I was forced to try another recipe. Although this one didn’t turn out bad, I’ll always stick to the recipe that my aunt used for her wedding cake (I know what you’re thinking.. who has carrot cake for a wedding cake? But this recipe is TO DIE FOR.) Of all the cream cheese frostings that I’ve tried from various cupcake shops such as sprinkles, crumbles, etc.., nothing beats homemade cream cheese frosting. P.S. Don’t mind my sloppy decorating, I rushed this whole cake because I was on my way out the door.
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