Life Update: Why I Was Gone & What I Learned Hi everyone, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Warning: skip to the next heading if you don’t want to read my life ramblings. Where have I been for 2-3 months? I’ve been struggling y’all…OK, so […]
I’m starting off 2020 with one of the best cakes of all time: tres leches. I’m not gonna even say it’s arguably one of the best, because it just IS one of the best. Light, airy sponge cake made decadent by soaking it with THREE […]
Here’s a common lesson we’ve never listen to (well at least, I often don’t) – DON’T RUN BEFORE YOU CAN WALK. There’s a reason why I titled the post this way; yes, I did have to attempt the infamous croquembouche twice. Before these attempts I […]
Soooooo this is not a recipe post…I used The Novice Chef Blog for this cake right here, so please go check it out if you wanna give it a try! Both the cake and the frosting is delicious, but I did make my own ganache […]
It took me quite a bit to research the best ratios of butter to flour to sugar while incorporating pumpkin puree without deflating the batter…and I still failed and had to make these a second time LOL The first batch still tasted good..they were just […]
This is a quick blog post! I made this on my Instagram a while ago and I’m posting the written recipe here now that I have this blog. Scroll down my highlights for visual reference at @pokethedough Ingredients 1 cup water 2 tablespoons brown sugar […]
This idea was the brainchild between my late-night Pinterest browsing – “OOOO what if I made these witch hat calzones but make them empanadas instead” – and my boyfriend’s off-the-wall ideas – “What if you made them Harry Potter inspired, like all the houses!” …and […]
This last Friday was spent making this tiramisu layer cake for my wonderful boyfriend’s 25th birthday. Tiramisu is his favorite cake, but because I’m inherently extra and refused to make the traditional kind (nothing against the original, it just doesn’t have that birthday look to […]
This whole recipe idea originated from ZoeBakes recipe for lemon mascarpone crepe cake which sounds AMAZINGGG… …but clearly, this is not that. My brain works in weird ways and it’s all over the place 24/7…but I’d say this was one of my more successful creations. […]
I don’t know why it took me two weeks to make donuts – freaking donuts – but it did. My first try was supposed to be a play on coffee and donuts – Vietnamese-Italian fusion bombolini filled with a Vietnamese coffee-flavored pastry cream. Sounds good […]