Cupcakes! and something else
Okay! I promised to anxiran to tell her a cupcake recipe, so here we go: Mint-chocolate cupcakes [it says 12 pieces, but I'd say it's more like 15]
100 g milk chocolate
200 g unripened cheese (Philadelphia for example)
3 drops of peppermint oil (basically what suits you)
2 tbs icing sugar
3 ½ dl wheat flour
2 ½ ts baking powder
1 egg
1 1/4 dl sugar
1 dl (scant) oil (not olive)
2 3/4 dl of sour milk (you can do the same with milk where you add ~1 tbs of lemon juice)
Heat the oven to 180 C. Get your paper molds ready or if you are using the cupcake "pan" grease it (and maybe flour it with bread crumbs).
Chop the chocolate. Mix about 150 g of the cheese with the peppermint oil and icing sugar to even paste. Mix the flour, baking powder and chocolate pieces.
Break the egg's texture (don't foam). Add sugar, oil, sour milk and rest of the cheese. Carefully mix the flour mixture with the liquids.
Fill the cupcake molds halfway, divide the cheese mixture amongst the molds and fill the molds full. Bake in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes. Let them rest for 5 minutes and get them to cool down.
My notes: I'm not sure if it's the flour I use or what, but I noticed that no matter what recipe, I always have to add a bit more flour than what's instructed. The dough shouldn't be too runny. If it's too runny the cupcakes won't rise well and they'll be flat. Also be careful with the amount of baking powder. If you put too much, the cupcakes will start to taste of it and they won't rise well either.
Any questions? I'm happy to help!
What else? I've been playing Twilight Princess like mad. I have the third temple ahead next. I tried to get to one village, but it seems just so bloody hard to get there that I just gave up. I got out of the by accident x) Have to think it over after I've had a good night's sleep.
I'm having a friend over tomorrow and we'll make sushi and watch *drumming* TRANSFORMERS! Yay! Believe me, I didn't force her! She was wondering where she might be able to get to know with the original Transformers after we went to see the third Transformers movie. And I was more than happy to let her know I have them all and we could watch them.
Mr. X provided me some food today! It was nice: cabbage, onion and authentic Chinese Shitake mushrooms. I would have liked it more if he hadn't put that much chili powder. Now I have to admit that I don't get his delicious Chinese desserts... First there was sweet potato soup (couple months back) and now lotus seed soup. Both of them would have been better if they were salty x) I mean I don't want to eat sweet pea soup... But the Goji-berries were nice!
Now my Metallica collection is getting closer to perfection. Now I'm missing Garage Inc., St. Anger and the Loads. I have to say I fell in love with Metallica as I listened to Ride the Lightning (and black) again.
Side note: How is Denzel Washington so gorgeous? *watches Pelican Brief with half an eye*
I'm having an age crisis... I'm turning 25 on Thursday... Man, I've achieved nothing in my life. I think I'm also having some sort of baby boom and it's freaking me. I smile when I see little kids and when ever I see men (live or in pictures) with babies I get all "awwww"... Why do you need a man to get a baby? xD Oh yeah...
Maybe I should go to bed before I start to wallow too deep in my crisis xD
And why, WHY do those jerks have to shout and be jerks in our yard? It's bloody annoying to hear that racket, especially as if I close the window I'll boil in here. [/end of complaint]
100 g milk chocolate
200 g unripened cheese (Philadelphia for example)
3 drops of peppermint oil (basically what suits you)
2 tbs icing sugar
3 ½ dl wheat flour
2 ½ ts baking powder
1 egg
1 1/4 dl sugar
1 dl (scant) oil (not olive)
2 3/4 dl of sour milk (you can do the same with milk where you add ~1 tbs of lemon juice)
Heat the oven to 180 C. Get your paper molds ready or if you are using the cupcake "pan" grease it (and maybe flour it with bread crumbs).
Chop the chocolate. Mix about 150 g of the cheese with the peppermint oil and icing sugar to even paste. Mix the flour, baking powder and chocolate pieces.
Break the egg's texture (don't foam). Add sugar, oil, sour milk and rest of the cheese. Carefully mix the flour mixture with the liquids.
Fill the cupcake molds halfway, divide the cheese mixture amongst the molds and fill the molds full. Bake in the middle of the oven for 20-25 minutes. Let them rest for 5 minutes and get them to cool down.
My notes: I'm not sure if it's the flour I use or what, but I noticed that no matter what recipe, I always have to add a bit more flour than what's instructed. The dough shouldn't be too runny. If it's too runny the cupcakes won't rise well and they'll be flat. Also be careful with the amount of baking powder. If you put too much, the cupcakes will start to taste of it and they won't rise well either.
Any questions? I'm happy to help!
What else? I've been playing Twilight Princess like mad. I have the third temple ahead next. I tried to get to one village, but it seems just so bloody hard to get there that I just gave up. I got out of the by accident x) Have to think it over after I've had a good night's sleep.
I'm having a friend over tomorrow and we'll make sushi and watch *drumming* TRANSFORMERS! Yay! Believe me, I didn't force her! She was wondering where she might be able to get to know with the original Transformers after we went to see the third Transformers movie. And I was more than happy to let her know I have them all and we could watch them.
Mr. X provided me some food today! It was nice: cabbage, onion and authentic Chinese Shitake mushrooms. I would have liked it more if he hadn't put that much chili powder. Now I have to admit that I don't get his delicious Chinese desserts... First there was sweet potato soup (couple months back) and now lotus seed soup. Both of them would have been better if they were salty x) I mean I don't want to eat sweet pea soup... But the Goji-berries were nice!
Now my Metallica collection is getting closer to perfection. Now I'm missing Garage Inc., St. Anger and the Loads. I have to say I fell in love with Metallica as I listened to Ride the Lightning (and black) again.
Side note: How is Denzel Washington so gorgeous? *watches Pelican Brief with half an eye*
I'm having an age crisis... I'm turning 25 on Thursday... Man, I've achieved nothing in my life. I think I'm also having some sort of baby boom and it's freaking me. I smile when I see little kids and when ever I see men (live or in pictures) with babies I get all "awwww"... Why do you need a man to get a baby? xD Oh yeah...
Maybe I should go to bed before I start to wallow too deep in my crisis xD
And why, WHY do those jerks have to shout and be jerks in our yard? It's bloody annoying to hear that racket, especially as if I close the window I'll boil in here. [/end of complaint]