Black Sesame Chiffon Cake

This is the first time I am icing a cake, and apparently I am not very good at it. Cake decorating is a messy business, and takes a lot of effort and concentration. I hope practice will make perfect eventually. The cake itself is a black sesame chiffon cake. I was expecting the cake to be totally black, but I guess I did not use enough black sesame for that to happen. Nevertheless, the cake still taste pretty decent. I am definitely going to bake this again.

Chocolate Almond Cookies

Chocolate cookies with almond bits embedded. They are not too sweet and rather crunchy. A nice snack that goes with coffee or tea. I think I will make more of these during Christmas.

Polvorones

I have been neglecting this blog a little for the last few weeks. In between, I was actively addicted to games on Facebook, discussion threads in some forums, as well as shopping sprees at the malls. I was also away on a short vacation. Having realized the seriousness of my addiction to Facebook, I decided I should pull myself away from those games for a while and do something more constructive, like BAKE SOMETHING!!! I also realized that Christmas season is approaching, so I should start thinking about what to bake for family and friends this coming December. As a start, I tried baking these Latin-American and Spanish traditional shortbread called Polvorones. They have a 'melt-in-the-mouth' texture and are usually served during the festive seasons like Christmas. I made a small batch for testing and it was well received by my sons! Now that I am in the mood to bake again, I am going to find a few more recipes and try them out one by one during the pockets of free time that I have in between sending and fetching my sons to and from school.